Broadway Musings and Stage Personalities Reflections
A fragmented diary of theater lore names Lois Long Fred Detwiller Dave Stamper and others. Recollections of Broadway shows, actors, vamps, and a stream of memorized imagery from old New York life with mentions of galleries hotels rail and stage side notes.
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New. York
de Wolt Hopper
George Munroe
Mat O'Keefe
Forrest Wilson
Wilber Forrest
Ziegfeld
Sidney
Odor of Pines
Lois Long
New Rochelle
Charles B. Dillngham
Derby
Hal Shelley
Edward J. Doherty
Upjohn
Agim
Frisco
Channing Pollock
Frankfort
George Price
Helen Morgan
Tage
Legion of Honor
Broadway Central
Goates House
Kansas City
Fourteenth Street
Casino de Paris
Vicki Baum
Pruaslan
Union Square
The President Versus Congress in a Calling Out
In a blunt assessment, Garner condemns Congress for failing to aid unemployment, tax relief, and crime reduction. He argues a $5 billion public works loan and an adequate sales tax could have revived jobs, inflation containment, and government revenue, while criticizing Hoover’s vetoes and hesitations.
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Congress
Hoover
House
Senate
House Committee On Ways and Means
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
Democratic House
Reciprocity Would Stimulate Trade
The Ottawa conference faces tariffs as the real issue with Britain needing markets for manufactured goods while dominions seek buyers for livestock and farm surpluses. A worldwide move to reciprocity could end tariff barriers and avert disaster, praised by the Sunday Observer for Canada’s prime minister and urged as the only sound tariff policy by Hearst papers.
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Ottawa
England
Dominions
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
London
Sunday Observer
Great Britain
Observer
British Commonwealth
Hearst
United States
Mugland
Dominioma
Listen World! By Elsie Robinson on Flaming Youth and modern youngsters
A vintage column on the so called Flaming Youth, praising looks and style while critiquing manners and resilience. The writer contrasts past and present youth, noting fashion, talk, risk appetite, and how quickly the new generation adapts to speed and novelty, questioning authenticity behind the glamour.
Ex-Wife Country and Modern Matrimony Reflections
Helen Rowland muses on marriage and divorce seen through changing times. She contrasts old Victorian views with modern ideas of trial marriages and rapid separations, noting Russia as a symbol of easy divorce and questioning lasting commitment.
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Godey
Russia
Hearst Papers Advoq Ployment and Policy Proposals
A fragmented notice outlines pledges including a five billion dollar loan, expanded circulation, and tax reforms. It mentions adoption of a five percent sales tax, changes to income tax, and permitting lighter wines. The text references government action, employment, and liberty within a criminal racketeering context.
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Congress
Advice to Lovelorn From Beatrice Fairfax
A reader seeks wedding etiquette guidance on cake cutting and favor boxes. Beatrice Fairfax advises the bride usually cuts the first piece through all layers, notes formal options for gifting cake boxes to guests, and suggests mailing favors soon after the ceremony with simple accompanying notes.
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Miss de Payster
Ihe
And I Remember When- Mayor OGrady Recalls Stagecoach Robbery
OGrady of Avenue, former Alamo Heights mayor, recounts a stagecoach hold up near Boerne two years ago. He notes robbers asked men for money while sparing women, and his father handed over 50 cents before the robber recognized him and returned the note with a quip about lunch at his hotel.
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Boerne
Ban Anonly
O'Grady
Avenue
10 and 20 Years Ago From the Files of The San Antonio Light
A 1922 piece notes Walstead law endorsement and Harry Herts for congressman from the Eleventh District. It opposes the Ku Klux Klan and discusses a Bexar County Democratic convention and Volstead Act debates on prohibition. A 1912 item reports Nat M. Wunhor’s mayoral nomination fight and Citizens League delegates to select a rival to William J. Richter, with race outcomes for district attorney and peace justice seats.
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The
San Antonio
Walstead
Harry Herts
Enlh
Bexar County Domai
Fesalulion
George Mayer
Rend Na Col
Nat M. Wunhor
Hla Nominati
Citizena Jengue
William J. Richter
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Arizona
Mexia
Norma
Afria
Indo-China
Niagara
Wade
Uaderneath
North Dakota
Columbus Slate
Grandpa
Weiter
Julian Green
Perocs
France
Michael Arlen Rightenbout
Edn Ferber
Uleamer
Miss Merber
Havre
McNaught Agnatenta
Garner
White House
Galvin Coolidge
Elsie Robinson
Tin
Messrs
Edison
Wright
Chrysler
Carrol
Helen Rowland
Mfe
Ablei
Bb Leilani
Bary Digavoe
Hearst Papers
Advoq
Beatrice Fairfax
Yisea de Peysler
Shenid Heng
Alamo Heights
Citizens Jengoe
Jas. Saluriiny
Clint G. Crown
O. M. Chambers
Milorney
Snit R. Net] Campbreil
Joseph Une Antici
Vet Tor Qualice
Une Peace
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