Night Drifter and Navajo Doctor Entwine Fateful Encounters
Sonya Savarin, a self appointed physician on an Arizona sheep ranch, avoids marriage to Rodney Blake and nurses Moon, wife of Navajo Two Fingers. She forgives a repentant attacker, tracks a Border bandit linked figure Starr Stone, and falls for a mysterious renegade in Lone Mesa while supporting her Navajo friends.
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Bonya Savarin
Arizona
Sarge
Lila
Babs
Rodney Blake
Sonya
Little Moon
Two Fingers
Lone Mesa
el Capitan Diablo
Starr Stone
Blake
Hell's Edges
Savarin
Heaven
Hell
Desert Encounter Foretells Return of the Dark-Haired Doctor
Sonya meets a wandering old man guiding burros in the desert. He speaks of healing and God, hints that the dark-haired doctor may be pursued by a powerfully desired man, and says the one called Blue-eyed One seeks strength through faith. Sonya senses the looming presence of a renewed pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonya
Soul’s Covenant Revisited In Desert Meeting
Sonya and Starr Stone confess mutual love amid hardship on the Navajo frontier. He vows to aid her fight against poverty and illness, pledging to return despite danger as they renew their soul’s covenant and ride on to help the suffering.
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Sonya
Starr Stone
Serge
Babs
Lila
Tall Canyon
Hogan
Indigo the Blue Bunting Joins Peter Rabbit Tale
In a bedtime scene, Peter Rabbit meets Indigo the blue bunting and learns he is linked to the sparrow family. Indigo debates looks and kinship while Mrs Indigo worries about her own brood, and Chewink notes their large bird family.
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Eter Rabbit
Chewink
Peter
Indigo
Naturally Selfish Says Uncle Eben On Life Choices
Uncle Eben vents on human nature declaring some people you must take the best to avoid the worst. The quote reflects a blunt, local voice about selfishness and fairness.
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Uncle Eben
Typist Tillie Explains Typewriter Sleep Rule
Tillie says a stenographer must learn that a typewriter does not keep working while you sleep, a basic caution from a Bell Syndicate report distributed by WNU Service.
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Tillie
Bell Syndicate
WNU
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Service
Reader letters and humorous Q A from ED Wynn era
A collection of jokes and reader questions about wordplay and theater shows. Includes a riddle about peaches and gruesome, a quip about dying while standing, and a remark on changing stage content from singing to nudity as entertainment evolves.
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Mr. Wynn
Mothier’s Cook Book Orange Bread and Peach Cake
A historical recipe excerpt covers Orange Bread with flour baking powder salt egg milk sugar and candied orange peel baked after 15 minutes resting in a pan. It also describes Peach Cake Dessert with sponge cake rounds iced with orange flavored frosting and coconut plus a final apricot dish finished with citrus juices.
Country fashion debut three piece suit in blue and white
A dark blue and white three piece suit uses Chardonize yarn giving a boucle like texture. The straight skirt pairs with a swagger jacket and a fitted white blouse trimmed at the neck with navy aplique. Ideal for country use and town wear through summer into early fall.
Pen knife origin linked to quill pen era
The pen knife arose when people used quill pens and quills wore or broke. It became necessary to sharpen or reshape them at unexpected moments, and convenience led to a pocket knife carried for that purpose.
Birthday Eve Poem About Youth and Time
A reflective verse on the night before a birthday describes childhood as a bright sunlit path that cannot be recaptured. Time offers wisdom but the speaker wishes the carefree magic of youth could remain as the future promises paradise.
Graham Cracker Dessert and Apricot Recipe
A dessert method combines apricot puree with syrup and sugar then chills to ripen before serving with whipped cream. Alternate graham cracker crust layers with lemon apple sauce and cracker crumbs baked until set, then cooled in an ice chest and served with whipped cream.
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Western Newspaper Union
Parry Sound described as inlet and Ontario district
Parry Sound is an inlet of Georgian Bay in Canada about 70 miles northeast of Collingwood. It is also the name of a district in Ontario and a port of entry that serves as the district capital.
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Parry Sound
Georgian Bay
Canada
Collingwood
Ontario
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By Vingie E. Roe
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc
Chapter
Soul’s Covenant
An d'Oro
Red Blake
By Thornton W. Burgess
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Peter Rabbit
Latorra
Ike Latorra
Chicago
Century of Progress
United States
Mike
Girngigss
Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Chum
ED Wynn
M. Balmer
I. C
Associated Newspapers
WNWU
Mothier
Bren Plain
Ildhood
Paradise
Hex C. Wolfe
Coshocton
Ohio
George Anagnostache
Cleveland
Carol II
Wolfe
Romania
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