Witchcraft fears span centuries from Salem to Pottsville
James S. Pooler reports that old beliefs in witchcraft and evil eyes persist in modern America and abroad. From Pottsville to York and Detroit, alleged witches, hexes, and mystic “doctors” are linked to killings, poisons, and curses. The piece traces cultural persistence and confronts grim tales of murder and superstition.
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Horace
Greece
Pliny
Rome
Shakespeare
Macbeth
Salem
New England
Pottsville
Susan Mummey
Albert Shinskey
Albert
Nelson Rehmeyer
York
Rehmeyer
Hess
York Valley
Pennsylvania
Town
Irving Heagy
Detroit
Evangelista
Michigan
Africa
Haiti
James S. Pooler
Detroit Free Press
Americans and Others in Public Life in 1930s Headlines
A collage of brief items shows a derelict seeking bankruptcy to land a federal post, five farmers applying for Federal Land Bank loans with four foreign born approved and one American born rejected, theft of police wagons by joy riders, a New Yorker starting a dog walking service, a Japanese officer caught taking dock photos released after embassy action, Hugh S Johnson fund donations for NRA furniture, and aliens rushing to obtain citizenship for pension access.
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Federal Land Bank
Washington
Fiji
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
United States
Texas Erosion Plan Mapped For Statewide Control
A unified Texas erosion control proposal outlines a ten year program costing 100 million dollars plus 10 million annually. It envisions 50 CCC camps across 13 areas and includes Brazos River watershed management with 25 CCC camps. The plan teams Soil Erosion Service Extension Service Texas A&M Experiment Station and Vocational Agriculture to implement.
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Texas
Soil Erosion Service
Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
State Department of Vocational Agriculture
Brazos River
Science Nibbles Highlights Medical and Industrial Quirks
Dr Mandel Sherman notes infant brain function lags two months after birth. Dr E E Free cites Russian lumber industry use of gas from sawdust in auto trucks. A new X ray effect gauge is by the Bureau of Standards. 27 singers needed for twicely louder sound. Gasoline noted as a perfume base. Ancient Chinese iodine seaweed linked to goiter remedy. Sell it with a Sun Want Ad.
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Mandel Sherman
University of Chicago
E. E. Free
Bureau of Standards
Jokes and Anecdotes From a Gentleman's Dinner Table
A column of light humor sketches with misread deaths, family gaffes, and domestic setups. An old farmer warns a hired man at table about frowns, a doctor confesses error on a death certificate, a mother jokes about button bites, and a barber scene ends in a hair cut bargain. The piece ends with a playful domestic note about replacing a dog after a cake mishap.
Once Was Enough Two Women and a Bus Conductor
A nearly full bus prompts a conductor to seat a mother and daughter together then recalls a past separation. He says he once separated them but will not again as the bus fills and the bell rings.
Queen Marie of Roumania Narrates A Self Glorifying Tale
The fragment recalls Queen Marie describing a moment of vanity with a humorous self portrait. She recounts telling an old audience a tale about her own grandiose self regard and how it was received.
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Marie of
Roumania
Borah Pushes Three NRA Provisions, Calls Others Junked
Senator Borah Idaho demands junking NRA except child labor minimum wages and maximum hours, urging restoration and enforcement of anti trust laws. He says the move would be the greatest contribution toward recovery. He backs speedy hearings to pass continuing legislation before the June 16 NRA expiration.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
NRA
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Ambiguous Exchange on Common Ground Between Friends
In a brief dialogue, two friends discuss what they share. One notes their lack of common ground, then the other argues they do have one thing in common: mutual admiration and agreement. The exchange highlights perception and agreement between confidants.
Two Wives Trial Echoes in Courtroom Gibe
The accused, just convicted of bigamy, faced the judge who asked for remarks. The reply was a sullen no, prompting the judge to joke that a man with two wives would hardly stand a chance at a fair outcome.
Deathless Banker Note Becomes Immortal Claim
A banker confronts a poet about a note kept alive through renewals, while the poet laments that the note may be the only thing he will ever write that's immortal. The exchange hints at money, time, and artistic permanence within a terse dialogue.
Boss and Office Boy Exchange on Lies
A witty office exchange contrasts management discipline with career outcomes as the boss accuses a boy of lying and the office boy quips that deceit leads to salesmanship as men mature in the firm.
Grandchild Questions Grandmother Visit
A boy asks his long unseen grandmother if she is truly his grandmother. She confirms she is his paternal grandmother. The child replies that she will soon discover she is on the wrong side, implying a joke about lineage.
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Small Johnnie
Johnnie
Exhorter Seeks Army of the Lord in Parish Baptism Joke
A gospel exhorter prompts the crowd to join the army of the Lord. A woman quips she has already joined and asks what she joined. The exchange continues with a humorous misreading as she says she joined in the Baptist Church and the exhorter remarks she is in the navy instead of the army.
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Chile
Blue Moon Seen Three Times In Fifty-Two Years
Perez Simmons of Fresno reports a blue moon seen at Santa Barbara on September 15 after sunset. Four observers confirmed the color match to a sky blue shade. Other blue moons occurred in Ireland in 1927 and England on December 10, 1883. Explanations include atmospheric dust or observer vision effects.
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New York
Science
Perez Simmons
Fresno
Calif
Santa Barbara
Simmons
Robert Ridgway
Mr. Simmons
Begonia
Ireland
England
Spe
Deserted cabin message in Dakotas travel vignette
A traveler finds a lonely cabin in the Dakotas and reads a door nailed note listing harsh distances to water timber neighbor post office and railroad. The piece ends with God bless our home and a Greely joke about whether there is news.
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Dakotas
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