Adventurer Phil Cavanagh Saves Crew From Gas Leak
Philip J. Cavanagh of New York City, today’s Distinguished Adventurer, recalls a December 1998 Bay Shore disaster where he fought to stop a gas leak. Despite failing valves, a nailhead jammed a valve open, and Cavanagh clung to consciousness to shut it, enabling his crew to finish the cut-in and avert catastrophe.
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Ello
Philip J. Cavanagh
New York City
Phil
Phi
United Gas Enprovement Company
Bay Shore
Focal Gas Works
Pooches in the Picture Parade Showcases Blue Blood Dogs
An article likens top show dogs to blue bloods in people and notes the charm of various champions. It highlights the English bulldog and Thein's Rip Rita the champion chihuahua as examples of pugnacious looks paired with soft hearts in the canine world.
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Thein
Rip Rita
Cecilee
Etly Haven
Our National Bird and Other Oddities in a Nation’s Tale
In a caustic column from Las Vegas, Ben Franklin’s eagle argument against a turkey is mocked while a spoof on the British stock market crooks follows. A series of droll vignettes includes restrained statements, a saloon anecdote, Smoky Glasses for Snakes, and Navajo traders as a backdrop to a broader satire of American folly.
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Vegas
Nev
Turkey
Benjaamin Franklin
Ben
America
Baroum
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Starboard and Port Terms Through History and Sky Views
The piece traces steerboard origin from Viking steer oar and larboard to port to avoid confusion. It then surveys visible stars, noting 2000–2500 naked eye stars in ideal skies, halved by haze or light, with binoculars revealing over 50,000 and small telescopes yielding hundreds of thousands.
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Chicago Tribune
Cutwork Design for Doilies and Buffet Set
Pattern 5503 offers a transfer doilie 11 by 7/4 inches and a reverse doilie 6 by 6 inches with stitch illustrations and color ideas. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. Fourteenth St. New York NY for the pattern.
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Cirele Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
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Floyd Gibbons
Adventurers’ Club
Gus
Reynalton
Terri Sawyer
Oklahoma
Uncle Tom Emery
Uncle Tom
Monkey John
Buck
Cobb
Nujol
Pwke O McCess
Lydia B. Pakham
Nature
Lydia
Piniclam
Denton
Denton’s Facial Magnesia - Select Products, Inc
23Rd Street
Long Islared City
Earloeod
Ame
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