Miss Weed of the Buzzy Bee Farm Helps Rehabilitate Aflame Car
Raymond meets Julia Weed at a country road scene where her car repairs a broken flivver. The attractive Miss Weed, owner of the Buzzy Bee farm, rebuts his egotism, and their attraction grows as Raymond plans to apologize after a crash involving his car and eggs.
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Aymond
Bayond
Miss Weed
Raymond
Sammy
Evelyn Bright
Evelyn
Sammy Smith
Buzzy Bee Farm
Julia
Everybody Enjoys the Picnic
McClure Newspaper Syndicate notes that picnicking has grown into a national pastime aided by automobiles. Sundays and holidays see crowded grounds. the activity blends primitive pleasure with modern convenience. Families savor well stocked baskets, the drive, and relaxing meals outdoors.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Ode to Kindness in Labor and Duty
The poem celebrates kindness as a guiding force in work and life. It contrasts old hierarchies with shared effort, urging fellow feeling and common purpose. It suggests wealth lightens burdens only when kindness thrives in labor and society.
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Douglas Malloch
Patriotism and treachery in a 1930s Western union message
A six sentence editorial style meditation on patriotism, treason, and national duty dated 1930. It contrasts living for country with dying for it and cautions against betraying the common good for personal advantage. The piece frames patriotism as a quasi religious virtue wielded by both decent leaders and scoundrels.
About Ourselves The virtue We Appreciate
A brief reflection on virtue focusing on how admired qualities are partly claimed by individuals, suggesting that personal praise is intertwined with shared values and self perception.
Savory Chicken Sandwich Variations From 1930s Guides
A Western Newspaper Union item from 1930 outlines multiple chicken sandwich recipes. It lists plain chicken, chicken and celery, chicken and pecan, minced chicken, chicken and almond, savory chicken with bacon, and chicken and ham as spreadable fillings on buttered white or whole wheat bread.
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Western Newspaper Union
The Guatemalan Goot By Hugh Hutton
A humorous piece recounts a tale of Guatemala's export dairy industry aided by a fictional goat. It blends whimsy with caricature, describing purple cows, peanut heads, and edible goat parts in a surreal, satirical fashion attributed to Metropolitan Newspaper Service.
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Yucatan
Guatemala
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Sign of Heaven If Ladybug Rises After Request
A playful belief claims a ladybug perched on the hand and asked about a final reward will indicate Heaven. The text then shifts to a historical list describing nations once within the Roman Empire.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Rome
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Albania
Switzerland
Egypt
Balkan States
The House Tickled by a Quiet Boy in Busy Street
A playful house roams city streets knocking into stalls and carts as crowds scatter. A quiet boy tickles the house’s feet, causing it to shake and finally laugh, then return to its corner. The tale blends bustling market chaos with a whimsical, dreamlike voyage to Greedy Isle where children eat with dirty hands and eyes in their bellies.
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Fic
Isle
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