Remembrance and satire from a 1932 theater scene
A vivid collage names Jimmy Walker Una Merkel and Dorothy Parker as cultural touchstones, then pivots to performers like Edna Millay and Harold Murray. It lampoons fashion, wit, and Broadway personalities, noting lamp posts, wagging tongues, and the era’s social gaze as it surveys New York nightlife and celebrity culture.
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Jimmy
Walker
Lidnel Barrymore
Ake
Una Merkel
Munson
Dorothy Parker
Edna Millay
Ernest Truex
Harrold Murray
Ksey Bkolsky
Paris
Eddie Darling
John Ringling
Earl Carroll
Bert Lyten
Fmpire
Gene Tunney
Ward
Addison Mizner
Deems Taylor
Tiffany
Cle
Stattes
New York
Frank O'Brien
the Sun
Hope Hampton
Leon Gordon
Grong
Gentle
Dove
Physeal
Japs Action Writes Finis to the League
A wartime editorial argues Japan’s invasion of China exposes the League of Nations as ineffective. It asserts Japan disavows war while committing aggression and warns that reliance on international covenants is a broken reed. China is praised for resilience and readiness to appeal to force.
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Japan
China
Europe
League of Nations
Organization OF World Peace
Hurley argues against Philippine independence in Washington
Secretary Hurley plainly states that independence would be criminal and lunacy, urging retention of the Philippines as a strategic base and peace guarantor. He cautions that natives oppose independence, while the islands' vast resources and trans Pacific shipping role justify continued governance.
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Philippine
Secretar War Hurley
Washi
Congress
Hurley
Far East
China
Philippines
Repression and Crime in Philadelphia in 1931
Philadelphia reports sixty thousand for drunkenness in 1931 and a senator notes more arrests on all charges. Psychologists claim no timely spree for those emotionally unsettled. officials say the City of Brotherly Love remains decorous with social amenities upheld and residents urged to knock before entering.
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Philadelphia
Ender
Aeronautics history tale and cave discovery in Texas
Editor Frank Bridges of Nixon relates a tale of J Wise the balloon and kite flyer who compiled an early aeronautics book long missing from libraries. The piece notes Wise’s lack of air machines but imagination for future flight, plus a Langtry road crew unearthing a vast cavern hinting at more underground discoveries.
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Frederick Tor
J. Wise
Wise
Frank Bridges
Nixon
Mammoth cave tale and a ranchman’s curious pastimes
The fragment recounts chatter about Mammoth Cave notoriety and a rancher Steve Stumberg amassing about 60 000 acres near Banderson and Longfellow while noting his unexpected persona. It references a 1880s Washington case and public debates on hangings, mentioning Mrs Embratt and Wilkes Booth in a blurred reminiscence of sensational history.
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Steve Stumberg
Ban Antonian
Steve
Banderson
Longfellow
Listen World Love and Hope in Desperate Times
Elsie Robinson reflects on the perseverance of the poor as they sacrifice for their children. She cites Will Durant and Moore to affirm parental love as humanitys greatest force and urges readers to see the dignity and potential in exhausted laborers. The piece portrays faith in a nobler future and the world’s need for compassion.
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Jimmy
Young Jim
Will Durant
Ike
Ugger
Moore
W. B. Avant
Wfe
Fealurge
Marry Go Round By Helen Rowland
A humorous essay critiques the modern wife stereotype the “delicatessen wife” and the male fear of domestic ease. It argues men prefer a bustling, present wife while assuming a wife who relaxes at home challenges masculine pride. The piece mocks the comic image of the busy wife and notes the stereotype may be imagined rather than real.
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Divyan
Timeworn Port Arthur clock tower to get new roof
San Antonio Light notes Feb 19 1922 that after 60 years the Port Bam Houston clock tower quad has its roof replaced from the 1876 original. It also mentions low hide prices affecting San Antonio stock interests and potential budget additions from dead-animal removal services.
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Port Bam Houston
San Antonio la Nok
Ray Lambert
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