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Scythe and all, John Death comes to Dodder with a parchment signed in flame ordering him to unclay Joe Bridle and his truelove Susie Dawes. Death drops the parchment by Joe Bridle's pond; Joe hides it under his shirt. At a loss for once, Death rents a house in Dodder to await the discovery of his parchment, or new orders from above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Clay Rabbits | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

...families. Since the Committee spends approximately $1200 every day of fair weather with the money on hand and installments not yet paid, it will be able to function for six more weeks. Most of the men on the payroll of the society are at work on the Fresh Pond reservation golf course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACULTY AND EMPLOYEES GIVE $7506 TO CHARITY | 3/10/1932 | See Source »

...learn that the Genard family was accused of being affiliated with a liquor syndicate operating along the Louisiana coast. ¶ After purchasing three quarts of anti-freeze liquid at a gas filling station in Springfield, Mass, last week, a number of laborers went to the shores of a nearby pond, mixed the liquid with six quarts of water and sat down to an all-day carousal. Eight quarts of the concoction were consumed, one hidden. Seven of the men died within two days. The hidden quart, police believe, was later discovered by another man. He, too, died. With most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Plank, Poll, Party | 2/15/1932 | See Source »

...judges were L. V. Caldwell, prominent Boston landscape architect; Robert Coe '25, of the Olmstead firm in Brookline; H. V. Hubbard '97, Chairman and Professor of the School of City Planning; and B. W. Pond, Professor and Chairman of the School of Landscape Architecture. Following a brief statement by Professor Bond, the judges made a cursory inspection of the plans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 1/21/1932 | See Source »

...frog in my fish pond answers readily to the name Bill Taft. Our favorite pet however, was a large flying fish christened Gloria Swanson. Her diet was difficult, but this was offset by a most affectionate disposition. Gloria visited the house frequently, flying from her pond through a patch of bamboo, between coconut trees, entering open windows and doors, frequently alighting at the canary's cage, exchanging chirps with the imprisoned singer. Gloria's death was a natural one. She "caught cold" while moulting and all efforts to rescue her from double pneumonia were vain. Bill Taft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 14, 1931 | 12/14/1931 | See Source »

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