Harvester Runaway Fling Sends 28 Horses Into Wild Flight
George Dowd of the Bronx recalls a July 1913 Idaho Falls incident where 28 horses pulled a steam harvester in a runaway. Cylinders and steel fragments blasted from the machine as Dowd clung to a swaying platform, taking a leg hit but surviving with minor injuries.
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Ello
George H. Dowd
Bronx
N. Y
George
Europe
George Dowd
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Harvester
U. S
Leviathan
WNU Service
Vast Dutch East Indies span from Maine to Florida
The Dutch East Indies stretch a distance equal to New York to San Francisco and cover 18 states from Maine to Florida. Population totals 52,000,000 with diverse groups from primitive to highly civilized. The archipelago lies near the equator between Australia and southeastern Asia.
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Dutch East Indies
New York
San Francisco
Mississippi
Maine
Florida
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Sumatra
New Guinea
Papua
Equator
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Malay Archipelago
Australia
Asia
Sabang
Merauke
London
Moluccas
Celebes
Sunda
Timor
Bandy Islands
Islands
Stars and stars and more stars in the big town
The column surveys Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen in New York as a new celebrity elite forms around the radio broadcast. It notes Ann Sheridan rising, Katharine Hepburn's Philadelphia Story efforts, Dick Powell’s Warner Bros exit, and Russ Morgan’s ascent from miner to top orchestra leader, with a caution on federal censorship guiding radio content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EOPLE
New York
Charlie McCarthy
Charlie
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Katherine Hepburn
Philadelphia Story
Miss Hepburn
Russ Morgan
Nanticoke
Scranton
John Phillip Sousa
Victor Herbert
Federal Communications Commission
Joan Crawford
South America
Bing Crosby
Topeka
Bing
Avice
TIPS Gardeners Gardeners Germination Advice
First step toward germination is proper planting. In very dry weather water the soil freely until moist, then plant. Do not plant in wet soil, and excessive rain can rot seeds. Seeds of lupin moonflower morning glory and others may need treatment as advised by Gilbert Bentley.
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Gilbert Bentley
Ferry
Job
Bailey Quote Sparks Promise of Prosperous America
A fragment cites U. S. Senator Josiah W. Bailey urging support for enterprise as a path to a happy and prosperous America, reflecting political rhetoric of the era.
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America
U. S
Josiah IW. Bailey
Pattern Book Promises Smart Spring Summer Dresses
The Barbara Bell pattern book offers No 1721 and No 1670 designs for sizes 34 through 46 with simple darts and button fronts. Materials suggested include silk crepe georgette prints and chiffon. Patterns priced 15 cents each with yardage listed and sewing guidance for beginners.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Mary Ann learns embroidery from Ruth Wyeth Spears
A nine year old Mary Ann is shown completing a framed hand embroidery piece inspired by her grandmother. The article notes a rainy afternoon effort using blue gingham, embroidery hoops and mercerized thread to outline flowers and stitch stems and leaves. It references Spears books Gifts and Sewing for the Home Decorator and offers orders to Mrs. Spears in Chicago.
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Mary Ann
Spears
Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
And of All Things Hitched to a Milk Cart
A young man driving home from a party, intoxicated, swerves toward a milk cart. The spill causes the milkman to maneuver out of the way as the car stalls. The drunk man asks, in a pompous tone, if the cart driver was driving the “educated horse.”
Presidents Named in Early U S Capital Notes
The text notes John Adams establishing Washington as capital in 1880 and mentions James Knox Polk as the only House speaker to become president. It lists six presidents who died in office: Harrison Taylor Lincoln Garfield Mc Kinley Harding and flags Garfield as a 1880 convention delegate. Washington is described as elected without opposition.
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John Adams
Washington
James Knox Polk
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Warren G. Harding
Crossing the Road Perils in 1937 Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council reports in Accident Facts for 1938 that 7 250 pedestrians died in city traffic in 1937. Eighty five percent were struck while crossing. about 2 900 died crossing between intersections and 3 260 at intersections. Many cases involved signals or lack thereof.
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National Safety Council
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Floyd Gibbons
Adventurers’ Club
Virginia Vale
Ann Sheridan
Dick Powell
Warner Brothers
Ann
Oyice
Tal
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
Seigham
Mary Ahases
Plant Ferry’s
Ferry- Morse Seed Co
Detroit
Pee Ra
Awa
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