Glimpses of 1930s columnists and entertainers
An eclectic snapshot of period writers and stars. Don Marquis and Montag u e Glass are contrasted with stage figures George M. Cohan and Pat Rooney, while Jack Benny dominates box office and radio. Ernest Hemingway’s nomadic clan is described, alongside Dudley Malone and Courtney Burr. Copyright note notes the McNaught Syndicate Column Review launching in 1935.
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Jack Benny
Dudley Malone
Bermuda House
Courtney Burr
Malone
McNaught Syndicate
Noted figures anniversaries list births and deaths 1777 1927
A compact annals of notable birthdays and passings from 1777 to 1927. figures include Edmund Gaines 1777 born died 1849 in New Orleans healing temperance pioneer father of Maine law 1851, Duke of Reichstadt Napoleon’s son born 1811 died 1822, Henrik Ibsen born 1828 died 1906, Charles W. Eliot born 1834 Harvard president 1869 1909, Robert Dollar born 1841 died 1922, Lucy M W Mitchel born 1845 died 1888, Amelia Bingham born 1869 died 1927.
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Edmuund P. Gaines
Born & Culpeper Co
Vao
New Orleans
Nepal Dow
Maine
Portland
Duke of Reichstadt
Napoleon
Henrik Ibsen
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Boston
Robert Dollar
Scotland
Lucy M. W. Mitchel
Persia
Ameliia Bingham
Hicksville
Ohio
Carvings Tell Mystery Story from Sierra Mountains
Kernville California tale of a century old mystery. Roswell Welch state game warden uncovers gruesome granite carvings of two Indian warriors and a battered .60 caliber Henry rifle in a tree root. Welch ponders a pioneer hunter cornered by tribesmen choosing a glade to end his life and carve his foes. No bones found. Weather and time erased the rest.
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Kernville
Cal
California
Sierra Mountains
Roswell Welch
Welch
Norway Rebuffs Antarctic Annexation Idea by Premier Mowinckel
The article notes Norway will not claim Antarctic lands between Queen Maud’s and Crown Princess Martha’s territories. It cites theories of annexation after Thorshavn’s discovery and Byrd’s meteorological gains, but emphasizes the region’s brutal climate and remoteness. An open outpost remains for future explorers and nations.
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Norway
Antarctic
South Pole
Queen Maud’s Land
Crown Princess Martha’s Land
Pole
New Zealand
Aagaard
Thorshavn
Ellsworth
United States
Byrd
Mowin
Any Way You Say It Is A Lot Of Money
The piece notes the vast sum proposed for Roosevelt relief prompts varied expressions from writers. It explores multiple verbal forms from four billion eight hundred eighty million to nearly five billion dollars, concluding any way you say it the amount remains immense.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt’s Ancestors Foretold By His Fitness As Leader
The piece argues that Roosevelt need not recount distant ancestry to judge him. It contends all today’s citizens descend from long lines and that his worth rests on his deeds and character. A strong line of thought emphasizes personal effort over ancestral prestige in defining dignity.
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Roosevelt
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
Mr. Roosevelt
Blue Wood
Postmaster General Parly stamp scandal prompts reform sale
The Post Office distributes duplicates of imperforate stamps once given to friends to appease collectors. Fifty stamp dealers from New York arrive early for a sale at the philatelic agency, hoping for a government profit. Amid broader fiscal talk, Secretary Wallace forecasts food prices rising in 1935 and housewives adjust buying habits as Congress debates adjournment.
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Philatiie Agency
Post Office Department
Reading
New York
Wallace
The Silent Observer The life dispute after marriage
A couple quarrels over past proposals in a witty exchange. The husband laments a brainless suitor, while the wife calmly notes the suitor did marry her, revealing a sly cadence in their marital banter.
Seashore Poet Seeks Lodging Trade For Poems
A prominent poet travels 83 days to the seashore aiming to trade poems with a hotel proprietor for room and board. He sends a wail to the Poetry Department, lamenting rising bills and questioning education after a Sing Sing warden remark during a broadcast.
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The
Pathfinder
Local notes from Sangster Eldorado Basnfield and Smith City
Summer illness hits Mrs Elmer Gassoway. Mrs Kidwell may cut wood without neighbors’ concern. County report warns against whiskey after a 6% man’s erratic behavior. Merchant J K Jones badly disfigured by a kick in the face while feeding a cow in a barn, breaking artificial teeth.
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Sangster Times
Elmer Gassoway
Eldorado World
James Kidwell
Jubilee Season Almanac Reveals King’s Events and Traditions
A long list outlines the Silver Jubilee season with royal appearances at St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace, horse races, golf tournaments, tennis championships, open cricket tests, and the Shakespeare Festival. It notes royal drives, state occasions, and empire broadcasts as part of a grand celebratory calendar. The document blends ceremonial duties with sporting fixtures across Britain and Ireland, highlighting key dates and venues throughout the jubilee year.
