Slang From Gaelic Roots Shapes Modern American Terms
Buffalo December report on Joseph Conboy of the Buffalo Irish Foundation explains how words like kibosh quid and smithereens trace to Gaelic origins. He links galore shaniy gabby slogan and puck to Gaelic forms such as goleor sean tigh cabhach sluagh gairn and poc.
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Buffalo
NX. Y
Smithereens
Joseph Conboy
Conboy
Buffalo Irish Foundation
Caip
Bais
Ireland
Norbury
Goleor
Sean
Women In The News Highlights And Court Guardian Struggles
Mary Glory Perry an Oakland 18 year old won a court appointment of a guardian after claiming parental control was overly strict including lipstick bans. Florence Horsbrugh M P Dundee became the first woman to open the British Commons address to the throne. Actress Isabel Jewell ends engagement over choice of screen career versus housewife life.
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Mary Glory Perry
Oakland
Calif
Peter B. Crosby
Florence Horsbrugh
M. P
Dundee
House of Commons
Owen Crump
Isabel Jewell
Dear Betty Brainerd Advice to Women
A Betty Brainerd column offers guidance to young women facing marriage and separation. It urges legal options, health checks, and clear boundaries while advising discretion about pen names and personal details. The response includes cautions on alimony, separation maintenance, and personal conduct toward a pastor.
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M. C
Betty Brainerd
Forecast of building room demand rises 50 percent
Washington reports that the special lumber survey committee of the Commerce Department predicts at least 50 percent more home building next year than this year. The committee’s quarterly outlook for 1937 calls for a favorable rise in lumber demand, based on October 1 stocks and consumption analyses and the last quarter 1936 reports.
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Washington
Roper
Special Lumber Survey Committee
The
Commerce Department
Joint Meeting of C E Societies in Hagerstown
The Christian Endeavor Unions of this city meet tonight at 7:30 in the Presbyterian Sunday School to form the Hagerstown City Union under the Washington County C E Union. The program includes a devotional led by W Norman Reed and a business session led by Harold Snively. Refreshments by the C C Society of the Presbyterian Church.
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Christian Endeavor Unions
Presbyterian Sunday School
Hagerstown
W. Norman Reed
Harold Snively
County Union
C. C Society
Presbyterian Church
U. E
To Stand Trial Rockville Guard Delays Bond Hearing
In Rockville Maryland on December 1 a heavy guard will escort Donald Parker a 27 year old man to stand trial. Parker faces charges in a case that drew regional attention as officials prepared for legal proceedings. The report notes a high security presence during the transfer and arraignment planning.
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Rockville
Donald Parker
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Cold Remedy Ad
An veterinary style advertorial extols Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as the best immediate treatment for colds. It claims four benefits: bowel opening infection control headache relief and system fortification. It notes sugar coated tablets available and urges prompt use to end a cold in 24 hours.
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Grove
Trial Day Set Over Maryland Murder Case
A day is scheduled in Maryland for Parker to stand trial for the murder of Horace Waters, a German Town store keeper. Waters was killed years ago as Parker serves a life sentence in Baltimore for the slaying of Jon T. Geary, a Priest's Bridge merchant.
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Maryland
Horace Waters
Germantown
Parker
Baltimore
Jon T. Geary
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Bohman - Warne, Inc
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WJEJ
Kinney’s
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