Adventurous Dana Daughter At Center Of Airflight Scandal
Sarah Lynn Dana, sought by Detroit society youth Duncan Van Doren, falls under pressure from family to marry. After a chaotic series of events involving Gunnar Thorwald and a roadhouse, she experiences a drugged flight, public suspicion, and a domestic plea to go abroad. Sally Ann Dana orchestrates a bold rescue and plan to train her as an aviatrix.
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Sarah Lynn Dana
Dana
Danavale
Calif
Adelaide
Duncan van Doren
Detroit Society
Danas
Sally Ann Dana
Sally Ann
Lynn
Sarah Lynn
Bill
Miss Pennington
Penny
Keaton Dana
Jim Allison
Fresno
Gunnar
Kitty Medill
Canavale
Uncle Lynn
Ladybugs Learn to Fly in Dawn of a New Era
Sarah Lynn Dana receives a red Gipsy Moth named LADYBUG from Great Granny and Uncle Lynn as a birthday gift. She plans to pursue private pilot training with Le Roy, starting the next day after a brief physical and exam, while family members cheer her bold leap into flight.
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Sarah Lynn
Duncan van Doren
San Francisco
Duncan
Penny
Greatgranny
Uncle Lynn
Miss Pennington
Larry Lynn
Lynn Dana
Granny
Conrad Jordan
Gunnar Thorwald
First Flight in My Own Plane Sparks Ecstatic Joy
Sarah Lynn revels in a solo flight in a Gipsy Moth at San Jose airport. Gunnar Thorwald arrives as a Norwegian ace drives her home, while the family plans a Felton trip and the reporter snaps a photo of the momentous birthday flight.
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Santa Cruz Mountains
Canavale
San Jose
Sarah Lynn
Hermod
Hermes
Mercury
Conrad Jordan
Gunnar
Glendale
Dana
Gunnar Thorwald
Jordan
Granny
Uncle Lynn
Felton
Human head growth and brain size through history
A New York Sun report notes Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian findings that head size increases with age. It cites Sir Flinders Petrie and records skull capacities from Aleutian finds to famous figures, arguing brain weight alone does not index intelligence.
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Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
New York Sun
Flinders Petrie
The
Smithsonian
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Hrdlicka
Turgenev
Novelist
Daniel Webster
Bismarck
Beethoven
Kant
Napoleon
Walt Whitman
Mallow's 19th Century Uses in Mahomet
The account describes mallow as common in Mahomet's era. Eating mallow in the morning was thought to ward off disease. An ointment made from mallow was believed to cure witchcraft effects and protect skin from burns caused by hot metal.
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Walter C. Alvarez
H. Corwin Hinshaw
Mayo Clinic
Mahomet
How Sew by Ruth Wyeth Spears Book 2 Offer
Instructions describe embroidering borders with light and dark threads on various fabrics. The ad promotes Mrs. Spears Book No 2 for handwork projects including embroidery stitches fabric repair and table settings with a 25 cent postpaid offer and mailing address in Chicago Illinois.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Light-Hearted Fashions For a Gay Vacation Patterns
Summer style ideas for easy bright casual wear with patterns for slacks bolero topper and the adorable dirndl. Barbara Bell patterns 1332 and 1480 target sizes 12 to 20 with yardage and trimming details included. Send 15 cents for the Spring Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Apples in Canada since 1635 map growth and regions
The text notes apples grown in Canada since 1635 with cider and vinegar aims evolving into a $10,000,000 annual commercial production. Principal growing areas include Nova Scotia’s Annapolis and Cornwallis valleys, the St John valley in New Brunswick, southern Quebec and Ontario, and British Columbia interior valleys.
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Canada
Annapolis
Cornwallis
Nova Scotia
St. John River
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
India’s little holy men live austere lives in villages
Collier s Weekly notes that many young boys as young as twelve renounce worldly ties. They smear ash on their bodies and dwell beneath trees with disciples older than grandfathers who worship them as gods.
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India
Collier's Weekly
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Ruth Comfort Mitchell
Copyright
D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc
Chapter
Edwin
Adelaide Dana
Barten
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
Ferry
Ferry- Morse Seed-Breeding Institute
Ferry- Morse Seed Co
Detroit
Ferry's
Lowell
Coleman Lamp and Stove CO
Wichita
Kans
Seneca
Arkansas
Ft. Smith
Hse
A.iresa Btn
Elser Pail Julian
Woodlawn Ave
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