May day fete and beauty pageant stir Tolliver home
Ginger Ella and her family brood over Red Zhrush Iowa May day fete with Marjory billed as the prettiest prize contender. Miss Jenkins acts as confidante as the family obsesses over pageant plans and the Elks club charity event. Two dollar admission looms for the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger Ella
Lloyd George
Marjory
Miriam
Helen
Biss Jenkins
Ginger
Gui Miriam
Coolidge
United States
Mussolini
God
Nerey
Mellen
Nouillon
Volilver
Ellen
Catheri
Jenky
Tenky
Lon
Miss Jenkins
Tolliver
Buddy
Ais Morris
Fiis
Tol- Hyers
Middle West
Red Zhrush
Iowa
Elks’ Club San
Beauty Pageant at the Parsonage Provokes Family Turmoil
In a circumscribed budget parsonage the Elks Club beauty pageant becomes a social pressure cooker. Marjory faces a fifty dollar prize while Eddy Jackson urges her entry as her sisters flaunt vanity and Sister Ginger scorns the scene. The Tollivers observe, and the household braces for an upcoming formal reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjory
Faley
Eddy Jackson
Holds Jackson
Beauty
Margie
Eddy
Elks’ Club
Mr. Tolliver
Macjory
Ginger
Maurjory
Gracefuy
Grace
Eaily
Mr. Folliter
Miss Jenkins
Marve
Helen
Latio
Striek
Siglen
Langley
Red Thrush
Murjery
Maddy
Starjory
Belen
Miriam
Horace
Peony Legend Tied to Greek Myth in Historic Tale
A fragmentary historical note traces the peony to Greek myth with Leto and Apollo, describing Paeon as a healing pupil of Aesculapius and the plant named for him after curing Vlato. It mentions Hercules, Pluto, and a link to ancient rites in China and Japan, concluding with curious medical folklore and a remark on the appendix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leto
Apollo
Aollo
Aesculapius
Paeo
Leto Grst
Vlato
Lercules
Paeon
Pluto
Pago
Hig Uyaffe
Wyoming Growth Across Ranches Mines And Beams
The South Pass mining boom grows with Carissa mine activity near South Pass City and new equipment at Copper Mountain. Lander hosts an assay plant while a 4000 acre Gell Voto ranch near Cheyenne changes hands via Jerome Eddy. Sheep shipments of 3000 head head east from Northfork. Wyoming De Molay names new leaders at Casper. Laramie to host 1930 meeting. University of Wyoming picks Maruian Radwin as language head. Big Horn Co op plans bean harvest and market. Saratoga springs see 118F waters and new baths. American Legion leaders chosen in Rock Springs. Guernsey harvests show decent yields amid a tough season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Gertrude Watson
Court Hotel
Cosner
West Yellowstone Highway
Wyoming Gold & Copper Company
Copper Mountain
Cheyenne
Jerome Eddy
Los Lomas
N. M
G. W. Hirsiz
Bell Livestock Company
Northfork
Eugene Naviaux
Wyoming Order of de Molay
Casper James
Kibbell
Sheridan
Milton Langs
Héyenne
Laramie
Maruiuan Radwin
University of Wyoming
Rudwin
Lalser University
Taldwinity
Kun
Holts
Ohio State
Columna
University of Montpelier
Paris
Aidon Boxd
Cokeville
Associated Students
C. N. Johnson
Mountain View
Orpha Wickersham
Buffalo
Dean G. Nichols
Pendleton
Gre
AL Chittim
Fort Laramie
Sullivan Doan
Tenaleep
Taniyama
Agricultural Experiment Station
South Manchuria Railway
Kungduhng
Manchuria
Jett Laramie
Washington
King Gros
Ohient
South Pass
Carissa
South Pass City
Big How Basin
Big Horn Co-operative Marketing Association
Basin
Saratoga Springs
Wyoming
SR. de Doer
Denver
Ross Alcorn
Edward P. Storey
The
American Legion
Rock Springs
J. H. Peterdy
Laramid
Roy Connor
Tim McCoy
Guernsey
Manchuria Becomes Theater for Empires and Trade
The article surveys Manchuria as a vast crossroads where China Russia and Japan contest influence. It outlines Harbin Mukden and Dairen as key cities, the railway divisions after Portsmouth, and the mix of Chinese Koreans Japanese and Russians. It notes the soy bean boom, economic currents, and the harsh continental climate shaping commerce and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Anchoria
China
Russia
Itsel
Texas
New York
Pennsylvania
Manchuria
New Jersey
Japan
Aed
Great Wall
Amur
Mongolia
Japanese Korea
Sea of Japan
Portsmouth
Port Arthur
Dairen
Warbin
Harbin
Sungari
Peiping
Tokyo
Mukden
Chosen
Korea
Great Britain
Tte
Genghis Khan
Malden
Trans-Siberian Railway
Bis Forte
Chicago
Boston
Bern
North China
New York Fur Houses
Nori
New Rogland
Ligotung Peninsula
United States
Tsitsikhar
Kin
Shina
Shantun
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Ethel Hueston
Irwin Myers
Bobbs Merrill Co
Mount Olympus
Pacon
Kinisis
Meteo
Sungar
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