The Desert Guards
John Lavington and Mary Martin wed and move to Michigan where drama unfolds. Job loss, a premature birth, and a stricken wife lead to a series of separations. Fostered by Andrew March, Con grows up amid danger and crime seeking Chee Ming and a stolen map. They chase a Chinese map toward the Gobi as March’s federal mission unfolds in distant lands.
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John Lavington
Mary Martin
Michigan City
John
Martina
Mary
Cornelius Levington
Con
Con la
Andrew March
Chee Ming
Gobi Desert
Price
Gobi
March
Shan-sung
Golen
Peking
Shon-Sung
San Jancinco
Shun-sung
Desert Crossing Ends With Map Inked On Foot
In a harsh desert trek, Andrew March and Levington survive siege by sand storms and raiders. Their map is lost, weapons gone, camels scattered, yet March reveals a second map tattooed on the sole of his right foot, promising direction.
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Levington
Con
March
Marsh
Ciecr
Cornish Tin Miners and the Stannary Courts
The passage describes Cornish tin miners living under the stannary courts, in existence since the thirteenth century, claiming jurisdiction over their affairs except on matters affecting land life or limb, with differences adjusted by these courts. The text notes the miners’ self-regulation and persistent legal tradition.
Girl of Twenty Tries Suicide in London
A sad report from southwest London states a twenty year old girl attempted death by her own hand after realizing she was too old to write a popular novel or a book of poems.
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London
Prom Punch
Notable Preachers Spark School Disorder
Thomas Chambers, a noted mola alonary and preacher, caused despair for the school teacher. Another famous preacher, Iaaac Barrow, was slow and quarrelsome, deemed a disgrace to the school.
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Thomas Chambers
Iaaac Barrow
Tanlac credited by war mother for restored health
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd, mother of Corporal James B. Gresham the first American soldier killed in France, praises Tanlac for her recovery from digestion problems rheumatic pains and insomnia after her son’s death at Gavin Park Evansville Ind. She says Tanlac gave her appetite settled her stomach removed joint swelling and steady nerves and she will recommend it widely.
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Tanlac
Alice Gresham Dodd
Gresham
Gavin Park
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
James B. Gresham
France
Dodd
United States
Taniac
Adv
The Placid Exit
The Socrates Yessing club ponders long discourses before hemlock as Xantippe plans to slip yeast into the mixture and the serene sage waits for it to work.
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Socrates
Xantippe
Bayer Aspirin Safety Warning From Genuine Package
A warning stresses only Bayer labeled aspirin is genuine medicine. The notice notes aspirin treats colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism toothache and other pains and mentions packaging details and the Bayer trademark.
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Bayer
Milliona
The Best Ones Never Do Lecture Brief
A fragmentary note quotes a student question about a lecture. Pine recalls it did not last more than forty minutes. The piece hints at abundance mindset and virtue as its own reward with no regular pay day.
Prices Fall Across Fruits and Vegetables in Washington Report
The mild winter reduced returns for fruit and vegetable producers due to rot storage and handling costs. Prices started low and slid further toward the vanishing point with wholesale rates hitting new lows. Potatoes and other staples like cabbage onions and apples faced demoralized markets with most stock held by farmers.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
Rich men duel to death at Shallow Water
In Shallow Water near Lubbock Texas two wealthy men Jim C Bowles and Jim M Wright died in a duel during a school board meeting. Authorities say a long running land boundary feud triggered the shooting. The men fell with their legs intertwined after the exchange of shots.
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Lubbock
Tex
Jim C. Bowles
Jim M. Wright
Nevada Assembly backs six month residency divorce amendment
The Nevada assembly approved an amendment to require six months state residency before filing for divorce, targeting short-term divorces. The measure now goes to the governor for signature, and applies only to bona fide state residents.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Stockmen and Farmers Hold Meeting in Montrose
In Montrose Colorado Senator elect Sam D Nicholson and Charles A Lory of the State Agricultural College were among principal speakers at the Stockmen and Farmers Conference. Warden Thomas A Tynan spoke on Good Stands and A B Carlton discussed the Sugar Beet Industry. Former Governor Ammons urged freight rate reform and rail competition, urging better state transportation and longer credit for livestock.
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Montrose
Colo.Goy
Oliver H. Shoup
Sam D. Nicholson
Charles A. Lory
State Agricultural College
George T. Wells
Denver National Bank
Stockmen's and
Thomas A. Tynan
State Penitentiary
A. B. Carlton
Holly Sugar Corporation
Fm. M. Ammons
Colorado
Attempted Robbery of Army Payroll at Presidio
Two of three bandits were arrested after failing to rob Major Hastings Stewart, U.S. paymaster, as he carried a $40,000 payroll from a downtown bank to the army station. Stewart was struck. guards fired, capturing Gerald Battie and Arthur Blair, a Presidio soldier.
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San Francisco
Hastings Stewart
Presidio
Army Station
Gerald Beattie
Arthur Blair
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Toric Optical CO
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Mal
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15Th Bt
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Hall
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