Ranger Breck confronts nesters fire fight on Lost Horse trek
Breck and Jacksons cowpunchers battle at night on a mountain dome as Breck captures a Brown outfit gunman. The raid triggers a forest fire search toward Lost Horse Creek with Breck guiding nesters to respond, while a storm looms and the Potholes area is mapped for danger.
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Breck
Kit
Jackson
Bald Dome
Mac
Fred
Johnny
Cook
Rock House
Lost Horse Creek
Lost Horse
Donny
Bear Trap Ride Ends as Dry Weather Hangs On
Breck stays by the phone near Rock House Station through early July as Kern Peak reports no clouds and constant humidity. He fears smoke readings rise from the drought as he and Cook await rain and monitor Donny’s line for any signs of danger.
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Rock House
Donny
Breck
Donaldson
Kern Peak
Bear Trap
Cook
Sierras
Cannibals Prefer Relatives to White Men in New Guinea Tale
An ornithologist with the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences reports from Dutch New Guinea that cannibals of the Karoon tribe favor eating relatives over outsiders. He describes tribal punishment, cannibal feasts, and notes the tribe’s favorable features while cautioning about their concealed motives.
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Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Dutch New Guinea
Philadelphia United Press
Detroit Free Press
Philadelphia
New Guinea
Henna the Shrub and Its Ancient Dye Use
Henna is a shrub from the loose strife family native to tropical Asia. It has been cultivated as a dye plant in India Arabia and Egypt since prehistoric times. Leaves yield an orange dye used for hair and leather coloring. women in the Orient stain nails dating back 4000 years in Egypt as shown by mummies. Flowers are used in perfumery and embalming.
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Asia
India
Arabia
Egypt
Orient
Bayer relief method for colds promises fast relief
The ad outlines a simple Bayer aspirin based method to ease cold discomfort and fever. It instructs taking two tablets with water, or dissolving three tablets to gargle when the throat is raw, and suggests continuing Bayer Aspirin under medical advice. It touts speed and authenticity with a price of 25 cents for twelve tablets.
First to Act Among the Wise
A proverb notes the brain acts before the mouth in quick thinking. It highlights prudent speech and measured response, urging restraint and consideration before words. The saying emphasizes intellect guiding action in social exchanges.
Creomulsion Ad Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
An advertisement urges readers to try Creomulsion for chest cold bronchial irritation and coughs. It claims the product reaches the source of trouble soothes inflamed membranes and loosens germ laden phlegm with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Our Will Our Will and Mind
A concise reflection on the power of choice over intellect attributed to Edmund Waller. The phrase emphasizes volition guiding destiny rather than intellect alone.
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Edmund Waller
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OH. C. Wire
WNU Ser
Harold Channing
Ranger
Brown
Black Mountain
Temple
Weller
Slim
Nesters
Tillson
International Council of Religious Education
Peter
John
Christ
J. C. Ryle
Jesus
John Wesley
Harold
Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
H. C. Nichols
M. D
Grand Island, Neb
Franklin
Aderfal Liniment
Doan
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