Diary of a modern Pepys reads like New York gossip
The column skims New York life from Dec 22 1930, noting Will Rogers as a top talkie star, chitter about chitlins, and a tour through Manhattan fur districts. It paints a vivid scene of Broadway bars, fashion, and gossip while detailing fur trade tricks, prices, and counterfeits with named locales and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winnie Sheehan
Hollywood
Will Rogers
North Carolina
Vincent Lopez
Park Avenue
Will Hogg
Homer
Dear Old Santa Letters Show Wish Lists From Children
A collection of Christmas requests from youngsters, including Lois Esther Burr asking for a baby doll and a Christmas tree, Stella Mae Baptiste seeking clothes for her dolly blocks and candy, and a seven year old boy requesting an electric train a war tank and candy. Names include Lois Esther Burr and Stella Mae Baptiste with street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Dolly
Stella Mae Baptiste
Oxford St
Tommie
Jimmie
Tommie Fitzgerald
Longford Ave
Santa
Jean Baptiste
Kenyon Ave
Tam
Mildred Thomas
Woodford Ave
Betty Jane Fowler
Walnut St
Lawrence Smith
Fairmont St
Dear Santa Claus requests from Ohio children and families
Readable Christmas gift pleas from many Ohio youngsters requesting trains, dolls, candy, nuts, books, and toys, with addresses in Columbia Station Oberlin Amherst and nearby towns. Notes include family members and a few festive expressions. A separate item reports Wales admiring his own golf play while speaking at a Stage Golfing Society banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
London
Princes of Wales
Stage Golfing Society
Mexico bans American hunters closing game areas
Del Rio Tex in Mexico imposes a government decree that shuts game areas this winter forcing hundreds of American hunters to seek alternative grounds. The unexpected action ends cross border hunting access, leaving sportsmen scrambling for new venues and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
del Rio
Tex
Mexican wildlife embargo expands to northern border towns
A one year embargo to conserve game covers Piedra Sengras and Vila Acuna in Coahuila and other border towns where hunters seek dong and other game. The restriction, announced by Merkant sandro Pena, includes the state of Coahuila and aims to curb illegal hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merkantsandro Pena
Piedra Sengras
Vila Acuna
Coahuila
Tailored Inmates to Wear Fine Clothing at Boston Hospital
State authorities lift the regulation requiring prison-made apparel for inmates at Long Island Hospital and Institutions Commissioner James E. Maguire orders 200 tailored suits and 100 extra trousers for the inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Hospital
Boston
Long Island Hospital
James E. Maguire
Island bumper crop ready for markets by year end
Havana reports a bumper truck produce crop in the Nile of Pines. Secretary Eugenio Molinet predicts abundant harvest to roll out to American markets around January 1. The bumper crop totals over 200000 crates including eggplant peppers beans cucumbers and lima beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Eugenio Molinet
Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor
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7Th and &Th Avenues
Pennsylvania Terminal
27Th
28Th Street
Leipzig
Paris Couturieres
Globe
Siberia
Bolivia
India
Labrador
Fur District
Lulu
Louis Mann
Connelly
Broadway
West 44Th Street
Chicago
Michigan Boulevard
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Buddy
Lois Esther Burr
Harwood St
Mrs. Claus
Jack Faulhaber
Park View Ct
William Smith
Columbia Station
Ohio
Wynne Flick
Grace Court
Elizabeth Pondr
Jimmy Robertson
W. Bridge St
Mery Drusendahl
Eastern Heights Blvd
Jane Gleason
Harrison St
Daddy
Mamma
Grandpa
Grandman
Maxine
Emily Wilking
Betty Jones
Mary Geraldine Shapiro
Furnace St
Singletoes
Quintella Hopewell
Seventeenth St
Burton Hall
Oberlin
Elaine Chobanoff
Courtland
Elaine
Howard Bliss
Janet Meeks
Wayne Whyte
Amherst
Warren Ries
Lorain County Bank
Grist Club
Our Christmas Savings Club
The
Lorain County Savings
Elyria, Ohio
Lorain County
A&p
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Island
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