Flame of the Border Across the Rio Grande
Sonya Savarin abandons her life with Starr Stone as El Capitan Diablo’s followers seize her in a Mexican outpost. She endures captivity in a moonlit adobe house while fearing for Starr and awaiting the master’s next move. The night deepens with danger, desire, and looming fate.
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Mexico
el Capitan Diablo
el Capitan
Senorita
Sonya
Carlotta
el Diablo
Manuel
Quatro
Senora
Selief
Conchita
Concha
Madre
Tne
Quince
Starr Stone
Sonya Savarin
Myra
Neidlingers
Beelzebub
Morrow
The Empty Desert Tragedy Returns in Savarin Case
At the adobe house of Serge Savarin fear and anger grip him over his sister's disappearance. Investigators question Parks at the store about the last sighting and the location of Miss Savarin's saddlebags. The storekeeper resists insinuations as he grants permission to search the store. TO BE CONTINUE.
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Serge Savarin
Hosteen Nez
Bad Canyon
Parks
Miss Savarin
Serge
Mr. Marston
Sonya
Mr. Parks
Fairbury Land Fresh Start Relief Tract announced
Nebraska plans a 87 acre rural rehabilitation tract near Fairbury to be divided into ten 6 acre units with timber land. Ten standard homes plus barns chicken houses will be built for relief tenants chosen from relief rolls. Construction begins soon with CCC help and aims at eventual contract sale to occupants.
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Lincoln
Fairbury
L. A. White
White
Nebraska
Kearney
Soil Division
University of Nebraska Extension Service
CCC
Cornhusking Contest Planned for Nebraska State Meet
Tom Leadley of the Nebraska Farmer announces a state cornhusking contest to select a champion bound for Minnesota's national tourney. The date targets November 1 or 2 with preliminary county events in late October across eastern and central Nebraska. The field conditions will guide the final site choice after the state fair.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Minnesota
Tom Leadley
Nebraska Farmer
Elkhorn
Platte
Platte River
Leadley
Sherman Henriksen
Eagle
Neb
Henriksen
Nebraska seeks 724000 more for September relief quota
Federal Relief Agent Haynes asks Washington to raise Nebraska’s September allotment by 724000 to 1996215 total, up from August 1272000. Major increases cover cattle feed under drought aid, reconditioning Nebraska City packing plant for sheep slaughter, and reimbursing August meat processing contracts. Additional needs in direct relief drought relief and rural rehabilitation boost disbursements.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Federal Relief Administration
Haynes
Washington
Hopkins
Drouth
Nebraska City
1500 Trees Die In Kearney Park Wastings
A drought blamed the death of more than 1500 trees planted two years ago at Fort Kearney State Park. The loss ends Arbor Day efforts as documented in a letter from Wallace Thorton, secretary of the Kearney Chamber of Commerce, to O I Lundeen of Hastings. The trees were planted by the Nebraska State Game Forestation Department and reflect widespread moisture shortages.
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Kearney Park
Fort Kearney State Park
Wallace Thorton
Kearney
Nebraska pheasant season risked by drought and heat
Deputy game warden C. A. Gray warns Nebraska’s pheasant season may be cut short as drought dries eggs and young birds. He cites May hatchlings dying from lack of moisture and July eggs cooked by extreme heat, leaving hatch rates near zero.
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Nebraska
C. A. Gray
Gray
Wayne Plans Start on Three Buildings With Funded Support
Construction will begin soon on three Wayne buildings. A total of 70000 is set aside for a new community house including a 25000 bond issue a 9000 grant 20000 city contributions and 6000 from the Wayne Woman's club. A contract was let for a Wayne telephone office and bids are in from Washington for a new post office building.
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Wayne
Wayne Woman's Club
Washington
Nebraska beer tax sets monthly record in August surge
Nebraska state beer tax revenue for August climbs to 34 111 dollars in first two days, surpassing July and June figures as the month progresses. State agriculture department collects the tax with most funds directed to the general fund. A separate letter from J R Carnahan prioritizes conservation and drought relief projects over highway construction, suggesting trench silos and community sitios as relief work.
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Nebraska
State Agriculture Department
J. R. Carnahan
Drouth
Carnahan
Nebraska slips to eighteenth in 1933 wholesale trade
Nebraska ranks eighteenth among 48 states and the District of Columbia in 1933 total wholesale trade with 3,280 establishments and 16.6 million dollars in full-time wages plus 0.7 million in part-time pay. Employment rose through 1933 with December showing notable gains and year-end totals reflecting growth over January. New York leads with 25.79 percent of national wholesale trade. Nevada remains last with 0.03 percent.
