{"id":2221,"date":"2013-03-21T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2013-03-20T21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T04:57:33","slug":"ann-dvorak-clubs-coyote-the-best-headline-of-her-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/ann-dvorak-clubs-coyote-the-best-headline-of-her-career\/","title":{"rendered":"“Ann Dvorak Clubs Coyote” – The Best Headline of Her Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 80<\/h3>\n

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Of all the headlines Ann garnered during her career, my all time favorite is “Ann Dvorak Clubs Coyote.” This was first reported on March 20, 1935 when Ann supposedly took it upon herself to take care of a coyote who was killing chickens on her walnut ranch when the hired help was too, um, chicken to.<\/p>\n

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I think it was the Los Angeles Evening Herald & Express<\/em> that ran that actual headline, but I was too lazy to go dig it up and scan it. Instead, here’s a selection of variations on the story, which I am choosing to believe is true. I love the thought of 5’4″, 110 lb Ann marching into her chicken coup with a club and walking out dragging a coyote behind her.<\/p>\n

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So yeah, I kept it in the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 80 Of all the headlines Ann garnered during her career, my all time favorite is “Ann Dvorak Clubs Coyote.” This was first reported on March 20, 1935 when Ann supposedly took it upon herself to take care of a coyote who was killing chickens on her walnut ranch when the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-day-in-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t