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Voices from the era on fame fear and politics
The clipping blends candid chatter about stage and screen celebrities, a quip on microphone fright, a Chicago World’s Fair note, a domestic quarrel, and light political commentary from a Far East correspondent. It includes playful lines, a geology phrenology joke, and a satirical piece by Horace Walpole Frisby.
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Horace Walpole Frisby
Eaat
Congressman Frisby
China
Amerlea
Toosiums