First Street Car Line Opens in 1882 New York
The world’s first street railway line began operation November 26, 1882, running from Prince Street and the Bowery to Fourth Avenue and Union Place, now Fourteenth Street. It later became the New York and Harlem railroad. The Mississippi River is state jurisdiction, with the middle as the boundary. federal navigation laws apply for interstate commerce, and the U.S. does not own either bank.
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Prince Street
Bowery
Fourth Avenue
Union Place
Fourteenth Street
New York
New York and Harlem
Mississippi
Mississippi River
United States
Mass Meeting on Wheat Program Draws Large Frederick County Crowd
A Saturday mass meeting of Frederick County farmers heard County Agent I Fred Stine explain the wheat surplus of 1932 and the impact of the wheat adjustment program. The gathering endorsed the upcoming referendum on May 25 and urged informed voter participation. Speakers stressed cooperative action to restore agriculture and called farmers to study the facts and support the program. Educational meetings were announced at Gainesboro Sunday and Stephens City Thursday, with a meeting at Reynolds store Fairview school tonight.
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Frederick County
I. Fred Stine
The
Wheat Production Control Association
R. L
County Union
J. H. Funkhouser
County Association
J. W. Larrick, Jr
John M. Newell
M. P. Ebert
Gainesboro
Stephens City Agricultural Building
Fairview School
Reynolds Store
No Ruling On Mortgage Act
The Supreme Court adjourned without ruling on the constitutionality of the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act or the NRA's validity in the New York poultry case. Decisions may be announced next week. Also notes about pronunciation variants and a query on forest land burn statistics.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
New York
Ginger Marlow Ice Cream Recipe From Home Kitchen
A home ice cream recipe called Ginger Marlow uses marshmallows and preserved ginger to create a smooth frozen treat. The method involves melting marshmallows with ginger ale, folding in whipped cream, and freezing without overworking.
Priest Urges Bonus Bill Support In Roosevelt Address
Detroit May 12 Father Charles E Coughlin urged President Roosevelt to sign the Patman bonus bill in the name of the people. He criticized tax payers paying a huge bonus to bankers and promoted his National Union for Social Justice as a backer of the measure. He announced a May 22 meeting in Madison Square Garden and pledged one million telegrams and five million names to support restoring Congress's coinage power.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
Federal Reserve Bank
National Union
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Pather Coughlin
Despond
Congress
Eccles
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Banking System
Fed- 1 Reserve
United States Chamber of Commerce
Coughlin
Farmers Rally Behind AAA Amid Processing Tax Debate
Farmers from the west and southwest converge by car bus and train to back the AAA amid opposition to the cotton processing tax. Republican Hope of Kansas lauds the program as valuable while Day and textile interests push for tax removal to protect mills. Roosevelt cabinet committee studies the textile situation as Senator Bankhead seeks a greeting from the president.
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Forma Church
Representative Hope
Kansas
AAA
Hope
New England
Day
Roosevelt
Hull
Wallace
Roper
Perkins
Texas
Chester C. Davis
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Louisiana
Senator Long
General Colvin Observes 90th Birthday At North High Street
General Robert M. Colvin veteran of the Confederacy and railroad engineer celebrated his 90th birthday at his North High Street home. Surrounded by family and friends including twelve relatives, he recalled a life as a soldier and leader of Virginia Veterans and the 8 B Gibbons Camp while guests from Lynchburg Amherst Flushing and Hollins College attended a birthday dinner with a cake bearing 90 candles.
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Harri Jurg
Robert M. Colvin
North High Street
Mr. Colvin
Virginia Veterans
8. B. Gibbons
Claude O. Skelton
Claude,Jr
Margaret
James Patterson
Phyllis
Lynchburg
Lucy Leftwich
Amherst
Edgar Allen Clark
Flushing, N
Margaret Clark
Hollins College
Free Chest Clinic To Be Held May 14 By State Expert
A chest clinic for adults by Dr. Charles L. Savage of the State Health Department will be at the District Nurse Association offices on Tuesday May 14. Hours are 9 30 to noon and 2 to 4 p m. The event is in cooperation with city and county physicians. Individuals with long standing cold or chronic cough, especially with TB in the family, should seek chest examination. No former sanatorium cases will be examined unless requested in writing by the family physician, and this also applies to children under 15.
