Ride of Mystery in the Rockies and a Quick Dollar
Robert Fairchild travels toward Chadi with a small fortune from a sale of his past. A daring girl in whipcord helps him on a mountain road, then vanishes after a dramatic tire fix and a ten dollar payoff. A sheriff pursues an auto bandit as Fairchild questions a lie about the suspect.
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Robert Fairchild
Ie Overland Limited
Indianapolis
Rockies
Cams Aglow
Fairid
Denver
Fairchild
Chadi
Forks Creek
Clear Creek
Axi
Airchild
Terry
Central Loop
Mount Lookout
Masters Mount Lookout
Genesee Moon
Robert ‘Fairchild
Whipcord
Arapahoe County
Fairchild Finds Welcome and Danger in Mining Town
Thornton Fairchild arrives at Mother Howard's boarding house seeking work at the Blue Poppy mine. He meets wary miners including two shadowy men watching him, and learns from Mother Howard to beware Squint Rodaine and his allies Blindeye Bozeman and Taylor Bill as family mystery and past enemies loom over his mining venture.
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Thornton Fairchild
Mother Howard
Robert Fairchild
Fairchild
Orie
Blindeye Bozeman
Taylor Bill
Squint
Rodaine
Come Back Age Gap Romance Captures Miss Twenty
A Girl of Twenty is attracted to a Man of Fifty who now adapts to postwar life. The Fifty keeps pace in ballroom, games, and romance seeing him as guide friend and equal. Many marry, some remain unmarried but romantic impulses endure as the threshold of life is crossed.
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London Mail
Miss Twenty
Fifty
Thornton Fair Secret and Colorado Mining Claim
Robert Fair learns of a dark secret from his father and discovers he owns a silver mining claim in Colorado. Lawyer Henry Beamish identifies the claim at Ohadi, thirty eight miles from Denver and warns of a foe named Squint Rodaine. Robert plans to travel to Ohadi.
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Thornton Fairchild
Robert
Fairchild
Colorado
Henry Beamish
Beamish
Ohadi
Denver
Squin
Rodaine
New Type of Power Shovel Gains Market Notice
A radical gasoline powered shovel design from Popular Mechanics uses a single low speed engine with no motors or clutches on the boom. The dipper can shake free material, the boom moves normally, and swing is controlled by a separate clutch while the unit is tractor mounted and self propelled.
French Inventor of Early Machine Gun
The first machine gun was invented by M. du Perron of Lyons in France. Louis XVI rejected the weapon as too murderous, deeming it unacceptable for use.
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M. du Perron
Lyons
France
Louis XVI
Divides Money to Get Home Vacation Scheme
A oil stock salesman describes a vacation fund plan used over years to ensure a return home without asking for funds. He saves weekly, splits the total into two rolls, hides one in his coat lining and one in his trouser pocket, then travels out and back as the funds run out.
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New York Sun
Dig Their Own Graves Roaches Digest Lyons Citizen's Note
A Lyons Indiana resident sends a postal card to state entomologist Frank N. Wallace reporting success with a roach killer. He claims the bait killed roaches but left no corpses, joking that the pests dig their own graves. The Indianapolis News quotes the message as a test of departmental efficiency.
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State Department
Frank N. Wallace
Wallace
State Conservation Department
Lyons
Ind
Indianapolis News
Canadian Inventor Offers Detachable Cuff Solution
A Canadian inventor claims a shirt cuff with four wearing surfaces that is detachable reversible and interchangeable allowing a two day wear for one cuff and easy matching with ties and hose. The claim is met with skepticism about feasibility and potential deception.
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Courtney Ryley Cooper
Little, Brown & Co
Chapter
Smelter
Golden
Pardner
Miner
Lakes
Mrs. Howard
Girl
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