Hand of Fatima Sets Stage For College Romance
Dick Crandall finds the Hand of Fatima, a jeweled trinket, on a New York to Boston train and pockets it. He covets meeting Betty Pattington, a refined college girl, who turns out to be the rightful owner after an awkward pie-eating initiation. He trades the jewel for her hand in marriage after a dance.
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Fatima
Algiers
New York
Boston
Albany
Crandall
Hand of Fatima
Fellows
Jack Owens
Glee Club
Dickie Boy
Fred Gibbs
Dick Crandall
Africa
Bruce Stanton
Dickie
James Stillman
Brick Wellman
Betty Pattington
Tost
Glen Club
Mr. Crandall
Miss Pattington
Boyish Sport Tragedies Reported From Several States
A series of accidents linked to children and risky play ends in fatalities. Theodore Bray, 15, of Wharton New Jersey, hanged on a trapeze while companions left him thinking it a joke. John Johnson, 10, of Jacksonville Florida, choked when a looped rope caught his neck. James Dress, 3, in Finzel Maryland, became suspended and strangled after his scarf snagged on a nail. Kenneth Waterland, a St. Louis boy, died when a shoestring around his neck caught on a picket while he fell from a fence.
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Theodore Bray
Wharton
N. J
John Johnson
Jacksonville
Fla
Johnnie
John
James Dress
Finzel
Kenneth Waterland
St. Louis
Let Not the Sun Go Down Upon Thy Wrath Quarrel
A mother seeks reconciliation after a quarrel between Unreasonable Little Edward and his sister May. After supper she quotes the Bible verse about letting the sun go down on wrath and asks Edward if he will do the same, prompting a puzzled response.
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Edward
May
Wedding in Morgue Stuns Jamesburg Guests
Miles Potter an undertaker’s employee and his bride Miss Lifan Jolly planned an unusual ceremony in Jamesburg New Jersey within the county morgue. Friends serenaded them and a reception followed inside the morgue.
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Miles Potter
Jamesburg
N. J
Lifan Jolly
Statue to honor Nurmi in Helsings Fors Finland
Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi will be memorialized with a statue at Helsingsfors. Sculptor Vaino Aaltonen leads the project and aims to finish within a few months after its unveiling.
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Helsingsfors
Finland
Paavo Nurmi
Paris
Vaino Aaltonen
Outing Duds Are Neat Not Gaudy Fashion Piece
A fashion column notes the shift from Parisian rough sports frocks to practical English and Parisian styled outdoor wear for women. It surveys camping and canoeing outfits, jackets, knickers, skirts, and washable fabrics, emphasizing practicality, comfort, and balanced style for riding, hiking, and boating with feminine touches.
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Disna
Isaak Walton
Glennas
Joyces
Helens
8Ugannes
Red
Gun
New York Herald-Tribune
May Sutton
Wimbledon
Great
Paris
London
Maisons
Grande Couture
Ring Moon, Christmas and a Hidden Marriage in Ridgeville
Jonathan struggles to confess his love to Susy May. A Christmas cantata leads to a failed proposal, but a village caper at Brookside ends with Susy May and Jonathan secretly wed on a train, as Ridgeville cheers and a license clerk awaits in Wraybury.
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Onathan
Susy May
Jonathan
Ridgeville
Mary
Joe
Busy May
Ike
Addie
Peter
Bob
Brookside
Father
Bexley
John
Brookside Road
Brookside Station
Wraybury
Nursery advice for budded orchard stock care
Prof M J Heppner of the University of California offers guidance on caring for budded nursery stock. Top off original seedlings slightly above the bud, remove all growth except from the bud, cull suckers as they form, and keep moisture high during dry years. Monitor red spiders and pests, apply sulphur for control, and cultivate soil to suppress weeds for strong trees by season end.
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M. J. Heppner
University of California
Cover Crops in Orchards Sown in Midsummer Advice
An orchard guide explains sowing a cover crop after cultivation ends in midsummer or after removing existing crops. Rye and vetch are favored for late planting, with September 10 to 20 highlighted. Oats and certain clovers like sweet clover offer winter-friendly options to prevent soil washing and retain snow.
Poisonous Sprays Will Control Apple Maggots
The article discusses apple maggots or railroad worms and notes control methods. It mentions removing windfalls and hogs to destroy infested fruit, and that stomach poisons in sprays, when applied at two and a half to three pounds per 100 gallons by late July, can kill the pests.
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Senate
New Peach Tree Borer Control Using Gas Method
A new method treats the peach tree borer by gassing with paradichlorobenzene. The white crystalline substance is placed around the infested tree and covered with dirt to emit gas that penetrates worm holes and kills the borers. For trees up to five years old use three fourths of an ounce. older trees may require up to one and a half ounces per tree.
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Short Story Pub. Co
Nurmi
Atlantic
Jersey
Lelong
Western Newspaper Union
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