A COUNTRY UPSIDE DOWN RUSSIA Continued on the Volga
A travelogue on life along the Volga in Soviet Russia recounts scenes on the river decks and embankments. A 40s woman’s denied boarding, a boy Hugh Gaffney helping, and an old woman pushed aside reveal harsh social realities. The narrative notes food bootlegging, collective farming, and daily hardships, then shifts to Samara’s Young Pioneers visiting from Moscow, singing with fervor and patriotic air as the party observes Soviet youth training for future party roles.
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Volga
Hugh Gaffney
New York Gaffneys
Hugh
Russia
Asia
Europe
Volga River
Samara
Moscow
Communist Party
America
Young Pioners
Young Pioneers
New Republic
Random Musings from New York to Europe and Russia
A fragmented column quotes New York musings on authors politics and travel while noting a lack of birds along the Volga and in European cities. It reflects a mix of personal opinions on reading tastes, public figures, and social ideas, plus travel observations from mid summer and a line about American industry.
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Europe
Volta River
Russia
Juxtapositions of Fame and Fads Across 1930s Culture
A collage of opinions on magazines fiction short stories film stars and theater from 1934. The writer layers personal anecdotes on celebrities authors and performers including Meredith Nicholson George Bernard Shaw Nora Bayes Clark Gable Warner Oland and Marjorie Rambeau while commenting on public taste media trends and the allure of vaudeville and cinema.
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Anthony Adverse
Meredith Nicholson
George Bernard Shaw
Ning
Helen Menken
Barbara Stanwyck
Taken From Our Files 1909 raid on village’s blind tigers
Residents of South Amherst formed a posse to raid the village’s wine houses armed with axes and crow bars. They destroyed bottles and banquor supplies, brought two captives to Justice Ruth, as South Amherst remained dry since 1892.
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South Amherst
Blind Tigers
Carrie Nation
Banquor
Justice F. C. Ruth
Amherst
Twilight pact in a storm bound sea village
Tiggie hounds storms, fear, and fate as he confronts Viola about a broken life and a dangerous husband. In a Windows of dawn, Viola reveals she cannot return, while Tiggie vows to fight and claims she is his. He learns the husband is a threat and Viola admits him as her lawful debtor, a moment of dire truth.
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Viola
Joe Penny
Tiggie
Farne
Helen
Joyce
Tiggle
Tikely
Sho
Tigeste
Tigsie
Tigsle
Tizzie
War Labor Board settles county craft dispute
Employers and A. L. Fauckner from the War Labor Board in Washington reach a new settlement involving more than 600 Loran county men across 11 crafts.
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A. L. Fauckner
War Labor Board
Washington
Lorain County
Lorain County Auto Death Rate Ranked Fifteenth in Ohio
Ten years ago in Lorain County 21 people died from automobile accidents, giving a rate of 21.8 per 100 000 residents and placing the county fifteenth among Ohio’s 88 counties. The bulletin from the Ohio Public Health Association details these figures alongside a statewide comparison. Opera star Geraldine Farrar was set to perform at the Rialto Theatre in Lorain with her company on the upcoming Thursday.
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Mose Wilder
Wilkins- Hurst Company
Baron's Jewelry
Charles Henning
Lorain County Building Trades Council
Lorain County
Ohio
The
Ohio Public Health Association
Geraldine Farrar
Rialto Theatre
Ambassador from Lorain Dies in Paris at 75
States ambassador to France and Lorain county native died suddenly in Paris yesterday evening at age 75 after standing bareheaded for two hours at Marshal Foch funeral. He grew up in Wellington where he built the Herrick Memorial Library in memory of his mother, and he visited Wellington last year for a tablet unveiling. A belated March wind then hit Lorain county with 50 to 60 mph gusts damaging trees and power lines, while Sheriff Clarence Adams and deputies conducted raids across the area.
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France
Lorain County
Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Wellington
Herrick Memorial
Elshna
Counts
Weekend liquor raids yield six arrests and $1200 fines
Over the weekend authorities reported six arrests on liquor charges and fines totaling 1200 dollars. In one raid officials found more than 1900 gallons of wine at a single location.
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Karl K
Electric auto stile in use at Wellesley College
An electric automobile purchased in 1916 remains in service at Wellesley College. Dr Ellen Fitz Pendleton, president, drives it regularly, illustrating a novel viewpoint or discovery in history or science that challenges conventional ideas.
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Wellesley
Mass
Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Wellesley College
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