Lights of New York seen in a bustling city slice
A field of vignettes from New York life contrasts commuter trains to Hoboken with Broadway sights. The piece notes smoker car changes, Times Square fence work, Sixth Avenue subway workers, and Union Square hucksters, plus a drunken anecdote in a financial district restaurant and a dramatic rescue tale.
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Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Times Square
Sixth Avenue
Union Square
Forty-fifth
Fifty-third Street
First Avenue
Rushing work on Mississippi dam near Clinton Iowa
Engineers accelerate construction of the 4.5 million dollar lock and dam two miles north of Clinton to create a 30 mile pool toward Bellevue. The project, part of a Rock Island district program, will remove sandbars in the Maquoketa Elk Apple and Plum rivers and enable towboats and barges to navigate a nine foot channel across nearly 600 miles.
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Clinton
Iowa
Mississippi River
Here
Bellevue
United States Engineers
Rock Island
Upper
Mississippi
Maquoketa
Elk, Apple
Plum
Dubuque
St. Paul
Minn
Alton
Travel Note From East Indies Details Papuan Taboo
J. R. Lloyd reports from Papua British New Guinea that natives ban mothers-in-law from speaking with their children's spouses and even forbid mentioning their names in casual talk. The custom varies by region, but strict avoidance is common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
East Indies
American
Modern Science Dims Wonders of Magician Act
Berkeley California science lecturer Trwin A Moon in Los Angeles demonstrates feats that outshine vaudeville magic. He claims to discharge volts from his body float metal in space turn rocks into gems under 20 000 volt iron and record voices within steel and project voices on light beams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Science
Trwin A. Moon
Los Angeles
Moon
Library Exhibition Showcases 120 Poets Manuscripts
Buffalo's Lockwood Memorial Library hosts 120 contemporary poets manuscripts gathered by Prof. Charles D. Abbott during a European tour. The materials, some heavily penciled, will form a collection aiding psychology and literary studies through analysis of drafts and revisions by writers such as Walter de la Mare, John Masefield, Alfred Noyes, T S Eliot, James Stephens, Stephen Spender, Humbert Wolfe and Andrew Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lockwood Memorial
University of Buffalo
Charles D. Abbott
Abbott
Walter de la Mare
John Masefield
Alfred Noyes
T. 8. Eliot
James Stephens
Stephen Spender
Humbert Wolfe
Andrew Young
Freshman Girls Learn Grooming at Cornell
At Cornell University Ithaca New York freshman girls enroll in a home economics course teaching grooming beauty treatments simple cosmetics and care of clothes. The class includes a beauty shop for sham poos facials manicures and hairdressing plus instruction on posture dress and color analysis to suit individual students.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Gladys Butt
College of Home Economics
Cornell University
University
Law Hits Churches Fort Worth Texas
Fort Worth churches were denied a permit to advertise services with a loud speaker truck patrolling downtown streets after a city council vote on an anti noise ordinance.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Crosby Gaige Keeps Bachelor Life With Costly Collectibles
Crosby Gaige, a Broadway producer and bachelor, has assembled an immense collection of patent models and curiosities, including a corpse reserver and a steamboat, amassed after purchasing Sir Henry Wellcome’s estate. His varied interests span viticulture, book collecting, printmaking, and cooking, all managed from his Peekskill estate and New York circles. Margaret Sullavan’s rise follows laryngitis sparked discovery by Lee Shubert, leading to a five year contract and current film acclaim amid Hollywood chatter.
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York
Crosby Gaige
Sir Henry Wellcome
Gaige
Mr. Gaige
Margaret Sullavan
Lee Shubert
Princeton
Ethel Barrymore
Shubert
Miss Sullavan
Average month length defies four weeks rule
The article notes that months rarely have exactly four weeks. On average a month has about four and one third weeks. February is the only month with four weeks, and in leap years February has one extra day beyond four weeks.
Dress Alike Fashions Popular in Family Groups
The piece notes a trend of dress alike outfits for mother and daughter, big sister and little sister, and even brother. It highlights identical color and fabric or styling with variations, pre shrunk fabrics, and astrological motif trims. It mentions milliners Sally Victor creating matching hats and the use of Leghorns and lingerie neckwear.
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Tured
Brother
Sally Victor
Western Newspaper Union
Satin Is Big News
Fashion writer Cherie Nicholas notes silk satin dominates summer style with beige silk satin day dress featuring an Alix-type shirred bodice and slim skirt. Designers worldwide embrace silk satin as a major trend for town and country club wear.
Wear White Hats With Dark Gowns in Summer Fashion
The piece advises millinery picks in all white with dark dresses featuring draped turbans and white hats. It notes summer trends include large Bretons of white felt or straw, starched white pique, and white linen-like straws, with color accents such as a green quill or chenille dots for contrast.
Black-and-White Lace Combinations In Fashion
Lace dominates after noon and evening wear with black on white or white on black combinations. Chantilly lace leads, and many fashion houses showcase white chiffon or mousseline de soie gowns trimmed with black Chantilly ribbons across the front in varying directions.
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Chantilly
Choosing Sides and Loyal Leadership in Joshua
Lesson on choosing loyalties based on Joshua 12 6 and 24 14 21. emphasizes a prepared man taking command, Moses death, and Joshua’s call to faith. Includes threefold structure Promise Power Courage and Joshua’s example instruction and warning urging loyalty to God and responsible leadership.
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God
Moses
Israel
Joshua
Russia
Promised Land
Paul
Charming Play Suit and Afternoon Dress Patterns
A vintage sewing feature promotes two pattern sets for summer wear. It describes the play suit with pleated shorts and a cape option, plus a graceful afternoon dress with a deep neckline and jabot. Patterns 1484 and 1532 specify sizes and yardage, with an offer to buy the Success in Sewing book for 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Be a Torch Bearer Inspire All Ranks to Help The World
The passage urges that the poorest can be God's torch bearer as well as the richest. A small candle can do more good than a grand beacon, emphasizing humble service and moral responsibility across social classes.
Giving Up Faults Quote
Noted aphorism about fault acceptance and effort to abandon faults. It contrasts public exposure of faults with the impatience for giving them up, attributed to Goeihe.
Living well and time misspent, a reminder for all
Quote ponders longevity through prudent living and the cost of wasted time, asserting that a well spent life endures while time misused is lost.
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Lights of
New York
L. L. Stevenson
Hoboken
N. J
Manhattan
Financial District
Paul Whiteman
Morton Downey
England
Bagkatop
Jane Pickens
New England
Benny Venuta
South Seas
Tahiti
Eighth Avenue
Who’s News
By Lemuel F. Parton
Mr Gaige
Skunk Hollow
Peekskill On the Hudson
Columbia University
Tllusia
Elisabeth Marbury
Norfolk
Robert HE. Lee
Boston
Cape Cod
Hollywood
Consolidated News Features
By Cherie Nicholas
Satin IS
Big
Cherie Nicholas
Schoolchool Asson
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Nature
Amin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia ER. Pineham
Euripides
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