Their Last Ride
Two cowhands escort a dying man along a sunbaked mesa road toward El Paso. As heat and memory press on, they debate death and home, contrasting the vast desert with the remembered Tennessee and the longing for kin.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1925
Page
8
Open Road Ends in Open Grave for Riley
In a stark frontier scene two men Riley and Porter drive a gray blanketed figure toward El Paso. Riley longs to die in the open and Porter vows to bury him truly as birds circled above and the sunset blazed across the hills. A deadly ride ends with Riley laid by the road and Porter promising to honor his friend’s wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fooét Hills
Rilo Grande
Jim Riley
Porter
Tennessee
Riley
el Paso
Sacramentoes
The
Eternal
Undertaker's
Jim
Doctor questions travel, crochets cure for homesick heat
Dr William D Haggard of Nashville and president of the American Medical Association spoke in Atlantic City about Americans preferring summer abroad for climate. A Nashville man who spent last summer in England and France said rain was constant, yet he learned to crochet darn well as a joke on home summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Haggard
Nashville
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
Atlantic
England
France
Racial divisions outlined by Dr Hrdlicka at National Museum
Dr Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physical anthropology at the National Museum, identifies three grand human divisions: white Indo Germanic Aryan and Semiklebeing totaling 890,000,000. yellow brown Mongolian Turanian Malan Polynesian American Indian 713,000,000. black race including the Negro and Bantu 139,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ales Hrdlicka
Physical Anthropology
National Museum
The Devil Inn on Fleet Street City Tales
The Devil was a famous public house at 2 Fleet Street near Temple Bar London. Lawers in the neighborhood would hang a sign on their doors reading Gone to the Devil during dinner, signaling where to find them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleet Street
Templebar
London
Excellent Idea Is Umbrella Exchange
Brussels shows a well organized umbrella borrowing bureau where members pay a low subscription. A metal token or bone disk serves as a fixture in place of an umbrella, with umbrellas supplied at agency outlets during rain and returned at any agency when rain ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Borrowing Bureau
British Museum
Natonal Gallery
Umbrella Exchange
Notable Rugs and China Highlight Home Goods Sale
Notable items in the House Furnishing Department on the second floor include a wide assortment of rugs in many kinds and substantial reductions, along with a selection of china.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Big Birthday Sale Opens With Silk to Woolen Deals
The Dress Goods Section advertises a crowded display of Silks, Woolens, Brocaded Chiffons, Cottons and more. Red Tag pricing signals a real benefit in the Big Birthday Sale as buyers are urged to come on the first day.
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