April Aboard the Ranch Departure Dilemma
In a reflective domestic scene Geoffery Rainsford weighs returning home from war with a plan to liquidate the ranch. Carlotta, who has kept faith with him, confronts the possibility of leaving their beloved climate and beauty for city life and travel with him. Gwen Dolyn longs for home and rain, while Geoffery contemplates partnership and a future together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlotta
Geoffery
Carotta
Gwen
Gwendolyn
Geoff
North Sea
Corner Stone Definitions and Historic Laying Ceremony
The corner stone is the stone at a building’s corner that unites walls and often starts a significant edifice. Ceremonies accompany its laying and the stone serves as a repository for documents and coins. Its origin traces back to ancient times with biblical reference in Job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Fevered confession in a hospital bed tale
A delirious patient pesters Nurse Dorothy and Nurse Saunders with feverish quips while a dramatic car crash romance unfolds nearby. A witty intern notes the room’s social bustle as the lovers execute a playful thermometer scene before the patient’s condition improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Saunders
Jerry
Always Helpful OB BRADLEY’s plan to charm a brunette
Bob, angry at Alene Newton for dumping him, hatches a scheme to win back her favor with Joe’s help. He visits Joe Benet’s soda fountain asking for a bonfire brunette and a peace offering, while Joe slyly orchestrates a prank by informing Alene of Bob’s romantic troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OB Bradley
Joe Benet
Joe
Bob
Alene Newton
Cab Calloway
Alene
Inter-City
Twenty-second Street
Frog Crawford
Frog
Bill
Whale shark feeds like whale in surface plowing motion
The whale shark feeds by skimming the surface and scooping small fish crabs and jellyfish into its enormous mouth. Water is strained by its gills then the prey is crushed by about 3 000 file like teeth and passed to the stomach through a narrow gullet.
The Bible of a Man Named Happy Syracuse Mudd
A bookstore clerk Julius Sadler lures Benchley Davenport Rugg through a ruse. He mails deluxe Bibles COD to obituaries, tracing Rugg by names in papers. The young man reveals Happy Syracuse Mudd as a fabrication and exposes Sadler as inventor of the persona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Sadler
Benchley D. Rugg
Mr. Sadler
Benchley Davenport Rugg
Sadler
Mr. Rugg
Syracuse Mudd
Boozers Taxi Service Introduces Blotta Special
In San Antonio Texas taxi firms offer a new service for intoxicated drivers. Two drivers respond to a call, one transports the drunk home while the other follows with the car. The double fare service is pitched as safer than a drunk driving himself home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Crown of Thorns describes Bryan's 1896 Democratic nominating fight
The piece recalls the 1896 Democratic convention with 13 serious contenders and “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman challenging delegates. It highlights William Jennings Bryan’s dramatic speech against the gold standard, his defiant “crown of thorns” pledge, and his eventual nomination before McKinley’s victory.
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William Jennings Bryan
Ben” Tillman
South Carolina
Bryan
New York
McKinley
Dayton
Tennessee
Western Newspaper Union
Small Town Social News and Visits Highlights
Creekside reports a wedding at the home of Harry Fisher for Ray Huston and spouse. Attendants include Luther Sutton and Minnie Clark. Local residents travel to Pittsburgh and visit hospitals. Grange dance at Rustic Lodge. funerals, family visits, and kinship ties noted among Johnston, Bates, McKinney, Kimmell, Dixson, Hopkins, Wallace, and Marshall families.
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Creekside
Luther Sutton
Minnie Clark
Ray ‘Huston
Harry Fisher
Local social notes and visits from Armagh area
Blacklick Miss Dillie Cunningham of Armagh dined with J A Shrom on Monday evening. Mr and Mrs George Campbell returned from two months with relatives in Chattsworth Georgia. W A Ward and JC Smith were business callers in Johnstown. Collegiate Club hosted a card party at Wayside Inn Friday. Mr and Mrs R O Trexler of Armagh visited friends here. Bernard Brown from Cleveland spent Friday with J R Geary. Ladies Aid Presbyterian covered dish dinner at Alice Rugh's Thursday. Junior Civic Club presented program at Civic club meeting Tuesday. County Agent D W Warner showed motion pictures The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to RD readers. $5.50.
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Bernard Brown
Cleveland
J. R. Geary
Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church
Alice Rugh
Civic Club
D. W. Warner
Community Notes from Micksburg and Nearby Areas
Sunday visitors and local visits are noted among residents from Pittsburgh Naw Castle Ford City and Kittanning. Banquet attendees include Mack Ayl Elmer Elkin B. B. Crawford Paul Stiteler and Quinten. An operation for hernia was performed at Punxsutawney hospital. Laurie Stiteler moves to Aliquippa and Mrs Stiteler is employed there.
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Micksburg
David Lewis
Theo
Foster
Dorothy
Thomas Edmunds
Pittsburgh
Shirley Faye
Kirk Faye
Naw Castle
David Edmunds
Margaret Bittinger
Ford City
Dodson
Paul Stiteler
Marshall Hyakell
New York City
Sylvia Crissman
Norma Jean
Kittannng
Rex Stiteler
Punxautawney
Plumville
Mack Ayl
Elmer Elkin
B. B. Crawford
Quinten
H. N. Haskell
Funxsutawney Hospital
George Dodson
Wm. Crissman
Kittanning
JB. B. Crawford
Clifford Caseby
Indiana
Laurie Stiteler
Gladys Hynkell
Wheeling
W. Va
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April
Happy Syracuse
Thal
Hagen We
Elmo Scott Watson
Burleson Johnston
Talmage Bates
Ruth
Mary Ellen ‘Bates
Allegheny General Hospital
Helen McKinney
Herrother
Neil McKinney
Our Grange
Rustic Lodge
Robert Johnston
Roy Short
John M Wingenfelter
Isabel Blose
Ted ‘Kimmell
Mr. Kimmel
New Kensington
Banks
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Past- Gazette
R. D
St.Clair, Rinn &Co
11Th & Phila. Sts
Indiana Motor CO
Buick Sales & Service
North Eighth Street
Indiana, Pa
Just
Buck and
Roe Shad
Stahuras’ Market
Indiana Lumber & Supply CO
Oak & Tenth Sts
Penna
R. W. Wehrle
Optometrist
Philadelphia St
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