Today is the Day history column misreads early American lore
Clara Kinnaird reviews January history notes noting Columbus spearing a voyage diary lost at sea and Arbor Day origins with Morton proposing plantings. It surveys Benjamin Franklin nudist wedding oddities and repurposes Pilgrim Puritan distinctions, correcting Pitman shorthand myths. author comments on classroom usefulness.
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Ventor
Pepys
Pitman
Crall
Pilgrims
Massachusets Bay Company
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Company
Wearina
Massachusetts Bay
Church of England
New York Day by Day by O. O. McIntyre
A column of social notes and literary quips from New York featuring celebrities, stage stars, and nightlife figures. References include Kay Francis, Doc Tucker, Harold Ross, Zoe Akins, and Newport social scenes with Edna St Vincent Millay and Sherman Billingsley at the Stork Club.
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New York
Bob Ripley
Lionel Atwell
Central Park
Lee Olwell
al Bedell
Kay Francis
Theodore Dreiser
Richard Bennett
Florida
Zoe Akins
Harold Ross
Owen Young
Will Mahoney
Jim Quirk
Barney Galian
Gardo
Oddlum
Depression Era Boom: Broadway Halls and Fortune Tellers
The piece notes about 79 pin game halls in street carnival surroundings with fortune tellers and checker champions. On a Broadway corner rent stands at $50 000 yearly signaling a major boom in the depression era. The era’s bright talkers have shifted from glamorous phrases to a new, sensational catchword “Fantastic.”
McAllisters Welcome Baby Daughter at Memorial Hospital
Sheffield brief notes report Mr. and Mrs. Walter McAllister of North Ridge welcomed a daughter at Memorial Hospital on December 31. The item also lists New Year visits by local families, Brookside teams returning from games, student chaperones, and upcoming school reopenings January 7.
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Sheffield
Walter McAllister
North Ridge
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Dunfee
Paul Benedict
Cleveland
Hilda Rider
North Canton
Oho
Neva Carrick Ty
Charles Carrick
Elyria
LeRoy Dunfee
Lake Avenue
Brookside Bays
Haviland and Findlay
Haviland High School
Brookside
Haviland Boys
Haviland Girls
Marian Moon
Kathryn Root
Neva Carrick
Emma Cunningham
Mary Sechkar
Mary Risko
LaBerta Herdendorf
Lulabelle Poor
Christine Poor
Doris Anthony
Francis Tarnosky
Ed Herdendorf
George Kensik
Paul Risko
Howard Carrick
Mike Mikitka
Elmer O'Neall
George Anthony
James Smith
John Cissne
Helen Frisbee
Barr
Rath
J. A. McComibe
P. L. Chambers
L. H. Duntee
Brighton
Frank Chambers
Huntington Schools
Ford Road
Man Calls Police Over Drunk Man in Roseville
Harry Mumford of Roseville phoned Sheriff James Adrian to arrest a drunken man causing a disturbance. The sheriff refused, directing Mumford to the Roseville marshal. A second call led deputies to find Mumford intoxicated and seeking a county fine to sober up.
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New Lexington
Harry Mumford
James Adrian
Roseville
Here
Mumford
Cleveland Man Refuses to Confirm Marriage Status
Co Henry Paie, 59, told Police Judge George Tenesy he could not confirm marriage claims. He said he had not heard from his wife in three months and noted she is in Russia. The report also notes Sweden’s iron ore in Lapland ranks among the world’s richest.
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Charles S. Stratton
Barnum
Tom Thumb
Mercy Lavinia Bump
Warren
Ysane Pitman
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
Germany
Joseph Jacques Joffre
France
Cleveland
Henry Paiie
George Tenesy
Russia
Sweden
Lapland
Arctic Circle
New Plymouth car promises speed safety and control
Tomorrow Plymouth unveils a revolutionary high speed safety car built under Walter P. Chrysler supervision. It aims to meet modern traffic with less sway on curves faster stopping and easier handling for crowded streets and highways.
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Plymouth
Walter P. Chrysler
Trafic
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