Tent Confrontation Ends With Rider Captive
In a canyon stakeout Sandy and Sam foil rival riders by setting a canvas tent on a rock. A chase ends with Sol Wyatt knocked from his pony and captured. The trio plan to hand him to Plimsoll while moving camp before dawn to avoid further conflict.
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Sandy
Sam
Mormon
Willows
Sol Wyatt
Plim
Hawss
Inter Camp
Plimsoll
Wyatt
Sol
Three
Jim Plimsoll
Cere
Wade
Clash at Plimsoll Camp Tightens Noose Over Gambler
In Casey Town, Sandy Rourke confronts gambler Plimsoll during a tense poker table showdown. Wyatt and the Three Star partners enter with threats as Sandy warns of dawn violence. A New York visitor, Bourke, arrives to press business, witnessing a personal settlement that may end Plimsoll’s schemes.
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Slimsolf
Plimsoll
Wyatt
Bill Brandon
Brandon
Sandy
Waterline Ranch
Three Star Outfit
Jem
Plimsoll Down
Mormon
Sam
Russell
Temple of Chance
Sands
Tonneau
New York
Bourke
Sandy Bourke
Keith
Sandy Rourke Outsmarts Plimsoll In Mining Camp Showdown
In a tense standoff at a mining camp gambling shack, Sandy Rourke tests Plimsoll with capital’s backing near a looming sunlit Sawtooth peak. Keith arrives as Plimsoll, defeated, retreats to his cabin then flees on horseback, his plans thwarted and pride burned.
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Plimsoll
Sandy
Sam
Westlake
Sandy Rourke
Keith
Sawtooth Range
Flivver Creek
Grimes County Forms Permanent Good Roads Group
In Navasota Texas a Grimes County Good Roads Association was organized at a meeting in Anderson with about 250 members. Officers named include J T Swanson as president and T J Tucker as first vice president, Earl Yeager as second vice president, T P Buffington as treasurer, J B Leigh as temporary secretary, and a slate of directors. The group aims to establish a permanent county organization to promote better roads.
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Navasota
Tex
Grimes County Good Roads Association
Anderson
J. T. Swanson
T. J. Tucker
Earl Yeager
T. P. Buffington
J. B. Leigh
G. Stone
State Pro Statute Sparks Federal Probe
Austin reports a clash between federal prohibition enforcement and a Texas second-called session statute. The law makes the sheriff custodian of seized whiskey, risking federal prosecutions if evidence handling blocks surrender. Frank M. Cole and Governor Neff discussed whether cases switch to state or federal courts depending on arrests.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Frank M. Cole
Neff
Cole
United States
Grain crops expected smaller nationwide this year
The Agriculture Department reports overall grain crops will shrink this year except oats and barley which rise in planted acreages. Corn has not been reported yet. Winter wheat is forecast at 581.9 million bushels, slightly up from last month but 5 million below last year. Spring wheat projected at 236 million bushels, down 40 million from last year. Spring wheat acreage down 5.1 percent. Fruit crops, peaches and apples also smaller than last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Freight Car Loadings Reach Major Milestone in May Week
Rail freight car loadings totaled 1 014 029 during the week ending May 2, the second highest weekly total in U S history. Only two weeks have seen higher totals, with seven past million weeks all in 1920 or 1922. Merchandise and miscellaneous freight led with 590 180 cars, coal used 192 092 cars.
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Washington
United States
2 More Women Join the Army
Milwaukee and Buffalo women share testimonials praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Har Tig Warron of Milwaukee reports pain relief and renewed strength enabling daily work. Mrs J Grace of Buffalo says she gained appetite and energy after using the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lydia EB Pinkham
J. Grace
Oltz Avenue
Buffalo
N. Y
New Orleans Cotton Market Faces Uneasy Session
In New Orleans on Friday cotton traders showed unease amid abroad events. Early selling followed France rejecting German proposals, with a mid session steadiness before prices fell to lows after private Paris cables reported a strong note demanding end to allied military resistance.
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New Orleans
France
Paris
Germany
Crops Grown on Irrigated Lands Valued in Washington
The reclamation service said crops on its irrigation projects last year were valued at 653 million dollars from 1,169,000 harvested acres. Private land irrigated from the department’s reservoir sold water produced crops valued at 33 million dollars.
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Washington
Reclamation Service
Department of the Intenor
Yoakum votes to levy school tax on annexed territory
Four hundred sixty seven votes were cast in Yoakum Texas for a school tax of 60 percent on the $100 valuation in territory annexed to the city limits for school usage only. The measure passed 377 to 90 and the tax was set for 1923 and continued until discontinued.
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Yoakum
Tex
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Bellans Hot Water
Sure Relief
Sellans
Green Mountain
J. H. Guild
J. Guild CO
Rupert, VT
Winslow
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