Betty Compton Walker Opens New York Flower Shop
Mrs Betty Compton Walker wife of former Mayor Walker opened a flower shop in New York City with the sign Betty Compton Walker Inc displayed in the show window George M Cohan bought the first boutonniere and wore it on his coat lapel The former mayor assisted at the opening and visitors arrived amid remarks and social buzz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vehomie Av Ee
Betty Compton Walker
James J. Walker
Walker
New York City
Income tax deductions for professionals and office costs
This article outlines deductible expenses for professionals like physicians and dentists. It covers office supplies, rent, utilities, telephone, and hired assistants, plus depreciation on equipment and furniture. Home offices may deduct rental value, utilities, and a portion of domestic wages. Professional society dues, magazines, journals, and travel costs tied to business are deductible while personal items are not.
Four Russians drift on shrinking Arctic ice as rescue fails
A small ice floe housing four Russian scientists drifts off Greenland after an ice breaker's failed rescue attempt. Thirteen of eighteen aboard Russia's largest dirigible died in a test flight crash. The scientists endure eight months on the moving ice, recording meteorological data and awaiting Moscow rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Russsia
North Pole
Polar Sea
Moscow
Pole
Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic
Polar
Arctic
Professor Hobbs
University of Michigan
Larry Gould
Admiral Byrd
Little America
A Man Of Great Enterprise Passes
Harvey Samuel Firestone, visionary behind pneumatic tires, dies leaving a vast rubber industry legacy. The note recalls Firestone’s role with Edison, Burroughs and Ford as four great friends of enterprise, and predicts his influence will continue through his sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Samuel Firestone
Mr. Firestone
Firestone
Thomas A. Edison
John Burroughs
Harvey Firestone
Denny Ford
Ford
Braddock Announces Retirement From Boxing
Jim Braddock former world heavyweight champion and recent winner over Tommy Farr retires from the ring at 32 saying the move is to protect his wife and children. He is remembered for sportsmanlike conduct including repaying relief allotments after rising to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Braddock
Tommy Farr
Braddock
Farr
Jim Vraddock
As Others See Us United States economy and leadership in focus
The United States holds large shares of world resources and production, owning major portions of oil, metals, and manufacturing while controlling vast infrastructure. Critics in the London Sphere condemn attempts to replace individual initiative with political management as foolishness and warn against abandoning proven methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
London Sphere
Anniversaries and birthdays from a bygone era
A compact page item lists historical anniversaries and birthdays. It notes figures such as Richard Ewell, Joan Ruskin, William Tecumseh Sherman, Harriet J. H. Robinson, Jules Verne, Launt Thompson, Richard Watson Gilder, Frederick John, and others with birthplaces and death dates. It also mentions charter dates for the College of William and Mary, a 16 million loan authorization, and milestones like the 1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporation and the 1912 canal agreement, plus today’s birthdays for Maud Slye, Benjamin Bledsoe, Rush Rhees, Frank E. Mason, King Wallis Victor, and Charles H. Dennis. The horoscope hints at an intellectual but cautious reader.
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Richard 3. Ewell
Georgetown
D. C
Springfield Tenn
Joan Ruskin
William Tecumseh Sherwan
Lower
Ohio
New York
Harriet J. H. Robinson
Lowell, Mags
Boston
Jules Verne
Launt Thompson
Ireland
Middletown
N.Y
Richard Watson Gilder
The
Century Magazine
Bordentown
N. J
Frederick ©, John
Indianapolis
TN Mistory
College of William and Mary
Virginia
Britain
Joan
Treasury
Richard M. Johnson
Kentucky
Senate
California
Pacific
Boy Scouts of America Incorporated
Washington
Bd. C
United States
Nicaragua
Mich
Malaga
Spain
Franco
Maud Slye
University of Chicago
Minneapolis
Benjamin F. Bledsoe
Los Angeles
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
San Bernardino
Cal
Rush Rhees
University of Rochester N. Y
Chicago
Frank E. Mason
National Broadcasting Company
Milwaukee
King Wallis Victor Oldtime
Galveston
Tex
Charles H. Dennis
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Chicago Daily News
Decatur I
Voice Of The People On Stuart Florida And Education
The writer praises Stuart on the St Lucie river as a winter fishing haven and notes its canal linking the state may boost its growth, with anti New Deal sentiment noted. He highlights Berry Schools founded by Miss Martha Berry as a notable Southern educational institution with 1500 students, extensive land, and student labor funding all expenses. The piece reflects optimism about educated, sturdy citizens resisting demagogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Stuart
St. Lucie River
Grover Cleveland
Joe Jefferson
State of Florida
Plorvida
South
Berry Schools
Martha Berry
Georgia
Pres
Travel and daring tested by fortune’s shifting winds
A portrait of a restless traveler who seeks risk and adventure. The text hints at love of travel, bold exploits, and a moral warning that rewards may shrink if the adventurous spirit is not exercised. It reads like a moral cue toward courage and exploration.
Daylight Discourse and Donations Highlight Campus Faith
The piece blends a Bible reading from Romans 13 with reflections on spiritual awakening and walking in daylight. It notes Saint Augustine’s conversion moment, contrasts night and day discipleship, and urges vigilance against danger. It also mentions Ford's two million dollar gift to a college campus and Berry’s humanitarian work drawing small nationwide donations.
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Jesus Christ
Augustine
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
College
Ford
United States
Miss Berry
Rome
Georgia
Elyria
Stuart
E. U, Young
Florida
New York Day By Day By D. C. McIntyre
A column notes Harlem dancer Josephine Baker rising again in Paris after a mixed reception in New York. It cites Paul Robeson in Moscow, Bette Davis in Europe, Chaplin’s Japan popularity, Spain’s pre revolution cinema, Fairbanks, Telulah Bankhead, Sophia Tucker, and Belle Baker. Hotel Astor’s Bobby Christenberry modernization is highlighted amid Broadway shifts and comic figures Ogden Stewart and Bol Benchley noted for private wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harlem
Josephine Baker
Dancis
Paris
Winter Garden
Moscow
Paul Robeson
Bette Davis
Europe
Chaplin
Japan
Spain
Fairbanks
Dons
London
Telulah Bankhead
Sophia Tucker
Belle Baker
Harry Tuchman
Fragmentary sweet gamble at the office tabloid reveal
A garbled newsroom snippet shows a character secretly spreading a tabloid during an office moment. The fragment hints at tension, a covert exchange, and a light mishap amid daily duties in a serialized page.
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Vaayer
United Feature Bridiente, Inc
Mark Twain
Mope Williams
Williaings
Inj
Ant
All Legal
Paul Seydell
Schraiff
Voice of
People
Bible
City Cab
Brown Hotel
H. C. Peters
Scurou Aa
D. C. McIntyre
Hotel Astor
Bob Christenberry
Centre Street
Christenberry
Astor
Donald Ogden Stewart
Bol Benchley
Wien
Soallen
Friscoy
Jack Osterman
McOpyright
McNaught Syndicate
Keyes Auto Service
West Aves
Wilmot
John L. Pinnix
Lickiese
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