What Became Of Those Page Day Pranks
New York readers remember odd anecdotes from 1920s life including eight aces in a pinochle hand that killed, a one armed paperhanger, a beard that never shaved, and a couple who won the world kissing championship. The piece recalls carnival curiosities and long-ago urban oddities with a wry, retrospective tone.
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New York
Frank Frankenthal
Holgar Hansen
Elsie Unterfachtberger
Mays Landing
N. J
Cape Breton
F. R. Kuehrich
England
Dr. Kuehrich
Sheridan
Hartsdale
Broadway
Frank Favora
Australia
Toronto
Coney Island
Around the House Tips for Household Odors and Food Prep
This section offers practical notes for daily care and cooking. It suggests adding perfume to cooled starch for fresh scent on children's dresses, rub glycerin on apples to extend storage, provides a layered scalloped apples recipe with lemon and nutmeg, cautions silver tarnish and camphor use, and notes on boiling salt meat and prolonging cut flowers life.
Adjective Limits in Society News Review
A Lewisville Enterprise note critiques society reporting for relying on routine adjectives. It cites wedding showers, marriage ceremonies, and bridge parties as predictable, with editors fixating on prize winners and dates while refreshments use a fixed set of descriptors.
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Nice
Lewisville Enterprise
Inattention Behind the Wheel Dangers on Roads
The piece warns that daydreaming and absent-mindedness while driving lead to accidents and injuries. It contrasts harmless tasks with real risks, urging drivers to stay focused and mindful, noting that reverie can end in a ditch or a hospital bed.
Foreclosures on Farms Drop in Five Counties
Foreclosures on mortgaged farms in Tarrant, Denton, Wise, Parker, and Johnson counties were lower this year than any year since 1933, with better collections and more loans paid in full. The Fort Worth National Farm Loan Association reported 95 percent collection of loans maturing in the past year, about 850 loans totaling roughly 2.5 million dollars, and increased lending for farm purchases as wheat and livestock prices improve.
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Tarrant
Denton
Wise
Parker and Johnson
Fort Worth
Haiti Coffee Harvest Falls Short Of Ten Year Average
Haiti produced about 25 million kilograms of coffee this year, roughly 6 million kilograms below the ten year average. The decline highlights ongoing challenges in production and potential market impacts for exporters and workers in the sector.
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Haiti
How To Be Happy Though Married Taught By Pastor
Oklahoma City report on Dr. W. A. McKeever of the Lover's Church outlining a three point program to improve married life. He emphasizes conciliating quarrels tolerating irregularities and avoiding divorces. He notes courtship ideals often mislead couples and adds that children rarely cure discord.
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Oklahoma City
W. A. McKeever
Dr. McKeever
Women M. D's. Faced A Long, Bitter Fight
The first college in the world for exclusive training of women physicians was the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. It has produced over 1,600 graduates and survived fierce controversy over admitting women to medicine. Hanna Longshore, an early graduate, faced mob hostility yet built a respected practice. Today about 7,219 women are licensed in the U S, 533 in England, 1,000 in France, with nearly 1,000 women medical students in the U S.
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Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
Mary Dorotha
Philadelphia
Hanna Longshore
United States
England
France
Chicago Tribune
Penniless Men Vote Millions in Texas Legislature
In Austin, many lawmakers earn only 10 a day and lack experience in lawmaking or business yet decide on vast spending and tax policies affecting about 6,000,000 people. The piece notes a large share of freshmen, their motives, and how voters may trust promises despite limited qualifications.
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Austin
Texas
House
Wall Street
Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roberts
Pettus
Senate
Food costs rise 43.5 percent since 1933 in July
Washington reports a tip to housewives to contact the National Industrial Conference Board for guidance on changes in the cost of living for wage earners. The board notes food costs were 43.5 percent higher in July than in spring 1933.
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Washington
National Industrial Conference Board
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