The Silent Observer Montage of Daily Banter and Beatnik Wit
A collage of quips and jokes from a streetcar culture, noting flirtations, social mores, and playful digs at fashion and marriage. Bits range from light humor about cars and wages to spoof ads, with quirky lines about politics and love.
Anniversary notes list famed historical figures and dates
Today's column compiles birthdays, deaths and historic milestones. It notes Emerson College founder born in Boston, Henry L. Southwick as Boston president, and figures like Denzel Tomkins, Theodosia Burr Alliston, and Cyrus McCormick, with dates and places. It closes with a brief astrology glimpse and a 250 B C steam toy anecdote.
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Henry L. Southwick
Boston
Emerson College of Ortatory
Julian L. Harris
Columbus
Bavanneh
World War Heroism Medals and Civil War Calls
Answers to Foregoing Questions 1 New York 2 Nine calls 3 July 10 1922. The text blends historical trivia with suggestive phrases and dated prompts, noting state for medals, government troop calls, and Rhine departure.
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New York
Serum Prevents Typhus Says Flea-Derived Cure
ELYRIA OH June 21 1932 progress in medical science noted with a flea derived serum said to prevent typhus fever. United States Public Health Service reported Dr R E Dyer and team exposed themselves to infection to prove the serum's effectiveness. They showed typhus spreads via fleas from infected rats and mice. Fleas fed on infected rats were crushed and rubbed into guinea pig scratches to create the serum.
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United States Public Health Service
R. E. Dyer
Health Service
Europe’s Men of Mystery in Silent Rise and Fall
Europe’s industrial titans rise from obscurity to power through quiet means then fall in spectacular collapses. Hugo Stinnes Ivar Krueger Sir Basil Zaharoff and Donnie Heinemann of Sofina exemplify secrecy as wealth and influence bloom, while prudence guards the path to daylight glory.
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Europe
MEN OF Mystery
Hugo Stinnes
Ivar Krueger
Basil Zaharor
Donnie Heinemann
Sofina
Mr. Heinemann
Governor Roosevelt Faces Dilemma Over Walker Case
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt confronts a scrutiny over Mayor Walker raised by Samuel Seabury, with decisions hinging on Walker's fitness. The issue tests Roosevelt's position ahead of the Democratic National Convention and risks alienating Tammany forces in New York while shaping national reaction.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Samuel Seabury
Legislative Committee
New York City
Seabury
Walker
Tammany
New York
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Alliston
Albany
Charles T. Jackson
Plymouth
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William G. T. Shedd
Acton
William B. Atkinson
Philadelphia
Delaward Co
New Hampshire
Cyrus H. McCormick
Pottsville
Tianel Carter Beard
Boy Scout Movement
Cincinnati
Edith M. Patterson
Ohio
Green Co
Daisy M. Stevens
Mississippi
Raleigh
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Sir Joshua Stamp
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Hero of
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Rhine
United States
Belgian Congo
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Sally
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