Immortal schemes unfold at Crazy Laura’s western roadhouse
Fairchild tailors a plan to foil Squint Rodaine as he trails him to a decaying roadhouse haunted by Crazy Laura. In whispered danger, Laura hints at a pivotal truth about immortality, while Squint schemes with violence as Fairchild lurks, waiting to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Maurice Rodaine
Anita Richmond
Mother Howard
Blue Poppy
Bulrchild
Chastine
Butson
Rodaine
Silver Queen Development Company
Anita
Squint Rodaine
Clear
Crazy Laura
Faircchild
Laura
Squint
Assayer’s
Honey
Roady
Rodiine
Ike
Boston —‘Transcript
Night of Death and Hidden Mortality in a Mountain Mine
In a freezing mining town Fairchild hides a dangerous truth as Laura schemes to murder with poison and quicklime. Harry lies unconscious from a mysterious poisoning while Judge Richmond dies, and Fairchild races to rescue his partner before the night ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Creek Bridge
Harry Harkins
Fairchild
Rodaine
Harry
Judge Richmond
Anita
Inferne
Sulphur and the old gang in a passing time
The article discusses sulfur sources in Louisiana and Texas, noting sulfur’s shift to native supply since 1893 and its varied uses from acid production to medicines. It also includes a humorous wartime hospital anecdote and reflections on reuniting with old friends, hinting at changed times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Texas
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Chicago Firms Mark Fifty Years Of Business In 50th Anniversary
Chicago marks the fifty-first anniversary of the great fire with a banquet and reunion for firms in business fifty or more years. A Chicago Association of Commerce committee seeks firms with 50 years in operation, gathering over 200 names so far. An exhibit may pair historic business views with current photos plus books and goods from a half century ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paris
London
New York
A. R. Bone
Tar Hollow Described as Havoc of Poverty and Education
In northwestern Ross county Tar Hollow sits in a gulch five miles from Hallsville. W A Yaple and Dr G E Robbing report squalid conditions, high poverty, and ignored marriage and school laws. District boundaries prevent county action. state officials consider special legislation to address the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Hollow
Chillicothe
Ohio
Scioto
Columbus
Ross County
Hallsville
W. A. Yaple
G. E. Robbing
Vast potash beds eyed in western Texas by KU man
H. V. Hoots of the University of Kansas and U S Geological Survey report promising salt deposits along the New Mexican border in a 125 mile by 125 mile area. Indications point to a massive rock salt bed 40 to 1500 feet thick at depths of 900 to 2200 feet, with potential potash beneath. Four test wells will be sunk this winter to determine underlying strata and extraction viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
H. V. Hoots
Department of Geology
University of Kansas
Prairie
Means
River
Bryant
Burns
McDowell
St. Rita
Mr. Hoots
United States
Florida ward the Flivver Makes Its Way
Aged road travel grows as motorcars flood into Florida each fall. Tourists cross the border every 15 minutes by day, with improvised camping cars and one room house setups on wheels. Florida towns offer camps with lights water and sewage under state health board supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Ward
Acksonville
Union
Florida
State Board of Health
North and South Trunk Highways Proposed in Mississippi Valley
Perry B Williams of the Minneapolis Journal travel bureau leads a plan endorsed by Gov. Preus to convene a valley state conference. Minnesota Iowa North Dakota Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas Texas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and Manitoba join to map arterial trunk highways across state borders linking Louisiana to Canada. The aim is continuous north south highways through the Mississippi valley to improve cross state and cross border road travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Perry
Williams
The
Minneapolis Journal
Ence
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Manitoba
Canada
Dominion of Canada
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Courtney Ryley Cooper
Limie, Brown d& Co
Robert
Diamond J. Mine
Diamond J. Tunnel
Arerial
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