Buster Bear Seeks Fish as Hawk and Eagle Duel
Buster Bear longs for breakfast fish along Laughing Brook but finds none as the water dries and fish move to the deeper Smiling Pool. He watches Plunger the Fish Hawk struggle with King Eagle over a large fish, imagining the possible drop and capture as the sun glints off the prize.
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Buster Bear
Buster
Smiling Pool
Laughing Brook
Smirligg Pool
Plunger
Fish Hawk
King Hagie
King Eagle
Robber
King Engle
Jolly
Mr. Sun
T. W. Burgess
Jj—Wnn Service
Quote on harmony over two and two in matters of marriage
A witty remark contrasts simple arithmetic with harmony in relationships. A ponderous Ponzelle notes that fixing clashes requires more than logic, while noting that arguments can ruin marriages through needless strife.
Four Year Old Botanist Draws Praise as Plant Prodigy
Arvada Colorado child Hittle Clare Roeder Jr. at four years old knows more than 500 rare plant names and can distinguish varieties quickly. He experiments with grafting and focuses on hybrid roses and geraniums, earning comparisons to Luther Burbank.
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Hittle Clare Roeder, Jr
Arvada
Colo
Luther
Cooking for Invalids
Guidance from 1932 on feeding convalescents stresses appetizing, easily digestible meals. Emphasizes velvety custard, avoid heavy pies, use small junket tablets, and serve prettily chilled with garnish to lift mood during recovery.
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Western Newspaper Union
Gray and Red Join in New Spring Ensemble
A spring ensemble features a gray and garnet red printed silk dress with a gray fox collar and a garnet Lyons velvet long straight coat. The frock’s fur collar is worn outside the collarless coat.
Lace Hosiery Trends Amid War and Orient Wool Silk
Lace stay strong as hosiery fashion shifts to silk meshes for sports and country wear while cobwebby gossamer weaves gain evening use. Despite war in the Orient, lace remains a prominent choice in the current market.
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Orient
A Little While Long and Every Footstep Closer
A reflective poem describing how time feels shorter with each day and mile. The speaker urges accepting sorrow, living each minute fully, and climbing life’s hills promptly. It notes beauty in every minute and treasure in daily living.
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Douglas Malloch
WNU
Charming Paris Organdy Dress for a Little Girl
White organdy and orange felt dress for a young girl features decorative varicolored flower designs.
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Paris
Government economy fight fans partisan clash in Congress
A heated battle over reorganizing government bureaus and cutting expenses erupts in Congress as President Hoover pushes for a national economy plan. Debate centers on commissions, tax revisions, and possible bureau consolidations with key votes and hearings upcoming.
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Congress
Hoover
Garner
House
Senate
Jones
Washington
Repub Mean
Senate Finance Committee
Robinson
Harrison
Mississippi
House Special Economy Committee
Army and Navy Transport Service
International Water Commission
Washington's Surveying Pegs Reused in Ground on George Washington School
Descendants of George Washington appear using his surveying pegs to lay out the site for a reproduced school Washington attended. In the photo, Henry Woodhouse holds Washingtoniana records while several women identified as Washington relatives pose nearby.
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Enator
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Chicago
Jouett Shouse
Kansas City
Senator Barkley
Shouse
National Committee
Richard Squires
Peter C. Granata
House
Granata
Stanley Fr. Kunz
Eighth
Gression
Farmer-J Labor
Western Newspaper Union
George Washington
Washington
Henry Woodhouse
Washingtoniana
H. H. Williams
Betty Washington Lewis
Frank Taylor
Betty Lewis
Margaret Turner
Catherine Knox-Gore
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By Thornton W. Burgess
Babe
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Babe Herman
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Girligag
DARPA
Well Syndicate
Shelka
Gray
Red
By Douglas Mallogh
Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Philippines
Bil
United States
Smoot Hag
Secretary of the Treasury
Mills
Reed
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
York State
Roosevelt
Forty-first
Buffalo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred B. Smith
New York City
Brooklyn
Joseph
France
Maryland
A. W. Barkley
Stimson
Geneva
American Bankers’ Association Journal
I T
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hwe Pinch
Pat Harrison
Blarkson
Seth Richardson
Honolulu
Hawaaii
Navy
Islands
Trana Massie
Richardson
Reed Smoot
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