Billy and Star Face Sandstorm On Kansas Trail
Billy Jr and Star endure a brutal sandstorm near a Kansas ranch trip and press on toward Las Vegas New Mexico. They reunite with Mr. Wilder in Las Vegas and prepare to reach Wilder’s ranch with Star carrying Billy and groceries. Billy reflects on loneliness and the mountains as Star muses on divine presence.
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Kansas
Star
Billy Jr
Billy
Billy Dr
New Mexico
Rocky Moun
Mr. Wilder
Corn and Potatoes Bake in Groder Style
A recipe note describes draining corn, browning kernels in a pan, and adding two cups of diced cold boiled potatoes. The mixture is fried until lightly brown, then seasoned with salt and pepper.
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Groder
Untitled Miscellany of Quotations and Vignettes
A compact collage of quirky lines and anecdotes. The text includes jokes about a London taxidermist, a taxicabbist pun, a madly in love man avoiding collars and onions, satirical quips about eclipses and moonshine, and sketches of misunderstandings on trains. It blends cultural references and humorous dialogues across diverse voices.
Republican Party Faces Backlash Over Congressional Inaction
The article critiques the current Republican Congress for stalling on key reforms. It cites the Budget bill, Americanization bill, women’s bureau, and anti trust exemptions as unpassed measures, and notes a split between Old Guard and Progressive factions as adjournment nears. It accuses Republicans of politicking and avoiding decisive action, including on the Irish republic resolution.
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Republican Congress
Congress
Old Guard
Senate
Lodge
Washington Post
George Rothwell Brown
Brown
Department of Labor
Capper
Mason
Illinois
Colby
House
State Department
Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico’s Old Story of Revolt and Power Plays
The piece traces a long history of treachery and upheaval in Mexico from Maximilian to Obregon, noting autocratic methods under republican forms, foreign rights, and the troubling persistence of Jacobite analogies, with reflections on international reactions and economic critique.
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Mexico
Carranza
Huerta
Madero
Maximilian
Louis Napoleon
France
United States
Porfiro Diaz
Europe
Obregon
Mary
Diaz
Tle
Heart No Home Problems by Mrs Elizabeth Thompson
A reader writes three letters about love and marriage dilemmas. Engagement breakup before a loveless marriage. an annoyed wife about a husband’s chronic late returns. a long married woman disliked by her husband’s pipe smoking in bed. Advice favors consideration and communication.
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Tillie
Household Hints Menu Breakfast Lunch Dinner and Desserts
Recipes for a thrifty kitchen include rhubarb pudding with lemon and egg whites a dandelion salad with vinegar and cream escalloped corn and a cheese souffle plus a breakfast menu with oranges oatmeal smoked sausage bread and coffee. The instructions cover ingredients proportions steps and serving sizes for four to six people.
AS A WOMAN THINKS By Edith E. Moriarty
A parish house group discusses the high cost of living and personal frugality. A minister's wife argues that choosing necessity over fashion brings peace of mind and could lower prices, while noting social pressure would derail such saving in their community.
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Eivery
Pillar of the Church
Humorous Snippets and Potatoes Highlight A Nevada Reprieve
A collage of gags and local notes open with a spoof on box cars and a rebounding humor tone. Potatoes on Long Island fetch $24.56 a barrel while old stock sells for 10 cents a pound. A Nevada man narrowly escapes strangulation as a governor grants a reprieve.
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Long Island
Nevada
Sugar Prices Kill the Consumer in Grim Rhyme
A stark verse questions who harmed the consumer as a grocer, butcher, and laborer blame each other for high costs. The narrator implicates price hikes in sugar as the cause, while others recount witnessing the effect and pledging to dig the grave.
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Randolph Leigh
Cheyenne
Postoffice
Carey Avenus
Associated Press
Billy “Whiskers
Saalfield Publishing Co
Akron
Ohio
Will
London
Walter Pulitzer
Cicero
Noah
Ings Land
Margaret
Lord Blessus
Republican Party
Royal House of Stuart
New Zealand
Senor Tanez
Keynes
Mrs
Elizabeth Thompson
Orrin
Mrs. Thompsong
Edith E. Moriarty
Roy K. Moulton
Willie Doll
Pullman Company
Shock Growers National Bank
Fay Cheyenne, Wyo
Winston-Salem, N. C
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Aaa Secon
Ul Shi
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