Lights of New York and a City of Curious Tales
A 1932 Bell Syndicate item surveys New York culture and personalities. It jokes about an author stacking copies for friends at retail price, notes a blind radio critic’s valued program opinions, and playfully compares coach Gus Dorais to Eddie Guest. It also describes a timekeeper clock boy, unusually long hotel beds, Hollywood editors, bicycle talk with George Palmer Putnam, a West Side penthouse trio, the Dutch Treat club, and Rodeo shows at Madison Square Garden, ending with reflections on urban life and entertainment.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Bronx
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Kitchen tips for thrifty meals with soup and herbs
The article advises starting meals with soup to save meat costs and health, plus light desserts. It describes making egg yolk dumplings to color clear soup, suggests garnishing greens, and lists herbs like chickory, chervil, parsley, mint, sage, pepper grass, and tarragon for flavor.
Engagement Threat Spurs Sudden Piano Confession
In a fragment from a family scene, a child blurts that Ned’s racing hobby worries her, prompting a startled papa to admit his own affection for the piano. The exchange centers on fear and affection within a domestic moment.
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Ned
Potatoes Maitre d Hote Style From 1932
The recipe describes cutting cold underdone potatoes into thick slices then cooking them with flour butter broth and minced parsley pepper and salt. Boil briefly add the egg yolk with water and lemon juice. Thicken the mixture and serve on a hot dish. Western Newspaper Union 1932.
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Western Newspaper Union
Home Canning Tips and Pantry Hints From Readers
Practical crowd sourced kitchen tips cover lemon salts for linen care and meringue texture, plus canning jar prep and peppermint oil repelling mice. A note credits the Jyasnelated Newspapers WNT Service.
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WNT
Girl Dashes Into Fire to Save Doll Bricksdale
Evelyn Johnson five rushes into a burning home to rescue her doll. Flames trap the girl and her mother Mrs John son enters the blaze to save them. Both suffer non serious burns and the doll’s clothing is singed.
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Bricksdale
Man
Evelyn Johngson
Evelyn
Trap for Rats Catches Pets and Goose in North Carolina
Malachi Berry set a trap to protect his chickens from rats in Kingston North Carolina. After catching a sequence of unintended animals including two cats a dog and a goose the trap was discarded and the following night rats killed the remaining chickens.
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Kingston
N. C
Malachi Berry
Berry
Why We Call It Gas From the Greek Chaos to a Word
This feature traces the origin of the word gas from van Helmont in the 17th century and explains his inspired choice of the term gas from chaos. It notes Greek definitions of chaos as emptiness, disorder, and a yawning space, linking language to science.
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Noah Webster
van Helmont
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Russia to Reintroduce Uniforms for Postal Workers
Local authorities plan to restore uniforms for postmen telegraph delivery staff and concierges as an initial step to broader uniforming of workers. The move echoes a pre revolutionary trend toward standard dress and signals social implications amid a push to reduce class distinctions in employment.
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Moscow
Russia
Jobless Go Fishing Rod Makers Thrive
In Post Mills Vermont a mountain hamlet recovers as a rod company returns to normal production. The factory, sole local industry, adds a night shift for fifty workers and makes split bamboo rods and fishing gear. With jobless citizens turning to angling, demand for products rises per company officials.
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Post Mills
Right to the Constitution Sparks Forthright Debate
A speaker proclaims reading the Constitution reveals many rights for a citizen, prompting discussion on the breadth of individual liberties and their practical application in daily life. The remark highlights how awareness of rights influences public dialogue.
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United States
Bolshevik Reform Abolishes Most Uniforms In Russia
The regime ended most prescribed attire replacing it with plain clothes for workers and officials. Railway staff and other uniformed services now lack distinctive garb while letter and telegram carriers may adopt uniforms. Proponents argue plain dress reduces theft risk while critics warn of security gaps.
Cheerio Chapters and Fun for All the Children
A brief tale edited by Dorothy Edmonds where two Japanese women walk in a rural setting near water and fields. They wear kimonos and carry items, ride a jinrikisha into town, stop for tea and cakes, and note trees in bloom with distant Fujiyama peak under sunshine.
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Dorothy Edmonds
Washington
Fujiyama
Cut these pieces out after you mount the whole section
A 1922 caption notes a scissor puzzle activity encouraging readers to cut out pieces, mount them on lightweight cardboard or heavy paper, and assemble to form a picture. The item appears in the Western Newspaper Union copy.
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Western Newenaner Union
American Heroines Aboard Robbins Reef Lighthouse
Kate Walker, 4 foot 10 inch keeper at Robbins Reef, tended the New York bay light for 33 years saving many lives. Born in Germany, she married Captain Jacob Walker, aided his illness, and after his death was officially named keeper. She rowed her sons to Staten Island schools and identified ships by whistle, retiring in 1919 to Staten Island. The article also tells of Tom Hunley, a Civil War drummer boy who was revealed as a girl named Anna Hunley after General Grant learned the truth.
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Kate
Kate Walker
Robbins Reef
New York Bay
Germany
Sandy Hook
Jacob Walker
Sandy, Hook
Captain Walker
Benjamin Harrison
Staten Island
Jacob
Staten, Island
High Seas
Tom Hunley
Jeremiah Hunley
Tom
General Grant
Anna
Grant
Drummer Boy
Anna Hunley
Western Newspaper Union
Old Orders in Force in British House of Commons
Noted orders in force in the British House of Commons are described as more than two centuries old. The report highlights long standing statutes and their continued applicability to contemporary procedure.
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House -of ‘Commons
Literary Pauper Says No Money in Literature
Mrs Brown debates why literature yields little income. She notes George’s continued hardship since befriending men who make books, reflecting a view on literary finances and industry.
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George
Deceptive Looks Prompt Curious Millionairess Car Owner
A German magazine quote notes public fascination with wealth as viewers misjudge who owns a luxury car and who is behind a tearful film scene. The discussion highlights perceived class and emotional impact in Berlin media.
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Deutsche Illustrierte
Berlin
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Lights OF
Walter ‘Trumbull
Bok
Gus Dorais
Detroit
Eddie
Guest
Dorais
Eddie Batchelor
Royal Ryan
Robert BE. Sherwood
Jess Willard
H. N. Swanson
Hollywood
George Palmer Putnam
West Side
German Africa
Sumer
Vanderbilt
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Willard S. Karn
P. Hal Sims
Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Cholfin
Somerville
Mass
Charles River
By Jean. Newton
Cheerio
Old
Japan
America
England
Scissor
Louise. M. Comstock
Tom” Hunley
Haarlem
Garfield Tan Co
P.O
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ws Fet Ag
Lombard and
Banbina
Manroe St
Lyno
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