Romance and Ann in a College Garden Romance
Dugan is a dreamy teen heroine who waits as Carl Pratt, her steady, returns from college seeking marriage. A third suitor, Stephen Van Dyke, crashes their dance and is exposed as a thief by Carl and detectives. Carl’s news of a jailbreak ending engagement fear is replaced by a run toward marriage after graduation in the psychology department.
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NN Dugan
Ann
Spring
Dugans
Carl
Carlton Pratt
Stephen
Stephen van Dyke
van Dyke
Tom
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Unscientific Superstitions Debunked in Common Belief
A writer in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat debunks long held superstitions about animals and luck. It notes ostriches do not bury their heads, eagles are scavengers, and snakes cannot inject poison with their tongues. It argues that many myths fade as history and science advance.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
United States
Nero
Cow Birds Among The Laziest Of Birds
A Washington Star correspondent notes the cowbird rides cattle to feed on disturbed insects and follows cattle at grazing pace. The species lays eggs in other birds nests, relying on foster mothers to raise its young without being noticed.
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Washington Star
Self Opening Parachute Design Promises Safe Descent
The article explains how parachutists must pull a cord after exiting the plane to release the parachute bag for a gentle landing. A timing device can auto open the chute, removing the human element and enabling precise drops of mail or supplies to a chosen landing spot.
Life of Meriwether Lewis Explorer and Governor
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark opened the Missouri River route to the Pacific. Lewis, born 1774 near Charlottesville, served as Jefferson’s private secretary, led Northwest exploration, and became governor of northern Louisiana in 1807. His 1809 death near Nashville remains a mystery, with competing theories of suicide or foul play.
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Meriwether Lewis Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Lewis
Charlottesville
Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
Nashville
Tenn
Pathfinder Magazine
Elephant shaped house rises in Margate City USA
The world’s strangest residence sits in Margate City USA built like a giant elephant. Body 88 feet long with 80 feet circumference and legs 22 feet long. Glass eyes 18 inches wide. Howdah forms an open air sunshine room on the back. The house, visible eight miles away, has 22 windows, six rooms, and two hind-leg spiral staircases. A memorial to an elephant the owner loved.
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Howdah
Margate City
Garfield Was an Preacher
James A Garfield was a lay preacher of the Disciples church before becoming President. Born in a log cabin he pursued education, studied law, served in Congress, and as a Union general. He was wounded in a Washington station waiting room and died after 80 days of suffering on September 19, 1882.
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Garfield
James A. Garfield
Disciples' Church
Williams College
Seckor
Washington
Community News Briefs and Local Visits
Miss Avondell Mitchell returned home to Hhensburg after two months with her aunt Mrs Jerry Lear. Numerous visits from residents of Armagh Indiana Wilkinsburg Blairsville and Greensburg are noted along with church figures Rev A M Landis and Rev George of Ohio. Several residents suffer minor injuries illnesses and social events including birthdays and a summer stay for Paul Brown with Linus McHenry.
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Edna
Kathleen
Dean
Clymer
A. R. Smith
R. B. Smith
Clearfield
George Lewis
Sadie Alters
Harry Reynolds
Wilkinsburg
H. C. Anderson
Walter
Sara
Walker
Frank Lambing
Apollo
R. B. McNeil
Charles
Saltsburg
Blanche Wray
Pittsburg
Wray
Shady Plain
Alfred Bair
T. C. Bair
Bair
Todd Boden
S. F. Boden
Tnaiana
A. W. Boden
Sarah King
Indiana
William Davis
Charles Black
George Black
Joe Taylor
Nioma Stewart
Cecil Learn
Homer City
Roy George
Bell Campbell
Akron
Iva Duncan
Linus McHenry
George Latimer
Goldie McHenry
Fietzionuts
Alexander B. George
Ohio
George
Marlin Silvig
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McCluren Newspaper Syndicate
NN Service
H. Jay Bowser
Henry Pepler
Wintondale
Charles W. Sutton
Robert Nixon
Blairsville
Mrs. Noah
Greensburg
Mr. Noah
Lawson Bowers
Ada Walbeck
Wm. Penn Highway
Virginia Robinson
John Robinson
Russell Betts
Derry
Boyd St. Clair
Forrest Walbeck
Nora St. Clair
Lydia
Forrest St. Clair
Ruth Arford
Culver
Francis Hall
Arthur Bowser
Curt Cunningham
Robert
Dewitt Cunningham
Pitcairn
Frank Shomo
Robins
Paul Brown
Indiana Progress
Indiana County
Bix
Indiana Progress Pictorial Review
Country Home
Poultry Tribune
Woman's Home Companion
Pathfinder
Pennsylvania Farmer
McCall’s Magazine
Indiana Progress Country Home Breeder's Gazette
Poultry Tribune Country Home
Science & Mechanics
Silver Screen
Pennsylvania
Country Home Delineator Magazine
Better Homes & Gardens
Pictorial Review
Indiana Progress Breeder's Gazette
McCall's Magazine
Woman's Home Companye
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Post-Gazette
American Home
Pathkinder
Parents
Country Home CO
Pennsylvania Farmer Household
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Needlecraft
Christian Herald
Collier's Weekly
Life
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Red Book
Woman’s Home Companion
Wonder Stories
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