California Cities to Get Cheap Water From Colorado River
An's eternal conflict with the desert grows as Los Angeles and 13 other cities form the Metropolitan Water District to build a 266 mile Colorado River aqueduct. The project, boosted by a Supreme Court ruling, carries a $200 million price tag and promises to cost the average taxpayer less than a penny daily. Construction may take six to eight years with Hoover Dam facilities generating power and a 110 mile long lake backing water to Southern California.
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California
Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water District
Anaheim
Beverly Hills
Burbank
Colton
Fullerton
Glendale
Long Beach
Pasadena
San Bernardino
San Marino
Santa Ana
Santa Monica
Torrance
Southern California
Colorado River
United States Supreme Court
Arizona
Boulder Dam
Boulder Canyon
Colorado
Parker
California Coastal Plain
Boulder
Hoover—dam
Graham Gems and Coffee Cake from Mothers Cook Book
The excerpt describes a breakfast and luncheon bread using graham flour sour milk and an egg with soda sugar salt and shortening. It also outlines a Coffee Cake using warm shortening eggs sugar raisins and bread sponge with flour.
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Graham Gems
Glutton the Wolverine Traps and Tricks on the Lake Shore
A Wolverine named Glutton uses cunning to exploit traps set by a northern trapper. The story follows how Glutton learns the traps’ and trapper’s moves, outwits others, and the danger posed to the Little People of Green Meadows and Green Forest.
French Pineapple Crumble Dessert With Whipped Cream
A dessert recipe instructs to blend silver plane with a stirring stir until thick, rise in a pan, spread light, cover with butter and sugar cinnamon, bake when light. Layer shredded pineapple or fruit in a glass dish, top with crumbs and more fruit, finish with crumbs. Serve cold with whipped cream.
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Western Newspaper Union
Glutton and Honker Weave News At Pad dy Pond
Honker the Goose visits the Pond of Paddy Beaver in the Green Forest and shares Far North gossip with Buster Bear about trappers and fur coats. The trio discusses safety and the idea that a feather coat is better than fur, with Glutton as the focal point.
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Buster Bear
Buster
Honker
Paddy Beaver
William M. Henry Named Sports Technical Director for 1932 Olympics
The Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee announces William M. Henry of Los Angeles as sports technical director for the 1932 Games. His department will handle precise technical preparations for all fifteen sports in coordination with international federations and oversee stadiums galleries water venues and other competition sites.
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William M. Henry
Los Angeles
Olympic Organizing Committee
Henry
Glutton Outwits Trap in River Tale
In a vivid exchange, Buster praises Glutton for spotting a trap and pulling it out without getting caught. Honker confirms the clever trick, noting the trapper would have been surprised if he returned.
Wild Bill Hickok Acknowledged Fastest Gunman of the West
The article notes James Butler Hickok known as Wild Bill Hickok as the fastest gunman. It mentions his roles as pony express rider with Buffalo Bill and a scout and spy in the Union army. Hickok was killed in Deadwood on August 2, 1876 at age thirty nine by Jack McCall.
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James Butler Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
Pony Express
Buffalo Bill
Tinion Army
Hickok
Deadwood
M. D
Jack McCall
Balloon Aerostat Sights At Ranlagh England
In the early 1800s a large captive balloon drew crowds in Ranlagh England. From the aerostat a square platform suspended above hosted entertainments including displays by noted boxers, among the most popular events for visitors.
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Ranelagh
England
Knowing Nora on Women's Credit Desires
A quote from Knowing Nora asserts that women seek not only cash but credit for purchasing. The remark suggests shifting consumer desires toward credit access as a key factor in modern spending behavior.
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Nora
WNU
Tale of Jed Agard and the Wild West Deputy Sheriff
Jed Agard leaves Yale for a rugged life in Blue Cactus Nevada and becomes Montevideo deputy sheriff. He captures rustlers, teaches Gwen to ride an English saddle, wards off Cairo Jim on a night train, and returns to confront his father with a plan to settle his future.
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Nevada
Jed Agard
Yale
Jed
Agard Senior
William
William Hamilton Agard
Blue Cactus
Montevideo
Big Boss
New York
New York City
Gwen
Big Boy
Cairo Jim
Cairo
Agard
Birds Pay Tribute to Ninon Vallin in France
French operatic star Ninon Vallin recounts how hundreds of birds greet her at home each time she sings. She recalls adoring birds since childhood and explains how a church performance led to a major tour in South America and a lifelong singing career.
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Ninon Vallin
St. Francis
France
Madame“ Vallin
Lyons
Paris
da Costa
South America
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Glutton
Wolverine
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Peter Rabbit
Hoover
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
United States
Washington
J. G. Lloyd
WNU Service
Girligagy
Germany
Berlin
Tale of the
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNN
Thedford
D. H. Reen
Princeton
W. Va
Drews
Detroit
Michigan
Hall Tattoo Mfrs
Hallville
Mlinois
Dr. Peery
Pearl Street
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Great Lakes
St.Joseph’s G.F.P
St. Joseph’s Dhe Omanonic
Louisville Courier-Journal
Winfeltsbury
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