New York Day by Day: Wit, Powders, and People in April
A stitched-together column notes on Algonquin wits Alexander Woollcott George Kaufman and Dorothy Parker with jibes at back-scratchers and valet culture. It recalls Fields Hamm And Dolan's lunch hours with Frank I Cobb and Ted Saucier, amid vivid vignettes of Odets Wong and Keaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander Woollcott
George S. Kaufman
Dorothy Parker
Kaufman
Mrs. Parker
Miss Hepburn
George Ade
Mark Twain
King Lardner
Hahn's
Park Row
Ted Saucier
East 51St Street
Citrus Grove to Exhibit at Centennial in Dallas
A Moying citrus grove from the Lower Rio Grande Valley is slated as a major exhibit in the 1936 Texas Centennial show in Dallas. Plans call for transporting orange and grapefruit bearing trees to the grounds along with tall palms papaya banana plants and other semi tropical specimens. The display is being organized by officials from Star Willacy Cameron and Hidalgo counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcallen
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Dallay
Star
Willacy
Cameron
Hidalso
Voice Of The People Letter On Chamber Of Commerce
A reader in Elyria questions the Chamber of Commerce role in lobbying against labor and social bills, arguing it is a business group out of touch with workers and suggesting focus on attracting new industries instead. The letter notes Elyria’s historical bit about clipper ships racing Atlante steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford Ave
Elyria
Ohio
Voice of the People
Towid
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Wagner
Fesialatin
Picure
Chamber «i Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Lake Avenue Church Notes Regular Sunday Services
Regular services were held at the Lake Avenue Community Church on Sunday morning with the day’s program observed. The Lord's Supper was observed at the close of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Avenue
Lake Avenue Community Church
Local Briefs Mention Easter Services and Social Visits
Easter observances note five-thirty sunrise services at the Adams estate with thirty attendees. Mrs. E. D. Adams and son Alton hosted relatives. Bertram Provoznik is recovering from measles. Harold Starkey and family dined with Mrs. Starkey’s parents, the Clapps of Kipton. Behnke siblings returned to school after a week away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Alberts
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Adams
E. D. Adams
Alton
Akron
Bertram Provoznik
Harold B Starkey
Starkey
Mra
D. J. Clapp
Kipton
Rewards offered for vandalism information in Cleveland sting
An employers group in Cleveland announced full page ads offering rewards from 100 to 1000 dollars for information leading to arrests and convictions for vandalism. It cites seven acts daily from January 1 to April 15, including 760 window smashings, 36 stench bombings, and 33 other property destructions, urging civic peace and lawful action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Industries of
Cleveland
Elyria
Uncle Sam’s Alaska colonization plan and its echoes
Analyzing the Alaska migration program that relocates selected families at federal expense to farm unproductive lands. The piece compares with British and other colonial efforts, notes the experiment’s aims to relocate welfare recipients to more fertile areas, and highlights the 3000 mule journey and the Matanuska Valley’s promotional prospects as a test of voluntary frontier settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
America
John Bull
Alaska
Georgia
Sam
Great Britain
England
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
Spain
South America
Italy
Japan
Brazil
Matanuska
Wanted: One Super-Woman To Lead As Madam President
A 1920s league imagines a future female United States president defined as a "super-woman" who does big things in war and policy. If no woman fits, a virtuous man could be chosen. The piece muses on living, public readiness, the first gentleman, and sets a speculative target around 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State League
America
League
Mos
Anniversary portraits through history and birth dates
A collage of anniversaries and birth listings notes Oliver Cromwell and others with birth and death dates, then shifts to today in history events like Robinson Crusoe, the first Salt Lake City Sacramento mail contract, and notable birthdays including John F. Stevens and Guglielmo Marconi, followed by a horoscope paragraph on leadership and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Crusos
Samuel Wesley
Gilbert Fox
Joseph Hopkinson
Philadelphia
Columbia
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
Riza Khan
Little June Robles
Tucson
Ariz
Roday
John F. Stevens
Baltimore
Gardiner
Maine
Edwin R.A. Seligman
Columbia University
New York City
Richard N. Elliott
Connersville
Ind
U. S
Fayette Co
Edwin B. Wilson
Boston
Harvard School of Public Health
Hartford
Conn
Felix dHerelle
Yale
Montreal
Princess Royal Mary
Britain
Guglielmo Marconi
Hralian
Leake Avenue Bible Class Plans April Social Meeting
The tenthly social and business meeting of the Bible class at Leake Avenue Community Church will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Jabbusch on Friday evening April 26. Entertainment committee includes Mrs Schaeffer and Mrs Houk and refreshment committee consists of Mrs Croskey and Mrs Gill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leake Avenue Community Church
Jabbusch
Schaeffer
Houk
Croskey
Gill. AI
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Shorty
W. C. Fields
Fields
Terhunes
Geraghtys
Tom Geraghty
Fairbanks
London
Maurice
Gerald
Hollywood
Shelia
Carmelita
Allegretti
G. Allegretti
San Francisco
Growler
Buster Keaton
Rialtos
Eugene O'Neill
Clifford Odets
Anna May Wong
Sweden
Disraeli
Phil Baker
Erand Opera
Roy Howard
Indianapole Manual Training School
Herb Swope
al Smith
Dinty Moore
Voice of
The
People
Wayne Burdue
Howard Behnke, Jr
Velma Behnke
Warold Starkey
Man
Oliver Cromwell
Mark L. Brunel
France
Justin Edwards
American Temperance Society
Westhampton
Mass
William H. Bissell
Yates Co
N.Y
Constance Cary Harrison
Fairfax Co
Lord Grey of
Fallodex
Huch L. Burleson
Northfield
Minn
Black Hills
Conorrizhted
Magnesia
Asia Minor
Karl Klein Shoe Repair
West Ave
J. C. Welsh
Second St
Optometrist
Elyria Savings and Trust Building
MR. C.W. Spooner
Firestone Service Stores
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