The Tenderfoot Chapter VIII Continues at Hour-Glass Land
Dustin and Kane push toward a hidden gold vein while Peyotl schemes with stolen dope. Dustin wrestles guilt, fear, and ambition as they camp in a sulfur mist canyon and plot the Hour-glass claim amid looming jail, land rights, and Edith Carr.
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Kane
Dustin
Joe Carr
Alaska
Chilkoot
Bender
Edith Carr
Peyotl
Kane Rose
Tonopah
Old Man Carr
Carr
Kane Leads Dustin to Hidden Site in Canyon
Kane guides Dustin down a shale slope to a canyon bottom where a red spot marks the target. Dustin contemplates the plan to drug Peyotl back at camp and fears Kane may resist or uncover the scheme, worrying any mishap could unravel the entire plot.
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Box Springs
Dustin
Kane
Peyot
de Quincey
Old Kane
The Rhyming Optimist Birthday
A reflective poem on birthdays as yearly journeys around the sun. The speaker celebrates memory and growth, noting happiness, youth, and noble sacrifices while urging glad acceptance of time passing and the chance to begin anew each year.
Guess Basis Is Wrong Cow Proves Worth More For Butter Fat
A Duluth area farmer sold a cow judged as a poor producer. The new owner tested production and found milk yield was low but butter fat was high, yielding nearly twice the sale price in one month. The case warns dairy farmers against basing business on guesswork.
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Duluth
Sodium vapor lamps light Schenectady roadways at night
About half a mile of Schenectady streets near a modern power station is illuminated by monochromatic sodium vapor lamps spaced 125 to 500 feet apart. The lamps, though initially costly to install, output two and a half times more light than tungsten lamps, reduce shadows, and may lower road accident rates as trials expand to British roads.
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Schenectady
U.S.A
Longest and Narrowest Parish Led by Rev Henry Moss
The Rev Henry Moss, a young Canadian clergyman, leads a 1200 mile long and six feet wide parish as chaplain for Irak Petroleum Company. He ministers to workers building pipelines from Kirkuk to Tripoli and to Haifa, with headquarters at St Luke's Church Haifa. He travels deserts along the oil lines, and Toc H has a parish branch.
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Henry Moss
Moss
Irak Petroleum Company
Kirkuk
Tripoli
Haifa
St. Luke’s Church
Toc H
Little Helps For This Week Reflective Saintly Thoughts
A compact devotional offering quotes from Psalm 118 24 Thomas Carlyle and J H Thomson urging gratitude for each day and self discipline. It links daily life to spiritual work and temperance, emphasizing training self denial and vigorous spirits for good works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Thom
Synthetic Vitamin D Produced By Cincinnati Lab
The basic science lab at the University of Cincinnati announced isolation and synthetic production of a more vigorous form of vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. Dr George Sperts led irradiation using selected ultraviolet wavelengths to subdivide and produce the vitamin. The report notes vitamin D as the bone growth and ricket prevention compound formed in nature by sun rays.
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Basic Science Laboratory
University of Cincinnati
George Sperts
England cheaper for salt butter cheese and meat cuts in 1914
A report notes that salt fresh butter cheese and certain meat cuts cost less in England than in 1914, highlighting price disparities and living costs.
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England
1914
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the Tenderfoot
Blue Foot Hills
Corse
Gray
Sam Dustin
Goddard
Peyott
Dad Kane
Gray An’ Corse
Seco
Florence
Dad
T Phillips
Canada
Vicks VapoRus
Harry Pilmer
Cumberland Bay
Dr. Williams
Rhyming Optimist
Aline Michaelis
Bakes
United States
Britain
Clergyman
Jim
Sam
Thomas Carlyle
Hun
Gry
Drugg!st
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Hamilton, Ontario
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