Crooner in New York and a New Deal in Humor
A nostalgic column recalls a silent era crooner in New York’s Players bar using only a chair and a husky whisper. It notes Joe Kerigan’s Hollywood success, a newspaper man’s restaurant graft case, an army officer mistaken for a bus conductor, a stubborn horse, Florida vandals, and Louise Carver Duthie living in a storeroom as a stage student.
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New York
Joe Kerrigan
Hollywood
Louise Carver Duthie
Louise
George Duthie
Bell Syndicate
WNU
My Neighbor SAYS HEN laundering curtains and kitchen tips
Household tips advise soaking curtains with four tablespoons salt per four cups water to lift stains. Do not put bread in bread box until cooled to avoid sogginess. Clean painted walls with a damp cloth and baking soda, then rinse. Bananas should not go into the ice chest as they spoil flavors and turn black.
U S Border Crossings Reach 48 Million in Year
Labor department reports 48,318,392 people crossed or attempted to cross U S borders in the year ended June 30. Only 7,064 denied admission. Inspectors questioned 22,862,697 aliens and 23,996,022 citizens at Detroit Buffalo Niagara El Paso. 35,567 aliens admitted for residence amid enforcement actions against 149 smugglers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Doak
Harry E. Hull
Immigration Bureau
Detroit
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
el Paso
United States
Canada
Mexico
How It Started Why Do We Call Nostril
A brief note traces the word nostril to an older form nosthril meaning a pierced passage. It explains thrill and trill share roots with bore and pierce, revealing language evolution. The quote from Mussolini and a Bell Syndicate caption appear asides.
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Bell Syndicate
Penny Lesson and Sailor Word Puzzle Fun
A child friendly page from 1923 offers a sailor themed word puzzle list and a verse about pennies buying things. It invites readers to place maritime terms like helm mast and topsail into a diagram and to trace and color patterns for party table cards.
Pierrot Apples and Apple Based Dishes in Cookery
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union feature outlines kitchen ideas using apples as the base for desserts and savory dishes. It includes pare and cook apples with cream, a layered apple cake dish with sponge and strawberry jam, cheese crusts with apple, chicken in white sauce with custard cups, and biscuit ham sandwiches with cheese.
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Western Newspaper Union
Fitted For The Work
A dialogue fragment shows characters discussing a woman’s study in medicine and anatomy. One remarks she’s good at picking others to pieces, underscoring a darkly humorous or macabre tone in the scene.
Blind Horse Overturns Hive in Greensburg Tragedy
A blind horse toppled a hive while grazing near Greensburg, killing the animal and gravely injuring its owner George Roett. The swarm stung Roett repeatedly and blocked access to the family home for hours, delaying help.
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Greensburg
George Roett
Roett
Picher Man Killed By Flying Splinter While Chopping Wood
C F Potter aged seventy in Picher Oklahoma was chopping wood when a flying splinter severed an artery in his leg. Neighbors found him sitting on a log later dead from blood loss.
Fish pun prompts lawn mower wish
Two fish exchange jokes about cutting seaweed and weeds in a yard. The first fish laments lacking a lawn mower while the second asks what weeds are. The exchange frames a playful coastal pun about gardening and marine plants.
Bank cashes in on parole repayment of prior theft
Fresno bank officials Dean Sears and Sydney S. Clark received $4500 in currency from C. H. Cochran who claimed to be the man who robbed the bank three years earlier. Cochran said he was released on parole after serving time at San Quentin and wanted to repay the stolen money to clear his name.
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David Harum
Florida
Long Island
Fresno
Calif
Dean Sears
Bank of America
Sydney S. Clark
Lone Pine
C. H. Cochran
Sears
Cochran
San Quentin Penitentiary
Blind man plans tandem bike trip with chauffeur
Blind George of Grants Pass Oregon says he tires of groping through the city. He plans to buy a tandem bicycle and hire a chauffeur to pilot the ride.
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Grants Pass
Ore
George
Denver mother kills daughter then commits suicide
A thirty year old mother, Mrs J B Lullar, threw her seven year old daughter Julia from a tenth floor window and then jumped to her death. The mother was killed instantly and the girl died two hours later.
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Denver
J. B. Lullar
Julia
Stephen Foster’s Legacy and Untimely Death
The Washington Star notes Stephen Foster, famed American folk song writer, credited with 125 songs of which about a quarter are negro songs. He died at thirty-eight years old.
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Foster
Stephen Foster
Washington Star
Marriage Licenses Hit November Record in Hempstead
Hempstead deputy town clerk William Valentine reports 100 marriage licenses issued in November, the heaviest November total in history and larger than any month since last June, signaling rapid prosperity recovery.
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Hempstead
L. L
William Valentine
Valentine
Jesus Calls First Disciples and Preaches in Galilee
A devotional lesson outlines Jesus temptations in the wilderness as a Messianic conflict, his preaching the gospel in Galilee, and the divine call to Simon, Andrew, James, and John. It notes their sacrifices, immediate obedience, and the lasting impact of becoming fishers of men.
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Jesus
Satan
Christ
Galilee
Jerusalem
Simon
Andrew
James
John
John the Baptist
Quotations on Suffering and Faith from William Goodell
A short excerpt presents William Goodell urging acceptance of life’s trials with meekness and gratitude, arguing the burden contains no unnecessary hardship and should be received as part of eternal life.
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God
William Goodell
Dumb Christians remark about deaf children sparks debate
A dated quotation argues that a child’s deafness is a misfortune and asks readers to reflect on how many such children God has. The fragment reflects religious discourse and social attitudes toward disability.
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God
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