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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
3
The senate votes 55 to 33 to pay veterans a cash bonus. Roosevelt praises King George as Britain rests on steady leadership. A plane crash kills five, including Senator Cutting, fueling debate on parachute safety. German politicians target unmarried women with a farm labor push and Pope Pius condemns Germany’s Nazi regime.
The piece explores Lexington 2 1100 as a vital NYC information hub serving stage radio and medical calls and acting as a secretary for many firms. It recalls a WWI anecdote about torpedoes fueled by grain alcohol and notes a Brooklyn woman barber with 25 years in practice plus a tax trick at a Seventh Avenue bar and grill.
Postoffice in Denver reports a rapid spread of Send-a-Dime chain letters. A six name list prompts sending a dime to the top person then adding names, with eventual top recipient’s payout of 1562.50 in dimes if unbroken. Officials warn of lottery and fraud violations and potential arrests.
Corporal Harry Levinson of the coast artillery hauled a swordfish from an army tug using a quarter inch line and a six inch hook. The fish measured nine inches from tail to sword tip and weighed little on the scales, with experts noting the catch appeared to be about a day old.
In Hooverville Seattle a two room house sells for two dollars as Dutch's realty bureau advertises improved housing. The so called shantytown has seen modest upgrades with tin can and scrap lumber dwellings gaining small improvements while Mayor Jesse Jackson and residents cope with fuel shortages and a prohibition on new shanties.
In Trilby Ohio thirteen year old Chester Christmas defied his father and used a forbidden revolver to shoot at crows. He collapsed at home and died before a doctor arrived. His mother Pauline Christmas recounts the incident while noting the father's warning was given prior to the tragedy.
Secret of happiness in an oyster life in Matagorda bay lies in the absence of conches and drums. Conches pry open shells to feast while drums bite their way through oysters, their desire not enough to explain their destructiveness.
The steam trawler Hekla brought ashore a freak tropical fish from 85 fathoms off western banks. The eyeless creature weighs 20 pounds and has a dozen light emitting tentacles on its head. A similar 25 pound specimen had been landed weeks earlier by another trawler.
Two dogs chasing a rabbit fell into a rabbit hole in Bland Texas. The hole caved in and the dogs were trapped for two days before they could be freed. They were nearly starved but uninjured otherwise.
A pattern for a matelasse crepe dress with a jabot and soft shoulders designed to slim the silhouette. It features vertical seams forming pleats below the knees, offered in multiple sizes and colors gray greige navy brown. Pattern 2029, size 36 requires 4 1 2 yards of 39 inch fabric. sends 15 cents with order to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York.
In Stray Stories Frank Friend asks if the new play impressed the audience, replying that it was shorter than expected while Proud Author expresses pleasure at the reader's reaction.
A rural druggist lists a customer order including tincture of quinine thermometers and temperature charts while the exchange twists to a joke about nudists in the woods. A polished young man and his girlfriend trade quips about reflections and propriety.
A brief dialogue noting that even a slight turn can grab a woman's attention, capturing a light comic moment from Pear son's Weekly.
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