A Year of Holidays 1931 A Travel Guide to US Observances
The article outlines a year of holidays across the United States for 1931. It lists dates and states for commemorations from New Year’s Day to Christmas and post-Christmas observances, highlighting whose official holidays they are and where regional celebrations occur. It weaves a nationwide calendar of state and local observances.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ray Walters
Washington
United States
New Orleans
Benjamin Franklin
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virgaia
Trobert B. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
South ‘Dakota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Kentucky
Fin
South
Maine
New Orléans
Union
Texas
Sam Houston
Louisiana
Minnesota
Porto Rico
Tennessee
Halifax
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Utah
Colorado
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Stephen A. Douglas
Mississippi
Idaho
Rhode Island
Mecklenburg
Philadelphia
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Bunker Hill
Nathan Bedford
Forrest
Vermont
California
Nevada
East
Western Newspace Union
They Are Made That Way on the California Train
Reverend Flax and his wife Deborah travel from Emporium Missouri to Los Angeles aboard the California as a frail little old lady joins their compartment. The aging couple, long devoted to service, end up caring for the chirping passenger while the rail journey reshapes their final years and work.
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Everend
Yflox
Deborah
California
Kansas City
Albuquerque
Points
Reverend Flax
Emporium
Los Angeles
Flax
Mecca
Flox
Mrs. Flox
Doctor Flox
Land of Sunshine
Wren
Guilfinch
Reverend Flox
Hollywood
Moline
Floxes
Spinach Praised Amid Culinary Debate In Boston
The Boston Transcript argues spinach can be delicious with proper preparation and notes critics mockery. It highlights washing to remove sand, minced texture, fried onions, and a mashed potato like consistency, noting spinach’s health benefits and ancient praise.
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Asia
Boston Transcript
Unsolved Casket Letters in Mary Queen of Scots Tale
A feature on the historic mystery of the casket letters tied to Mary Stuart. The piece recounts her rise, marriage intrigues with Darnley and Bothwell, the murder of Rizzio, exile to England, and Elizabeth I’s probe culminating in Mary’s execution. The letters’ authenticity remains disputed in this enduring royal mystery.
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Mary Stuart
Scotland
Elizabeth
France
Lord Darnley
Earl of Lennox
Darnley
Mary
David Rizzio
Earl of Bothwell
Dunbar
England
Bess
Earl of Murray
Murray
Bothwell
Queen of Scots
James
Wheeler Syndicate
Germans Lay Fancy Walks With Welded Steel Frames
Two workers can lay 200 square yards a day using welded sheet steel frames in Germany to form patterned colored concrete walks and gardens. The frames measure ten by fifteen feet with interior divisions creating any design and color combination. The frame is moved after the concrete sets.
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Germany
Speech Splendor or Scruple? A Senator’s Self Conviction
In a sharp exchange True Belief asks Senator Sorghum if he truly believes his statements. He replies that every word is true, noting his effort has been spent persuading himself to believe his own rhetoric.
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Senator Sorghum
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