Bitter Battle Continues On Hankow Route
Shanghai reports say Japanese troops broke 46 percent Chinese resistance within 60 miles of Nanchang an air base. Fighting along the Nanchang to Kiukiang railroad persisted as Chinese forces flooded fields by diking the Yangtze, while Japanese claims of advances near Kiukian emerged.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Shahochen
Kiaukiang
Yangtze
Chengchow
Hwanemei
Kiukian
China
Shanhaikwan
Chihu Province
Manchoukuo
Henan Province
China Press
How to treat bee stings mildew and jelly flavoring
The text offers home remedies for bee stings using mud to ease pain and swelling. It also suggests flavoring grape jelly by adding a geranium leaf during cooking. For mildew, it recommends potassium permanganate and oxalic acid for small spots and Javelle bleach for widespread mildew, followed by thorough washing.
Look and Learn by A C Gordon
A quiz style piece answers: prunes for sun dried plums, Hannibal as Carthaginian general, four inches for eight horse hands, mercury as the easiest melted metal, and the original Declaration of Independence resides in the Congressional Library at Washington.
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B. C
Hannibal
Mercury
Congressional Library
Washington
Swedes Balloon Flight Toward the Pole Ends in Tragedy
Forty one years ago Selamon Andree led three Swedes in a silk balloon voyage toward the North Pole. After days of icebound silence rescue parties found two bodies on White Island in 1930, with a diary revealing their balloon failed after about 2560 miles north. Byrd Bennett and Amundsen had already reached the Pole by airships earlier in May 1926.
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North Pole
Selamon Andree
Adavace
Ree
Sweden
Danes Island
Lhatteland
Greenland
Canada
Old
Andree
White Island
Byrd
Bennett
Pole
Amundsen
Guilford County Realty Transfers Across Townships
High Point and Morehead townships show several transfers. National Bondholders Corporation to J R Hinshaw and wife. Home Owners' Loan Corporation to C B Jacobs and wife. Universal Realty to W R Pickard. Rock Creek Township includes Monroe Martin and Roy Martin exchanging adjoining tracts. Friendship Township Co L Howard and wife to Walter Transon and wife for a tract adjoining Lee Smith's property.
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High Point Township
National Bondholders’ Corporation
J. R. Hinshaw
East Green Street
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
C. B. Jacobs
Thissell Street
Morehead Township
Universal Realty Company
W. R. Pickard
Highland Park Weat
Rock Creek Township
Monroe Martin
Roy Martin
J. R. Anderson
Friendship Township Co
L. Howard
Walter Transon
Lee Smith
Modern Etiquette Queries Answered By Roberta Lee
A column presents etiquette guidance on writing for the ill, proper card usage, who speaks first in introductions, and a note on insects as flower fertilizing agents. It covers card headings, fillet definitions, and social courtesy.
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Roberta Lee
Mystery at the Wyoming ranch hold up mystery
Nikki Jerome and Steve Mallory are trapped by Sarto at a clearing near a Wyoming dude ranch. Sarto menaces them with a pistol while three searchers close in, as Uncle Jim, Rance, and Bancroft’s fate unfold amid the “Jerome affair.”
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Nikki Jerome
Eix- Foot
Steve Mallory
Nikki
Wyoming
Peter Jerome
New York
Steve
Sarto
Woody
Uncle Jim
Rance
Fiske
Bancroft
Grand, Central
Jerome
Jim
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
A compact note on English usage and common errors. It highlights proper forms for comparisons, mispronunciations, and misspellings while encouraging daily vocabulary growth. The entry defines inadver tence as inattention causing an oversight and provides a sample sentence.
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W. L. Gordon
Correction to Spanish-American War Bulletin Names Stegner Alive
A Minneapolis paper corrected a 1898 obituary note listing Jesse L. Stegner among Manila casualties. Stegner appeared at the newsroom and claimed he survived, saying he was too busy to respond earlier. The correction followed his suggestion.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jesse L. Stegner
Manila
Stegner
New Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Ugly Husbands
An old time ad touts Calotabs as a cure for biliousness and torpid liver blamed on weather. It claims Calotabs purify the system with one or two tablets and a glass of water, offering quick relief and a clean feeling, with the familiar checker-board package and ten and twenty-five cent prices.
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Baril Packaee
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