Dusty Highway continues with wedding supper and advice
Simeon Bartlett visits Nick and Gay at their cabin for a porch supper. Bartlett offers old‑fashioned counsel on marriage, family ties, and jealousy as the couple revels in a quiet, moonlit evening before discussing a looming, unspoken problem they will face together on their future.
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Mr. Bartlett
Simeon Bartlett
Guy
Nick
Gay
Bartlett
Seri
Sonny
Gorry
Simeon
Bée
Engineering wizard Moranti to build tunnel under Mediterranean
Paul J Moranti, famed for completing a Brooklyn Manhattan subway excavation ahead of schedule, is appointed consulting engineer for a Mediterranean tunnel linking Spain and Morocco. He plans borings off Gibraltar as he takes the high profile project.
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Paul J. Moranti
Wall Street
Mediterranean Sea
Spain
Morocco
Gibraltar
Moranti
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Songs Of the People and the Decline of Popular Song
A discussion on whether any durable popular song has appeared since the last decade comparable to early ditties. The piece links sheet music losses to talkies and mechanization, noting abundant music but few lasting songs for the people. It shifts abruptly to a wartime product ad for Millers Worm Powders.
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Daisy Bell
Manchester Guardian
New York
Music Publishers’ Protective Association of America
Active Prospecting Year in Northern Alberta Ends
The adjournment of prospecting operations in Northern Alberta brings to a close one of the most active years in the province. Five major companies conducted intensive exploration using airplanes at substantial cost. Valuable mineral discoveries are reported and much valuable data secured.
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Alberta
Minard’s Liniment Brings Refreshment to Scalp
London awakens to an unusual scene as street bagpipe players form a veritable army in public spaces. The note hints at a promotional tone around Minard’s Liniment and its claimed scalp refreshing effects.
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London
Tempting Japanese Matrimonial Ad Explored
A translated Japanese matrimonial ad touts beauty wealth and devotion to an honorable husband, promising perpetual harmony and even a rose colored marble tomb. The tone contrasts with British sensibilities and humorously notes the morbid twist.
Satisfactory arrangement offers wheat for barber services
Sparta Michigan barbers accept wheat in exchange for haircuts. A bushel of wheat plus 27 cents cash relief replaces money for a 27 cent trim valued at 40 cents. Farmers in the area can trade wheat at 67 cents a bushel for a barber shave and haircut while Sparta chickens benefit from the town wide gesture.
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Sparta
Michigan
Keeping Baby Lovely and Well
An advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as safe for babies and toddlers, claiming they ease digestion, relieve constipation, and aid teething pains. The Dr Williams Medicine Co of Brockville Ontario markets the product for 25 cents per box through druggists or mail order.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
New Industry In Palestine Boosts Orange Growth
Palestine emerges as a growing orange producer with valued fruit quality attracting Jewish investment exceeding twenty million dollars in groves. New plantings continue as industry prospects brighten. Reports also note experiments showing flies avoid rooms lit with red or yellow glass, hinting at practical housing cues.
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Palestine
Little Helps For This Week Prayer and verse reflections
A short devotional blend presents biblical verses from Deuteronomy and Martin Luther, praising God’s guidance and blessings. It includes two poems by William Channing Gannett and modest lines urging belief in divine speech. An advertisement promotes Douglas Egyptian Liniment for common ailments and skin conditions.
United States Junior Chamber Plans Winnipeg Tour
The US Junior Chamber National Convention will be in Des Moines Iowa in June 1931 under national president Dunward Howes of Los Angeles. A post convention tour to Winnipeg is organized led by Howes.
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United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines
Iowa
Winnipeg
Dunward Howes
Los Angeles
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Ed Nick
Minard
Eno
Magnesia
Phillips
Magy
Philips
Wrigleys
CES
Engineering Wizard
Japan
Cee
Abbott Brothers
Wellington St
Toronto, Ont
William Channing Gannett
God
Martin Luther
Douglas
Canada
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