Lights on Kifty Ninth Street Bridge Fire Causes Tieup
Fire aboard a sugar truck on the Kifty Ninth Street Bridge melted sugar into syrup that clogged the roadways. Crews spread sand and gravel for traction, delaying traffic for hours. A separate tale notes forger Francis Albertanti’s prison assignment to teach penmanship. Other anecdotes include Owney Madden’s charity heist and a benevolent gangster coal mishap. Architect Christer H. Aldrich praises Morgan Library. John Law, ex Notre Dame star, now renting agent and part time coach at Rockefeller City. 1932 Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Ninth Street
Chiister H. Aldrich
Morgan Library
Empire State Tower
John Law
Notre Dame
Rockefeller City
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Fire destroys century-old Freeport barn landmark
A century-old building in Freeport, Pennsylvania, once used as a canal stable and reputed as the second oldest structure in town, was consumed by a recent fire, leaving the historic site ruined and prompting investigations.
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Freeport
Frozen Fruit and Cheese Salads From The Refrigerator
The article describes using an electric refrigerator to prepare Frozen Fruit Salad and Frozen Cheese Salad. It provides steps: whip cream, mix fruits like pineapple cherries apricots banana orange, fold in dressing, freeze in a pan two to five hours, and serve on lettuce. It also covers a cheese salad with cream cheese, mayonnaise, and lemon juice.
Excellent Flavor In Dressing With Mayonnaise Twist
A recipe note from Western Newspaper Union describes enhancing dressing with cooked dressing and mayonnaise. Blend until smooth then fold in whipped cream, add half cup dates and crushed drained pineapple. Freeze for three hours and serve on lettuce, with optional salad dressing.
Blind War Veteran Declares Dog Wickee Master
San Francisco reports Reginald D. White, a blind veteran, says his Seeing Eye trained dog Wickee is the real master. For two years Wickee has aided and accompanied White, who asserts the dog has humanlike intelligence and childlike curiosity, responding instantly to commands spoken plainly.
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San Francisco
Reginald D. White
Wickee
Seeing Eye
White
Mother and Son Reunite After 22 Years in Mount Clemens
In Mount Clemens Michigan a mother Mrs Nora Simperson and her son Richard Beilore reunite after 22 years apart. The mother left her husband in 1910 and disappeared leaving the infant with grandparents. Richard had long sought news of her and finally found her after she advertised. She has been ill but is recovering.
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Mount
Clemens, Mich
A. Mether
Nora Simperson
Richard
Beilore
St Louis Zoo Seeks Buyers for Four Buffalo
St Louis officials plan to sell four buffalo at 75 dollars each to prevent overstock. If unsold, the animals will be slaughtered and used for a workers’ banquet at the zoo in St Louis, Missouri.
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St. Louis Zoo
St. Louis
St Louis
Automatic hammer saves nails with rapid pistol device
Leipzig exhibitors unveiled a self loading nailing pistol that drives nails in seconds. The tool holds nails or tacks, belts against the workpiece, and releases an automatic hammering strike when the trigger is pulled, avoiding smashed thumbs and requiring less skill.
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Leipzig
How to test doughnuts and color fixes
The piece explains a bread test for frying fat and describes color-setting tips. It lists proportions for salt to fix browns, vinegars or alum for blues, and sugar of lead for lavenders, noting sugar of lead is poisonous and should be handled with care and discarded after use.
Rats May Lead Way to Simpler Eating
Berkeley researchers Dr. Robert B. Cornish and Raymond C. Archibald report success creating a purified vitamin using a synthetic process tested on rats. They describe an elaborate machine separating fat soluble vitamins from contaminants by solubility in octane and wood alcohol, or in octane and betamethoxyethanol, noting no reliable vitamin test beyond animal feeding.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Robert B. Cornish
Cornish
Why Is It Vixen Why Is It Vixen
How It Started by Jean Newton discusses the term vixen as a female fox metaphor. It traces etymology from German fuchs to describe slyness and cleverness attributed to some women, noting the word’s use as a scolding label.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Old Sweethearts Meet Again in Perth Blind Lovers Reunite
In Perth Western Australia Charlies Sparkes now blind meets Annie another blind former dancer from fifty years ago. He lost his sight in a gold rush accident and she later went blind. They talk of dances and a shared youth and rediscover each other as young and handsome in memory while sharing their aging perspective.
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Perth
Australia
Miny
Charlies Sparkes
Annie
Braille Society
Western Australia
Charties Sparkes
What She Suffered From An Alimony Cut Off
A dialogue recounts Mae's hardship following an operation and the shock of losing alimony. The exchange underscores financial strain linked to medical needs and the impact on personal life. Mae reveals the alimony reduction as the burning issue behind her suffering.
Sunday Haircutting Violates Sabbath Law in New York
Jack Latorgia aged fifty two faced charges for cutting an unknown man’s hair on Sunday. Patrolman Coffey reported to Magistrate Malbin that Latorgia claimed the man was his son needing a haircut. Magistrate Malbin suspended the sentence noting a barber may not cut even a son’s hair on Sunday.
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New York
Jack Latorgia
Coffey
Malbin
Latorgia
Nothing for You
An armed man knocked at the door of Mrs. Robert A. Lord in Washington. He attempted to rob her but left after she said she had no valuables. No injuries reported.
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Washington, D. C
Robert A. Lord
Cheerio Chapters and Fun for All the Children
Instructional page by Dorothy Edmonds guides children to mount a picture, create a calendar, and spell a country name by selecting letters from camel arab and pyramid sequences. It includes activity lists and step by step letter extraction.
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Dorothy Edmonds
The Night Before Christmas and Charles Dickens Cemetery Echoes
Reading recalls Clement C Moore and his authorship of The Night Before Christmas and notes his work at General Theological Seminary. It describes Trinity Cemetery in New York, the Feast of Lights service, and a procession of children with candles to Moore’s grave. The piece also mentions Alfred Tennyson Dickens and a meditation on Kalends and festive generosity.
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General Theological Seminary
New York
Benjamin Moore
Clement C. Moore
Chelsea Square
Clement Moore
Theological Seminary
Old Trinity Cemetery
Broadway
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street
Trinity Cemetery
Hudson
America
Alfred Tennyson Dickens
Charles" Dickens
Christmas Eve Lighted Windows At Germantown Kirk House
For more than fifty years the custom of placing lighted candles in the windows of the old Kirk house in Germantown Philadelphia has been kept up each Christmas Eve despite changing times.
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Kirk House
Germantown
Philadelphia
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