Pink Murry Beats the Secco Flood in Arizona Canon
Pink Murry rides a frightened pony through the Rio Seco canyon as a cloudburst floods the gorge with ten feet of water. He escapes the surge by leaping boulders and cliffs, clutching silver coins and boasting that luck favors him in this western tale from Hermosa Arizona.
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Hermosa
Arizona
New York State
Min Hooper
Pink
Palmview
Gila
Lig Pony
Jim Tack
Spike Sanders
Jim Black
Hooper
Piayk
Ferguson
Gray Eagie
Rio Seco
Marrow Gulch
Pink Murry
Surrun
Seco
Houlders
Rojarque
Jengil
Griass
Old Hess
Old Scottish Words From East Aberdeenshire
Glasgow Herald correspondent shares antique Scots terms such as mowse meaning uncanny or dangerous connached meaning utterly destroyed bland meaning to soil a thing with examples like Dinna bland your clean pina gardies or gaurdies for a child s forearm and phrases like sle bonnie gardjes as used for a baby s plump arms.
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Glasgow Herald
Aberdeenshire
Ignae Mowse
Poisonous Wild Plants Warn Farmers to Destroy Dangers
Philadelphia report urges farmers to identify and destroy dangerous poisonous plants. It notes varying effects across species and people, cites poison ivy, death cup, fly amanita, and corn cockle, and warns of livestock deaths from wilted leaves, birds, geese, and exposure risks with laurel and poison oak.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic
Minnesota
Kansas
Connecticut
New Jersey
North Carolina
California
National Pin Money League Helps Homemakers
Bloomfield New Jersey forms a National Pin Money League run by New York businesswomen to aid home earners. It operates a clipping bureau to republish wage earning and home employment articles, with over 100 suggestions issued. Members can mail articles to be sold via league exchanges. Dues are one dollar annually. The group reports broad early success and welcomes male inquiries for self-help suggestions.
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Bloomfield
N. J
New York
League
Grapes nomenclature reform eyed in California
State University and department of agriculture study aims to simplify grape names in California. The current dual designations confuse growers and buyers and may misrepresent varieties such as Zinfandel. New names like Alexandria for Muscat and Bicane for Perie Delanche are proposed, with several new varieties including Pimet, Goolable, Melakolf, and Sultana Rosea. Oakville Napa hosts the major experimental station, with others at Fresno Cucamonga Lodi Sonoma Geyserville Chico Tyermore Colfax Stockton and Mountain View.
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San Francisco
Department of Agriculture
The
State University
California
Washington
George C. Husman
Wilson
Fresno
Museut of
Alexandria
Muscat
Perie Delanche
Bureau of Plant Industry
Oakville
Napa County
Cucamonga
San Bernardino
Lodi
Sonoma
Geyserville
Chico
Tyermore
Colfax
Stockton
Mountain View
Dutch Bailiff Fails To Seize Swedish Submarine
In The Hague a Dutch bailiff failed to seize the Swedish submarine Hvalen at Ijmuiden. The incident followed a breakdown of steering gear off Spezia bound for Sweden. A fishing boat towed the vessel to the Hook of Holland with a payment dispute cited by fishermen and a protest to the Swedish charge d affaires.
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the Hague
Ijmuiden
Foreign Office
Netherlands
Spezia
Sweden
North Sea
Holland
Woman Deer Hunter Sets Southern California Record
Miss Hazel Loomis, 20, daughter of L. G. Loomis of Inglewood, shot two deer on a hunting trip near Honey Springs in the Big Tejunga region, establishing a new Southern California record. The Loomis party, including Miss Anna Loomis, killed three deer and took nearly a dozen rattler skins.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Hazel Loomis
L. G. Loomis
Inglewood
Honey Springs
Big Tejunga
California
Hazel
Miss Loomis
Mr. Loomis
Britons Praise U S Postal System in Chicago Visit
London postal official C H Cooke notes U S service is high in order while London employs 21 000 people to Chicago's 6 000 and handles four times the tonnage. Cooke will submit a report to Comptroller Robert Bruce of the London postal service.
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Chicago
United States
England
C. H Cooke
London Postal Service
London
Cooke
Galbraith
London Service
Robert Bruce
Parrot Witness Helps Recover Stolen Bird Cage
In San Francisco Jerry Rooney was arrested on larceny charges after owner Harry Pollard identified him with a cage carrying a parrot. In court the parrot testified crying Stop thief and wine bum showing anger toward Rooney, aiding Pollard's tale of the theft.
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San Francisco
Jerry Rooney
Rooney
Harry Pollard
Pollard
Odd phase of drug habit among athletes warned
The Lancet notes a curious drug habit forming among athletes and others driven to exertion. Bitters, including soda water and quinine, oil of wormwood, and vermouth, stimulate taste and digestion but risk becoming a harmful habit. Excessive use can irritate the stomach and dull health. moderation is advised.
Salt Deficiency Claim Tied to Drunkenness
Colorado physician Dr Beeson argues excess salt in American diets drives drunkenness by impairing digestion and increasing thirst. He cites Colorado university experiments showing salt levels alter digestion by hours and that high salt intake may raise appetite and compromise health, proposing diet reform as a path to sobriety.
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Colorado
Beeson
Calcite
Colorado University
Stop Sale of Peyote Bean Becomes Cross Border Effort
An Associated Press report from El Paso says the American and Mexican governments will cooperate to halt peyote bean sales and eradicate the plant. Found in a small area near Nuevo Laredo and near Laredo, the narcotic bean is chewed or its juice swallowed, causing initial unconsciousness followed by dreams, intoxication, prostration, and sometimes death.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Laredo
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Lippincott Co
Alledinss
Warlington
Rodolfo Espinosa
Nicaragua
PIN Money League
Apees
Rainiee Nagges
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