Hard Hitting Houston Buffs to be Honored by Boosters
Houston Buffs slated for Buff Booster Night at Buffalo Stadium on Thursday May 16 after a weather affected Opening Night program. Fans to see fireworks and bands with a $100 crowd-coverage challenge to charity, followed by Houston versus Dallas Rebels and a Friday Ladies Night game.
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Houston Buffs
Boosters
Buff
Buffalo Stadium
Buffs
Dallas Rebels
Fred Ankenman
Buff Booster Committee
Dallas
Houston
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Johnny Antonelli
Nick Cullop
Danny Murtaugh
Tom Winsett
John Wyrostek
Eskimos Adopt White Man's Ways Inventions And Teeth
New York report notes Eskimos embrace white man practices with humor and surprise. A Mackenzie Delta Eskimo fixed a knocked tooth with an ivory substitute, while another, Mike, bought a portable drill and set up shop on Herschel Island offering gold tooth repairs and dental charts for fox pelts. The piece highlights Eskimos lighting a driftwood igloo with electricity and owning motor schooners valued at four to six thousand dollars, illustrating a blend of adaptation and satire.
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New York
Philip H. Godsell
Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Pokiak
Bird in Hand Not Worth Two in Bush
OROVILLE CALIF Harry Harper learned a pheasant tails its life. He grabbed a bird he thought was dead from a rice shock. The pheasant kicked him in the face and escaped, leaving its tail behind as he failed to recover his gun.
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Oroville
Calif
Harry Harper
Mother of 24 Children Keeps Family Together
CADIZ Ohio Mrs Clyde Dunlap 44 mother of 24 living children says she would not give up any for anything though her husband a coal miner earns little for food The couple married at 16 she was a grandmother at 35 now has 16 grandchildren The latest additions are twin boys The father in poor health works part time in a local hillside coal mine and even took the next youngest child to work with him to help at home
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Cadiz
Ohio
Clyde Dunlap
Dunlap
Mississippi Low Water Shrinks After Supreme Court Edict
ST LOUIS reports the Mississippi river has reached its lowest level due to drought and a Supreme Court ruling on Lake Michigan water diversion. In the St. Louis district below the Missouri junction the river is about half its normal width, with veteran pilots noting the drought and prolonged low water. Engineers add the January 1 effect of the court order limiting water diversion contributed to the decline.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
United States Supreme Court
Mississippi
Missouri
Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Retired Officer Carries Buckshot for 23 Years
BAY CITY MICH Shotgun pellets 23 years old add color to reminiscences of 80 year old Harry Cap Anderson, retired police man. The pellets are remnants of about 300 fired into Anderson's chest in July 1916 after Anderson pursued Norman Stanley following the murder of Stanley s wife. Stanley died by his own hand that night after critically wounding .
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Bay City
Mich
Harry
Cap”) Anderson
Norman Stanley
Anderson
Stanley
Hollywood Stars Singers and Roles Across Screen
A roundup of film and radio personalities changing parts and careers. Robert Paige shifts from radio to leading man in Dancing on a Dime while Grace MacDonald pairs opposite him. May Robson, Pat O Malley, and Deanna Durbin receive notable mentions as they navigate stage and screen arcs. Ben Grauer to introduce Eleanor Roosevelt on air, Uncle Ezra’s Hollywood bid, and Joan Blondell’s long pursuit of New York stardom amid ongoing demand.
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Hollywood
Robert Paige
Paramount
Grace MacDonald
Pat O’malley
Alec Templeton
Captain Caution
Templeton
Ben Grauer
Eleanor Roosevelt
New York
NBC
Ezra
Pat Barrett
Bob Burns
Joan Blondell
Spring dresses pattern with gingham and chambray trim
A pattern offers a step by step sew chart for dresses featuring braid edged fronts sleeves and pockets. Six comfortable gingham chambray or percale dresses suit spring and summer and pattern No. 8673 covers sizes 36 through 52 with fabric and braid yardage details.
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Enclose 15 Cents for Size
Pattern request from the Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1324 211 W Wacker Dr Chicago requires encloses 15 cents in coins for size selection. The note, though terse, directs payment and address to receive patterns.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Modest Applicant Not Afraid of Thirteen VPs
A smart young man asks for an executive role, aiming for a vice presidency. The manager jokes about twelve vice presidents, and the applicant replies that he is not afraid of thirteen, illustrating ambition and humor in a banking office anecdote.
There’s a Good Reason You’re Constipated
A health note urges identifying the cause of constipation rather than masking it. It attributes common constipation to refined foods like meat and white bread and recommends natural bulking foods such as Kellogg’s All-Bran, plus ample water and medical consultation for chronic cases.
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Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Questioned Answers From A Quiz Show Event Or Newspaper Feature
The reader presents ten trivia prompts asking about the designer of the Stars and Stripes the novelty of enemy propaganda the salary of George Washington across his presidencies the equator’s latitude the water carrying needs of a liner the use of a peruke the Nazi salute its prior adopters the oldest U S higher learning institution Yale Harvard or William and Mary the meaning of gun caliber and the annual shedding frequency of a deer's antlers.
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George Washington
Atlantic
United States
Yale University
Harvard
College of William and Mary
Stars and Stripes designer and old war messaging
Francis Hopkinson designed the Stars and Stripes. In early battles messages were written on paper tied to arrows to be shot to the enemy. Washington received no sal.
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Francis Hopkinson
Washington
Trivia from History Quiz: Answers Revealed
A compact list presents answers to a history quiz. Topics span presidential terms, ship fuel needs, wigs as headwear, ancient Rome serfdom symbols, Harvard’s founding, gun bore measurements, and frequency of events. The items mix facts across eras, naming presidents, lifespans, and technical definitions.
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Rome
Harvard
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
An ad touts a Constipation relief product combining Senna laxative with Pepsin. It claims Pepsin aids digestion and dissolves undigested protein lumps while Senna stimulates bowels for relief. The copy urges purchasing at your druggist today.
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Caldwell
Happy State A Sound Mind In A Sound Body
A concise reflection on the ideal condition of happiness ties a sound mind to a sound body, noting that possessing both yields substantial well being while lacking either leaves one with little benefit from other things. The quote is attributed to John Locke.
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John Locke
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MK Ahewk
WMG
Gibraltar
Western Newspaper Union
May Robson
Ellen Drew
Texas Rangers
Gary Cooper
Texas
Earl Carroll
Ken Murray
Rose Hobart
Cobina
Brenda
Philadelphia
la Scala Opera Company
Deanna Durbin
James Melton
Bellans
R. W. Emerson
Park Laboratory Co., Inc
San Antonio
Carlyle
Kent
Prince Albert
Tommy Trimmer
K. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
Legcrees
Wadsworth
de Kalb Ave
B'kiya
N.Y
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