Glimpses of Arts and People in 1930s New York
A collage of vignettes covers John Barrymore’s early fortune, illustrators Brown and Smith, and a Shanghai find of The Fortune Hunter. It notes Yale alums in banking and baking, a National Committee for Rebuilding Purchasing Power, Roosevelt kin, storm film feats, a charitable coat donation leading to a hearse job, a Manhattan portrait critique, Lewis in Vienna, and sprinters Frank Wykoff and Emmett Toppino in New York social scenes 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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John Barrymore
Louis Joseph Vance
Arthur William Brown
Winchell Smith
Barrymore
Mr. Brown
National Committee For
Frank Wykoff
Emmett Toppino
New York
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Porterville Judge Fines Minijam With Penny Offer
Porterville California police court decisions show Judge Eugene L Scott fines never under one dollar. In a rare case he accepted 9 cents from a guilty offender, added one cent himself, and marked the docket closed.
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Porterville
Calif
Eugene L Scott
The Two Sides In A Domestic Dispute
A light exchange highlights a couple’s quarrel with one partner insisting there are two sides to every question and the other noting the division between right and wrong. The banter underscores a humorous domestic moment.
Cheerio Chapters Poem Missing Words Rhyme Challenge
The text presents a fill in the missing words puzzle about Solomon Marks a circus figure and fire emergency with rhyming pairs. It asks to provide the missing words that rhyme in pairs with the last line rhyming with the first two.
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Solomon Marks
Walking Camel Craft Instructions and Circus Imagery
The text describes cutting out camel parts, mounting them on cardboard, and using brass fasteners to create a walking camel figure. It suggests using heavy cardboard strips for feet, gluing parts, and moving joints to simulate walking, with a note that other animals can be made and a circus parade could follow. It also includes fragmented lines about lives saved in battle and a hero, with a publication date of 1933 from Western Newspaper Union.
Diet Will Ward Off Constipation
Edith M. Barber explains that constipation can be prevented or cured by proper diet if no organic defect exists. Different bodies respond to roughage and fluids differently. fibrous foods aid some and hinder others. Regular meal and evacuation times matter, cathartics should be used sparingly and only under a physician’s direction.
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Edith M. Barber
How It Started By Jean Newton
An excerpt tests Voltaire’s idea of becoming one’s own ancestor by serving country or community. the piece blends aphorism with antiquated wit and notes from a 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU Service column. It then shifts to medical advice on constipation, offering salt water drinks, agar agar, and diet tips, followed by two recipe cards for Apple Prune Betty and Whole Wheat Date Bread.
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Voltaire
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Soft Cooked Eggs and Kitchen Cleaning Tips
Neighbor advice explains soft cooked eggs by stopping heat after two minutes for a jelly white and runny yolk. It also covers enamel pan cleaning with salt, and suggests apple pudding cooked on the stove by stewing fruit, sugar, nutmeg, and a dumpling dough sealed and steamed.
Jesus Feeds Hungry Multitude in Desert Stay
A lesson outline on Mark 6 30 44 describes Jesus and the apostles returning from a strenuous ministry, seeking rest, and Jesus feeding the hungry crowd with five loaves and two fish. It emphasizes dependence on Christ, compassion, and distribution by the disciples.
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Jesus
Apostles
Christ
Jesus Christ
Matthew Jesus
The Word of God Stands Forever
A brief note cites Isaiah 40 8 urging that the word of God endures while grass withers and flowers fade, emphasizing lasting truth. The verse anchors a quiet, reflective message for readers about enduring spiritual foundations.
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God
Waiting on God Shapes Holier Life Says Robertson
A devotional note urges believers to cultivate patient trust over petitions, aiming for prayer that dissolves personal wishes into acceptance of God’s will. It emphasizes that true prayer blends waiting with gratitude and seeks to forget one’s own desires.
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F. W. Robertson
Furnace of Affliction and Divine Stamp
A devotional tone describes the furnace of affliction refining believers removing earthly dross and softening hearts to receive God’s imprint. The passage emphasizes spiritual testing as a means to sanctify faith and deepen devotion.
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American Library Association
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Norman Dodd
Yale
Sam Pryor, Jr
Franklin, D. Roosevelt
Sara Delano
Helen Astor
James Roosevelt Roosevelt
London
Rosy” Roosevelt
Cape Horn
A. J. Villiers
Manhattan
Manhattanite
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Sinclair Lewis
Vienna
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Cheerio
Dorothy Edmonds
Solomon
Western Newspaper Union
Jean Newton
WNU Service
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Alpha Det. Phi
New York City
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Charles Brinkerhoff
James Macfarlane
Pierce Reynolds-Court
Joseph Dubrieul
West Virginia
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P. B. Fitzwater
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