Millionaire Show Places Fading From Suburban Landscape
New York reports that "millionaire palaces" in the suburbs are going out of style as mobility rises and owners hold multiple residences. The American Institute of Architects analysis notes a shift toward model villages, with private mansions giving way to standardized homes and urban business buildings gaining prominence.
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New York
American Institute of Architects
Leicester B. Holland
Division of Fine Arts
Library of Congress
Doctor Holland
Ings
P. T. Barnum
Bridgeport
Wait Until 27 Before Marriage Says Psychologist
San Francisco psychologist Moxon warns that women who marry after twenty seven risk remaining spinsters. He says 22 to 27 is a peak for selecting a mate, and later suitors are usually already married or uninterested. He blames modern individualism for unhappy marriages.
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San Francisco
Cavendish Moxon
M. A
Moxon
Old Plainsman Plans to Ride Steer to Chicago
Gering Nebraska veteran Tom Rivington at eighty two aims to revive old West knowledge by straddling a steer and riding from Gering to Chicago about 1000 miles. He will finance the trip by selling pamphlets along the route and plans to start early enough to allow time for sales.
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Gering
Neb
Tom Rivington
Chicago
Rivington
Orleans Vermont Votes Not to Levy Tax in 1932
A New England village of 1300 residents, Orleans Vermont, votes to forgo a 1932 tax levy. With a $12,000 treasury balance, town officials say funds are sufficient to operate for the year without imposing taxes on residents.
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New England
Orleans
Riviera gamblers light prosperity warns of coming boom
In adversity the baccaret barons of the French and Italian Riviera plan new gambling palaces despite a season downturn. Twenty two casinos along a hundred mile strip from San Remo to Hyeres will add a $4,000,000 Monte Carlo casino and another along Cannes Croisette plus a casino at Nice to the existing Frank Jay Gould complex.
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Aris
Riveria
France
San Remo
Hyeres
Monte Carlo
International Sporting Club
Croisette
Cannes
Frank Jay Gould
Nice
World Population Reaches Two Billion In 1929 Report
The Commerce department reports about two billion people on earth in 1929, with 39.2 persons per square mile. Females outnumber males globally, while the United States shows 51 males per 100 persons. U S density is 41.7 per square mile. Alaska holds the lowest density at 0.1 per square mile.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
United States
Alaska
Seminole Songs Recorded by Frances Densmore at Folklore Feast
Ethnologist Frances Densmore returned to Washington with over 200 phonograph records of Seminole songs from Florida’s Everglades. She learns the Seminoles, who claimed to have none, actually sing for two annual feasts the corn dance in summer and hunting ceremony in fall. Songs are also used in healing.
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Washington
Frances Densmore
Smithsonian Institution
Condiment Twins Salt and Pepper Attend MSU in Montana
The article highlights R W Salt and J A Pepper from Shaker Alta as advance entomology students at Montana State College. Both hail from Shaker, Alta, and are nicknamed the condiment twins.
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Butte
Mont
Salt and Pepper
Shaker
R W. Salt
J. A. Pepper
Montana State College
Shaker, Alta
Franklin Institute plans eclipse photos from Conway New Hampshire
An expedition led by James Stokley will photograph the upcoming total solar eclipse from Conway New Hampshire next August using an 85 foot long camera. The Franklin Institute team travels to capture dramatic eclipse imagery.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
James Stokley
Conway
N. H
Octogenarian Gordon’s heirloom gourd used as coffee receptacle
An eighty two year old gourd remains in use at Mrs. T Mathis’s home. It serves as a coffee receptacle and was owned by her grandfather.
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Gordon, Ark
Charley Devens Eyes Pro Baseball After Harvard Spotlight
Charley Devens of Harvard, a rising pitching ace from a prominent Boston family, is courted by two New York clubs for a professional contract after graduation. He will not comment on signing until graduation finalizes his college status and plans.
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Charley Devens
Boston
Harvard University
New York
Charley
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