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the music goes ’round and ’round

People who like phonograph music are getting dizzy trying to keep up with three different systems of playing three sizes of disks.

By Robert Hertzberg

BUYING phonograph records used to be a simple and painless operation. You could walk into any music shop and say, “I want a few of the latest dance tunes for a party.” You’d depart in a few minutes with a neat bundle under your arm. But not any more!

“Phonograph records? Yes, sir,” the clerk now says. “Would you like 10- or 12-inch records for a 78-r.p.m. turntable, or 7-, 10-, or 12-inch records for a 33-1/3 r.p.m. machine, or 7-inch records for a 45-r.p.m. player? The prices range from 60 cents to $4.85.”
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Tramp Poodle Wins Leather Boots in Long Hike Across the Country

UNLESS a tramp poodle dog is lucky as a hitch-hiker he needs boots for a cross-country hike. C. C. Maupin, of Philadelphia, left New York on a hike to Los Angeles. At West Newton, Pennsylvania, he was adopted by the poodle shown at the left and they continued the hike together. About 500 miles on the way, somewhere in Indiana, the poodle had worn off its claws, making further walking impossible. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m confused. How can it be the book nobody dared to print, but also the most daringly intimate book ever published?

Then again, I’m guessing that publishing a story called HER ST. BERNARD, or even GASTON & ALPHONSE could probably still have gotten you in trouble in 1960.

ADULT STORIES FOR MEN

the book nobody dared to print!

COMPLETE—UNABRIDGED-EDITION MOST DARINGLY INTIMATE BOOK EVER PUBLISHED!

OTHERS PRINT IMITATIONS … WE DARE PRINT THE ORIGINALS! No holds barred! No detail omitted!
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Madman MORAN – Screwball Promoter

THE man is mad! He spends his time on crazy projects like the ones shown in these pictures: (1) Getting half-baked by exposing half his body at a Florida beach to test its sunshine against California’s supercolossal rays; (2) personally hatching an ostrich egg; (3) finding a needle in a haystack—he sifted two tons of hay for 82-1/2 hours before he spotted the thing, and (4) riding across a river near Reno in an Uncle Sam outfit to prove that any American can change horses in midstream. Read the rest of this entry »

Pipe Fire Escape Speeds Emptying of Large Buildings

A PATENTED circular fire-escape has been developed by which people on the upper stories of burning buildings can slide to the ground below. The fire-escape consists of a large tube of galvanized steel which extends from an upper floor level to the ground. As it is set at an angle, people can slide through it without difficulty. The upper end of the tube enters the room. Over the entrance is a door, so that no drafts will enter the room through the fire-escape. When fire is discovered, the people in the building sit in the upper part of the tube, slide down it, and land on the ground below.

The World’s Largest Saxophone
THERE is plenty of music in this horn. Standing six feet, seven inches in height, this saxophone is believed to be the largest in the world. In spite of its height it may be played from a sitting position—provided the musician is sufficiently expert.

Light Me Up by Phone Some Time!

MERRIAM HOPKINS, Paramount motion picture star, has had installed at the studio a telephone which flashes a light instead of ringing the well-known bell.

This arrangement becomes necessary if a star or other picture employee expects phone calls while working in the sound-proof talkie studio.

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Mail Yourself a Fortune

The mail-order business is a fabulous one. Pick a product or service the public wants and the world is your oyster.

By Lester David

YOU’VE heard about the salesman who was such a slick operator that he made a fortune selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Well, Hugh Clay Paulk made his pile peddling parachutes to old ladies.

No, Paulk is not an ace confidence man, hasn’t sold municipal structures to visit- ing firemen. And neither did nice old ladies go around parachuting from airplanes after he got through with them. He simply became a shrewd operator in a fantastic game —the mail-order business. He bought up 50,000 surplus service chutes little by little and advertised them for $13.95 each. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tunnel-Hull Boat Won’t Roll

GAR Wood, the silver-haired king of speedboat racing, has designed the most stable boat in the world.

The no-roll Venturi is 188 feet long and 40 feet wide, and has twin hulls which slice through the waves instead of climbing over them as do conventional craft. Propellers are 4-1/2 feet in diameter and extend below the hull, increasing draft at the stern to about 8 feet when underway. Read the rest of this entry »

NU-VIM

You will never realize the amazing benefit to your health until you have experienced the invigorating application of the NU-VIM EXHILARATOR. Your whole body will tingle with delight.

NU-VIM EXHILARATOR is a practical self applied sturdy element for Massage and Exercise. Flexible to the entire body. A tonic for the nerves and circulation. A revelation unbelievable for that tired feeling, lack of energy, colds and many ills. Good for the entire family. Price only $2.50 Post-paid in U. S. Money refunded within ten days if not satisfied. Further information if desired.

NU-VIM APPLIANCE CO.

1802 Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa.

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Exploring the Science of Shaving

WHAT could science possibly know about your beard that you don’t already know? Surely, your knowledge of how to shave that beard—gained from long and painful experience—would be more accurate than any theories scientists might have on whisker cutting. Or would it?

The chances are, you might find (as we did) that a little study on the subject of beards, can produce much more comfortable shaves. It also makes a fine topic for conversation with the boys in the back room when the poker game lags.

There is even, for instance, a correct technical name for the science of shaving. They call it pogonotomy, whether it’s done by carving whiskers off with lather and a blade razor, or chopping them off dry with an electric razor. We’ll discuss both methods, starting with the lather-and-slice routine. Read the rest of this entry »

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Strange Facts About Sleepwalking

By Carlton Brown

Like the man who awoke to find himself drowning in a river, you may roam the dark with 4 million other somnambulists—and never know it.

THE pretty young woman was the strangest case Dr. Dyce of Aberdeen, Scotland, ever saw. She was straddling a stool in the kitchen and riding it around the floor like a hobby horse. As she galloped the stool, she urged it on with frantic cries and whipped the wooden legs with one hand, just as though she were on a live mount.
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