Unsolved Fate of Father Gapon Mystery
World readers confront Russia as a riddle in the fate of Father Gapon leader of the 1905 mob shot down on Red Sunday. Various reports claim execution in 1906, a monastery in Valdai, prison confinement, or escape, with no conclusive proof and the mystery persists.
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Father Gapon
Russia
George Gapon
Poltava
Imperial Palace
Switzerland
Europe
St. Petersburg
Gapon
Valdai
Ozerki
Finland
Constantinople
United States
Volga
Baltic
Wheeler Syndicate
Easy Chair Ends With News Of Doctor's Death
A longtime maid to a doctor remains at the house after his death. An old friend, unaware of the passing, is admitted and asks to see the doctor. The maid delivers the news and asks him to wait, leaving a moment of stunned silence.
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Jim Giraffe
Ice Cream and Dance at Jungle Land Theme
A playful verse by Elizabeth Gerould depicts a village party with games dancing skating and a hippo devouring peaches and ice cream. Jim Giraffe behaves politely as a masquerade ends and animals settle to sleep in Jungle Land.
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Jungle
Elizabeth Gerould
Jungle Masquerade Parade Features Royal Lion and Gold Dust Twins
A playful jungle pageant unfolds with Father Lion on his throne as Lady Lion leads the masquerade. Giraffe escorts, Mr Thomas Tiger and Pig with horns join a lively procession where the Gold Dust Twins win plum cakes as King Lio awards the prize.
Printing the Correct Order for a National Rhyme
A reader asks to reorder mixed up lines from a patriotic rhyme to restore the proper sequence. The note explains words were shuffled into wrong boxes and requests reprinting so the lines form the intended rhyme.
Carrying a Chip on the Shoulder
A McClure Syndicate piece explains the phrase carried literally in camps and among boys as a provoke to fight. It notes the motive is defense of belongings or pride and contrasts the superior person with the insecure, whose bravado invites trouble and often ends in a beating to keep the chip off the shoulder.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Superstitious Sue on Bridal Etiquette at the Altar
A brief note repeats a superstition about newlyweds at the ceremony. If the couple face each other after the marriage, they will live happily. turning away means separation. The groom circling the bride signals kindness, while the bride circling him signals unkindness.
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McClur
Four adversaries of home say urban life harms family
Howard Sapir of Chicago University lists cramped dwelling motor car independence of woman and labor saving devices as threats to home life. He suggests adding the neighbor's radio and the dodger distributor to the list.
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Howard Sapir
Chicago University
Los Angeles Times
Maidenhair Tree Exhibit At Field Museum Chicago
The ginko or maidenhair tree of Japan, the sole modern survivor of a fossil family with ten known species, is shown at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The exhibit includes a flowering branch, seeds, fruits and wood.
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Japan
Hall of Plant Life
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Common Foods Recipes From Nellie Maxwell 1930
Collectible early 20th century kitchen column by Nellie Maxwell sharing practical recipes. Dishes include Delicate Cabbage, Shamrock Salad, Peach Betty, Fried Apples and Onions, Cheese Souffle, and related tips. Notes cite 1930 Western Newspaper Union.
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Nellie Maxwell
Western Newspaper Union
One Little Pain Reveals How Lucky We Are
A tale of a Canadian woman who seeks sun and rest with her child but finds boredom and discomfort. After a manicurist’s deep cut inflames her finger she endures two lancings and learns gratitude for pain as a sign of luck.
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Canada
By the Bell Syndicate, Inc
The Sniveling Snooperchuck Mirthful Food Fox Sketch
A humorous cartoon caption describes a character nicknamed the Sniveling Snooperchuck snooping in an ice box for olives. He noses a pork chop lure and olives fall, causing joy before workers haul away the saucy figure on a coal shovel. The figure is built from peanuts, almonds, and toothpicks in a Matravalitan Newananer Service style.
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Snooperchuck
Matravalitan Newananer Service
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Children’s Cormer & Sonore
Tincins
Hippo
Racos Crowes
Bach
Father Lion
Lady Lion
Giraffe
Hippopotamus
Horn
Blythe
Boy Blue
Pirate
Mr. Thomas Tiger
Jim
Jumbo Elephant
Lio
Gold Dust Twins
America
M. K. Thomson
Ata
Germany
World Power Conference
Berlin
Thomas Carlyle
Jean Newton
Talkies
Monkey Island
Washington Park Zoo
Milwaukee
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