Fragmentary 1930s Crime Talk and Wireless Muddle
Fragmented OCR passage mixes dialogue about an Indian policeman and a passenger, a casual Omaha reference, a failed wireless link to Japan, and a noisy, partial description of a scene with a thin man and a fat man. The text shows stray names and stray phrases, with a garbled note about wireless communication attempts between the United Otelee government and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Japan
San Francisco
Hawaii
Inside Maseball. Signals, sun, and a sharp plate hit.
The scene describes a baseball moment with a catcher signaling almost imperceptibly, the first baseman shielding eyes from the sun, and a pitcher ignoring cues before delivering a straight fastball that becomes a base hit. A teacher and boy exchange quips about clocks and warnings, ending with a quip about a singing wife and a remark on a freakish air.
A Movable Monet and Embellished Hat Parade
A collage of colorful descriptions and social banter. A woman in a mulberry gown wears an olive plume hat while pearls dangle from her neck, a coat, and frogs at the style. The piece shifts to a kitchen anecdote about Mrs Blackaway’s husband, a former professional cook calming a supper scene, then quips about suffrage, pay, and a bustling newspaper office banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Blackaway
Mra Kawner
Mra Crossway
Chicago Tribune
Country cooking changes plan for Ellwood home
At breakfast the Ellwood family debates country living as they stage a sales pitch to Chicago developers. A fiery cook arrives, wins over the family and guests with ambrosial meals, and sparks a plan to relocate and marry the kitchen paragon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood
Mra Ellwood
Barab
Archie
George
Bert
Ber
Hawood
Mise Gaylor
Century Mark Bulgaria Claimant and Other Notables
A letter from Pavelsko, Bulgaria, shows a peasant family with Heba Vasilka aged 12 and her baby Todor, amid claims of a 126 year old man who witnessed Napoleon’s Moscow entry. Reports from Paris cite Kninskom, said to be 100, while England’s Charles Pratt turns 101 with vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Pletare
Pavelsko
Heba Vasilka
Todor
Payelako
Alsam Sen
Poleon
Moscow
Paris
Chicago Daily News
Graybeard
War Department
Charles Pratt
Ryde
England
Hambledon
Hampshire
Fragmented Snippets Touch on Pigeons and Promises
A garbled passage mentions a father figure in finance, a boy in an employ with kingly aims, pigeons sold in Brooklyn, and a factory in New York. The tale threads through unwanted debts, social gossip, and a wary mother urging caution of a suitor, all within unrelated clipped phrases and comic fragments from Chicago and Brooklyn sources.
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Oregon
B. E. Wright
Beteo
Td Estes
Nate Ie West
Patriee
Dr. B. E. Wright Co
Washington St
Portland
Washington Mt
Marine “'S.c?c
Optician
Cout
Dick Wayne
Marquam Building
Portland Hotel
Portland Ore
Naslibrco
DR. Whiting
Wise
Pabrecen
Rau
Ed Vertioers Pit
Clive
Gold
W.H. McMonies & Ba
Portland, Oregon
Theas
Ehteng
Tribune
Hostetter
Tommy
Dorset
Hie Denson
James
Mra
Howitt
Harper's Weekly
Suen Wien
Hs Iter
J. C. Wyatt
Couver
Munhroom
Remoe
Mra Highmus
Mra. Kelly
Mra. Rafferty
Philadelphia Record
Mra Rafferty
Balter
Amile
Sonny
Automobile
Ao Aeroplane
Washington Star
Paragon
Joh
Bilwood
Ded
Elwood
Chicago
Giegust
Ellwood, Sr
Poster
Sun
Keister’s Ladies Tailoring College
Beeventh
Waing Plummer
Cent
Adsirese Plummer Drug Company
Third
Madison Parana
Gelane
Bain
Ginnie Etter HE
Pai Ant Lct Company
Pacific Employment CO
If Poptlaand, Oren
Fitdhag. K. Geld Ccowne Eale Io
Erie
Dullet
Fts
Pee Fener Isle
Euret
Napoleon
Castor
Deswalita
New York
Bears
Sherman Bray
Morrison ST
Rita
bin Mao
May Wlater
Miriam
Assietiog Hum
Aaa
U EE
preAntom
Mre. Winkler
Minerva
Ayer
Gage Om Lerwail
Asc
Hoyt Cunmicas Co
C. Gee Wo
Aube
C, Gee Wo Medicine Co
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