Mining Claim Mystery Drives Thornton Fairchild Tale
In Thornton Fair la s death his son Robert learns a dark family secret and inherits a mining claim near Ohadi Colorado. He hires Henry Beamish the lawyer to verify the claim and encounters bandit trouble as Sheriff’s posse pursues Fair. Anita Rich, Judge Richmond’s daughter, denies identity as Sissie Larsen’s disappearance ties to the mine.
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Thornton Fairla
Robert
Fairiid
Colorado
Henry Beamish
Mish
Ohadi
Denver
Rodaine
Eny
Ohad
Kchild
Fairchild
Kehadi Fairchild
Howard
Howard Fairchild
Sissie’ Larsen
Anita Rich
Return to the Blue Poppy Mine and a Daring Homecoming
Fairchild and his partner Harry Harkins return to the town and revisit the Kentucky gulch mine. They uncover old secrets about Fairchild’s family while facing a drowning accident at the Blue Poppy shaft and a crowded search led by miners and Anita Richmond.
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Cornwall
Harry
Fairchild
Mother Howard
Kentucky Gulch
Sissie Larsen
Ohddi
Bozeman
Bill
Rodaine
Harry Harkins
Center City
Sam
Sam Herbenfelder
Anita Richmond
Faircloid
Maurice
Foresters Arm Against Snakes with Pocket Antidote Tool
The U S forest service arms officers and fire crews with a small lancet and permanganate antidote to treat rattlesnake bites in forests. Geologists and timber crews use the tool in fieldwork, risking bites in Montana and southern California regions.
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Uncle Sam
Forestry Service
Montana
California
Appalachians
United States Geological Survey
Harry Harkins Arrives to Aid Fairchild Family
In a letter from Beamish and a cablegram, Harry Harkins arrives after a long ocean voyage to help Fairchild, insisting he already came and would not stand by. He mentions the cost and urgency as they reach the veranda and move inside to join Mother Howard.
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Harry
Mother 'Oward
Fairchild
Mother Howard
Seasce
Theone
Beamish
Moth Howard
Harry Harkins
Arkins
Conscience Over a Double Drowning in 19th Century Norway
Norwegian lumberman John Larson confessed after six years about killing two Swedes by throwing them into a river. Sheriff Ole Oleson and county clerk Knute Nelson advised on legal options, but Knute found no bounty or clear remedy, concluding there was no bounty on them.
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John Larson
John
Ole Oleson
Knute Nelson
Knute
Actor seeks medical checkup before fifth marriage
An unnamed actor famed for matrimonial exploits visits a physician for a full physical saying he plans to marry again soon for the fifth time. The doctor jokes that the fifth wife will be the only one, prompting the actor to protest that such last ventures may be exaggerated.
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H-m-m
American Legion Weekly
Altogether Too Tame at the Movies
Two young girls aged twelve and eleven, referred to as Ethel and May, attended their usual weekly matinee. They stayed for a second showing, but returned late, explaining the film lacked any lovemaking because the leading man was married with a family.
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Fairchild
Maurice
Ethel
May
Korea
No Fish Stories for Him Senator Sorghum Refuses Fishing
A Senator Sarcastically declines fishing, saying a man in his position has trouble enough keeping up his duties, and he never goes fishing. The brief exchange highlights his focus on responsibilities over leisure.
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Senator Sorghum
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