Lights on Forty second street and a flea circus
Prowling along Forty second Street the writer recalls a dime museum with 12 acts including a star Cannonball Richards. He mentions a $500 punch contest and Dempsey’s near miss, the flea circus run by Professor Heckler and his heir, and the shift from burlesque to grind movies on Broadway.
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Forty-second Street
Cannonball Richards
Jack Dempsey
Variety
Broadway
Milton Berger
Stanford White
Cafe Society
Berger
Murray’s
U S Airlines Sets Record for Safety
The 1937 bureau of air commerce figures show U S airlines achieving record flying miles and a safety milestone with over 75 million miles flown and a drop in deaths per mile. Forty seven fatalities in five accidents on scheduled routes marked the year, excluding Pan American Grace and the Hindenburg. A three year, 7 million program funds radio and airport improvements, weather and flight information broadcasts, and enhanced air route lighting and teletype weather circuits.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Air Commerce
United States
Theaureau
Cristobal
Panama
Fred D. Fagg, Jr
Eugene L. Vidal
Vidal
Dennis Mulligan
R. W. Schroeder
Station Cat Prefers Beer at Paddington
Paddington station houses four cats of the Great Western Railway known for their quirks. The tabby named Jim reportedly prefers beer over milk, a peculiarity noted by staff.
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London
Paddington Station
Great Western Railway
Purse Missing Thirteen Years Recovered in Red Wing
A purse lost after a 13 year search has been found at the Red Wing Y M C A. Mrs. C Sultzer had attended a banquet when the bag vanished. It contained receipts a railroad mileage book and other items. The contents reveal the missing cash is gone.
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Red Wing
Minn
Thrift of Vermonters Is Revealed in Statistics
The bureau of home economics reports Vermont farming households show thrift with a twist. Families with 650 dollars save 31 annually while 1000 dollar earners save about 170. Vermont spends on pleasure far less than West stock raisers, with tobacco and reading costs kept low and taxes gifts and community welfare absorbing more at nearly every income level.
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Washington
Vermont
Bureau of Home Economics
West
Clam Fossil Believed to Be Million Years Old
Long Prairie Minnesota resident E A Williams owns a clam he says is over a million years old. Williams found it near Glen Rock Wyoming while teaching there and dug it from a red sandstone formation some geologists deem among the oldest in North America. The fossil dam is intact and well preserved.
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Long Prairie
Minn
E. A. Williams
Williams
Glen Rock
Wyo
Canada
Housewife Is Thrilled by Mining Alaskan Gold
Mrs. Billy Meldrum, touring Dawson en route to the states after a year of mining with her husband, expresses that panning gravel for an ounce of gold gives her the thrill greater than any domestic success. She notes moose roast delights, but the gold finds thrill her most.
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Dawson
Alaska
Billy Meldrum
States
The Perfect Servant and a Candidate for Help
A humorous exchange over a help wanted ad reveals the clash between a wife seeking an obedient helper and a man who notes the applicant wants a husband, not a servant. The tale pokes at household rules and a cook who cannot read.
Couple's Sleep Talk Sparks Auction and Golf Bond
A lighthearted feature notes Jones is devoted to golf while his wife enjoys auction sales. The couple even talks in their sleep with him crying Fove and her reply Five, provoking amused reactions from neighbors.
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Jones
Pepsodent Highlights Irium Tooth Cleanser Benefit
The advertisement touts Irium as a remarkable ingredient in Pepsodent toothpaste that helps brighten teeth and improve safety. It emphasizes Pepsodent as the dentifrice containing the new cleansing agent Irium.
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L. L. Stevenson
Heckler
New Brunswick
N. J
Professor Heckler
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Paul Moss
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Minskys
Bell Syndicate
WNU
U.S
Congress
Nes
By C. M. Payne
Sqummfe
Tslow Mit
Sewaemic
Skbood
Huntley
Wal
Chicken Sociable
Lony Gads
Finney
By1
Ted O'Loughlin
Oplossifer Mey
Tris
Pop
J. Millar Watt
Glay
Teddy Gleason
Friam
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