World Tour at Chicago Expo Shows Abroad at Home
A travel writer notes the 1934 Century of Progress exposition in Chicago recreates four continents in the Midway villages. Visitors stroll English, Irish, Dutch, German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, African, Asian, and Mexican settings, ending with an American colonial village anchored by Old North Church and Ben Franklin's print shop, offering a rapid global tour without leaving the fair.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Europe
Merrie
England
Ann Hathaway
Stratford-on-Avon
Will Shakespeare
Haddon Hall
Dorothy Vernon
Charles Major
Stoke Pogis
Gray
Sulgrave Manor
Washingtons
Ireland
Irish Sea
Ould Sod
Tara’s
British Isles
Holland
Queen Wilhelmina’s Land
Black Forest
Germany
Schwarzwalder Dorf
Alps
Italy
Signa
Bologna
Christopher Columbus
Genoa
Benito Mussolini
Apollo
Spain
Poblett
Mediterranean
Africa
Oasis
Asia
Shanghai
Pacific Ocean
China
Mexico
J’ut
Amecameca
Cuernavaca
America
Old North Church
Paul Revere
Paul
Massachusetts State House
Ben Franklin
Betsey Ross
Wakefield
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Colonial Gardens
Midway
Virginia
Union
Good Taste Today by Emily Post Etiquette
Emily Post presents guidance on manners and social behavior for modern readers. Topics include hosting, conversation, introductions, dining etiquette, and appropriate conduct in various social settings.
Frock For Little One Will Please Her Pattern Details
A sewing feature presents a small girl’s dress with a scalloped front yoke and bow-tied sleeves. Pattern 9695 offers sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and suggests fabrics like cotton print, silk, linen, or dimity. Include name address style number size and fifteen cents for pattern 9695. Pattern department address provided.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
W. Highteenth St
New York
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Etiquette notes on invitations from Emily Post
A digest of Emily Post guidance on replying to tea invitations, moving announcements, wedding RSVPs, and hosting out of town guests. It explains polite responses to personal notes, combining move notices with cocktail invites, and clarifies lodging responsibilities for guests with chauffeurs.
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Marie
Mrs. Post
Emily Post
WNU Service
Libetan grizzly bears distinguished by white collar feature
The Libetan grizzly bears are set apart by a white collar extending from the neck base onto the shoulders. Fully grown individuals may weigh between 250 and 300 pounds.
Orange dispute on the playground ends with a child claiming to be a lawyer
A Vancouver Province report describes a classroom scene where Jimmy explains Billy took Fred’s orange. The child, calm and holding the fruit, declares he is the lawyer. The teacher asks for the orange’s location as the incident unfolds.
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Jimmy
Billy
Fred
Jimmie
Vancouver Province
High pressure salesman meets attic sale humor
Detroit Free Press reports a comic encounter where a pushy salesman arrives at a home and is met with a daughter who turns the offer by selling her father’s old clothes and attic furniture. The moment highlights quick wit and practical banter within a domestic scene.
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Byrd
Detroit Free Press
Oh Oh Lady Cheeky Youth Banter in London Humor
A fragmentary London humor exchange shows a flirtatious dialogue where a Lady asks if Mr. Smith can see her and a Cheeky Youth assures visibility. The playful repartee centers on a Mrs Smith identity in a social setting.
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Mr. Smith
Give Thanks Blooey Ten Times as Many Yodelers
A playful verse riffs on counting yodelers and luck with brisk rhythm. The speaker teases about numbers and thanks in a light, humorous tone.
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