Word: poppings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...troubled little baker in Glenns Ferry, Idaho (pop. 1,414), last week was E. W. Nestak. He had been charging his fellow townsmen 9¢ a loaf for fine unsliced white bread when an order came from the NRA Bakery Code Administrator to boost his price to 10¢. Honest Baker Nestak thought it best to obey but he also wrote to his senior U. S. Senator to ask if the order was legal and binding...
...Saratoga Springs, N. Y. the elm trees are so huge that from the air the town (pop.: 13,000) looks like a dense forest. There what seemed like the most successful U. S. racing season in 20 years last week reached its climax-a month-long meet in which 600 of the best thoroughbreds in the U. S. will compete in 185 races for $350,000 in prizes...
...police stopped John Cudney's meetings on "Miracle Hill" because lepers were mixing with the crowds. But his Los Angeles sponsor, Mrs. Ella Farley, had already cleaned up with picture postcards of him at 25? each and her brother had cleared $4,000 on the "Miracle Hill" soda pop concession. U. S. postal authorities continued to permit thousands of handkerchiefs to be sent to him for blessing, because he made no charge...
...Danville, Ky. 100 years ago was born John Marshall Harlan who rose to the U. S. Supreme Court bench, served there 33 years (1877-1911), won fame as a "great dissenter", a stern defender of civil liberty. Last fortnight in Danville (pop. 6,800) another Judge Harlan gazed sternly at two young men before him. He was Police Judge Jay W. Harlan, a third cousin. One of the young men was Jack Durham, 23, city editor of the Danville Advocate and local correspondent for Associated Press. The other was Wesley Carty, 23, correspondent for the Louisville Courier-Journal. The judge...
...last quarter of the 19th Century, Central City, Colo, (pop.; 572) perched on the edge of a Rocky Mountain canyon 50 miles west of Denver, was a booming mine town. Bernhardt, Modjeska, Booth and Jefferson played on the stage of its massive Opera House...