Goose farming for Christmas in North America
Christmas goose farming grows as demand rises across the nation. Immigrants push interest while Canada and Quebec shipments feed U S markets. Illinois and Massachusetts farms fatten geese, using tar and sand to ease feet, with birds aged five to twelve pounds after weeks of feeding.
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America
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Canada
Wisconsin
Michigan
Quebec
Prince Edward's Island
United States
Mansfield
Mass
Mt. Wach
Massachusetts
New York City
Ronson
Bay State
W. I. Firke
Tllinois
Tennessee
Pirke
Charles Austin
Austin
Ill
God's Promises Of Perfect Peace
A sermon on the peace promised by God, surpassing human understanding. It notes that believers may face clouds and storms, but true peace remains by relying on Christ and divine strength. The passage uses imagery of a hurricane with calm depths where faith rests beneath turmoil.
Merry Christmas By Gene Fowler in Denver Post
The piece riffs on Christmas in a humorous, dashingly casual voice. It recalls friends Henry, Tommy, Webb, Gene, Jack and others who wished a Merry Christmas yet offered no gifts, critiques a rich man’s pricey art, and ends with a cheeky wish for a dry New Year amid street scenes and playful mischief.
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Henry
Tommy
Webb
Gene
Jack
Kris Kringle
Santa Claus
Denver Post
Perfect Peace Beneath The Rock Bed Of Water
A fragment describes a solid rocky bed as a stable foundation where water could be held forever, implying enduring calm beneath a restless surface.
Tatil short humor exchange from Pear son's Weekly
A brief dated joke features a wife scolding her husband for being small in money sense while claiming nearly six feet in height. The husband counters that height does not help when funds are needed for shopping. The line reflects the quirky humor of Pear son's Weekly.
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Tatil
Jones
Pearson's Weekly
Detective Miller Jolts Harlem Court With Ballet Stunt
A Harlem Sabbath law case ends in a televised display as Detective Miller performs ballet posing, juggling, and acrobatics before Magistrate Breen. Juggling and ballet acts draw laughs while defendants Bernheim and Clapp await examination.
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New York
John J. Miller
Thomas H. Ryan
Harlem
Metropolitan Tower
Miller
Julius Bernheim
William & Clapp
New York Theater
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street
Breen
Berntrelin
Clapp
Detective Miller
Fly Saves A Boy Life In Swift Creek Vicinity
In La Crosse Wisconsin Carl Kaeppler thirteen was hunting with William Stellick fifteen a fly irritated his forehead he raised his arm Stellick accidentally fired a rifle the bullet grazed Kaepplers arm then struck his head doctors say the arm spared him from a likely fatal wound
Piledriver Squirrel Of Judiciary Park Captures City’s Imagination
In Judiciary Park a nimble squirrel famed for nut storage shows thrift in winter. William Lewis, a court of appeals mechanician, trained the creature to use a broom handle as a tackle, turning it into the famed piledriver squirrel of Judiciary Square.
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Ashington
Judiciary Park
Pension Office
William Lewis
Court of Appeals
Evolution of United States flags in museum collection
The Smithsonian shows flag development through periods from 13 stars in the Revolution to 48 today. A 12-star Jones flag, 16% by 6 feet, linked to James Bayard Sturford, reflects early adoption and rewards from the Continental Congress. The narrative notes standardization via executive order and 13 stripes.
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Almertein
Army
United States National ‘Museum
Spain
Germany
Italy
United States
Congress
Navy
John Paul Jones
James Bayard StuYord
Marine Committee
Continental Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Werstet R
Perry Stafford
He Found Another Irene When First Decamped
A man named Roy Gordon, described as a negro, sought to alter a marriage license at city hall to replace Irene Carter with Irene Walker. Officials refused to mutilate papers. he would need cancellation and a new license, costing extra. Gordon planned to wed the second woman immediately, claiming she waited outside and would marry at a preacher’s house. He paid the extra dollar for the process.
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Roy Gordon
City Hall
Col
Irene Walker
Irene Carter
Belew
Washington
Uncle Sam’s Civil Service Seeks High Skilled Workers
The civil service commission announces open competitive examinations offering across the government’s technical bureaus salaries from 400 to 12 00 a year. Positions include petroleum technologist earning 2,500 to 3,000, laboratory assistants in ceramics 900 to 1,200, with requirements ranging from geology degrees to language skills and specific crafts taught to Indians in North Carolina.
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Yee Sam
United States
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Drafgauuin
Piylig
Lke
Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Mines
Bureaus of Forestry and Fisheries
Reclamation Service
Geological Survey
Petroleya
Agais
Sam
North Carolina
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Gene Fowler
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Boucar
Trey
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