New York Essays on City Lights and Notable Figures
A kaleidoscopic column sketches city life and celebrities through fragmented vignettes. References include Marlene Deltrich Glida Gray Geraldine Farrer Harry Tierary Oscar Shaw and Hemingway, with nods to Walker Merman and West Thirty Fourth Street.
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Glida Gray
Geraldine Farrer
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Boston
Harry Tierary
Perth Amboy
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Oscar Shaw
Navy
Baron Wrangel
AI Society
Jonks
Clifton Webb
Parla
Ernest Hemingway
Ike
Jimmy Walker
Eddie Soy Dr
Morett
Marx Brother
Hamish McLaurin
Dick Derlint
Beryl Wallace
John Finley
Philadelphia
Ted Seuder
the Waldorf
Peter King
Normandie
Lilian Shade
Ethel Merman
Walker
Sid Solomon
Garner Rebuke to Hoover Based on Constitution
A columnist lauds John N. Garner for 29 years of restrained conduct in Congress, praising his strict adherence to the Constitution’s checks and balances. The piece rebukes President Hoover for seeking to grant blanket presidential appointment power and asserts Garner will not tolerate executive overreach. The author argues Garner upholds legislative prerogatives and opposes unilateral dictates from the White House.
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House of Repesentatives
Washington
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Garney
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House of Representatives
Senate
Roosevelt
Champ Clark
United States
Moovey
Jess Klinn
Congress
Herbert
Xenophilism and the easy label for foreign-loving Italians
Filippo Marinetti argues xenophilism as a term for Italians addicted to foreign things. He notes xenophilists exist globally and in America some reside in Wales. The idea rejects expatriates and patriots, proposing Ex-Amor as a new label.
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Filippo Marinetti
America
High
Wales
Parrot Fever and Bird Import Controls in 1932
The article notes parrot fever or psittacosis cases remain rare but present and urges caution for bird buyers. It explains transmission from sick birds to humans, seasonal symptoms, and that import controls were heightened then to prevent spread. Birds imported recently should be checked with Health Authorities and kept in isolation if health is doubtful. Birds bred domestically with six months in country and no contact with new arrivals are considered free of disease.
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United States
Texas Trails Relives Snow Memories and Local Child Outreach
A nostalgic Texas reminiscence recalls a long-ago snowfall near Beerne and San Antonio, noting local youths who traveled to see snow. The piece links civic interest, deer captivity concerns, local misfortunes, and a Devine merchants initiative that funds children’s viewing trips while preserving family budgets.
Rabits Seen After Country Editor's Visit
By Harry Williams visiting his father on Chalk One day last week they called at the High offices late in the afternoon but found the editors out feeding rabbits. They returned to find the rabbits missing, and trails show a longing to visit Medina City as the Randers wishes to see what a rabbit looks like after months of feeding. Ain't got pen pe Thibbins Jil Bellifforont.
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Medina City
Randers
Listen World to Live Boldly by Elsie Robinson
Motivational essay urges readers to dare to live fully rather than drift through life. It emphasizes acting on opportunities, thinking independently, embracing truth, and loving deeply, even at personal risk, to achieve a richer experience.
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Marry-Go-Round By Helen Rowland
A 1933 column by Helen Rowland reflects on ex spouses meeting secretly, arguing a second honeymoon with an ex could outshine the first. The piece muses on social scandal, enduring habits, and the appeal of intimate familiarity over novelty.
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Helen Rowland
Ten and Twenty Years Ago in The San Antonio Light
A jagged recap of historic items includes a rush to recover delinquent county fees from back taxes, a proposed Fiesta queen described as unmarried, a marriage of Miss Blevens to Foard Townsend in New Orleans, and a note on an airplane ambulance built at Kelly Field. Also mentioned are fines for two girls on vagrancy charges, and a 1912 update about an express wagon collision near the city market house involving Eleanor Blevens.
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Miss Blevens
Buckley
Cardenas
Eleanor Blevens
Bosen
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