History's Mysteries Uncovered Witchcraft Trials in Salem
A primer on the Salem witchcraft panic begins with 1692 events, tracing the nine hangings, one pressing death, and imprisonments sparked by young accusers. It notes Tituba and others as scapegoats and argues the craze stemmed from superstition and elder influence.
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Massachusetts
Samuel Parris
Elizabeth
Abigail Willisins
England
Satan
Fnally
Tituba
Goody Osborn
Sarah Grand
Griggs
Salem
Wheeler Syndicate
Low-Down on Storms and Air Disturbance
Meteorological notes reveal storms disturb only denser air within seven miles of the surface. The storm tops reach about half a mile high and airplanes frequently clear them. Storms can span over a thousand miles in width but are usually not dangerous.
Why We Do What We Do a Travel Psychology Sketch
In this 1930 McClure Newanauer piece M. H. Thomson argues travel thrives in modern life due to restlessness and wanderlust. Kant never left his birthplace, while rich and poor alike pursue journeys for prestige and enrichment, revealing a timeless impulse to roam.
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Immanuel Kant
Konigsberg
New York City
America
McClure Newanauer Syndicate
Nutty Natural History by Hugh Hutton
The article humorously catalogs a Doodlepog dog from France with a popcorn collar and bean limbs. It relates an elephant-hunt tale in the south of France where bones were buried after seven months while the dogs persisted. A mock note describes hors d oeuvres hunting and kennel luck customs.
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Nutty Natural History
Hugh Hutton
France
Metropolitan Newspaper
Barvice
Alimony Debate Reflected In Real Life Tale From Chicago
A Chicago judge denounces alimony as a social burden, while a teller recounts Edith’s story of marriage, divorce, and alimony. Edith loses her career and gains alimony after a husband’s infidelity and rise in wealth, illustrating the judge’s view of alimony as a coercive leverage against men.
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Chicago
Edith
John
Wadith
The
Boll Syndicate
Ina
Autumn violet seeds launched by explosive pods
The text describes violets dispersing seeds in autumn using explosive seed pods that burst with force, scattering seeds over surrounding areas. It portrays nature using artillery like mechanisms to spread offspring.
The Best Thing to Do by Douglas Malloch
A poetic essay from 1930 notes that the best path is the work one does best. It urges individuals to follow their own calling, whether art, engineering, or cooking, and to trust inner vocation over external expectations.
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Heaven
Douglas Matioch
Idéals as Guides Reach Destiny, Schurz Quote
A quotation attributed to Carl Schurz declares that ideals cannot be touched with hands yet serve as guiding stars. The sea-faring metaphor likens following them on a desert of water to reaching one’s destiny.
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Ike Atara
Carl Schurz
Ham Loaf and Dessert Recipes from a 1930 Digest
This prints a ham loaf recipe with smoked ham lean pork eggs milk green pepper bread crumbs onion and baking instructions. Also included are date bars with egg yolks whites sugar vanilla nut meats dates and baking steps and perfect pancakes with sour milk flour sugar baking powder soda and optional shortening. Nerte Maxwetd Ue 1930 great Rrewanniar Union.
Castoria Promises Gentle Relief For Children
Castoria is touted as a safe remedy for fretful infants and upset stomachs. The article cites its gentle action, suitability for infants, and claims from Doctors that it reassures mothers by easing colic diarrhea and other disturbances with a pure vegetable preparation bearing Chas H Fletcher's signature. It also briefly mentions Ras Taffari’s wild menagerie as a contrasting note.
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Pete
Abyssinia
Ras Taffari
Europe
Ras
Addis Ababa
Bthleyn
Chas
H. Fletcher
English Birth Rate Low in England and Wales
Births in England and Wales last year fell to 17.8 per thousand, a low not seen since World War I, while the death rate stood at 11.7 per thousand and infant mortality at 70.9 per thousand, according to the registrar-general’s 1929 statistics.
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England
Wales
Cornstalks Fuel Idea Promises Daily Family Use
Experiments show 20 pounds of cornstalks could produce fuel gas sufficient for cooking and heating water for a typical family each day.
Poodles in the Road Reported at Birmingham Elementary
A Birmingham elementary school is cited in a playful misprint describing heavy rain as “raining cats and dogs” with the roadway reportedly covered by poodles. The line appears in the Dalty Mirror.
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Birmingham
Dalty Mirror
All Stocked Up Author-Can I Sell You a Scenario
A Brooklyn Eagle item notes a long running scenario in production and prompts counter offers. The exchange hints at a retail or publishing context with a playful dialogue between Moyle and a producer.
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Moyle
G'wan
Brooklyn Eagle
The Inevitable My own dullness and the dullness of others
A cited remark from E. W. Howe's Monthly notes personal reflection on pervasive dullness. The writer laments limited ability to alter general dullness in self and others.
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E. W. Howe
Quotation Fragments on Gratitude and Duty
A collection of brief, dated quotes about gratitude health and conscience. Notable lines include Izaak Walton on a quiet conscience and Socrates on reputation, plus a note from Spencer on beginning every good thing.
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Izaak Walton
Tractor Cotton Picker Clears Field Quickly
Agricultural expert Wheeler McMillen calls the tractor cotton picker a potential epochal shift in the cotton industry rivaling the cotton gin. A Kentucky test showed a hand picker gathering 45 pounds in 2 hours 21 minutes before the machine unloaded 4 pounds in five minutes, suggesting rapid field efficiency with plans to deploy fifteen machines in experiments this season.
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Ll Whitney
Wheeler McMillen
McMillen
America
Kentucky
Siamese minister demonstrates long distance call feat
Paratrooper and trade minister in Bangkok conducted a 90 minute call from his desk to his son in Hamburg and friends in Berlin, a 5750 mile link. German Telefunken runs a short wave station in Bangkok.
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Prings Parachatra
Wiing
Bangkok
Siam
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Telefunken
Wedding Ring Prices Spark Small-Trade Banter
A local exchange quips over ring costs with a buyer asking for cheaper options. Vendors note rings start at five shillings, offering selections at three shillings if a dozen are bought. The exchange reflects frugal shopping during cold weather.
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Puegenda Blaetter
Roll Over, Youre Dreaming Vacation Quips
A lighthearted line riffing on an ideal vacation spot where bites from Osh and mosquitoes are absent and neither bees nor hotel keepers sting. The speaker humorously imagines a flawless retreat.
Misquoted Musings and Inventions in Hushed Night Tones
A fragmentary column notes at 11 p m a speaker boasts about imitating birds including a homing pigeon. It mentions experiments finding insects prefer flower colors, a building tile under 20 pounds per cubic foot for 100 story skyscrapers, and aphorisms about deceit and wealth.
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M. H. Thomson
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By Jean Newton
Malloch
Sheik
McClure Ney
Socrates
Spencer
Adam Ferguson
U.S. Public Health Service
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