Rescue on the brink of fire unites Joe and Mandy
Amanda Parlow and Joseph Stagg flee a forest fire with Carolyn May aboard a buckboard. Stagg shields Mandy and the child as flames close in, dragging Cherry to safety on a lake shore. Back home, Mandy nurses Joe’s burns while neighbors whisper of their reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stage
Hannah
Carlyn
Uncle Joe
Cherry
Joseph
Amanda
Joe
Mandy
Joseph Stagg
Carey
Joseph Stage
Carolyn May
Trince
Hollow
Carlyn May
Mr. Stagg
Uils
Miss Amanda
Miss
Joe Stagg
Aunty Rose
Rose
Mandy Parlow
Two's Company Amid Forest Fire Near Sunrise Cove
Joseph Stagg leads a weary party including Amanda Parlow and Carolyn May along a burned forest shore toward The Corners after a wildfire neared Sunrise Cove. Reaching nine, Jedidiah Parlow organizes rescues as villagers greet the escaped trio and the hardware dealer’s fate hangs on a relieved return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codier
Carolyn May
Miss Amanda
Joseph Stagg
Amanda Parlow
Jedidiah Parlow
Rose
Mr. Parlow
Cherry
Liam
Candlestick Craft Surges as War Limits Gas Use
In wartime France shortages shift households back to candles. Brass replaces copper in candlestick production, with artistic multi branch designs gaining popularity. An Aix metal marker, now renowned, creates tall iron candlesticks praised by critics as true art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Aix
Scientific American
Serbian Soldiers Move Steadily on Long Marches
The account notes Serbian peasants and troops as adept walkers, often traveling twenty to twenty five miles home or to market over two days. It highlights their mobility despite limited railway links and describes troops marching light with bread bag and occasional cigarettes and plum cognac.
Salvage Club Letter About Wartime Dental Bill
A wife writing to a Salvage club official asks about her husband Bert whose teeth were lost at the front. She wonders if she must continue installment payments and asks the club to intervene to resolve the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvage Club
London
Air Speed Indicator Helps Pilots Read Flight Level
The air speed indicator shows a pilot speed through the air and helps determine ascent or descent. If level flight is 100 mph, speeds above indicate descent and below indicate climb. The instrument also has a fore and aft level, but pilots rely mainly on the air speed indicator for vertical position.
Misery to relief via Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Lizzie Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa reports years of misery with weakness and pains and says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound brought instant relief. The advertisement urges women suffering from displacements irregularities inflammation ulceration backache nervousness or menopause to try the root and herb remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizzie Courtney
8Th Ave
West
Courtney
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Automobile Value Question Sparks Cash-Value Debate
A provocative line asks if a $200 car with two $50 horns mirrors a broader tendency. The remark suggests widespread skepticism about perceived bargain prices and value in used vehicles, hinting at market cynicism.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dodd, Mead
Arolyni
Ruth Belmore Endicott
Ued
David Roberts
Sioux City
Dent. E
Boston
Pierce
John Mulhall
Lows
Dean
South Dakota
W. Drage
Aberdeen
S. D
Doan
England
America
Alburn CO
Buffalo
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!