White House Gift Parade Through Presidential Eras
A survey traces the long tradition of presidential gifts from a Cheshire cheese to Turkey and zoo animals. Highlights include Andrew Jackson’s beaver hat gift and Roosevelt’s Teddy Bear craze, with pets like Laddie Boy under Harding and a vast menagerie under Coolidge.
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White House
Washington
Spain
Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts
Cheshire
John Leland
Hitler Leland
Elisha Brown
Leland
Darius Brown
Hudson
New York
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Iast
W. H. Peck
Muscat
Martin van Buren
van Buren
National Museum
Franklin Pierce
Pittsfield
Boston
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Zoo
Roosevelt
Menelik
Abyssinia
Benjamin Harrison
Polly
Omaha
Neb
Harrisons
Taft
Wilson
Harding
White
Alcedale
Coolidges
Rob Roy
Coolidge
Tim
Marines
Kole
Jane
Rebecca
Black Hills
Boy Scouts
Coolidge Zoo
National Zoological Park
Herbert Hoover
Hoovers
Diack
Hoover Kennels
Southboro Markham
Southboro
Billy Possum
Exclusive
Society of “Presidential Peta
Small Town Girls Eye Rich Widow For a Match
Frances Knight plots to marry Miss Susan Burke, the rich widow who owns a car and a house, to solve their motherless home problem. Bertha and Judy Hoy, a poorer girl, complicate plans as Miss Susan tutors Judy and her sisters, while Judy’s father Dick Hoy is considered a better potential husband by Frances’s father.
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Frances Knight
Bertha Glen
Bertha
Frances
Ted
Susan
Mrs. Bird
Susan Burke
Miss Susan
Dad
Judy Hoy
Judy
Jane
Mary
Merve
Glen
Fran
Mr. Knight
Dick Hoy
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Kailasa Temple at Ellora A Monumental Rock Architecture
The Kailasa temple at Ellora in central India is a colossal rock-cut temple carved from living stone within a hill pit. A 546 foot long frieze of oversized elephants and intricate bas-reliefs cover every surface, making it one of the world’s greatest feats of ancient sculpture and architecture.
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India
Kailasa
Ellora
Hyderabad
Krishna I
Deccan
Siva
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Great Pit
Two Women Discover Pig Head Window Display Joke
Two women out shopping pass a shop window showing a pig's head with a lemon in its mouth. One woman exclaims that her husband asked her to bring home tobacco, in a brief Stray Stories moment of humor.
No Brains and Bear Market in the Paper
Dialogue recounts two speakers joking about a phrase in the newspaper. They mention a “Bear Market” as a potential market for selling bears and remark on intelligence and the oddity of such a headline in print.
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Jim
Applicant Seeks Job Pitch in Odd Foreman Shuffle
An applicant visits a job ad scene and humorously misunderstands the boss remark about foreman. The exchange pivots on expectations and comic miscommunication in a workplace setting.
Not So Good First Golfer Fish Story
A brief exchange mocks a golfer and a fisherman tale. The first golfer claims a feat, the second teases with a punchline about returning the catch. The line hints at a humorous, informal sports or leisure item reflecting local voice.
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Peagrson
A Vocation Mrs. Worrymore
A worried mother pleads over her son with St. Vitus dance. A witty boarder suggests a conductor's baton to have him lead a jazz orchestra.
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