Fleming's Folly Describes Irrigation Scheme in Boone County
Link Fleming leads a meeting to form an irrigation venture as tensions rise with Roper Kilgo and Buzz Hamilton. After a shooting and arrests, Fleming and Helen team to pursue a smaller dam plan while Kilgo opposes them. A sudden explosion destroys the ranch house as plans threaten neighbors.
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Link Fleming
Boone County
Roper Kilgo
Rawhide
Soak Torkey
Kilgo
Hamilton
Buzz Hamilton
Helen
Link
Fleming
Buzz
Buster Townsend
Townsend
Kilgo Roper
Roper
Kigo
Buz Townsend
Loak Torney
Torney
Jackpot Mell
Burning ranch house ignites dire plans in western tale
Sime Haltby rescues Link Fleming from a blazing ranch as the bunkhouse crew fights to save men and property. The blast destroys the dam plans and hints at sabotage, threatening financing and execution of the project. Helen Hamiltonside learns of the setback as Link contemplates the cause and the danger ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sime Haltby
Sime
Link
Haltby
Fleming
Waco Byrne
Byrne
Tasker
Fewer, Shorter Colds for Those Trying Vicks Plan
Tests of the Vicks Plan for Better Control of Colds showed fewer milder illnesses in 14,703 participants and home use nationwide. The plan rests on three steps: build resistance with normal living, using Vicks Vatro-nol at first symptoms, and Vicks VapoRub at bedtime to loosen congestion and ease throat and chest discomfort.
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Vicks
Vicks Plan
Vicks VapoRub
Humans Developing Faster Than Past Humankind
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian says the human race is evolving rapidly. Descendants may be taller and handsomer with stronger brains and possibly no fifth toes. He notes ongoing digs and predicts future scientists may exhume his skeleton in 6,000 A.D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Hrdlicka
Mechanical Ears Promise Blind-Flying Revolution in Air
Luis De Florez unveiled a propulsion linked earphone system at the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences. The device uses a wing mounted propeller driven generator to emit pitch changes and a gyroscope to indicate turns, enabling pilots to fly by sound alone in fog or darkness.
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Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Luis de Florez
de Florez
Little Helps For This Week Stand Fast In Liberty
A religious meditation on freedom in Christ and moral courage. It warns against fear and silence, condemning those who refrain from speaking truth to power and labeling as slaves those who capitulate to scoffers and impunity. It criticizes timid virtue and calls for steadfast, bold moral action.
Unusual Accident Involving Cat and Gas Chamber
Inspector E G McDonald of Hamilton Ontario suffered burns and shock after taking a stray cat to the city pound gas chamber. The cat squirmed, friction in fur caused static electricity, a bang occurred, and the inspector fell unconscious. The chamber was blown apart and the cat vanished.
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E. G. McDonald
Hamilton
Ont
City Pound
McDonald
Royal Yeast Cakes promise perfect leavening
Royal Yeast Cakes provide consistent rising due to each cake sealed in an air tight wrapper. Bakers can use the cake the day of purchase or weeks later with the same reliable results.
Prairie Farm Rehab Act Applications Reach Five Thousand
By January 31 more than 5,000 applications were received under the Federal Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act. The Dominion water development committee at Swift Current will consider requests for small dam dug-out and reservoir projects and irrigation schemes in the prairie provinces.
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Dominion Water Development Committee
Swift Current
Prairie Provinces
Whispered traits spark humorous baby comparison
A playful exchange compares a newborn to parents, noting the baby has the wife’s eyes and nose while joking that the voice came from a motor horn. The quip highlights family resemblance with light, affectionate humor.
Feathered traits and fashion rings from history
The 12 wired bird of paradise displays 12 wirelike feather shafts protruding from its flank feathers. The thumb functioned as the fashionable ring finger in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Germany Expands Army Strength With 1.6 Million Reach
Berlin reports indicate Germany will field at least 1,600,000 men by year end including trained and partly trained. By 1936's close, Hitler is expected to complete reorganization of 36 army divisions announced last May, totaling over 500,000 regulars.
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Germany
Berlin
Hitler
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Jackpot
Bush
Benson
Hamilton Triple H
Tom McLendon
Silver Creek
Star Loop
Halthy
Waco
Helen Hamilton
Sala
Doc Slater
Soak Torney
Tomney
Lincoln Fleming
Esquire
Purther
Christ
ROYAL
Royal Yeast
Canada
Standard Brands Limited
Fraser Ave
Liberty St
Toronto
Dr. Pierce
Mary Turner
Devonshire St. Guelph
D. D. Dennis
Campana
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