Nancy Nelson Sails Into Pine Ridge Library Debut
In the wake of a market crash Nancy Nelson a nineteen year old sub debt and social rebel moves with cousin Columbine to Pine Ridge. A Nebraska style hero Matthew Adams helps as Nancy initiates a rural library project while romance and blizzards complicate life in a small town.
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Nancy Nelson
Colorado
Columbine
Nancy
Jack
Pine Ridge
Aurora Tubbs
Matthew Adams
Mark Adam
Luke
Jack Nelson
Nance
Matthew
Boston
Matthew Adam
Matthews
Unnamed youths improvise fire from seating material
In a scene from Chapter XVII, Jack uses a knife to peel leather from seats and stuffs excelsior to create a small fire as onlookers wonder where the empty milk can originated, while school books lie nearby.
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Jack
Night Blizzard Strands Children as Sister, Brother Strive
Amid a crushing blizzard a bus crewed by Jack and Nancy Nel son fight cold and hunger to keep a group of children alive. Jack vows to seek help despite fierce wind as the night darkens and dawn brings only peril.
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Jack
Nance
Paul Evans
Nancy
Joey Miller
Sis
Nance Nelson
Cousin Columbine
Evelyn
Govud
Tommy Osgood
Prairies
Photographer’s note saves misplaced photos
A young man from Weingarten in Württemberg had his photo misaddressed. The photographer affixed a proof to the outside of the envelope with the words To this gentleman in Weingarten. The photos reached the right recipient.
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Weingarten
Wurttemberg
Most Accurate Clock Claimed for Greenwich Observatory
A London firm is building what it claims to be the most accurate clock in the world. It will allegedly vary no more than a quarter of a second in a year and is intended for presentation to Greenwich Observatory.
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London
Greenwich Observatory
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Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats Co
Saskatoon
Sask
Miss Aladdin
Christine Whiting Parmenter
Bill
Tom Osgood
Eveready
Eveready Air
Canadian National Carbon Co., Limited
Toronto Winnipes
Man Eg
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TGA
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