Transcontinental Caravan Aims for Peace Petition Drive
Miss Mabel Vernon leads the Transcontinental Caravan of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from Los Angeles to Washington. Motorcade signatures will be presented to President Hoover advocating U.S. participation in the Geneva disarmament conference. The journey across mountains deserts and plains will take more than three months.
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Mabel Vernon
Women's International League For ‘Peace -and-Freedom
Los Angeles
Washington
Hoover
United States
Geneva
Glutton the Wolverine in the Green Forest tale
Peter learns of Glutton the Wolverine from Hanker the goose and Honker the Goose. Glutton is described as selfish, powerful, and feared for stealing food and sabotaging others traps in the Great Woods.
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Peter
Paddy
Hanker
Porky
Beaver
Honker
Glutton the robber or folk hero in Great Woods tale
In a Great Woods fable, Peter challenges the view of Glutton as all bad. He argues that Glutton’s acts, like exposing hidden traps and freeing neighbors, may save lives and serve the community, prompting Buster to reconsider the robber’s role. The dialogue contrasts fear and gratitude among hunters, trappers, and woodland beings.
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Buster
Honker the Gooses
Glutton
Peter
Honker
Bear
Péter
Reddy
Tox
J. G. Lloyd
Old-Time Snow Pudding Recipe With Gelatin
A nostalgic dessert note describes gelatin forms and a Snow Pudding recipe. It instructs soaking gelatin in water, adding boiling water, sugar and lemon juice, then folding in stiffly beaten egg whites for a light, airy dessert.
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Wis
Stanford’s Keith Gledhill Receives Intercollegiate Trophy
Keith Gledhill of Stanford receives the intercollegiate lawn tennis trophy from Frank A Cabeen chairman of the tournament committee after matches at Merion Cricket Club Philadelphia.
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Keith Gledhill
Stanford ‘ University
Frank
A. Cabeen
Merion Crlebet Club
Philadelphia
Victorian Custards and Frozen Jelly Delight
A fragment describes preparing a boiled custard with egg yolks four tablespoons sugar half teaspoon salt and a pint hot milk. It suggests chilling and serving as a mold with grape ice and a jelly mixture whipped with egg white and powdered sugar. Includes bananas orange strawberries and a lemon flavoring from 1831 Western Newspaper Dalon.
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Dalon
Old Gardener Seeks Japanese Bamboo Rakes for Light Work
A gardener notes bakyard chores can be eased using bamboo rakes from Japan, lighter and cheaper than metal rakes. Japanese rakes handle leaves and grass clippings with less effort, though metal versions offer greater durability.
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Owen
Japan
WNU
Longest American Tunnel The Cascade
The Cascade tunnel, the longest on the American continent, measures 1.79 miles in length. It was bored through granite and lined with concrete, straight like a rifle bore, with the eastern portal 634 feet higher than the western to promote air flow. Construction began December 28, 1925, and the tunnel was completed ready for track laying December 25, 1928.
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Cascade
Coxie the Enigmatic Agent Faces Love and Loss
The life insurance agent Coxie, beloved by Broadway actors for his generosity, faces a double blow as Annabelle Bryans abandons their engagement to marry Macy, a shipping clerk, while a rival suitor rises. Coxie confronts looming financial strains and a shaken faith in humanity as Annabelle reconsiders her future with him.
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Coxie
Guss
Cosie
Ofice
Gay Thespian
Doverty
Cooxie
Apna
Belle
Coxter
Annabelle Bryans
Broadway
Annabelle
Cox
Cole
Annabell
Pate
Ladas
Bettreen
Imow
Macy
Coxie - Cate
Changing Britain and the German view on war’s impact
A fragmentary excerpt discusses the idea that Great Britain is undergoing a profound transformation as World War I begins. It quotes Bernard Shaw on the difficulty of introducing new ideas, notes Britain’s delayed grasp of wartime decisions, and cites Paul Portheim in the Tagebuch, Berlin, about urgent need for radical action.
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Bernard ‘Shaw
England
Murillo Theft Restored Statue Figure Returned in New York
A damaged report recounts the removal of a kneeling St Anthony of Padua figure from Murillo’s painting in Seville. A Spaniard buyer paid 250 dollars to a New York dealer, who alerted the Spanish consul and the relic was returned amid public festivities at the cathedral.
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Seville
St. Anand -the- Christ
Muril
St.Anthony of Padua
Fdr
New York
Schaus
Decline in Scottish church attendance alarms readers
Readers report alarm over shrinking worship turnout in Scotland. Congregations once seating 500 or 600 now attract only a few dozen. Analysts predict many places of worship may close due to lack of support as communities drift from churchgoing in acme parts of the country.
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Scotland
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Vernon
By Thornton W. Burgess
Bill
McClord Bawspaper Syndicate
WNN Service
Reno Rizzi
Bell Syndicate
WNU. Service
Girligag
Laysias
Olde Ironsides
Atlantic Coast
Fannie Hurst
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNN
Britain
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