Clock Heist and Hidden Will Bring Lovers Together
Laura Braden runs Culver post office with help from friend Bertha and suitor Bob. A missing clock sparks fear of spirits and theft, but Ernest Hamilton reveals he is the clock heir and Laura’s true love. Aunt Juley’s will binds their future. they plan for the New Year’s Sunday.
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AURA BRADON
Bertha
Laural
Laura
Culver
Juley
Ernest Hamilton
Jules
Bob
Mrs. Adams
Miss Braden
Mrs Adams
Robert Howard
Earnest Hamilton
Ernest Mauilton
Ernest Hawlston
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Western Newspaper Union
Home remedy for burns using olive oil and warm water
In every home with children, keep a good burn remedy. Have olive oil and warm water on hand. Mix equal parts to make a effective burn treatment. Soak cloths in the solution and apply to the burn.
Variation in Seals Indicates Different Ancestral Origins
Biologists note fur seals differ so much from hair seals in structure that they argue they must have distinct ancestral origins. The statement highlights significant evolutionary divergence based on morphology and lineage data.
Sugar reserves in human body muscles and liver
A human normally stores about ten ounces of sugar in muscles and liver as a reserve of potential energy.
The Maid by Douglas Malloch
A poem praising the household maid as the most honorable of all women roles. The speaker extols domestic duties of washing baking dusting and sewing while noting the maid’s intimate, unseen vigilance within the home and her loyalty and discretion. The piece contrasts home duties with broader wanderings of other women, emphasizing the maid’s quiet significance.
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Douglas Malloch
Letter to the editor recounts a Cape Cod walk
A reader in Cape Cod describes a ten mile walk through woods ending with a humorous drive to exhaust the last four gallons of gas. He notes mixed experiences with nature including burrs poison ivy and torn pants yet finds the excursion delightful despite previous lameness and thrifty driving.
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PEK
Cape Cod
Fred Barton
Bell Syndicate
Ina
Hopi Snakes Ritual Faith Profound Arid Land
Louise R. Marshall notes Hopi rituals in August where live rattlesnakes are part of a sacred go snake dance. The ceremony serves as thanks for past favors and a plea for moisture, with snakes acting as intermediaries to water gods. Showers often accompany the dance, drenching spectators on the mesa and rooftops.
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Arizona
Louise R. Marshall
Hosiery Fashion of Two Colors Through the Centuries
The article traces two colored hose in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, noting Chaucer’s contempt for two toned garments and their persistence. It mentions long hose for the elite, Henry III ordering velvet embroidered pairs for Isabella, and the rise of knitted silk stockings as a luxury tied to royalty.
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Chaucer
St. Anthony
Henry III
Isabella
Britain
Thomas Gresham
Edward
Burial Rules For Spouses At Arlington National Cemetery
The secretary of war may authorize a widow to lie beside her husband in Arlington if the husband is a commissioned officer. For enlisted men, the War department must confirm a grave deep enough for two coffins so the soldier and widow share one grave. The article notes President Taft, though commander in chief in title, was a civilian.
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secretary of war
Arlington National cemetery
War department
United States
army
navy
Taft
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