Goose Honker Leads Geese to Paddy the Beaver Pond
In Thornton Burgess style a pack of geese led by Honker moves toward Paddy the Beaver’s pond as Old Man Coyote and Granny Fox plot a night raid. Reddy Fox grows restless while Granny cautions patience and hides the plan to ambush the young flock.
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Hen Honker
Goose
Paddy
Beaver
Southland
Peter Rabbit
Jack Frost
Rough Brother
North Wind
Old Man Coyote
Honker
Coyote
Paddy the Beaver
Reddy
Granny Fox
Green Forest
Granny
Reddy Fox
Farmer Brown
Granny Ox
Danny Meadow Mouse
Honker the Goose
J. G. Lloyd
WNU Service
London
Treasury Office
Hoover
Germany
Australia
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Greece
India
New Zealand
Portugal
Rumania
South Africa
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Hague
Paris
Superstitious Sue and the Horseshoe Wonder
A quirky note on luck and danger, claiming finding a horseshoe signals trouble while tying a lock of hair could avert it. The text imitates a playful, dated style with stray phrases and unclear attribution, reflecting a 1931 mock news voice.
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McClure Newswater
Quiet minds move at their own pace in any storm
A reflective line compares calm minds to clocks in a thunder storm, suggesting steady persistence through fortune or misfortune despite external chaos.
Old Fashioned Orange Soup and Desserts Menu
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union recipe collection describes chilled orange soup with corn starch, Glorified Pudding using rice dates and suet, Cherry Pudding with egg yolks and orange juice, Jam Cake with spices and buttermilk, Orange Blossom Salad with coconut and cream, and a grapefruit cocktail twist for serving.
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Western Newspaper Union
Calm by Douglas Mall
Poem reflecting on storms and inner peace with images of nature and resilience. It contrasts outward calm with inner turmoil, noting that true calm bears heavier burdens and that those who mourn softly may cherish what is most dear. The piece evokes seasons, storms, and the quiet dignity of endurance.
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Douglas Maltoch
Wnu Bergice
Melvin A. . Traylor
Chicago
Malone
Hillisboro
Texas
Traylor
Daniel Upthegrove
St. Louis Southwestern’ Railroad
Democratic Party
First National Bank of Chicago
Single Sculls Champion Miller Wins National Title
William G. Miller of the Bachelors Barge Club in Philadelphia captured the national single sculls title at the fifty ninth annual regatta on the Schuylkill River course.
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Wiliam G. Miller
Bachelors Barge Club
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Furniture Making Terms Veneered Plywood Use in Furniture
The article explains that veneered construction and plywood are interchangeable terms in furniture. It notes layers of wood glued together with a beautiful grain on the surface, and mentions fashion as a context for fine furniture creation.
Miraculous Escape After Train Clip in Charlton
A passenger train traveling at 70 miles an hour clipped the radiator of an automobile at Charlton England. George Swift and a companion in the front seat escaped serious injury.
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Charlton
England
George Swift
Turbulent Cuban Revolt and Hoover Era Diplomatic Moves
The report outlines Machado's crackdown as martial law spreads across Cuba with arrests for treason and attempts to capture Menocal and Mendieta. It notes Gen Balderno Acosta's forces near Havana and aerial patrols along the north coast, plus an improvised private navy using armed yachts. It also covers European issues including the failed German plebiscite, Hoover moratorium talks, and farm board calls for cotton state plowdowns to aid prices.
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Webel
Machado
Miilitary
Ely
Thes
Ménocal
Mendleta
Pinar del Rio
Balderno’ Acosta
Mariano
Havana
Julio Sanguily
Flying Corps
Ghaparra*poger. Smi
Labor Slowdown and Hoover Dam Dispute
Reading the excerpt shows labor pressure on the Hoover dam project with wage demands labeled extortionate. About 80 to 125 workers quit, the superintendent halted work, and roughly 1,000 workers were laid off. Management claimed the contractor was six months ahead and could afford the stoppage.
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Hoover Dam
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Thora Yeager
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Berlin
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Sweden
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Rhode Island
Senate Committee On Unemployment
Rapidan
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Huerope
Hecht
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American: Federation” of Labor
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Department
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Europe
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Nashville
Luke Lea, Jr
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Harply
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Chapultepec
Ortiz Rubio
San Juan Teotihuacan
Parker Qramer
Lerwick
Safety Bay
Nome
Weatorn Newspaper Union
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