Year’s top news of 1934 led by Hauptmann arrest in Lindbergh case
Entries list the Hauptmann arrest as the era’s biggest story, followed by dollar deflation and gold disappearance. Others include King Alexander Barthou murder, Hitler’s Blood Purge, Moro Castle disaster, Dillinger hunt, and the San Francisco strike. Also noted are Spain revolt, Stavisky scandal, Pecos miners’ strike, and Vanderbilts.
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Lexington
Hauptmann
Interscholastic Press Association
Washington and Lee University
Joseph V. Connolly
International News Service
Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Alexander
Barthou
Sarajevo
Hitler
Moro Castle
Doll
Department of Justice
Dillinger
Pretty Boy Floyd
San Francisco
America
Spain
Vienna
Paris
How o Clock Began The origin of saying oclock in England.
Dr J K Fotheringham of Oxford explains in a Nautical Almanac chapter how by 1400 two hour systems existed. The old variable daytime hours and the fixed length clock hours led to the phrase of the clock and its contraction to o clock.
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England
J. K. Fotheringham
Oxford University
Doctor’s Question Prompts On Laxatives and Constipation
Public health note urges liquid laxatives over pills for safety and ease of dosing. Highlights Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin containing senna, pepsin, cascara as effective for adults and gentle for children. Claims overnight relief and gradual dosing to restore regularity without harsh cathartics.
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Dr. Caldwell
Rs. M. McMaster
Peoria
Ill
Puritan Russia Bans Public Kissing On Trains
A tourist in Moscow was fined 25 rubles for kissing his wife on a train to cheer her when she was unwell. Soviet code treats kissing in public as public obscenity regardless of marriage. Moscow also mandated interior lights in taxis to deter such acts.
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Moscow
Classic Pineapple Chicken Salad and Ham Shrimp Rice Dish
Mixed chicken and pineapple salad served on lettuce with tomatoes accompanies a ham and shrimp rice dish. The recipe outlines roux based cooking with lard, flour, tomatoes, onions, herbs, and four cups of water, then adding rice and simmering until done. Also included are mince meat lining and cake batter instructions with bake times and serving notes.
Goofy exchange over bridge expert and twins joke
A playful, unnamed exchange features humor about a bridge expert and twins. One speaker teases that the expert’s wife doubled his bid, prompting a light, witty back-and-forth.
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Goofus
Lester Butler
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Fus
Insull
Turkey
London
Melbourne
Scott and Black
D. J. Man Hunts
Pecos
Hungary
Minneapolis
Toledo
Rhode Island
New Jersey
South
General Johnson
NRA
Sinclair
California
Bilbo
Mississippi
Long
Louisiana
Sun Office
Vicks
Russia
Texas
The
Sun
Whitewright
Whitewright Sun
Whitewright, Texas
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