The Tenderfoot by Author of The Coronado Trail
A concise notice presents The Tenderfoot by the author known for The Coronado Trail and The Canyon Trail. The item highlights an upcoming release or edition, signaling readers to watch for a new work from a familiar mountaineering and adventure-writing voice.
Hour Glass Ranch Showdown Looms in Crevasse County
Gerald Keene learns his late uncle left him half of the Hour-glass ranch with Joe Carr as co owner. Burwell hints at looting and debt, while Dustin and Goddard run a neighboring Broken Spur operation. Keene seeks answers from Crewe and local attorney Ben Lyon as tensions rise toward a reckoning.
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Crevasse County
Keene
Simon Burwell
Drovers Bank
Cato
Gerald Keene
Peter
West
Joe Carr
Hour-glass
Judge Frame
Burwell
Joe Car
Palisades
Joe
Hourglass
Frank Crewe
Mr. Burwell
Sam Dustin
Spike Goddard
Jim Girton
Seco
Old Carr
Dustin
Goddard
Old Joe
Daro
Stone
Mhour-Gass
Carr
Burwell Says Old Man Carr
Old Man Carr
Nebraska
Stock-raisers Association
Free Silver
Ben Lyon
Ben
Aspirin Delivers Fast Pain Relief Says Drug Ad
The advertisement claims Aspirin provides quick relief for headaches neuritis and rheumatic pain. It states tablets dissolve immediately upon contact with moisture and that Aspirin is safe with scientific tests cited. It advises looking for Bayer cross on tablets and notes availability in Canada at druggists.
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Canada
Bayer
15-Star Flag History and Big Dipper Star Pair
The 15 star and 15 stripe flag circulated from 1795 to 1818, a 23 year official period. In the Big Dipper, Mizar the middle star in the handle has a tiny companion star, noted in astronomical observations.
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Mizar
Baltic to White Sea Canal Built A Soviet Feat
The Soviet project to link the Baltic and White seas by a vast canal nears completion under engineer Serge Xyk. Construction began December 1931 amid floods cold weather and material shortages. Ten thousand convicts were trained and motivated with promises of freedom to finish the work in nineteen months. The Onega White Sea section includes sixteen dams twenty two discharge basins nineteen locks with thirteen in hard rock. Millions of cubic yards of rock were blasted and a million and a half trees cleared.
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Serge Xyk
Baltic
White Sea
Xyk
Peter the Great
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Great Lakes
Onega
Ladoga
Northern fur cargo flown from Alberta to Edmonton sets record
A shipment valued at 125000 dollars and comprising forty four bales weighing 1340 pounds was airlifted from Northern Alberta to Edmonton. It marks the largest and most valuable fur cargo carried from the North by plane, contrasting with pioneer days when weeks of slow travel were needed.
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Canada
Alberta
Edmonton
Descent and Underworld Origins in Indian Tribes
The text notes that eastern and northeastern Indian tribes claim descent from the sky as the origin of humans. It states that mountain and plateau peoples in the south and southwest believe their ancestors rose from the underworld.
Modern marvels of science shrink space and time
A Jasper Alberta man speaks with a friend aboard the SS Empress of Britain via rapid radio link. Premier Bennett in Ottawa dedicates a giant electric sign on the Grand Building opposite Canada House in London, Britain, with his words traced in illuminated letters and then lit by a lever press. The Winnipeg Free Press notes these feats illustrate science’s impact on daily life.
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Jasper
Alberta
New York
London
Premier Bennett
Ottawa
Canada House
England
Winnipeg Free Press
Bankers Passport With Engraved Portrait Unissued Photo
A Canadian passport issued to Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor lacks a photo and bears an engraved portrait cut from a $10 Bank of Montreal bill. The process by which the engraving was attached remains unclear, but the banker reportedly kept the serial numbers so the note could be swapped for a new one.
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Bank of Montreal
Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor
Frederick
Financial Post
The Rhyming Optimist and Youth’s Enduring Lures
A reflective poem describing how optimism endures beyond youth. It contrasts youth’s bright dreams and laughter with aging doubts while asserting that brave hearts still cherish past lures and hope despite time’s passage.
Vaccine Discovery Shared at Public Health Convention
Dr Maurice Brodie described recent poliomyelitis vaccine experiments to 3000 delegates and lay members at the American Public Health Association closing session. The vaccine reportedly showed success in human volunteers including Dr William H Park Dr Josephine Meal and several children.
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American Public Health Association
Maurice Brodie
Ottawa
Ont
New York City Health Department
William H. Park
Josephine Meal
Brodie
Bees Used as Messengers by German Beekeeper
German beekeeper Herr Berhard Guhler imprisons messages on scraps of paper to backs of bees for delivery. The bees reportedly return to the hive with the messages and never misdeliver. Guhler claims bees are less likely than pigeons to fall into the wrong hands.
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Berhard Guhler
Catherine de Medici and Early European Tobacco Use
A historical note claims Catherine de Medici among the first European women to use tobacco, signaling a landmark adoption of tobacco in royal court circles.
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Catherine di Medici
Prayer as Remedy for Anxiety and Care
A devotional excerpt urges turning worries into prayer to find peace. It cites Psalms urging God to hear, invites readers to tell God their cares, and advises relying on Him to ease trouble and keep steady duty.
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R. Leighton
Beards Ban Announced in Romania Sparking Orthodox Concern
Romania imposes a government requirement for beard permits. Couriers on horseback deliver the ruling by bugle and drum across villages, provoking consternation among Orthodox Jews who oppose beard cutting under Mosaic law.
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Rumania
Poisonous blue cohosh known as pa poose root by nature
The blue cohosh or Pa Poose root, a bitter poisonous plant of the barberry family, grows from New Brunswick to Manitoba. Also called squaw root, yellow gin seng, and blueberry root, it tempts children with berry like seeds but is rarely eaten due to its extreme bitterness.
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New Brunswick
Manitoba
Man finds poetry through frugal meals and daily satisfaction
A saying links contentment with minimal sustenance to creative output. It suggests a man who eats once daily can afford to write poetry and pursue art without excess.
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