Geography Lesson in Passing Motors
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes that license plates serve as mobile billboards reflecting state features and history. It highlights examples from South Carolina to Montana, including copper plates in Arizona, gem and cod symbols, weightClass indicators, and color schemes.
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Washington
Cuba
Hawaii
Haiti
Canal Zone
Philippines
National Geographic Society
South Carolina
S. C
Arizona
United States
Pennsylvania
Texas
Delaware
Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts
Louisiana
One Roof Church Saloon School Ends in Fallon Era
In Fallon area 48 years ago Churchill County built its only schoolhouse four miles south of Fallon. A Seventh Day Adventist church used part of it for services while a saloon and county physician’s office occupied other corners. A drunken quarrel near a partition led to a gun threat and the abandonment of the mixed-use building.
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Fallen
Nev
Churchill County
Thomas Dolf
Fallon
Beemis
Dolf
Lovelock Sets Mile World Record at Princeton Meet
World record holder Jack Lovelock of Oxford University wins the mile in 4 minutes 7.6 seconds at Princeton. The Princeton Cornell team defeats the Oxford Cambridge squad to win the meet.
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Jack Lovelock
Oxford University
England
Princeton
Princeton-Cornell
Oxford-Cambridge
Beggar Divisions in Old Quebec Stir Public Outcry
In Quebec City beggars are split into regulars and occasionals with fixed pitches and house to house collectors. Campette, known as Bebe Emond, stands out as a wealthy beggar who owns property and lent money to Chicoutimi, while Trottier, a former professional beggar, faces execution for murder after claiming daily takings of eight to twelve dollars. The public increasingly donates to charities rather than individual beggars after the trial.
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Quebec
Bebe Emond
Campette
Capitol Theater
St. Sauveur
Chicoutimi
Philippe Trottier
Trottier
Marie Anne Webster
Banking Act Triggers Depositor Shifts to Time Deposits
The Glass-Steagall Act limits interest on checking balances while allowing it on time deposits, prompting depositors to move funds from checking to time deposits. Banks face readjustment challenges to maintain liquidity and investment, though safety remains unaffected.
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William Bruckart
Washington
Treasury
Dog Has Money in Bank to Pay Fines and So On
Mrs. Minnie Fontaine, 30, received a suspended sentence for keeping her dog Frenchy unmuzzled in the street. The magistrate warned of fines on повторe violations. She replied that her dog has money in the bank to pay any fines, noting she keeps an iron bank labeled Frenchy for dog treats.
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Dog
New York
Minnie Fontaine
Frenchy
Casey
Store Robbed 45 Times in Seven Years
In Austin Texas the Checker Front store reports 45 burglaries and two hijackings over seven years, per proprietor Arthur Smith. The pattern underscores ongoing security concerns for local merchants.
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Austin
Texas
Arthur Smith
Cat Adopts Bulldog in Abilene Story
In Abilene Texas Patty a Persian cat adopts Boots a two week old Boston bulldog after her kittens are taken. The cat nurses and cares for the pup giving baths and performing maternal duties.
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Cat
Abilene
Texas
Patty
Boots
Illinois State News Highlights A Year of Tragedy and Policy
A string of Illinois incidents includes Dale Evans killed in a cement truck collision with a Santa Fe livestock train near Media, escapees recaptured near Altamont, suicides and murders, and a police-involved shooting. Gov Horner invites Henry Wallace to Illinois State Fair Farmers Day. Other items note a fatal railway walk home, a long-serving legislator dead, a suspect in a Hillsboro bicycle crash, and changes in conservation and tax-driven relief programs.
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Dale Evans
Galesburg
Media
Vandalia
Leslie Snodgrass
Altamont
Wilson Yearnshaw
Princeton
Louis Schuetz
Lombard
Flowing Well Inn
Elmhurst
Henry Horner
Henry A. Wallace
Fred Jackson
Mattoon
Jacob Martens
Anchor
Twenty Sixth
McLean County Board of Supervisors
Martens
Germany
McLean County
Fred Beechler
Springfield
Elsie
Beechler
Hillsboro
Herbert Leo Siegle
George Siegle
Raymond
Ralph Adcock, Jr
Ralph Adcock, Sr
Macon
Fred Lyerla
Ralph Bradford
Pontiac
State Department of Conservation
Horner
F. Thompson
Chicago
Frederick G. Smith
Samuel Robbins
Kline
Joliet
First National Bank of
Harry L. Hopkins
Illinois
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Centenial
Kerner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
T. P. Sullivan
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
M. L. Taylor
State Police
Roosevelt
Carter H. Harrison
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Illinois Advisory Committee
Robert Finch
Anne
Baker
St. Charles
St. Charles Hospital
Oak Ridge Camp
Chicago Motor Club
Pinkerton
All for nothing at the new shopfront
A new business opens with the proprietor greeting a first client. She quickly takes a call and, after arranging an appointment, asks how she can help the customer. The London Tit-Bits item portrays a brisk, theatrical moment in a small enterprise startup.
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London
Language clash over place names in San Juan California exchange
In a humorous exchange a new resident and a longtime local argue about pronunciation. The old resident insists on San Juan while the California speaker notes J sounds as H in the state, mentioning having arrived only through June.
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San Juan
California
el Padre
San Jose
Calif
Peewit and Nitwit Exchange Over a Four Dollar Bill
In Pathfinder Magazine a cartoon panel shows Peewit claiming a four dollar bill and Nitwit doubting it. The quarrel centers on whether such a bill exists and the tailor’s belief in the claim.
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Peewit
Pathfinder Magazine
How It Happened Windows and Widows Phrase
A typographic misprint in the Florida Times Union turns a line into a pun about windows and widows. The linotype operator explains the swap as a casual printing slip from a newsroom.
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Linotype
Florida Times- Union
Frankly Speaking at the Shop
A shop assistant parcels a customer's purchase and offers a cheerful refund if not to the buyer’s liking. Farmer Giles challenges the salesman, joking that getting money back isn’t human nature, reflecting a light Northern humor tone from London Answers.
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Giles
London
Old Coot Mazie Finds New Job Dilemma
Mazie confides to Mabel about her new job. She fears the boss will not tolerate her beauty while she should be studying spelling and dictionary use to improve word choice.
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Mazie
Mabel
Farmer Corn tessel on son's vocations in humor
An old Washington Star quip has Farmer Corn tessel joking that his son practices for a street car conductor job. The boy tells everyone in the family where they will get off, showcasing playful rural humor.
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Farmer Corn Tessel
Washington Star
Sizing Them Up The Coach
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the college track team as vital to school pride while the Professor questions their sinew and bone balance in classifying the squad.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Student questions value of note taking in course
A student asks why notes are unnecessary in the course. The dialogue hints that the student’s father took the same course and possessed his own notes.
Happy Ending in a Simple Debt Dispute
A brief exchange resolves a minor money debt with a final humorous remark. One party pleads for the owed ten dollars, the other expresses relief that the dispute is over.
Cure for disfiguring pimples with Cuticura products
Miss Bernice Whitaker of Hamlin Texas reports severe facial pimples causing pain and disfigurement. After four months of suffering she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, using three bars and four boxes respectively, and was healed. Soap 25c Ointment 25c and 50c Talcum 25c. Proprietors Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Malden Mass.
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Bernice Whitaker
Rt. 8
Hamlin
Texas
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mass
Ady
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