Cowboys of the Flying Heart in a race stakes farce
Speed and Covington vie in a tangled ranch tangler as Helen Blake schemes to reclaim a prized phonograph. Speed trains amid heat while Fresno the Stanford singer meddles and Wally Glass urges a win. A morning run and romantic entanglements test loyalties at the Flying Heart ranch.
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Flying Heart-ranch
Centipede Ranch
J. Wallingford
Speed
Yale
Culver Covington
Helen Blake
Steed
Jean Chapin
Covington
Avin
Helen
Larry Glasn
Helen’ Blake
Wally
Fresno
Stanford University
Glass
Willie
Omaha
Larry
Speed's Cold Water Ordeal Throws Training Into High Gear
A gym scene follows as coach Glass imposes a brutal water bath on Speed during a training session. Wally, Berkeley Fresno, Stover, and Willie witness the shock and debate whether the effort will boost Speed before a Saturday race. Speed vows to push through, even as pneumonia risks loom.
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Wally
Glass
Stover
Willie
Larry
Glaas
Fresno
Salvator
Speed
California
Freano
Bis
Active Plant Principles Extract Method by Perrot and Goris
French scientist Professor Perrot of the Paris School of Pharmacy with M. Goris uses a method to extract active plant principles from fresh plants. The process preserves alkaloids glucosides and diastases in their plant- cell combinations, yielding water soluble extracts that act like the fresh plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrot
Paris School of Pharmacy
M. Goris
Incident at Albany Hearing Involves Margaret Wilson
At an Albany legislative hearing Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, was escorted to the speaker's seat. A political operative then stared at her briefly and commented that she said nothing to him, so he would not engage with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wilson
Assembly
Albany
Sailors of Old Time Cross Atlantic Like Columbus
Readers note sense of voyage as French sea captains bring vessels to Newfoundland banks each spring. The accounts describe navigation by sight and latitude checks without jehronometers, echoing Columbus era methods.
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Newfoundland
Fitte
Normandy
Brittany
Sailors Return With Modest Wages After Seven Month Voyage
The voyage lasts fourteen to forty five days depending on weather. They return in the fall. Total earnings for seven months average not more than 160 dollars.
Queer Funeral Customs of Andaman Islanders
The Andaman natives drop bodies of parents into the sea then preserve bones. They hang bones from hut roofs to watch them, a practice said to show love and deter evil spirits. Women fear calamities will befall their families if the bones are seized.
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Andaman
Jett
Ara
Unusual Dishes Guide Seasonal Canning and Pickles
A collection of old fashioned recipes for molasses crumb pie mangoea and chow chow plus spiced apples and pickling guidance. Directions include crust mix proportions brine soaking and vinegar methods with vegetables and fruits for winter prep. Quoted literary lines conclude the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Helpful Household Tips and Taft Vacation Quip
A long reader’s column offers various home hacks from watching a ticking watch under a sick person to patching corset covers. It includes food tips for tomato slicing, bottling, angel cake, and rice waffles, ending with a Taft Yale lecture remark about vacations.
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Metis- Pharwell
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Lear
Mint -Justint
Nix
Mr. Speed
Roberta
Muldoon
Glasa
Munrise
Dutrun
Armstrong
Berkeley Fresno
Robert Souls Stevenson
Emerson
Gail Hamilton
Taft
Ozee
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