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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
6
In a frozen rush, Fairchild locates a shaft collapse at the Blue Poppy mine after a deadly cave‑in traps Harry. He clears debris, calls for him, and confronts the lingering murder accusations while riches loom as a bittersweet reward.
In a cavern setback Fairchild pursues Harry after a deadly collapse. He finds a dynamite filled hole in the wall with tamping remnants and a fuse, the exit empty except for debris. Harry is missing, leaving a tense mystery unresolved.
Fairchild drives a perilous gamble to raise a five ton ore haul from the Blue Poppy drift after a mine cave in and his partner Harry Harkins disappears. He secures court permission and uses the ore to post a cash bond as men drill, while Anita Richmond warns of trouble as Squint Rodaine lurks.
The Brahmanical order divides Hindus into four principal castes with Brahmans as top priests and Sudras as laborers, while Pariahs stand outside. The system prohibits meals and intermarriage across castes though friendship and service may cross lines. A note on the piranha describes its savage bite and curious use by Indian tribes who dispose of the dead in rivers for the fish to strip bones, later preserving the red skeleton as a family heirloom.
The article notes a Danish custom where engaged women wear two plain gold rings on the left hand third finger and move them to the right hand third finger after marriage. It also mentions fish flesh capable of causing death, unlike land animals.
In this Cook county piece, city buyers swap for farm produce as good roads link urban shoppers to farms. The "front yard" farmer earns more by selling directly along highways, letting farm families fund college dreams and buy better gear, like a mower, through steady roadside trade. The photo shows a farmer selling a robust turkey to a city housewife.
Across the United States thousands of motorists smash railroad crossing gates yearly. On Long Island Rail Road with 400 miles of track, about 300 such accidents occurred last year, with 15 injuries and one death in a recent five day span. Railroads campaign for safer highways and vigilant driving at crossings.
The piece argues for improved highways and better dirt roads to cut transportation costs as 92 percent of farms’ hauling routes are dirt. It notes Canada will spend 50 million dollars on highway improvements by fall 1923 and discusses national trunk highways by the Associated Highways of America. It also mentions more tire miles with better roads, poultry house orientation for sun and dry conditions, and the need for clean litter in poultry houses amid high prices.
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