The Term John Henry in Sales Slang and Hancock Link
The piece explains John Henry as slang replacing John Hancock to mean signature used by salesmen. It notes Hancock’s fame from the Declaration of Independence and cites the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol. Thomas Crawford designed it, with Rome modeling and funding efforts before 1857, plaster shipped April 19 1858, and Clark Mills casting the statue.
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John Henry
John Hancock
Henry
Hancock
Literary Digest
Capitol
Washington
Thomas Crawford
Rome
Royal Foundry
Munich
Leghorn
Italy
Clark Mills
F. D
Congress
Marian Martin Pattern 9370 Promises Slim Silhouette
The pattern advertises Marian Martin 9370 with slenderizing lines from neck to skirt yoke and sleeve flare to make arms look slim. It showcases sheer cotton or silk with lace jabot and includes a Lew Chart. Available in sizes 34 through 48, instructions for fabric and lace yardage are given. Order details ask for 15 cents per pattern and offer a spring pattern book for 15 cents or 25 cents with pattern.
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Marian Martin Lew
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department
18Th St
New York
N. Y
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1654 B for Misses and Sizes 14 to 46
Barbara Bell presents pattern No 1654 B offering a two piece suit style with a jacket, loose kimono sleeves, and slim skirts. Suitable for many fabrics with a matching belt and button color, sizes 14 through 46 with corresponding busts. pattern book available on request.
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Barbara Bell
Roosevelt era politics and Hollywood wit collide in 1930s notes
Central Press reports on political expectations for F D R in 1936 depending on economic mood and congressional results. Then NY gossip highlights W C Fields life, career quirks, accident anecdotes, and a humorous jab at writer Nunnally Johnson and book appraiser William Soskin with a playful Algonquin Hotel tie-in.
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William Soskin
Algonquin Hotel
Citic Soskin
Edward Smith Dies At Home Near Wadesville
Edward Lewis Smith died at his residence near Wadesville Clarke county after a long illness. Born November 7 1864 in the county he was in his eighty first year. He leaves an adopted daughter Mrs Alfred Mc Nulty of Philadelphia and two sisters Mrs Brown Morrow Martinsburg W Va and Miss Carrie Smith. He was an uncle of Justa E Quick and L Elwood Smith. The funeral Saturday at 2 pm from his home conducted by Rev J MeL Carr with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
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Edward Lewis Smith
Lewis R
Elizabeth Brown Smith
Wadesville
Clarke County
Two Months On Larceny Count Hit by Court
Howard Walker of West Clifford street received two months in jail in police court, the fifth conviction linked to a Penney store merchandise and money case this year. Other cases include forgery, burglary, shoplifting, and multiple drunken or vagrancy convictions with city departure conditions.
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Howard Walker
West Clifford Street
J. C. Penney
A. Edlaveth
David A. Colvin
Frank Hawkins
Albert Robinson
Phillips
W. Va
Blanton Orndorff
Clarence Whitmier
Tiny Greenawalt
Briscoe Parker
Boy Held in 250000 Kansas City Extortion Plot
Dallas youth Peter Warren, 20, was arrested in Kansas City Missouri as the alleged ringleader in an extortion bid to force James M Kemper president of the Commerce Trust Co to pay 250000. Mrs Kemper, the threatened wife, appears with police.
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Kansas City
the Commerce Trust Co
Kansas City, Mo
Peter Warren
Dallas, Tex
Pic
Tured
Mrs. Kemper
Oldest Known Modern Man Candidate Revealed
The Lady of Lloyds skull found in London in 1925 is nominated as the oldest known example of modern man. A British anthropologist suggests she lived in the early Neanderthal period, highlighting a landmark in human origins.
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London
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Betty Shoppe
Stout
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Charles P. Stewart
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
White House
Fy. BD
Central Presa
New York Bureau
East 45Th Street
James
W. C. Fields
Fields
Ziegfeld
Knights of the Road
Hollywood
Nunnally Johnson
Edward Smith
James M. Kemper
Muggs McGinnis
Miss McGinnis
Muggs
Mary JD
Berane
VerRy
Wally
ANKE
R.smithlinc
Palace Theatre
L. R. Smith, Inc
Department of Agriculture
United States
Spain
Moling & Cather
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
Etta Keitt
Rickn
BY Paul Robinson
Bill
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