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Charles L. Savage
State Health Department
District Nurse Association
Women Weather Colder Better By Fat Layer Study
A generalization suggests women tolerate colder temperatures better due to a thicker subcutaneous fat layer. The idea notes fat acts as insulation and may influence heat loss during cold exposure.
Japs Influence Spreads In Siam
Powers and diplomats inquire at Siamese government offices as Tokyo presses influence. Siam denies steering policy toward Japan but public opinion believes Japan is now Siam’s favored nation.
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Siam
Tokyo
Japan
May Graduates at Handley High School
A list of students from Handley High School set to graduate in May is presented, including Charles Lee Harper and Winifred Co. Brown among the names. The article segment names dozens of graduates in alphabetical order, indicating a sizable class for the year.
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Handley High School
Charles Lee Harper
Winifred Co. Brown
Carrie Madigan
Catherine Rowe
Goldie Affleck
Virginia Alabaugh
Mary E. Amos
Marjorie Atwell
Helen Elizabeth Bailey
June E. Bean
Catherine Bradford
Mary Catherine Brown
Ruth Brumback
Georgia Bywaters
May Bywaters
Louise Cain
Louise Castleman
Mary Gail Cather
Margaret Virginia Cather
Virginia Chamberlain
Helen Chaucerlis
Mabel Clark
Ruth Cone
Mary Elizabeth Ebert
Marie Estes
Esther Butsler
Dorothy Flegenheimer
Elizabeth Forney
Anna K. Fugitt
Mollie B. Glass
Irene Goss
Lucille Grant
Dore E. Grim
Helen Hatcher
Margaret Haviland
Rosalie Headley
Rosalind Kater
Elizabeth Keeler
Lucy Kerchevel
Louise Largent
Hallie Merriner
Mary E. Michael
Katherine Mudd
Pauline E.peer
Margaret Price
Virginia Reddish
Violet Ritter
Isabelle Rosenberger
Virginia D. Rudolph
Anne Kerr Russell
Eleanor G. Scully
Ruby V. Shiley
E. Catherine Shull
Virginia Smith
Hilda Smithey
Beulah Stultz
Elizabeth Swimley
Katherine Thompson
Ruth Trimble
Martha E. Tucker
Virginia D. White
Elizabeth Zeigler
Surge in Mental Hospital Cases Across 25 Years
The number of patients housed in mental disease hospitals has tripled faster than the general population, showing a 100 percent rise over the last 25 years.
Roberta at The Capitol with Dunne Astaire and Rogers
The Capitol opens the RKO musical comedy Roberta starring Irene Dunne Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for three days starting today through Wednesday. Dunne performs Jerome Kern songs including Smoke Gets in Your Eyes while Astaire and Rogers perform dazzling dances and sing. The film previously delighted Broadway audiences and set road attendance records.
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Roberta
RKO Radio
Irene Dunne
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Capitol
Miss Dunne
Jerome Kern
Astaire
Miss Rogers
America
Rio
New York
Broadway
New Amsterdam Theatre
The Whole Towns Talking at the Palace with Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson stars in The Whole Towns Talking at the Palace today and Tuesday. Jean Arthur, Wallace Ford and Arthur Byron co star with a Fox Movietone News reel accompanying the feature.
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Ed. G. Robinson
Palace
Edward G. Robinson
Jean Arthur
Wallace Ford
Arthur Byron
Fox Movietone
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Colvin
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Robert Delmar Grim
Eugene Grimes
Grant Haines
Edwin Harlee
Roy Carson Hockman
Ben F. Hollis
Fred Sydney Hunt
James Ed Jeskey
John William Jones
Hudson Miller
Joe Ray Miller
Frank Hugh Pierce
Noble Co. Pierce, Jr
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Charles Gilbert Stotler
Harold Teets
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J Parker and
Chester
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Rhodes Drug Company
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Loudoun St
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Willie Troxler
Main St. Danville, Va
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Stephens City
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