Greatest Bridges in the Bay Area to Open in 1937
A lengthy overview compares the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate suspension bridge. It details their lengths, towers, piers, caissons, cable wires and anchors, with figures on materials, heights, and construction methods marking them as the era’s marvels in engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo "Scott Watson
California
American Enterprise
American Daring
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Forth
Scotland
Golden Gate Bridge
George Washington Bridge
Hudson River
City Hall
Los Angeles
Russ
San Francisco
L. C. Smith
Seattle
United States
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Golden Gate
New York
Oregon
New York City
Yerba Buena Island
Oakland
Toll Plaza
South Pier
Fort Point
San Francisco Tower
Marin Tower
Marin County
Lime Point
Metropolitan Area
Bay
Yerba Buena
Island
Center Anchorage
West Suspension Bridge
Bay Bridge
Marin
Western Newspaper Union
Protection Impossible and Other Brisk Observations
Arthur Brisbane surveys global risk from air warfare and railway policy. He argues treaties fail against air attacks and urges complete elimination of grade crossings to safeguard cities while noting Russia’s Arctic resources and potential wealth impact on communism. He also discusses British fiscal surplus, US war debts, and a proposed government takeover of railroads starting 1936.
Highly popular fan rag rug by grandmother Clark
This colorful rag rug note describes a fan rag rug made by grandmother Clark. The 58 by 30 inch piece uses four pounds of material, ten panels sewn together, and a center designed to fit an opening, with directions from rug book No. 24. Send 15c for the rug book with instructions to Eome Craft Company, St Louis.
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Eome Craft Company
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
General store resumes place in community life
The piece notes a return of the general store as a broader locale not a true department store. It recalls the old role as a social hub and political forum, while acknowledging changes like the loss of the cracker barrel and sawdust cussipor. It contrasts past and present meeting places and fondly recalls youth memories.
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Middle West
Columbus
Ohio
Beyond Bobby Mother-Now Bobby Don’t Let Me Speak
A cryptic exchange centers on a distressed caller addressing Bobby and a plea to stop speaking. The dialogue hints at strained family dynamics or a contested conversation with implied authority or emotion.
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Bobby
No Better Investment Than Well-kept Garden
The piece praises a well planned garden managed by a couple with the wife guiding herb and vegetable choices. It extols garden labor as economy and relaxation and notes the garden boosts farm value and neighborhood appeal. An ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as an old liver pill original for liver and bowels.
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Montreal Herald
Dr. Pierce
Russian Surgeon Tests Vitamin A Corneal Transplant Aid
A Russian surgeon performed a corneal transplant to restore sight in a sightless eye and tested using vitamin A to prevent corneal clouding over time. The aim is to improve clarity and durability of the transplanted cornea.
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Brisbane
Russia
Europe
France
England
Dun & Bradstreet
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Northwest Passage
Earth
China
Britain
India
Neville Chamberlain
Wheeler
Montana
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Services
Clark
VT Hrades
H. J. Palmer
Albert St
Youngstown
Ali
Npiro
Detroit
M. E. Rynerson
Clayton
Indiana
Clabber
Simoniz
STS Wise
Simontz
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