Farcical Courtship Echoes In Slang Bustle
Alonzo Frothingham and his wife Mehitabel spar over his coarse talk and his longshoreman speech The wife urges him to adopt refined diction while he defends his cultural polish and college rap as they clash amid comic domestic banter and exaggerated social pretensions.
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Alonzo Frothingham
Dominie
Mehitabel
The
State University
Sir Walter Scott
Robert W. Chambers
Tie
Elihahoot
Calvin Coolidge
Pope
Eliot
William Lyon
Ireles
Anly
Chuck Connors
Vauke Lindley
Murray
Alonzo
Ley
Alonzo and Mehitabel Ribbing Over High Brow Talk
The scene features Alonzo failing to emulate famed writers and Tevye-like Mehitabel suggesting a switch to simple one syllable words. The moral laments the clash of two proud intellects and ends with the quip that a house cannot hold two high brows.
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Alonzo
Leon Errol Rae
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Joseph Addison
Pater
Mehitabel
Champions Win on New Tracks
Champion spark plugs powered a 250 mile Laurel race win marking the 22nd speed contest victory in two years. Peter De Paola set a world 113 mile track record at 23.23 mph and drove a Champion equipped Duesenberg without a stop. Bob McDonere and Harry Hartz followed in Miller cars as all leaders used Champion plugs.
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Laurel
Mil
Peter de Paola
Indianapolis
Eatin
de Paolo
Duesenberg
Bob mcDoneres
Tommy Milton
Harry Hartz
Milton
Culver City
Calif
CD DeWitt
Chasrplos Spark Plug Co
le Mans
Italy
Retarded spark causes overheating in multi cylinder engines
A retarded spark in engines delays ignition causing late combustion with expanded flame contact on cylinder walls. Heat transfer rises, overheating the water jacket, and a radiator gauge warning signals abnormal heat. In a six cylinder setup at 2600 rpm the distributor fires 130 sparks per second, risking serious damage if not corrected.
German Boxers Veterans Meet Berlin Reunion
Berlin reports a reunion of surviving officers and crew of the German gunboat Iltis, noted as the first war vessel to pass Taku forts during the Boxer uprising 25 years ago. Former Commander von Lans, now retired admiral, greeted attendees while war correspondent Joseph Terrings recalled his injury from an exploding shell aboard the Iltis.
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Berlin
Taku Forts
von Lans
Joseph Terrings
Village Reappears After 300 Years Submerged in Swiss Lake
At Saas Im Grund Switzerland authorities report the revival of the long submerged village Antrona Piana near Lake Antiona after a landslide lowered water levels. Ruins of 42 buildings emerged as the village, flooded by a monster spring freshet, lies about three centuries underwater.
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Saas-Im-Grund
Switzerland
Lake
Antiona
Antrona Piana
Forty Thousand Pigeons Compete in England Race
Forty thousand homing pigeons released in Hitchin England to race home across the north and northeast coast. Fifteen federations of fanciers organized the event with forty-two railway vans transporting about 1,600 bird hampers to Hitchin for the flight.
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Hitchin
Eng
England
Cuba's 511 Newspapers by Province Revealed
National statistics bureau reports 511 Cuban newspapers total, 1149 per million inhabitants. Havana province leads with 28 titles. Pinar del Rio 28. Matanzas 52. Santa Clara 71. Camaguey 20. Oriente omitted.
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Cuba
Havana
National Statistics Bureau
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa
Camaguey
Oriote
Russia to Build Black Sea Oil Port at Touapse
Russia will construct a specialized oil port at Touapse on the Black Sea to load large ocean steamers for export. The bulk of exports now go through Touapse, and a Grozny to Touapse oil tunnel project has been approved by the State Planning Commission. Work should start this year and finish by 1028.
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Reno
Alonzo
George M.cohan
George the
Moscow
Russia
Touapse
Black. Sea
Grozny
Touopsy
State Planning Commission
Better Driving Through Contests and Traffic Tests
The American Automobile Association plans contests competitions and traffic tests to reduce driving ignorance and improve safety. Officials say exhibitions and race track testing spur driver skill, with A A A contest boards certifying authoritative events and guiding driver education nationwide.
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Washington, D
Aeam
Paign
American Automobile Association
National Motoring Organization
Thomas P. Henry
America
Local option urged to curb liquor licenses in Berlin
Berlin reports that the Berlin Federation of Welfare Workers called for local option to curb liquor dispensation. Debates noted 45,000 years of jail terms for drunkenness in a year and growing alcohol consumption since World War I, with jails and asylums said to be filled. The federation is interdenominational and represents all creeds.
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Berlin
Berlin Federation of Welfare Workers
Federation of Welfare Workers
Royal Mail Liner Asturias Launched in Belfast
The Asturias, a 22,000 ton Royal Mail liner, is described as the largest and most powerful motor vessel in the world and has just been launched at Belfast.
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Belfast
Overland Five Passenger Sedan Draws Women Drivers
Willys-Overland reports show a rising share of women buyers nationwide with the new Overland standard sedan, praised for easier handling, roomy interior, wide doors, longer windows, and one piece windshield. Dealers say its comfort, price, and five passenger capacity appeal to female drivers.
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Willys-Overland Daler
Willys-Overland
Pillars Indicate Farm Prosperity in Danzig District
Neuteich August 1 AP The tar m sector in the Free City of Danzig measures farm size by porch pillars each representing one huf or hoof about 20 acres Wealthy farmers replace wooden pillars with marble pillars as seen around Neuteich This old custom signals land wealth and farm extent and reflects local farmer status in the district underserved by modern farming metrics.
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Neuteich
Free City of
Danzig
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