The Fire Drill Hero Joe Runt
In a Ripley daily comic tale from 1939, Joe Runt joins the local fire department for drills, gets used as a weight, and schemes to fund a new fireproofing liquid after a misadventure involving his boss. He investigates a recent blaze caused by careless cigars, meets Snickery Sandstone, and plans to market Runt's Sure-Fire Fire proof.
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Joe Rant
Buickery Sandstone
Ile
Joe Runt
Snickery
Runt
Hat buying and pious hats lead to comic misfires
A week-old bride and her husband visit a hat shop where the husband objects to hats as gifts. The long-suffering assistant jokes that they are not stocking halves of presents. In London a Scot jokes with a Roman Catholic friend about a hat gesture near Westminster Cathedral and the Bank of England. A punning ethics bit follows about trading a servant for three days’ board and choosing holidays.
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Okawa
London
Westminster
Cathedral
Eco
Bank of England
Observer
Helen Page and the Caledonian Market
Helen finds solace at the Caledonian Market after a lost sampler prompts a tense exchange with a stranger. She receives help from a tea vendor and departs hopeful, certain the market remains her happiest hunting ground for memories and solace.
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Helen
Warren
A Reckless Bluff Next Week
A Reckless Bluff next week. The EV Bupprety Peps' Mate Herlent Merper.
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Peps
Herlent Merper
Ice Eiffel and Sultan Legends in a Sunday Cartoon
The feature recounts a 19th century ice Eiffel tower in St Petersburg with ice cottages and a famed Russian actress tale. It then covers Ahmeti the fourteenth Sultan of Turkey born 1599 throne 1603 age 14 ruling 14 years with 14 wars and 14 children, plus a note on Osman I. It ends with Gilman Low lifting 1000 lb scales 1505 times in 34 minutes 35 seconds for a total of 1,006,000 pounds in New York 1903.
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St. Petersburg
Tle
Old Russia
Yevgenia Sratinieva
Ahmeti
Turkey
Osman I
Ahraet
Gilman Low
New York
Law
The Human Binks Strikes Again in Ocean Engine Adventure
A comic inventor Binks tests a two gallon gasoline powered marine engine on an odd back pack, launches from Ginger Beach, and sails to sea before washing ashore 200 miles away. Wife responds to his coast guard plea with $2 as part of a chaotic chain-letter home.
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Fribher’s Cove
Coast Guard
Binks Returns Home After Rush Outward by Gas Power
A mariner named Binks sails far beyond his planned limit using six pints of fuel. He covers sixty miles, then backtracks with only two pints left, staying afloat as the tank acts as a life buoy. He survives on sea water and a few sips of fuel until reaching shore and selling his motor to a near sighted buyer. He never reveals his voyage or its cause to his wife.
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Binks
Gingus Beach
Ocean Court
Europe
Germany seeks friends amid fears on frontiers and Locarno
Berlin notes growing security worries on eastern and western borders after Locarno pacts. Germany calls for open reassurances from Locarno signatories, especially France, while observing rapprochement signals between Italy and itself. Britain’s stance appears to drift as Germany pushes to limit British influence.
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Berlin
Frgny
Germany
Rhineland
France
Rhine
Locarno
Tate
Duce
Abyssinia
Hitler
Rome
Austria
Italy
Wales
Third Reich
Britain’s Lawrence under fire as Arab ally tale disputed
Paris dispatch outlines a French critique of T. E. Lawrence, arguing he harmed Anglo-French aims in the Arab revolt. Bremond and other authors challenge the desert strategist image, asserting Lawrence aided Damascus plans only to pursue his own ends and offend France.
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England
Lawrence
klNod
Major Winterton
Pisant
Hugo Waversalderslee
Paris
Arabia
Napoleon
Edouard Bremond
la France Militaire
Bremond
France
Gotheresay
Feisal
Iraq
Hosein
Abdullah
Damascus
AL Jenby
Pisani
Great Britain
Philby
la Ybn Saud
Neja
Jacob
Ian Yahya
Yemen
Lawreace
King Feisal
Lyons
Hejaz
Europe
Have You a Phobia by Edward E Gottlieb
An exploration of phobias and their meanings from psychiatry. The piece humorously lists numerous phobias, explains their roots in repression, and notes how doctors identify and treat these fears as a facet of modern self expression.
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Edward E. Gottlieb
New York
Sigmund Frew
Tom
Anting
Horate Greeley
Dialogues in a Rail Car Reveal Despair and Humor
In a railway carriage a talkative man laments bankruptcy and a bleak outlook, while a victim seeks a bright spot and jokes about a remaining chance. A series of snappy exchanges and traveler quips capture commuter wit amid economic gloom reported by Smilth's Weekly Traveler and Calgary Herald.
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Smilth's
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