The Singing Fool Synopsis at Blackie Joels Club
Grace, a cigarette girl at Blackies, loves Al Stone the shy waiter as Marcus the famed revue producer arrives with a party. Marcus dismisses the performers while Grace plots to show Al who she adores, hoping he will sing her praises in the next number. A rough crowd interrupts as cigarette girl Grace brings cigars to a table.
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Plaza
Blackie Joel
Blackie
al Stone
Grace
Cigarette
Cigarette Girl
Grace in peril at Blackie Joe's nightclub
Grace endures unwanted advances from drunken patrons while Al Stone intervenes by stepping on a foot to spare her from harassment. Al later lingers for Molly Winton, the ballad singer, as Grace hides her gratitude and a cliffhanger tease ends with To Be Continued.
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Sherm
Grace
Blackie
al Stone
Gracie
Molly Winton
Blackie Joe's
Molly
Moly
Sixteen Phines Report Atlantic Crossings by Planes
The French monoplane Yellow Bird landed in Spain marking the sixteenth ocean crossing by heavier-than-air machines. Dirigibles have crossed the Atlantic five times, and the world uses eight matches per day per inhabitant.
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Spain
Atlantic Ocean
St George the Martyr Church Crumbling Threatens Historic Site
The aging St George the Martyr in London shows deep cracks in walls and crypts. Authorities threaten condemnation until repairs are funded, with a drive for about 25 000 dollars to save the church once known as Little Dorrit’s. Built in 1736, it sits on the site of a Saxon church dating to 1122, making it a possibly oldest London church.
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St. George-the- Martyr
Dickens
Little Dorrit's
London
St. George
Little Dorrit
Prediction of market reports on future air travel
W P McCracken Jr of Cleveland, assistant secretary of commerce for astronautics, forecasts that aircraft passengers may soon receive market reports baseball scores and musical programs. He notes such broadcasts could be available now in good weather and envisions advances in air to ground radio transmission.
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W. P. McCracken, Jr
Cleveland
McCracken
Baby's Own Tablets Promised Safe Relief for Infants
Mothers urged to keep Baby's Own Tablets in the home as a safe laxative for infants and common ailments. A Ontario mother testimonial cites effectiveness since infancy, while The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. offers boxes at 24 cents by mail from Brockville.
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Isaac Sonia
St. Eugene
Ont
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Why Shouldn t It Be Abe Lyman at Kit Kat Club London
Jazz bandsman Abe Lyman travels from Glen Eagle to London with a reserved Scotch companion. After a lengthy rail journey stopping at stations the Scot mutters a grim remark. Lyman notes the distance, the Scotchman retorts that it costs fifty nine shillings nine pence.
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Abe Lyman
London
Fingland
Scotland
Gleneagle
Lyman
Holloway's Corn Remover Praised for Quick Relief
Advertised remedy promises fast, effective relief for corns with simple application, suitable for all ages. Aimed at readers seeking painless treatment, the product is marketed as a trusted household staple.
Canada imposes embargoes to balance trade with United States
The article argues that the United States consumes Canada’s raw materials without reciprocity. Canada plans to keep wealth at home by embargoing critical inputs and applying tariffs to enforce domestic manufacture and restore trade balance with the United States.
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United States
Canada
Dominion
Lipton Aims To Bring Cup Back In 1930 Challenge
Sir Thomas Lipton spoke in his first interview since accepting the 1930 international yacht race challenge. He vowed to do his best to win the cup, while celebrating his 50th birthday as the boats race off Newport next September. Col. Duncan, racing manager, said Shamrock V would be a solid challenger under new rules. The page also mentions Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy for ailments in humans and animals.
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Thomas Lipton
Southgate
Thomas
Newport
Col. Duncan
New York
Jeritza Receives Cowgirl Outfit Gift From Los Angeles
Vienna Opera star Mme Jeritza received a large parcel from California containing a full cowgirl outfit with saddle and bridle. Sender Mr Schweppe of Los Angeles explained the gift after seeing The Girl Of the Golden West and noting Jeritza's ignorance of the look of a gift from the West.
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Vienna
Jeritza
California
Schweppe
Los Angeles
Mme
Mme. Jeritza
Small But Efficient Gas Detector Promises Quick Warning Field
A compact electrical instrument four inches across and under seven inches high is claimed to detect gas escapes of 11 percent in tunnels or inspection chambers. When an escape occurs the device will warn the nearest telephone exchange.
Bicycle Boats Harness Channel Currents for Crossings
The Channel's bicycle boating craze grows as three athletes succeed in crossing this year. Most recent is Miss Aimee Pfanner who pedalled an nautical bicycle across in 9 hours 19 minutes and fainted from exhaustion on dismount. Sea-bikes ride on dual pontoons with pedal propellers and average about five miles per hour despite current challenges.
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Aimee Pfanner
Prosperous man visits store seeking nutmeg graters
A well-dressed man enters a house furnishing shop and asks to view nutmeg graters while expressing plans about his daughter's upcoming marriage.
Prairie Provinces see rise in average farm cash income
The Nor' West Farmer reports last year’s average cash income per farm home in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta rose to 2544 dollars up 75 dollars from the year before. The piece notes exclusions for seed feed meat vegetables and other on farm produced goods.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Nor’West
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