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Nebraska
District of Columbia
United States
Bureau of the Census
Washington
William L. Austin
Bureau
Kansas
New York State
Nevada
Nebraska farmers sell cattle to federal government
Nebraska farmers had received 879630 dollars by August 16 as 117598 cattle were purchased for government from the state. H J Gramlich state director announced after an auditor's report from Kansas City. Daily quota stands at 6000 head and will continue for ten days or more per Dr W W Sheets national director.
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Nebraska
H. J. Gramlich
Kansas City
W. W. Sheets
Gramlich
President Receives Report On Employment Gains Since 1933
Washington Roosevelt received a document led by Donald R. Richberg showing total employment rising to 40,180,000 in June 1954, up 4,120,000 since March 1933. It credits NRA hours reductions and notes improved corporate profits, business stabilization, and fewer failures as signs of economic recovery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
Executive Council
NRA
United States
Department of Labor
National
Richberg
Third Degree on Russ Prisoners Charged
Moscow reports claim Russian prisoners in Manchukuo endured brutal treatment to extract confessions. Soviet dispatches from Khabarovsk allege railway workers were beaten and forced to confess sabotage along the Chinese Eastern Railway under direction of the far eastern red army. Japanese gendarmes are said to have assisted in arrests, raising concern over Japan’s involvement.
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Moscow
Manchukuo
Khabarovsk
Red Army
Japan
National Hotel Strike Threat Ends Pay Off Elimination
Boston mass reports a nationwide hotel workers strike threat. John J. Kearney acting president of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance and Bartenders League of America warns 710,000 workers would strike if the day off pay off is removed by Washington code authorities.
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Boston
Mass
Washington
John J. Kearney
Hotel and Restaurant Employees’ International Alliance
Bartenders’ League of America
Hotel and Restaurant Code Authority
23000 Stores Back Drive Against Food Profiteers
In a pledge to President Roosevelt, 23000 stores vow cooperation to curb food profiteering after the crash. F H Massman of Chicago, president of the Association of Food and Grocery Chain Stores of America, commends the administration for protecting consumers from unwarranted price increases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
F. H. Massman
Chicago
Association of Food and Grocery Chain Stores of America
Oldest Native Texan Dies Under Five Flags
Temple Texas mourns Amanda Bry ant Fetterly who died at 98, the oldest native Texan. Funeral rites featured five flags over her bier representing France Mexico the Republic of Texas the Confederacy and the United States.
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Temple
Texas
Amanda Bryant Fetterly
France
Mexico
Republic of Texas
Southern Confederacy
United States
Won't Surrender Blue Eagle In Dallas
The Pacific Ice and Cold Storage company in Dallas refused to surrender its NRA Blue Eagle insignia to the Post Office department as ordered.
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Blue Eagle
Dallas
Texas
Pacific Ice and Cold Storage Company
NRA
Post Office Department
Three Killed by Train in Nebraska Collision
In Dunning Nebraska a car was struck by a freight train killing Joseph A Mattox aged 56 and his two daughters Ellen 32 and Mable 14. The accident occurred as their vehicle broke and stalled on the tracks. Local authorities investigated the fatal crash on the Nebraska broken bow line.
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Bow
Neb
Joseph A. Mattox
Ellen
Mable
Dunning
Records of Age and the Doubt of Centenarians
A Boston Transcript essay notes that after age seventy it becomes hard to verify a person's true age as vital statistics fade and memory falters. Celebrities have clear records, but obscure individuals lack trustworthy beginnings, leaving age claims as hearsay and family traditions. The piece compares biblical longevity with modern observations and cites Moses’ traditional 120 years.
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Zara Agha
George IV
Wellington
Waterloo
Napoleon
Moses
Joshua
Boston Transcript
Huckleberry Soil Prompts Iron Corrosion Warning
Science Service reports that huckleberry patches indirectly cause corrosive action on iron, warning against laying pipelines through beds where these succulents grow. The note cites corroded iron supports in an electrical line due to acid soil and CO2, referencing Metals and Alloys.
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Science Service
Metals and Alloys
Crazy Water Crystals offer home mineral water relief
An advertisement claims Crazy Water Crystals deliver natural mineral water benefits at home without travel or high shipping costs. It touts relief from rheumatic aches arthritis neuritis and stomach issues and urges readers to try the product from Crazy Water Co Mineral Wells Texas noting a standard box price is affordable.
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Europe
America
Craz Water Co
Mineral Wells
Texay
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WNU
the Rio Grande
New York City
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Muchacha
State News
Donald Richberg
National Hotel
Huckleberries
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