Nabbed!: The 1925 Journal of G. Codd Fitzmorgan (17 page)
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Authors: Bill Doyle
CON:
Spiritualism is one big fake. Doyle is a great writer, but he's blinded by his desire to contact his son, who died in the
Great War, and desperately wants to believe there's a way to talk to him. The famous medium Margaret Fox admitted that she
and her sister were fakes. At séances, they cracked their toes to make raping sounds. Houdini continues to unmask fakes at
séances, but Doyle refuses to see the truth.
ENTERTAINMENT
JAZZ GETS HOT!
The latest music craze is jazz—and no one is more responsible than Louis Armstrong. He's currently leading two bands, the
Hot Five and the Hot Seven.
ASK DR. NOITALL
Dear Dr. Noitall,
How can I give my words some zip?
Signed,
Dull at Parties
Dear Dull,
All the fun people are using the latest 1920s code! Just add -ski or -avouz to any word in a sentence. For example, “Would
you like to order the squid-avouz?” When answering a question, be sure to use the same form, such as “Not on your life-avouz!”
Looking to roar some more?
Give this Roaring Twenties lingo a try!
Darb:
Great
Flyboy:
An airplane pilot
Let's ankle:
Let's walk
Swanky:
Good or elegant
You're the cat's pajamas:
You're terrific
SPORTS
WHAT A PIP!
New York, N.Y.: In June, Walter Pipp, who played first base for the New York Yankees, took a day off because he had a headache—
and one can only imagine that his headache has got-ten a lot worse! Pipp was replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig, who has
not missed a game since.
DOGS TO THE RESCUE
NOME, Alaska: In late January, diphtheria struck the children of this small town of 1,500. The hospital in Anchorage had the
medicine that could save their lives, but it was almost 900 miles away. A train could transport the medicine to Nenana, but
that left 674 miles to go. The rivers were frozen, the snow-covered road was impassable, and the only two airplanes in Alaska
were in storage for the winter.
It was decided that dogsled teams would relay the medicine from Nenana to Nome. With gale-force winds and temperatures reaching
40 degrees below zero, the mission seemed to be doomed. But after 127.5 hours, a 13-dog sled team led by canine Balto reached
Nome with the life-saving medicine. Now, thereis talk that teams will gather in years to come to honor this feat, per-haps
with an annual dogsled race to be called the Iditarod.
BOOKS
...QUICK REVIEWS BY PAIGE TURNER...
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has written sir Nigel too bad Dyle's best creation,Sherlock Holmes,doesn't appear in the book!
- Reading Upton Sinclair's the jungle may make you lose your lunch,but the new york times called this expose of Chicago's meatpacking
industry “brilliant.“ - Mark Twain's latest story,“The $30,000 Bequest,“oozes with the charm and humor that are the teademarks of the author of tom
Sawyer.
ASK DR.NOITALL
“What should one do if trapped in the wildrness with nothing but a telegrab device and an empty canteen?“
You will be glad that you live in these modern times.Just this year,the distress signal SAVE OUR SOULS,or SOS for short,has
been introduced.SOS was chosen because it is easy to tap out in morse code(just three dots,three dashes,and three dots).Tap
it out,take a seat on your canteen,and wait for help.
FASHION
F
OR THE
L
ADIES
...
Want to look like a well-to-do lady? then be sure to cover every-thing but your face and hands!
Dont that long skirt,pull that corser tight arount your waist,and pile that hair on top of your head!
F
OR THE
G
ENTLEMEN
…
Men who want to dress down can leave the top hats at home.A brown business suit and tie is good for just about any occasion.But
don't forget your soft felt or straw hat!
CLASSIFIED SECTION
Traveling to san Francisco?
Check into a first class hotel in the center of the city!
Hotel Salmona
Rates:$1.50 per day Special attention given to investigators!
Photographs for Undercover Agents
Vincent, Allegen & Co.
Mott Street,New York City phone East 756
Honest Values in Detective Disguises
Men's Wigs $2.00
Elevating Shoes $1.35
Nurse Uniforms $2.25
Schoenfield's on Southfield Detroit,Michigan
Automobiles
RAMBLER Model 15,
4-cylinder verticial motor,
35-40 H.p.$2,500
REO Runabout $700
M.S.Busque & Company
223 Deming Street
Chicago,Illinois
SPORTS
FULL OF BALLON JUICE?
LONDON—American Frank Lahm wom the world's first international balloon race.Lahm flew 402.2 miles from paris,France,to Flying
Dales,England,beating out fifteen competitors from six different countries.
WORLD SERIES PREDIOTIONS
CHICAGO—Our sports reporter in the field predicts that teams from the same city will take part in the third world series.According
to this prediction,the Chicago White Sox of the American League willdo battle with the Chicago Cubs of the National League.
ENTERTAINMENT
DO NOT PANIC
When you go to the movie theater to see the very first animated flim, remember that the rolling eyes and the cigar smoke are
cartoons—not real. Recently when people visited the nickelodeons to see
the Great Train Robbery,many thought the bullets were real.Well,just as no bullets were flying off the screen then,no eyes
will roll into the audience now. So stay seated and enjoy the show.
THANKS, TEDDY!
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Good news for nature lovers!President Theodore Roosevelt—the rugged outdoorsman who inspired a toymaker to
create the teddy bear—is currently inspiring campers and sightseers acrossthe country.On june 8,he will sign the national
Monuments Act to establish the first 18National Monuments,including the Grand Canyon!
BANDS IN A BOX
NEWYORK—The Automatic Entertainer is here! The first jukebox that lets you preselect What you want to heart in now being produced
in the UnitedStates.
SCIENCE
BLOODY GENIUSES
Add Clemens von parquet to the list of Austrians Who have transformed the world!This year,he introduced the term
allergy
to describe the physical reaction(which can range from sneezing to death)caused by different substances that only affect certain
people.parquet joins Karl Landsteiner,who discovered each person has one of at least three different blood types:A,B, or O,and
Dr.Sigmund Freud,Who invented psychoanalysis.
