Fleming's Folly continues with a bank clash and parole talks
Helen and Link pressure Otto Pieper at the Sickness Bank over funding the irrigation scheme and dam work. Buzz Hamilton's fate hangs in the air as references to past misdeeds and a parole plan surface amid tense negotiations and wary stares from the clerk Jimmy Farlane.
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Helen
Fleming
Roper
Stephen
Buzz Hamilton
Link
Tam
Buzz
Ames
Jim Hamilton
Burs
Nadrelly
Kngo
Elcir
Otto
Jimmy Farlane
Pieper
Bank scene shows tension over mortgage and dream note
In a quiet bank, Fleming argues with Helen Hamilton about funding a day dream and a second mortgage while Pieper warns against overreaching land speculation. The clerks listen as Fleming and Helen defend plans despite Otto’s insistence that eight hundred is trivial and impractical.
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Helena
Pieper
Link
Otto
United States Mint
Helen
Fleming
Atlan
Helen Hamilton
Vicks Plan Reduces School Absences From Colds
Record data from Size school show absences due to colds fell by almost half when following Vicks Plan for Better Control of Colds. Mothers and teachers support the plan and its simple steps to build resistance, keep hydration, exercise outdoors, and use Vicks VapoNol and VapoRub as directed.
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Sehior
Vicks Plan
Gine
Vicks Vatronol
Vicks
Alfalfa Dreams Amid Dam Construction Delays
In a hurried exchange, a speaker insists on faster work and more hiring to finish a dam. He envisions four alfalfa crops yearly and broad growth potential, promising a wonderful future as plans unfold and the scene shifts.
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Otto
Life Helps For This Week Devotional Reflection
A religious reflection urges viewing interruptions as divine discipline rather than wasted time. It emphasizes offering even small tasks to God and trusting that unfinished work will be completed in due time, with a quiet heart.
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H. Keay
New Soviet Exchange Rules Hit Moscow Food Prices
The New York Herald Tribune reports new Moscow exchange rules raise meal prices at the Tatour restaurant with boiled ham and salad at 2.40, salmon 1.40, bread 60 cents, reflecting higher living costs as bright youths consider summer trips to the city.
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Moscow
Fusela
New York Herald Tribune
New York Post
Photographic Scales Weigh Cosmic Rays At Earth
The American Physical Society in New York heard Dr. W F G Swann describe a photographic scale weighing cosmic rays at Earth's surface. The readings show rays penetrating the human body at dozens per minute have masses far less than expected, with protons under 10 percent and electrons comprising the majority, challenging Compton's earlier evidence.
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American Physical Society
New York
W. F. G. Swann
Bartel Institute
Philadelphia
Arthur H. Compton
University of Bent Men of
Swedish Bofors guns promise rapid anti airfire
Svenska Dagbladet reports Sweden's Bofors has delivered a new anti aircraft gun to the navy with 120 rounds per minute and continuous fire during ammo changes while another Bofors pen machine gun can fire 130 bullets per minute. Alctimos in the Arctic are trapping white foxes.
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Sweden
Svenska Dagbladet
Ask Your Doctor About Safe Use of Pain Remedies
A vintage notice urges consulting a physician before using pain remedies, touting Aspirin as a safe, fast-acting remedy for headaches and rheumatic pains. It emphasizes verifying safety with doctors and mentions Bayer’s aspirin tablets and brand mark on each tablet.
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Bayer By, Limited
Bayer
Abkhazian citizen reports 150 year old life claim
An Abkhazian official notes an investigation into a claim that Adieba Mazhagwa has lived to 150 years old. The republic on the eastern Black Sea shore, populated by farmers and shepherds, reportedly cites long life among its citizens with good health, memory, and vision.
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Black Sea
Republic of
Adieba Mazhagwa
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