River Road Night Patrol Hero Recalls Narrow Escape
Jim McDermott, then a border patrolman, and Roscoe Doane faced a deadly crash on the Tonawanda to Niagara Falls road in spring 1926. Their car was struck by a speeding, unlit sedan. they were dragged from the wreck as a second car with a lantern guided rescuers as army officers and locals aided. McDermott spent three weeks recovering from a wrenched back, while Doane escaped with bruises.
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ELSO
Niagara Falls
River Road
Jim McDermott
New York City
Jim
Immigration Border Patrol
Tonawanda
N. Y
Buffalo
Roscoe Doane
Roscoe
Fix
Army
Western Newspaper Union
New propane refrigeration unit proposed for mobile use
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm proposes a propane based refrigeration system that uses a small gas motor to burn the refrigerant after compression. The system aims to provide automatic cooling on trucks trains and boats where electric power is scarce, including rural and tropical areas. A one ton per hour unit is claimed to cost about five cents per hour to operate.
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Peter Schlumbohm
New York
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
Talent Quest Names Virginia Vale and Robert Stanton
Jesse Lasky forecasts a nationwide talent search naming the winner Virginia Vale and the male winner Robert Stanton. The era highlights Demille, Cary Grant, and rising stars like James Stewart amid studio shifts and radio antics.
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Jesse Lasky
Virginia Vale
Robert Stanton
Around the House Tips and Household Maintenance
A collection of practical home guidance on preserving silver with hot water and ammonia, storing dried beef in a covered glass jar, reconditioning soapy sponges, preventing caster loss with wax, using velvet scraps for chamois, looping curtains for high windows, borax in washing tea towels, and letting wallpaper soak indoors to ease hanging.
Different Effects And Humorous Exchanges In A Silly Page
A collection of quirky dialogue snippets features a doctor altering Tommy's medicine and the boy's wish for pills. A comical household line about a joint account follows, then a sheep joke with a dad’s pun.
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Tommy
Sweet Revenge Driving Lesson Tale
A wife learning to drive asks for urgent help during a tough traffic problem. Her husband, the instructor, calmly reframes the moment by telling her to imagine he is the driver and to act as she would. The devices reveal a humorously practical punchline about taking control.
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Hubby
How's Sew 4y Ruth Wyeth Sears a 3%
An experiment inspired design uses dyed linen scarves to match turquoise and yellow decor. Drawn work is copied in coarse linen, mats and scarves shown. Instructions note quick openwork technique, thread choice, and hem edging. Orders offered for sewing books by Ruth Wyeth Sears.
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Captain Fury
New York
Tamorrot
Mickey Rooney
England
Eton
Jack Benny
Western Newsparer Union
How's
Ruth Wyeth Sears
Stranger Helps Lost Man In Chicago Duel On Lincoln Park
A stranger in Chicago stopped a youth on Michigan Avenue asking directions to Lincoln Park. The youth agreed to guide him once but warned the stranger never to ask again, creating a curious street encounter.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Lincoln Park
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Thele
Freddie Bartholomew
Metro
James Stewart
Hollywood
Wesley Barry
Monogram Pictures
George Hicks
NBC
Hicks
Cecil B. DeMille
Cary Grant
Grant
Marshalls
Peggy
Jack
Kay
Daddy
Preacher
Coon
Vikker
Christy
Frank
Lincoln
Nebraska
Schimmel Service
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Cornhusker
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