Cowboys and Speed Race Plot at Flying Heart Ranch
The Flying Heart Cowboys mourn a prized phonograph lost after a key foot race with a Centipede ranch cook. J Wa ingford Speed, Yale cheerleader, Culver Ovington, and Junelen Blake feature in a house party as Speed trains under trainer Larry Glass while Roberta Keap and Mrs. Keap plot to secure Speed’s win for Helen Blake’s romance. Speed’s rivalries mix with dramatic entanglements as preparations for a crucial race unfold amid vanity, deception, and high stakes.
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Flying Heart Ranch
Centipede
Flying Heart
J. Waingford Speed
Yale
Culver Ovington
Junelen Blake
Speed
Covington
Fresno
Glee Club
Branford University
Helen
Cowboys
Glass
Willie
Man
Omaha
Larry
Peed
Mrs. Keap
Jack
Wrestler Speed Trains Under Cold Water Trial
In a grim scene at a gym, Wally is dunked under a cold water shower as trainer Glass pushes for tough conditioning. Speed endures shocks and slaps, while observers note his rising pace and a claim of a forty second mile as the group debates pneumonia risk and training rigor.
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Larry
Wally
Glass
Stover
Wille
Willie
Eigin
Fresno
Salvator
California
Speed
Bill
Active plant extracts from fresh material using Perrot method
The French chemist Professor Perrot and M. Goris develop a method to extract active plant principles from fresh plants. They claim their extracts preserve alkaloids glucosides and diastases in native complexes, yielding stable water soluble preparations unlike traditional dried-plant extracts.
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Perrot
Paris School of Pharmacy
M. Goris
Mutual Forbearance in Albany Hearing Incident
Margaret Wilson, daughter of the president, attended a legislative hearing in Albany’s assembly chamber and was placed on the speaker’s high seat. A political healer identified her, stared briefly, then remarked he would not speak to her since she had not spoken to him.
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Glass
New York
Tam Worlang
Margaret Wilson
Assembly
Albany
French Sea Captains Navigate Atlantic to Newfoundland Banks
The article notes French captains sail to Newfoundland banks each spring with 280 vessels, 240 from Normandy and Brittany. They use latitude observations but lack chronometers, estimating longitude by guesswork. Return trips rely on rough position at transatlantic liner lanes. About 7,500 men work the fishery, marching France in March, 14 to 45 days at sea, earning average under $160 for seven months.
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Atlantic
Newfoundland
Normandy
Brittany
English Channel
France
Queer Funeral Customs of the Andaman Islanders
The Andaman natives drop deceased parents into the sea on ropes and leave them to decay to bones. A watcher sits by the house to guard the bones as a sign of love and respect. The bones are hung high to thwart evil spirits from finding them. If a bone is stolen, a dreadful calamity is foretold.
Free homesteads in Western Canada offer large 160 acre parcels
The advertisement notes thousands of free 160 acre homesteads in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta available by filing a filing fee and three year residency. It argues Western Canada promises strong returns through grain mixed farming and cattle with timber and water access abundant, plus cheaper lands from railways and private sellers.
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U. S
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dawn of the New Day
A reflective excerpt on the quiet unfolding of a new day. Each moment arrives unlabeled, offering unknown chances and losses, while individuals move through time in private, unseen worlds. From A Kingdom of Two by Helen R. Albee.
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Helen R. Albee
Tickle-Dean Mentho Drops Halt Cough at Drug Stores
An old advertisement claims Dean’s Mentholated Cough Drops stop coughs by addressing the cause. It promotes shelf availability at local drug stores and appeals to consumers seeking effective relief.
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Dean
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Indiana
Brown Country
Kern
Saturday Evening Post
Darerns
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