Independence Day on the Road at Point Judith
A travel diary entry from July 4 1929 narrates a day at Point Judith Naragansett with Eoma Clemons Leona Allen and Mrs Manton Hebner and Mrs Orville Elder. They cook steak on rocks share meals aboard a camp fire and describe coast guard interactions and a youth group visit.
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Point Judith
Light House
Naragansett
Clem
Leona
Wakefield
Coast Guards
Mrs. Chellis
Iowa Heritage and Industry Figures Through 1928
A mosaic of quotes and statistics highlights Iowa life as of 1928 including anecdotes about a World War veteran Mr Chellis, a senator's quip on daughters and cooking, and playful verses. It lists economic figures for Iowa exports trucks tractors packing houses printing farm cattle milk and dairy product values, reflecting state industry and agriculture.
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Mr. Chellis
Iowa
Governors as Doctors Across Four Schools in One Week
The Ohio governor received honorary doctorates from four different schools in a single week. He noted either title is equally honorific, while observers question the seriousness of many degrees among public figures. Various noted quips from papers reflect a mix of political and social humor from the period.
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Ohio
By The Way Reel of Midweek Quips and Quirks
A colorful jumble notes heat, ice on Crooked Creek, and local odds and ends. It mentions Mrs Bessie Speheger winning a fur lined coffee percolator and Miss Olive Hays getting the fur, a cow milking quip, a West Chester woman winning honors for calling early, and a joke urging people to buy.
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Bessie Speheger
Olive Hays
No title found for Nos Marionettes par Francis de Croisset
A French writer Francis de Croisset has a new book Nos Marionettes featuring many epigrams about women. Notable lines include Women detest friendship and Temperature too low gives them a cold on the chest. The woman who loves you hates your friends and Jealous men worry women.
Abe Martin quips on dinners and tariff talks
Abe Martin notes Mrs. Gann kin never attend a dinner with a social equal due to seating, while Joe Kite jokes about the tariff bill and antique kimonos remaining on the free list. The exchange reflects light social chatter on current policy.
Daily English Word Guidance on Misused Forms and Iridescent
A compact lesson highlights common errors in possessives and pronunciation with examples. It defines iridescent as having rainbow like colors and provides a sample sentence about an iridescent soap bubble.
Hitch Hiking From The Far West By Dave Elder
A travelogue excerpt follows a hitchhiker leaving Santa Fe bound for Las Vegas and Raton. He recalls rides with a Texan duo, passes historical wells, and meets a father and son en route to Colorado. In Ratón he rents a room with a Spanish family, spends on a hamburger, watches Tom Mix, and reflects on Spanish speech speed before sleep.
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Far West
Dave Elder
Santa Fe
Texas
Las Vegas
New Mexico
United States
Balboa
Ponce de Leon
Coronado
Colorado
Raton
Mechanical cigarette vending stirs talk in Washington
A clipping describes a new mechanical cigarette vendor featuring a cigar store Indian figure. Patrons insert a cent, press a plunger, and a lit cigarette emerges. The device is expected to spread to hotels, theaters and large buildings, raising questions about public decor and habits.
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Washington
Bies
Hopeless memory taunts in forgotten memoranda
Boston Herald quotes a grim reflection on memory where the worst remembrance is the one that forgets to consult its own notes. The piece probes how erasure of past records undermines personal and collective history.
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Boston Herald
Americans eat 35 pounds more sugar since 1910
New York reports Americans consume over 115 pounds of sugar per capita annually, about 35 pounds more than in 1910. Dr. Walter D. Eddy of Columbia University explains sugar’s harm lies in excess use, not the sugar itself, with effects depending on activity levels and timing of intake.
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New York
Walter D. Eddy
Columbia University
Good Housekeeping
Eddy
Feminist Move Finds Small Favor in Tunis
In Tunisia, feminist progress remains slow as traditional norms persist. Women are described as subservient and veiled, with calls for unveiling in Turkey seen as profane by older generations. The piece notes resistance from religious conservatives to modern reforms.
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Tunis
North Africa
Tunisia
Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Historic St Lazare Prison to Be Razed
Wrecking crews plan to destroy the historic St Lazare prison in Paris. The building dates back to the 11th century and has served as hospital convent and prison. It witnessed revolutions and notable inmates including poet Chenier and Beaumarchais.
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St. Lazare Prison
Paris
St. Lazare
Chenier
Beaumarchais
Figaro
Out of Fuel Use Your Head Advised by Skipper
Navy bulletin reports a ship in heavy weather during maneuvers ran low on fuel. The vessel asked to burn wardroom furniture for fuel, but the flagship ordered, Do not burn wardroom furniture. Use your head.
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William Ludlum
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Lucille
the Barefoot Boy
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Arkansas Gazette
Carnegie Foundation
Crooked Creek
John
Speshul
Washington Streets
California
A Prenchman
Francis DE Croisset
Abe Martin
Raton Pass
Tom Mix
Utopia
Riverside
Wm. O'Loughlin
Maxine
Mary Gertrude Griffin
Piney River
Minnesota
W. M. Truxan
Oak Park
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Richard Dautremont
Albert Thomann
Wesphalia
Kansas
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Dorothy
Lawrence
J. S. Eagle
Rosebud Camp
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbor
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Moline
Ill
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Ward
June
Leroy
Lamont Littrel
Frances
Norbert
Kephart
Rose
Edward Mannion
Jorhna Laney
Elizabeth Motley
Iris Linsley
Callie Francis Dyche
Ruby Rath
Iris
Junior Watkins
Kathleen Knebel
Robert
Junior Soukup
Mae Bruegge
John Jacob
Frank
Robert Scott
Mary Salladay
Cleo Rubens
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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