Local color from New York visit to Italian De Tella family
The writer visits the De Tella household on East 116th Street, New York, sharing a warm, vivid account of an Italian family dinner. Mrs De Tella hosts with generous plates of hors d oeuvres, pasta, steak, grape wine, fruit, and spumoni, while the sons and parents display strong family ties and pride in their Italian heritage.
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Tatham” House
Manchester
Iowa
Clemans
de Tella
Clem
de Tellas
East 116Th Street
Ferdinand
Mama
Rome
Italy
Providence
Rhode Island
Mr. de Tella
Mrs. Tesla
George
Ant
Mrs. de Tella
Poidenand
Ring Lardner anecdotes on wives and memory
A compilation of quips about wives credited to Ring Lardner and others. The excerpts recount small acts of domestic help from many years, jokes about marriage and romance, and a few unrelated newspaper quips about prohibition, farming, and jokes cited from various outlets.
Today's Word: Condescend in Usage and Pronunciation
Daily lesson notes define CONDESCEND as to stoop or descend, with caution on pronunciation and tone. Also listed are misused terms and common misspellings, plus synonyms such as tense, intense, and intent, and guidance on mastering one word daily.
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Erie
Lake
Weather and wit mix in quirky clippings from many papers
A collage of jokes and quips about weather, London fog, and city snips, plus light musings on manners, habits, and daily life. Include lines from Chicago, Newark, Hastings, Urbana, and Bladen papers reflecting humorous notices and editorials.
Local Quips About Lindy and St. Louis
Tell Binkley reacts to a Lindy remark praising St. Louis as a place to live. The speaker questions whether newspapers know the speaker’s party, noting the reference to D. Young and Democratic leanings.
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Binkley
Lindy
St. Louis
D. Young
Hitch- Hiking From The Far West
Road diary of a hitchhiker writing through Arizona New Mexico and Colorado toward Kansas. The narrator details rides with an Arizona traveler, a thin Safeway manager family, and a Kansas stretch as he describes heat, landscapes, and a haunted Windsor Hotel stay in Garden City.
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Colorado
Flagstaff
Arizona
Pueblo
Kansas
California
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Iowa
Safeway
Garden City
New Mex‘ey
God's Country
Windsor Hotel
New England
New Traffic Rules Prompt Car Delivery Day Doubts
A new set of traffic regulations drops the day a man receives his car and he wonders if the timing was intentional. He seeks clarity on whether the rules were issued to coincide with the delivery.
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Elder, Shannon & CO
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Orville Elder
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Ther
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Journal
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Ros
London
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Neb
Tribune
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Democrat
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Enterprise
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Dave Elder
Canyon City
Florence
John Woods
H. & A. Baking CO
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