Bicentennial plans for Washington birth celebration
The article reviews the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1932, detailing national plans by the United States Commission for the Celebration. It outlines publishing initiatives, including Hart's Washington works, reading lists, maps, editions, and an atlas, plus major infrastructure projects like Arlington Memorial Bridge, Mount Vernon boulevard, and monument gardens.
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Elmo Scott Watson Lehough
Washington
Goolidge
United States
Elf
United States Commission
George Washington
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Higorian
Doctor Hart
George Washingion
Noraries
Echouolg
George’ Washington
J. G. Fitzpatrick
Mount Vernon
Capitol
Congress
England
Commission of Fine Arts
National Park and Planning Commission
Bicentennial Commission
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Monument Gardens
Washington Monument
Arboretum
National Botanical Garden
Mount Vernon Boulevard
Arlington Bridge
Government Triangle
Wikedeld
Mount Vernon Memorial
Bureau of Puble Roads
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Lingoln Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Reat
National Capital
Wakefield
Wakefield Association
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
George Washington Memorial
Congresa
The Month of St Valentine’s Day in Southland
Poem-like verse evokes St Valentine’s mood as south wind, birds, and streams signal romance. The speaker urges readers to embrace love despite loneliness, inviting the spirit of spring and lovers who sing.
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Tuna
Valentine
Valentine customs and superstitions of old
The article recalls early Valentine practices such as hempseed tradition for finding true love and pillow charms with bay leaves, plus a bizarre egg tale. It notes comic valentines faded 40 or 50 years ago, while hand painted cards, boxes, and ready-to-assemble valentine packages now appeal, especially to children.
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Valentine
Phere
Pitt
Neanwille
Travel wit and satire from F Scott Fitzgerald
A mistitled fragment notes Fitzgerald on modern travel as triste plaisir. He cites a traveler in rural Landes France who endures primitive comforts and high prices, but fixates on the absurd charge for a dumbbell exercise at 150 francs, ending with a comic complaint.
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Scott Fitegerald
London
Paris
Landes
France
Japan Leads Anti Kiss Crusade Across World
A Montreal Family Herald note remarks on Japan as a stronger center of the anti kissing movement. It cites Kansas warnings against kissing in crowded places or with feverish persons. It questions the reliability of Japan's health statistics and notes cinema bans on kissing.
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Japan
Russia
Kansas
Yapan
Enifaders
Montreal Family Herald
Tramps' School Proposed for 300-Acre Mansion in England
Heirs of the Earl of Beaumont offer a 300 acre estate near Cullompton to the De YoR vagrancy committee to educate wanderers. The plan aims to transform the mansion into a training site for market gardening basket making hand weaving and wood carving with eventual placement in work.
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Tramps
Blackborough House
England
Earl of Beremont
Cullompton
Fastern Draw Crowds At Seaside Fasting Feats
Crowds gather at seaside resorts in England to watch endurance fasting exhibitions. In Blackpool three men live on lemonade and cigarettes housed in glass cabinets amid cries of fake crowds. Succo, famed for fasting feats, reaches sixty days drawing record attention.
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England
Blackpool
Succo
Quick Relief for Burning Skin Disease Ad
An advertisement claims Alee Caxbolisalye quickly relieves and heals burning itching and torturing skin diseases, stops pain of burns, heals without scars. It urges asking your druggist or sending to The J. W. Cola Co. in Rockford, IA, for a pack.
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J. W. Cola Co
Fockford
Fragmented Quote Sparks Debate on Rights at Home
Readers hear a charged exchange about personal autonomy and bodily control as one speaker dismisses arguments from others who seem unconcerned. The dialogue hints at tensions over rights and agency within domestic settings.
Family Doctor Made Millions Of Friends
Fifteen years after graduation Dr Caldwell rose to fame for a single prescription, and even after forty years his syrup remains the world’s popular laxative. Millions rely on the original formula made from herbs and pure ingredients. It is pleasant tasting, thorough, gentle and safe for women and children.
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Dr. Caldwell
Dr.Caldwell
Girl at the Top in Health Test
A Kansas mother touts California Syrup of Molasses for her child Bonnie B who tops health tests with rosy cheeks and bright eyes. The ad claims millions benefited worldwide over 50 years, and urges readers to ask druggists for genuine California Syrup marked on the carton.
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Kansas
Dana Augire
Monroe St
Topeka
Bonnie B
California
Baby
Norigal
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