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St. James's Palace
Oxford
Cambridge
Buckingham Palace
George
St. Paul's Cathedral
Empire
Royal Academy
London
Kingzy
Diplomatic Corps
Empire Representatives
Houses of Parliament
House of Commons
House of Lords
Royal Naval
Air Force
King
Therince
Wales
Duke of York
Duke of Gloucester
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Belfast
Royal Latham and St. Annes
Hinz
Queen
The
Guild
Newcastle
Northern Ireland
King and Queen
Buckingham Pal
Royal Horeo Shaw
Aldershot
Canterbury Cathedral
England
South Africa
Muirfield
Scotland
Wimbledon
Royal Air Force
Royal Air
Harvard
Yale
Buckingam Palace
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Royal Highland
Braemar
Manchester
European vaudeville influx renews zest in Europe circuits
New York reports that American vaudeville acts like Joe Jackson and The Stepping Boys refresh European music halls across Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin and Constantinople. Acts tour a briefer circuit, drawing audiences with novelty, new hotels, and old time fervor. The piece notes income gaps and bold stage routines amid cross Atlantic exchange.
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New York
Europe
Paris
Rome
Amsterdam
Berlin
Constantinople
Joe Jackson
der Meisterkipierte Komiker der Welt
America
Vaudevilla
Moscow
Vaudeville tale of Hammerstein show and waking drunk
Hamish McLaurin recalls two inebriates in a Hammerstein stage box watching a trained chimp. As the animal performs a bicycle routine with cutlery, the drunks nod off. After three acts, Marshall P. Wilder delivers a monologue and one sleeper stirs, exclaiming Great Scott.
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Hamish McLaurin
Hammerstein's
Marshall P. Wilder
Scott
Middle Ridge Briefs March 26 Update
W C Bechtel and Mr and Mrs N W Bechtel visited the Ludwigs in Painesville. John Bock returned from Detroit with family. Theopilus Plan kett and daughters traveled to Columbus then Berea Kentucky. Savilla Stetler of Camden to Walter Miller of Ashland County slated for marriage. Oliver Kolbe and Harold Dean visited Amherst hosts. Fred Herrmann family and Mrs Ossmann visited Cleveland. Schmitkens and La Verne spoke at Bechtel home. PTA plans program at South Ridge School on March 26.
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Middle Ridge
W. C. Bechtel
N. W. Bechtel
M. J. Ludwig
Painesville
John Bock
Detroit
Michigan
Theopilus Plankett
H. W. Schmitkens
Columbus
Albert Schroeder
J. C. Ossmann Sr
Cleveland
C. O. Schmitkens
Miss la Verne
Lake Avenue
Bechtel
Parent- Teacher Association
South Ridge
Historic ads recall frontier fur trade invitation
A 1822 St Louis Republican notice by Gen William H Ashley called for 100 enterprising young men to ascend the Missouri River to its sources and hunt for fur. The entry notes related 1852 and 1836 events, and later 1918 1933 1934 items reflect broader wartime and policy moments.
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St. Louis Missouri
William H. Ashley
Missouri River
James W. Fannin
U.S
U. S
Albert Einstein
Germany
Notable Obituary Notices of Prominent Figures
Obituary notes list John J. Esch of Washington New York C lawyer and ex Interstate Commerce Commissioner born Norwalk Wisconsin 74. Wilfred J Funk publisher New York City born there 52. Prof Paul S Epstein physicist California Institute of Technology born Poland 52. Thomas Cochran New York J P Morgan & Company born St Paul Minnesota 64. Beniamino Gigli famed opera tenor born Italy 45. Richard B Hanson Frederickton New Brunswick Canada Minister of Trade and Commerce born St Andrews New Brunswick 56.
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John J. Esch
Washington, NY
American Peace Society
Norwalk
Wis
Wilfred J. Funk
New York City
Paul S. Epstein
California Institute of Technology
Poland
Thomas Cochran
New York
J. P. Morgan & Company
St. Paul
Minn
Beniamino Gigli
Italy
Richard B. Hanson
Frederickton
N. B
Canada
Australian Fauna Ties to South American Lineage
The article notes that Australia's animal life is distinct from the northern hemisphere and more closely related to South American fauna, with little similarity to other regions. It highlights evolutionary links and regional biodiversity differences.
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Australia
Northern Hemisphere
South America
Africa
Submarine Cable Across the Strait of Dover 1851
The first commercially successful submarine cable was laid across the Strait of Dover in 1851, marking a milestone in global communications and telegraphy between Europe and the British Isles.
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Strait of Dover
Golden State Jockey Club Forms to Build LA Track
STARTS NEW TRACK SACRAMENTO Cal The phenomenal success of the Santa Anita track which recently held the 190 000 handicap as the nations richest purse tempted another organization to plan a new track Articles of incorporation for the Golden State Jockey Club of Los Angeles were filed with the state Capitalization of 500 000 is provided.
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Sacramento
Cal
Santa Anita
Golden State Jockey Club of
Los Angeles
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Montague Glass
George M. Cohan
Pat Rooney
Ernest Hemingway
Oak Hill
Ill
Leicester
Polar Lands
Ates N Jenes
Plaster OF Paris
Montmartre
United Feature Syndicate
U & Pat of
Poet
Recen
Sing Sing
Hoe
Fie
Thomas B. Delker
Hammonton
N. J
Posbens
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Stone's
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Murbach Coal & Supply Co
W. Bridge St
Ats
Lents Co
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