Love and folly in eve of modern manners
A Boston Transcript column muses on love’s quirks through cinema and fiction. It cites Vivian Duncan’s kiss gone wrong and Hergesheimer’s The Limestone Tree where love drives drastic acts. The piece lampoons Hollywood bravado, then critiques economic strain on farmers and Hooverism’s fallout in Kansas politics.
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Boston Transcript
Vivian
Duncan Sisters
Gilbert K. Chesteron
Hollywood
Paramount
Miss Duncan
Mr. Hergesheimer
How to Win the Farmer
A Baltimore Evening Sun summary notes Kansas farmers faced hardship under the Hoover administration. It alleges promises of relief were not delivered and criticizes leaders for presenting relief plans that were rejected. The piece questions tariff policies and their impact on farm livelihoods.
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Federal Farm Board
Washington
Kansas
Baltimore Evening Sun
Threat of Tariff War With Canada Shakes Washington
Washington fears a tariff war with Canada, once America’s best customer. The Fordney McCumber rates anger Canadians, and Hawley Smoot deepens the grievance. A conservative Canadian prime minister vows retaliation, risking widespread retaliation against U S exports. The row stems from U S tariff policy and worsened trade frictions.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Suckers in Shanghai in American Mercury
In Shanghai cabarets a chant marks Americans as suckers. Russians greet Yank patrons with Amerikanski durak as the nightlife thrives on generous spending, lavish dances, costly bottles, and showy sob stories. The White Russian cabaret girl says the phrase, and the nightlife would be pale without him.
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American Mercury
Shanghai
Amerikanski Durak
Sunol Community Notes On Rain Delays And Visits
Threshing and combining were delayed several days this week due to heavy rain Saturday night. Local residents and visitors share social calls including Mrs Louise Peetz and daughter Helen, Mrs Sullivan and son, J B Ruttner, J C Parks wiring Booth house for lights, and multiple calls at the Booth and nearby homes. Family and neighbor gatherings occur across Sunol with shoppers, threshing outfits active, and relatives visiting from Council Bluffs and Lincoln.
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Louise Peetz
Helen
J. W. Webb
Leah Booth
James Booth
Everett Hubbell
Council Bluffs
T. W. Hubbell
Ralph Gentry
Betty
William Gade
Leona Lindley
Lincoln
Glenis Fenske
Booth Ranch
Betty Webb
A. L. Roberts
Joan Oliverius
Mr. Wiliams
P Z Gentry
Sund
Firth Booth
A Fenskeand
Eldora Bahr
Booth Home
Emil Zalesky
Clarence Howitt
Delilah Englert
Firth Booth Home
Ruth Fenske
Elsie Bahr
Bert All
Glittering Madness and Salons Among the American Colony
The article portrays a scene around the Gold en Eagle tower on Szechnen road with elite visitors at venues like the Tavern and the Del Monte. It notes Yank money and Yank laughter driving profits as emigrees seek wine buyers. It also mentions social visits by Mr and Mrs. Weber and Mrs A Englert and calls at the James Tighe and Donna home.
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Orient
Szechnen Road
del Monte
William Weber
A Englert
Lodge Pole
J. B. Ruttner
James Tighe
Donna
A Sporting Proposition Sets Challenge to Jeweler
In Answers London a stranger admires village sports cups in a jewelry shop window and proposes a race for the prize. The jeweler confirms the cups are prizes for village racing and the challenge is made with the cup in hand.
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London
Pleasant View Social Notes From Local Visitations
Pleasant View items record Dan Heimer and J E Morrow on a business trip to Sidney Monday. Families travel to Sidney Saturday. E G Mathewson accompanies them. Will Morow returns from Arizona and California and dines with J E Morrow family. Clara Greenwald departs for South Dakota then St Louis. Neighbors visit Ben Hilpert and Ernest Ger ley homes. Several families host and visit through the week including J H McNew visiting from Oklahoma City and others touring to Meta Gemeinhardt’s school.
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Dan Heimer
J. E. Morrow
Sidney
W D. Mathewson
E. G. Mathewson
Will Morow
Dalton
Arizona
California
Vern Pearson
Clara Greenwald
Ben Hilpert
South Dakota
Walter Bredeboft
St Louis
Henry Lueders
J Berzt
Ernest Gerley
Pete Nelson
Miss Reed
W D Mathewson
Art Obenhofer
Anna Enzer
Frank Muelled
J H McNew
Oklahoma City
Ohio
Robert
Gerhardt Fienler
Amanda Gemeinhardt
Caadron
Meta Gemeinhard
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Tenth Avenue
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Weston Nebraska
Nebr
Telegraph News
Zone One
Rhea
Beri
Sidney Glass & Paint CO
Geo. W. Moore
New York Times
SUNOL
Ingtow
Ted Reese
Fox Theatre
Safeway Stores
Thompson
Certo
Safeway Stores, Inc
Sidney, Nebraska
R. F. Morey
Insurance Agency
The
Lington
Belle of
Denver
Crescent Flour Mills
Rocky Mountain Grain & Commission Co
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