New York Night Life Echoes From an Odd Narra
A garbled New York fragment lists performers such as Billy B Van Lew Dockstoder Nel OBrien and Honey Boy Evang with references to Charles Fran, Nicholas Murray Butler, Mencken, Bert Wheeler, Madge Kennedy and others. It mentions Harol Ross groupings, pastry displays, and a Paris exhibited decorateur artist. The piece, stylistically a stream of social impressions, capers through theatres, sites along Forty-first Street, Central Park, and mentions figures like Frank Buck and Juke Wolf amid bustling city life.
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New ‘York
Billy B. van
Minatrel
New Hampshire
Friars
Lew Dockstoder
Nel O'Brien
Honey Boy Evang
Wills P. Awentham
Charles Franis Ope
Elks
Nicholas Murray Butlera
Mencken
Malcolm Douglas
Rbuten
Nicholas
Chet Shafer
Berton Draley
Madge Kennedy
Katherine Dale Owen
Bert Wheeler
Beverly Bitgreaves
Country Weekly
Ann Beil
Metropolitan
Weniteli Fatale
H. P. Bur
Julia Hoyt
Harold Ross
Fay Marbe
Patpy de Albrew
Frank Buck
W. C. McGeshan
San Francisco
Frank McIntyre
Too
Marbridge
Thirty-fourth and
Sixth Avenue
Hampton
Magsalne
Sherwood Anderson
Central Park
Robin
Squirrel
Vote on Submission Involves Tenet of Democracy
A historical editorial urges voters in Texas to vote FOR submission on a referendum about federal prohibition. It frames the issue as a test of democracy and self government, distinct from wet or dry outcomes, and calls for endorsing majority will through the state’s Democratic platform.
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Seventy-third Congress
United States
Texas
Democratic Party of
The Crank as Catalyst in Language Reform
Professor Buck advocates spelling reform arguing for simpler words and big savings while cranks pursue quirky hobbies. The piece explores enthusiasm as a motor for progress and suggests today’s crank may become tomorrow’s normal thinker.
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Professor Buck
Nothing to Report in Navy of Peaceful Maneuvers
Maj Gen Johnson Hagood of the Seventh Corps drilled troops across Nebraska. An adjutant crew prepared a 5000 page, seven pound annual report, heavier than ancient history, but the superior’s dread read “Nothing to report.” The general quips that much paperwork is bunk and deserves a divine medal.
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Johnson Hagood
Seventh Corps
Nebraska
Hagood
Upholding the Law Home Brewers Taxed in Detroit
Detroit home brewers face a nickel per gallon tax as the state reports about 1800000 dollars in revenue for the past year from roughly 14 million gallons. The article notes unreported output and hints at broader enforcement questions while referencing San Francisco’s plan to test free firewater during a Shriner convention and reporting to dry agents.
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Detroit
San Francisco
Listen World! by Elsie Robinson a modern woman tale
The column presents Elsie Robinson in a personal essay about a discontented woman who pursues a career before marriage. She recounts planning independence, eventually realizing a full life requires home and partnership. Giving up work in favor of home brings changes, happiness, and a balanced life with her husband and three children. Copyright 1932 by Mary Owen.
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Mies Robinson
Thad
Cult
Iitel
Mary Owens
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland
An essay-style critique of modernist views on love and marriage. It contrasts free love with traditional, Victorian ideals, arguing true love resists price tagging and secrecy, and warns against modern sophistry about relationships. The piece lampoons fashionable notions and urges caution in romantic commitments.
Hearst Papers Advocate Plan for Economic Recovery
The plan calls for a five billion dollar loan to relieve unemployment and boost circulation, adoption of a sales tax and income tax cuts to finance industry, and a Walstead act modification permitting light wines and beers to revive industry, fund government, and restore personal liberty while fighting racketeering.
Etiquette by Kataren de Peyster Card Calling Tradition
Dear newcomers question whether to leave calling cards for hosts and husbands. The guide defends card exchanges as a gracious, correct custom in welcoming new residents, noting it as the first social courtesy and a sign of hospitable community. Both parties participate with personal cards for the hosts and for the newcomers.
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Mies de Peynter
Weirenrda
Tongue as Health Index From Royal S Copeland
The article argues that the tongue reflects overall health, detailing how various conditions alter tongue appearance. It notes that old physicians relied on tongue signs before X rays, and emphasizes careful tongue inspection in children, noting mucus, coating, color changes, and moisture as indicators of stomach, intestinal, kidney, or infectious disease states.
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King Mean. Bynit., Inc
And I Remember When Capt Tom Boss Recounts Texas Weather Beliefs
Capt Tom Boss, Federal Coach Interpreter, recalls a rural Texas era when locals forecast weather using beliefs and signs. Elders, seen as prophets, read "algas" and predicted trends from animal activity and crop outcomes, noting patterns like rain in a certain month or a harsh winter contingent on early-year events.
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Tom Boss
Texas
Colé
10 and 20 Years Ago in The San Antonio Light
Unofficial returns from 14 city precincts show Tobin leading in 1922 with 11 boxes and McAkI’s defeat likely. July 14 1922 notes An Alamo Meighta Herald launch. July 22 1912 reports a Texas farmers endurance run San Antonio to Dallas. city market prices list staples with small changes.
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San Antonio
John W. Tobin
McAki
Texas
Jeff Wallas
Dalles
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