Nightlife Gossip and Acknowledged Stars of Broadway
New York society notes recall evenings with George M. Cohan Hap Ward and Steve Reardon. Sidle r heckling of Ziegfeld’s valet and Billy Gaxton with Robert Hague on European junkets color a vivid scene. Fannie Brice, Joe Cook and W C Fields are profiled with party quirks and stage quirks. The Algonquin’s celebrity corner features Young Sam Berman’s caricatures and O Henry manuscripts once owned by William Johnston.
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New York
Broadway
George M. Cohan
Hap Ward
Steve Reardon
Lou Holte
Lyda Roberts
Marie
Dreasler
Ris
Polly Morén
Sidilver
Bart Carroll
The
Lambs
Billy Gaxton
Robert Hague
Gaxton
Hague
Europe
South America
Baron de ' Blowne
Fannie- Brice
Harleruin
Roger Davis
Joe Cook
W. C. Fields
Shorty
Dia
Sam Berman
Umner
Irvin Cobb
Cobb
Bratton five percent navy cut sparks election era clash
In a charged critique the piece warns that the Bratton amendment to cut next year's navy by five percent would cripple U S defense on a single coast, slow shipbuilding, discharge thousands, and leave 66 percent of British and 56 percent of Japanese ships in full commission. It contrasts the 1898 Maine disaster with present dangers, labeling the Senate action as treasonous to the nation and accusing Bratton and the 72nd Congress of threatening national security regardless of Roosevelt and Garner’s future leadership.
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Roosevelt
Navy
Senate
United States
Charles Francis Adams
Navy Yards
Marine Corps
Mmarine Corps
Eis
Adame
Congress
Bratton
Braton
Franklin
John N. Garner
Garner
Seventy-second Congress
Texas legislators weigh state sales tax push
Texas lawmakers consider a new state sales tax as a revenue source amid real estate tax burdens and rising delinquencies. They note Mississippi success with sales tax and federal moves, but expect compromises. The plan seeks simplicity, impartiality, and broad taxpayer transparency to avoid overburdening consumers.
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Texas
Mississippi
Austin
Listen World Habits Stand Firm Amid Despair
Elsie Robinson urges steadiness through habit as a lifeline in hard times. The piece recounts a general saving his troops by daily routines and calls readers to form schedules to regain control, promising hope and self mastery despite loss and chaos.
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Rockles
Conyright
King Pont
Byins Ine
Epilepsy Treatment by Royal S Copeland M D
Royal S Copeland M D explains epilepsy diagnosis and treatment, noting that though the cause is often unknown, factors like fatigue and nervous excitement can influence attacks. He advises early medical attention, proper care, and lifestyle measures, and mentions surgery as beneficial in certain cases, especially in childhood.
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King Fess
New Year Call for Cooperation and Charity
The late Galnin Coolidge addresses Bradley Kelly of the American Radio News and Mears station WINS New York in a New Year broadcast. He urges cooperation and charity for 1933 to boost business activity, improve economic conditions, and provide ample relief to the destitute.
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Galnin Coolidge
Aimerica
Tesas
Bradley Kelly
Aimerican Radio News Corporation
Mears
WINS
New York
Etiquette By Kathryn de Peyster Wien
A column discusses proper hotel registration signatures for married and unmarried women. It gives examples such as Mrs Thomas Alley Spokane Washington and Miss Alice Adlon Spokane Washington. The article notes that writing the city helps identify origin, and that hotels often leave space in registry books or pads for signatures.
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Wien
de Peyster
Thomas Alley
Spakane
Washington
Alice Adlon
Remembering a flood marker and old city streets
The reminiscence recalls an era when a gold star flood marker on a wall near Trayla and St. Marys guided house builders. It notes the Gunter hotel site, the old bank, and a gatehouse marker used to gauge flood heights reaching back to 1804 and earlier, with references to local streets and homes.
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D. Cobbs JR
City
Aulgrney
Trayla
St. Mary's
Commercial National Bank
Nolnt
St. Mary's Street
Pat Dowyer
Hood
Self Portraits Rule In Orpen Exhibition At RA
In a posthumous Royal Academy show of recently deceased members paintings Sir William Orpen dominates the display with the most works and the standout self portrait. The critic notes Orpen frequently painted himself and quips that the selfless artist attracts more lasting fame while Michelangelo painted his self-portrait only once by chance. The moral offered is that modesty draws more posterity.
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British Royal Academy
William Orpen
Orpen
Michelangelo
Peritaps
10 and 20 Years Ago From The San Antonio Light
A weather front looms over the United States, with the northern states already in flareups and southern Texas expected to feel the effects tonight. Hebler Schools tickot winners were elected with Henry Rogers and Robert Pontra leading the slate, tallying a total vote of 1048. Meanwhile, plans unfold in San Antonio as Brigadier General Stoever arrives to organize a new army department and cavalry division, with local militia interest sparked and a first drill set for tonight at St. Mark's Episcopal Church hall.
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United States
Texas
Hebler
Tckot
Yeat Orday
Eler
Ion
Henry A. Rogers
Robert Pontra
Henry Guerra
Guy B. ‘eFarland
Penruany
Ban Antonio
Southern Department
Gan
BE. Stoever
Antonio
al. Mark's Episcopal
Mallidia
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O. Henry
Sunday World
William Johnston
Johnston
Workman
Renry
B.gemuw
Moquin’s
Sixth Ave
Colonel Porter
Theodor
Rompanico Bis
Theodore
Theodores
Phillips Oppenheim
Constantinople
London
Paria
Mehta
Waltiog
Maine
Havana
Cuba
New Mexico
Jimmy
Oon
Elsie Robinson
Royal S. Copeland, M. D
Etiquette
Kathryn DE Peyster
Sir William Orpen
San Antonio
Department of ‘Texas
War Department
Bleeger
Mexico City
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