Night club satire and a banking rebuild in New York
New York Day by Day surveys nightclub culture and the rise of lyric driven acts led by Dwight Fiske and peers in polished venues. It notes a shift away from jazz ensembles toward refined, suggestive songs and names several performers while recounting a Paris war anecdote involving Lord Chester and the Prince of Wales. The piece ends with mention of the Harriman National Bank building being refurbished in brass.
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New York
Dwight Fiske
Clark
Delys
Endor
Farrell
Eve Symington
Jean Sargent
Frances Maddux
Sheila Barrett
Eddie Carr
Pianissimo
Jed Kiley
Paris
Lord Chester
Kiley
Prince of Wales
Riley
Montmartre
England
Harriman National Bank
Desolate corner, bank sold, memories of debt and wit
A fragment recalls a ruined corner by a longtime bank next to the Wendell mansion. The narrator laments the desolation, credits a friend who urged against banking there, and notes slick debt collection schemes and a past owed to a Dayton rathskeller. The tale climaxes with a stalled Ferris wheel ride with a boss's stenographer nearby.
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Wendell
Dayton
Rathskeller
Markley PTA Extends Free Lunches Through March
At the February monthly meeting of the Markley School Parent Teachers Association it was decided to continue serving free lunches at noon to pupils until March 15. Mrs. Frank Trockley presided. Founders Day program featured readings by Mrs. H. Haskins and Miss Freeland with musical numbers by Miss McCullough Elyria music teacher and Mr. Roberts and Mr. Crawford of Elyria.
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Markley School Parent Teachers’ Association
Frank Trockley
H. Haskins
Miss Freeland
McCullough
Elyria
Roberts
Crawford
Ladies' Aid entertains at Copas home meeting
The number three division of the M. E. Church Ladies' Aid Society was entertained Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. B. Copas. A business meeting was led by chairman Mrs. Morris. Roll call was answered by several members including Mrs. John Cook and Mrs. Leroy Rhone.
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M. EB. Church Ladies’ Aid Society
M. B. Copas
Morris
John Cook
Leroy Rhone
Frankie Reese
Copas
Mor
Here we are noted by Al Smith predecessor 20 years prior
A brief, dated quip echoes a political moment from the 1910s or 1920s, referencing Al Smith with a retrospective tone. The fragment suggests a columnist's aside on timing and location, highlighting a sense of continuity in political commentary over two decades.
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al Smith
Local Social Notes and Health Updates in Ashland Area
Guests from Ashland include Mr. and Mrs. George Gusson visiting Tuesday to Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Baldwin. Their son underwent surgery Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. E. E. Minard is seriously ill with quinsy on Detroit road. Mrs. Cornelia Minard shows some improvement. Mrs. Leroy Rhone and Mrs. John Cook visited Mrs. J. G. Morris Friday. F. H. Lewis family attended a Protective Home Circle Lodge meeting in Elyria Friday. John Wilson of West River road plans a California trip. Frank Papay missed school this week due to an eye injury from play. A Friday Markley school dance supports the free lunch fund. Mrs. C. E. McIntire and others spent Thursday quilting at Mrs. Morris’s home. Dinner was served.
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George Gusson
Ashland
A. M. Baldwin
Cornelia Minard
Leroy Rhone
John Cook
J. G. Morris
F. H. Lewis
Protective Home Circle Lodge
Elyria
John Wilson
West River Road
California
Frank Papay
Markley
C. E. McIntire
Beese
Morris Quilting
Residents move and attend church events this week
Mrs Earl Lits attended services at noon as Mr and Mrs H F Chambers with children relocated Wednesday from Ford Road to the home of John Wilson on West River road. A weekly prayer meeting was held Wednesday evening at the Methodist church. Rev H J Bond and his wife attended a funeral in Willard on Wednesday.
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Earl Lits
Lettuce Costume Stuns Party in Imperial Valley
Harriet Bibbins attended a masquerade in El Centro California dressed as a lettuce salad. Nearly everyone commented with the pun lettuce look as her entire outfit came straight from an Imperial Valley lettuce field.
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EL Centro
Cal
Harriet Bibbins
Imperial Valley
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O. O. McIntyre
Jimmy Durante
Minnesota
Cost OF Living
Vincent
Ladies’ Aid
McNaught Syndicate
Puritan
Schroll Coal
Electrolux
Ohio
The
Gas Company
Lorain
Masonic Temple
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