Cheerups and the Quixies Weather Story
Cheerups and the Quixies wait out rain as Mr Hoopoe tale sparks imagination. The group builds leaf curtains to stay dry, recalls King Solomon and Hoopoe legends, and imagines faraway deserts behind the jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighteyes
Quickear
Softfoot
Sniffeniff
Ming
Sniffenif
East Wind
Cheerups
Hoopoe
Hin
Bipel
Sofifaot
Arabia
Sahara
Reisen
Mr. Hoopee
King Solomon
Solomon
Mr. Sun
Valentino the Italian Star Born in Castellaneta May 6 1895
The article outlines Rudolph Valentino born in Castellaneta Italy on May 6 1895. It notes his move to New York, his dancing in a 1913 cafe job, and an early failed musical comedy tour before joining a film company amid casual dialogue and story hints.
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Rodolpho Alfonzo
Raffaelo
Pierre Filibert
Guglielmi di Valentina
d’Antonguella
Castellaneta
Italy
New York
Primitive pig tail superstition linked to crop fatness
An old belief among farmers ties cutting a pig's tail to producing fat hogs or fat crops. The practice, found in Burgundy and northern Europe, links to grain spirit worship and shows similar customs among American farmers, suggesting a shared agrarian superstition.
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Bourgogne
Scaniinavia
Esthonia
Germany
Courland
McClure Newspaper
Yvonne as a name across history and legend
The piece traces the female name Yvonne from its unclear origins in Persian and French lore to its appearances in ballads and literature. It notes figures named Ivo and Ivar linked to the name, its popularity among French families, and claims of mystical ties and luck, with Friday as a lucky day and seven as a lucky number.
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Mildred Marshall
Vonne
Yvonne
Nawed Iyhar
Hereward
Ivo de Chartres
St. Iven
Brittany
Story of Aesreviaten and the profiteers
Jazzbo surveys why living costs rise and visits three merchants. The butcher blames selfish profiteering and price gouge, the baker laments greed for profits, and the candlestick maker echoes pleas of elevated living costs. The scene satirizes public outcry against profiteers.
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Jazzbo
Mars
Mara
Lother
Kneedie
Andre
Juvelin
Tallowbaum
George Matthew
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the Quixies
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Rudolph Valentino
Little, Brown & Co
Wheeler Syndicate
Oleh Atten
John Kendrick Bangy
Chicago
President Coolidge
China
Feng
Chang
Manchuria
McAdoo
Smyrna
William Gibbs McAdoo
Los Angeles
White House
Baron von Maltzen
Prince Otto von Biawarck
Willian Cavalier
Pottuville
Axteen Yeure Old
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