25 Jul 1940
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
1
Ruth Wyeth Spears documents a Red Cross sewing group in Finland aiding refugees. Fourteen women assemble about 50 woolen dresses weekly in sizes 9 to 14 using simplified patterns to speed production. Funds come from gifts and material volunteers solicit, with an editor note announcing Sewing Booklet sales to readers.
A brief quoted reflection on pleasure its arrivals and departures. It contrasts finding joy today with its absence tomorrow and warns that one cannot trap pleasure. The excerpt cites Alexander Smith as the source of the maxim and presents a contemplative, aphoristic view.
Wealthy Southern California ranch owner Don Alfredo ignores warnings of I ca bands raid. He seeks mission protection for his wife and children but is killed. His two young daughters are abducted by Mon ica. Padre Pasqual learns the tale. Henry Bowie, with Ben Pardaloe and Simmie, pursues the Indian party after a trek from Texas to California.
Bowie Henry, Simmie, and Ben Pardalee track a Creek war party in a canyon. They plan a moonlit surprise to stampede ponies or seize horses, aiming to rescue two bound captives while fearing deadly retaliation from the Indians. Each man arms up for a night assault.
Three frontier veterans discuss a bold assault on a victorious band of Indians, estimating strength at fifty plus. They note the attackers will strike while the target rests mid afternoon, hoping a loud shot will panic the camp, seize two prisoners and necessary horses.
In a night raid near a canyon camp, Bowie and Pardalee guide Simmie’s signals, ambush a camp of savages protecting horses, and fight off attackers with pistols, a rifle, a hatchet, and a Bowie knife as rain and darkness complicate the battle.
Bowie and Pardaloe flee into California’s mountains after a war party abducts two girls. Bowie tends a frightened elder child while Simmie and Pardaloe secure horses, start a fire, and seek safety. The elder girl watches Bowie with distrust as he attempts kindness and water. The scene ends with Bowie realizing a possible clue to the girls’ grip on fear.
Practical tips on cooking decor and cleaning. Directions cover broiled tomato slices to improve steak flavor, removing grease marks with blotting paper and iron, pink shades from salt water, avoiding boiled tea water, fresh boiling water, pinking lace with blue water and milk, and fixing over salted soup by adding a potato to absorb excess salt.
A stark warning frames war as a monster that will devour civilization unless it is crushed. The author argues decisive action and unity are required to halt the threat and safeguard the future.
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