Wade and Helen Rexhill Dance Into Political Turbulence
In Chicago society, Gordon Wade, a Princeton alumnus turned rancher, attends Senator Rexhill’s mansion where he meets Mrs. Rexhill and her daughter Helen. A tense moment arises when Race Moran challenges Wade for a dance, revealing undercurrents of social pressure and potential political entanglement that could drag Wade into a life and death struggle ahead.
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Wyoming
Double Arrow Ranch
Chicago
George Stout
Stout
Wade
United States
Denver
Rexhill
Helen
Helen Rexhall
Enemies and political intrigue in a senator's house
In a room with the senator, Helen reveals she has an enemy in a political heeler who pesters her for her father's favors. Wade jokes that enemies are common, then notes Moran approaching as a potential new adversary. The scene shifts toward a conservatory as the conversation continues. The excerpt ends with a promise of continuation.
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Wade
Helen
Continents Drift Idea Sparks Scientific Debate
British Association members discuss Wegener’s theory that continents are adrift rather than fixed, likening landmasses to grapes on stalks. The model suggests continents moved from polar regions and drift unevenly, with America and Greenland moving westward more rapidly, about three quarters of a mile between 1870 and 1907.
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Wegener
British Association
America
Europe
Greenland
New Realm of Economic Knowledge for Cheaper Production
Henry C. Wallace calls for a major expansion of farmer education to develop an entirely new domain of organized knowledge. The aim is to enable farmers to cheapen production and improve distribution through advanced economic factors and training.
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Henry C. Wallace
U.S
Hats Off to Japan Promises and Provocation
A brief item from the Boston Herald notes praise for Japan tied to keeping promises over provocation, reflecting reader sentiment on diplomacy and reliability.
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Japan
Boston Herald
In Servia and Bulgaria a Betrothal Threshold
A Victorian era note states that in Servia and Bulgaria a girl not betrothed by her sixteenth birthday is deemed hopelessly ineligible. It reflects social pressures and marriage customs of the period.
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Servia
Bulgaria
Pioneers Drive 200 Miles with Cattle Through Yukon Snow
Two Prince Rupert men, R Davidson and Murray Stephens, moved forty nine head of cattle from White Horse to Mayo across three rivers in six below zero weather. The 55 day trek through blinding snow and bear danger required rafting the Yukon Pelly and Stewart rivers and navigating treacherous trails.
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Yukon
Prince Rupert
R Davidson
Murray Stephens
Whitehorse
Mayo
Pelly
Stewart
Three In One Motor Truck Tank and Boat Demonstrated
An American inventor Walter Christie unveiled a three in one armored gun mount that can travel as a motor truck, crawl as a tank on caterpillar belts, or operate as a boat. It carries a 75 millimetre gun and reached thirty miles per hour on wheels and climbed steep Jersey shore hills before a two mile Hudson cruise.
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Army
Navy
Walter Christie
Jersey Shore
Hudson
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Race Moran
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