Little Betty Malone Learns to Wish and Listen
Betty Malone of New York dreams of meeting Uncle Ned on a London radio when a foggy afternoon leads her to join a broadcast for children. She writes a letter, then visits the station and becomes part of the kiddie party, sharing songs and tea with Uncle Ned and the other uncles.
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Betty Malone
New York
Betty
London
England
Uncle Ned
Ned
Aunt Sophia
Lena
Lucy
John
Peter
Seston
Uncle Sindsade
Sophia
Enttle
Longfellow's Chat With Last Emperor of Brazil
In a diary anecdote from Mrs Fields, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow recalls visiting Dom Pedro II of Brazil at the Brattle Street house in Cambridge. He describes the emperor’s soldierly bearing, the farewell garden walk, and Dom Pedro’s witty reply about Longfellow’s politeness as they parted.
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Arthur
Britain
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Longfellow
James T. Fields
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Mrs. Fields
Bee Leaves Cut In Sand Bank Nest
The leaf cutting bee drills a ten inch deep sand bank hole half an inch wide and divides it into about a dozen compartments. It uses leaf pieces from rose and sweet pea to make circular and oblong cell inserts. Each segment is cut in about twenty seconds then carried to the nest and replaced.
Lenin Memorial Stamp Reaches Manchester in New Hampshire
A Lenin Memorial stamp, likely the first to arrive in New Hampshire, appeared in Manchester. It is imperforate and regulation size with a flaring red background and a black band around Lenin’s portrait. The stamps were sent by a Latvian philatelist from Libau to the Manchester collector.
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Lenin
New Hampshire
Manchester
Libau
Latvia
Shaves in Airplane Inflight Progress Report
Maj. A. B. Fletcher of the Philippine scouts faced the challenge of shaving at 8 000 feet during a rapid trip from Zamboanga to Manila. He used water from his canteen to lather, the foam fading quickly, yet he persevered and arrived with a fairly decent shave.
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Maj
A. 8. Fletcher
Philippine Scouts
Zamboanga
Manila
Spring Fashion Essays on Aprons Scarfs and Polished Frocks
A 1934 Western Newspaper Union piece surveys spring fashion with aprons and serving aprons in ginghams and cottons, plus scarfs for coats and hats. It notes scarfs as essential accessories for both women and men and describes coordinated hat and scarf sets and decorative apron designs like The Cottage Door.
Woman's Dread of Advancing Years and Vanity
A London Mall column by Hon. Mrs. John Fortescue explores women fear aging yet condemns deceptive age masking. She contrasts vanity with graceful aging and notes beauty pursuit in professional life, while praising lively, contented elders who grow old with dignity.
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John Fortescue
London Mall
Employers
England
British air service delivers messages by airborne line system
The British air service in Mesopotamia perfected a method to deliver written messages without landing. A line between two poles carries the message which pilots intercept with a hook, reel in the line, then deliver by diving to the delivery point. Pilots coordinate by cloth signals indicating direction and which planes to service.
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Mesopotamia
Clerk Refuses Offered Alimony Bridegroom at Juvenile Court
A deaf alimony seeker asked a juvenile court clerk why he did not marry. She later claimed she found a man for him, but the clerk declined the match as he waited in the corridor. The incident reflects a comic misfire amid personal matchmaking in a city setting.
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Exmals
Childsplay Between Sisters and a Fern
A four year old girl named Emily Ann plays with her sister in the front room. The elder Jean scolds her for touching a fern and jokes she will die if it browns. Emily dismisses her as not being her mother with a sharp retort.
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Emily Ann
Emily
Jean
Eyeglasses Rise in China Amidst Hongkong Imports
Eye care goods in Hong Kong last year reached a value of $100 000 with the majority imported from America as Chinese residents begin to see the value of eyeglasses.
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China
Hongkong
America
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a mild healing tonic for kidney trouble sold in two bottle sizes. It claims examination by physicians and life insurers may fail to detect disease and urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle with a mention of the newspaper.
What It Usually Means She'll Make a Good Wife for Some Body
A terse, period style exchange hints at social judgments about marriage prospects. One speaker deems a woman plain and unattractive, while the other clarifies the implication that she would be a suitable spouse for someone, reflecting cultural assumptions in intimate relations.
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Little Betty Malone
Dorothy Douglas
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Western Newspaper Union
Bourbon
Bourbon Remedy Co
Lexington, Ky
N Spirin
Bayer
Lumbago
Mayer Mans
ORM
Frey
Frey Lage & Sts
AB Risharde Co. Sharman
Tes
Smoki
Lovell & Maffington Tob. Co
Covington, Ky
W. N. Y, Cinciynati, NO
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