The Cigarette Girl and a Soldier's Downfall
A poor youth saves for a beat up car, then wrecks it and battles addiction across war and time. He meets Madeline Evans, the nurse who once gave him a cigarette, and in recovery learns to live again through her steadfast care and a shared past.
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Johnny
Mrs. Growler
Madeline Evans
Markland Hospital
Red Cross
Madeline
the Markland
France
Sand Library Brings Sand Samples From Across America
A Chicago office houses a 33 West Grand avenue collection of three hundred sand bottles. Each smaller than a fist, the samples represent every US region and Canada. The library serves construction research, with tests for grain size, dust, organics, weather resilience, and petrographic makeup.
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U. S
Chicago
West Grand Avenue
Pence James
Chicago Daily News
F. R. McMillan
Cement Association
Maine
California
Gulf
Canada
McMillan
Elecampane plant description and medicinal root uses
Elecampane, a tall herb native to Europe and naturalized in America, grows up to six feet with wrinkled leaves and large yellow flowers. The root yields an aromatic acrid resin used in medicine according to its botanical profile.
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Europe
America
Con and Uncles Matchmaking Ends With Don's Marriage
Connie Brigham rejects steady Bob Merrill for the impulsive Don Baxter who unexpectedly marries yesterday. Uncle Ralph predicts consequences as Connie realizes she herself is the one Don chose, leaving her torn between thrill and stability.
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Uncle Ralph
Constance
Connie Brigham
Ralph
Connie
Bob Merrill
Don Baxter
Don
Donald Baxter
Bob ‘Merrill
Bob
Tack
Locusts a Boon to Argentina
Locusts once a crop menace are being repurposed by Argentina’s agriculture ministry as a resource. Ranchers gathered over 4500 tons last year, dried, ground into meal, and used as fertilizer. Early spring campaigns in the north aim to curb the plague with 2000 to 3000 tons of locust meal fertilizer expected this year.
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Argentina
Ministry of Agriculture
Plumville Community Notes Include Visits and Moves
Carrie Rearick visits niece Rob ert Houser while Blair Frailey stays with his in laws Ralph and Mrs Ramer. Garfield Wood remains a pneumoniac patient. Janet Ramer spending weeks with Irvin and Mrs Kelly in Vandergrift. Dan Clarke visited Indiana. Homer Kauffman family moved to Raleton near Plumcreek bridge. Rebecca Miller works in Garfield Wood home. Gene Johnston and son from Advance visited Wm Orr. Bertha Wimmer staying with brother in law Carl Armstrong and wife.
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Blair Frailey
Ralph Ramer
Howard Kimmel
R. B. Miller
Garfield Wood
Janet Ramer
Irvin Kelly
Vandergrift
Dan Clarke
Indiana
Homer Kauffman
Meyers Kimmel
Raleton
Plumcreek Bridge
Rebecca Miller
Grant Rearick
Eleanor
Blanco
Robert Houser
Gene Johnston
Advance
Wm. Orr
Bertha Wimmer
Carl Armstrong
Weekend Notes and Oddities From Chambersville
Local society items recount visits and weekend stays across Chambersville including Harry Wells and family, Rebe Kirk at Punxsutawney, and calls on Chas Brady’s family. A Crooked Creek church notice, a New Year dog tribute at a restaurant, a newspaper subscription offer, and a comic exchange wrap the page.
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Harry Wells
Rebe ‘Kirk
Punxsutawney
Harold Reames
Namine
Ida Banks
Paul Brady
Barr
Chas
Indiana
Walter Bartholomew
Mrs.Cuddy
Atwood
Harold Waterson
Willett
Emma Bothell
Frank Kirk
Luthersburg
Jane Blanchard
Ernest
Bebe Kirk
Crooked Creek Church
Pooch
Ben Avon
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the Cigarette Girl
Plumville
Carrie Rearick
Chambersville
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
R.D
Indiana County
O'Jawish
First National Bank
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Studebaker
Chevrolet
Chanics
Indiana, Pa