Thoughts on Celebrities and Fly Paper in a 1903 Memoir
A collage of recalled personalities and scenes from early 20th century publishing life. Mentions Dudley Field Ma Jones, Thomas Watson, Ray Giostz, Edna Ferber, Harold Ross, Bob Sherwood, and others in a stream of magazine and Broadway era vignettes. Anecdotes cover show business figures, dinner parties, and a humorous note on fly paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dudley Field Ma
Jone
Rubicund
Walt Disney
Noah
Thomas Watson
T. Markus Robert
Decfity
Gegood
Oscar Shaw
Roxy
Gi Boag
Pallad
Currenl
Ray Giostz
Ady
Domph P. Kennedy
Herbert Bayard
Irving Cseszar
Joe Weber
Han
Han Iises the Dog Owner Trade For Atlantic City. What Eng Eyelashes Jim Fiage
Margret Whiteman
Bill
Bud Kelland
Alexander Wenticott
Edna Ferber
Harold Ross
Bob Sherwood
Piopers
Rae
Tous Bromfield
Mantfeata
Edina Ferber
Rebecca Henry
Festival Board
Noel Coward
Jed Harris
Marc Connelly
George 8. Kaufmans
Alexander Woolrott
Margaret Pulitzer
Dorothy Parker
Centennial Bonds For What Apathy Grows In San Antonio
San Antonio faces a stalled Texas Centennial effort as committees blame public apathy for bond issues funding buildings and stadiums. The piece urges clear plans first, then bond votes, warning vague proposals will fail and suggesting a Fall of the Alamo spectacle as a possible site. Citizens will back a concrete, sane program, not generalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Frank H. Bushiek
Alamo
Alamo-Downs Trace
Old Folly and the AAA Critique by Coolidge
The piece denounces the Agricultural Adjustment Act and its amendments as the old McNary Haugen plan in disguise. It cites President Coolidge’s critique of price fixing, taxes, and bureaucratic control, arguing the AAA repeats past errors and misuses tax power to aid select farmers while harming the broader economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
White House
Listen World By Elsie Robinson Explores Life Advice
Essay argues that self styled life experts lack real experience and genuine understanding. It warns against glossed guidance from phony counselors and urges personal risk taking to gain true insight, using water imagery and a beach allegory throughout.
Blondes Fight for Attention as Brunettes Rise Again
In a humorous column, Helen Rowland notes a platinum blonde surge fading, with readers protesting monotony. She argues blondes risk losing allure as brunettes regain spark, while natural traits outshine dyed looks.
Nervous children and guidance for parents
This piece discusses how nervousness in children often signals underlying constitutional issues rather than mere temper. It urges accurate diagnosis by doctors, emphasizes intelligent parental guidance over fear, and advocates nourishing diets with vitamins minerals and milk, along with outdoor time and sunlight to support mental and physical development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnee
King Fens Syndy Ine
Fragmented muse of sea and vanity in a scattered piece
A garbled column riffing on ambition defeat and social norms. It muses that many who sail seek an escape from failure while mocking boastful pretensions. The text wanders through gendered remarks, fashion, and a casual AOL reference, yielding a disjointed, incomplete vignette with no clear narrative.
Open window dilemma spurs hotel air box idea
A traveler in Chicago cites extreme heat and noisy streets to argue open windows are impractical. He envisions a window box with an electric motor fan and filter to bring in fresh air, muffle noise, filter coal dust, and eventually add air conditioning for luxurious comfort. He notes potential for home use as technology advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Chicago
Ben
Beara
Keas
Seads, Inc
Front Files Reflect Library Use and City Health Push
From the San Antonio Light July 18 1915: Carnegie Library totals 23231 borrowers in the late fiscal year per Librarian Frances Humphrey. Federal Judge Duval West departed for San Francisco for a month of court. William Kielman of San Antonio exhibited a two headed water moccasin from the Pecos River. health department urged corral tenement owners to secure permits for water and sewer connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suly
Carnegie Wbrary
Frances R. Humphrey
Lbrarian
Duval ‘West
San Francisco
San Antonio
Wiliam
Kielman
Pecos River
The Monk Popular Watering Place and Timeworn Vices
A fragment from Stars and Stripes mocks social excesses. It notes a watering place where one can find strength, comments on men purchasing hats they lack time to use, and observes how a girl’s vice may become a hobby. It ridicules idle pretense and a man educated beyond his capacity.
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McIntyre
Safor
Crurge
Bob Gatland
Will Hays
Lesyer
Bob daFollette
Fidle
Fly Paper
William Lyons Phelps
Zine Blain
Miles
Ming
Lim
McNaught Syad, Inc
Snead
Pease
Uncle Sam
Elsie Robinson
Pakirs
Elisa Cre
Kink Fee Synd., Inc
Helen Rowland
Mari
Sean
Main Street
Coursa
Hale
Royal S. Copeland, M. D
Grint
Avia
Hiram Percy Maxim
Evers
Big Kame
Hke
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