Mountain Pact in a Silent Footfall
Dan Failing trails Bert Cranston who plans a forest fire on the mountain. Dan reveals himself to avert disaster and the two men confront in a tense, silent standoff amid the pines as night falls.
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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
8
To Shoot or Bluff Synopsis of a Western Tale
Dan Failing told by a doctor he has six months to live sits on a park bench pondering how to spend his remaining time. He travels to southern Oregon finds kinship with frontier legends and adapts to life in the Umpqua divide with Silas Lennon and family. He proves his nerves saving Lennox and himself from a mad coyote while learning of outlaws fire schemes and a plot twist involving traumatic loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuihu
Snowbird
Dan
Lennox
Dan Failing
Oregon
Silas Lennon
Bull
Umpqua
Dan Fallings
Bert Cranston
Landry Hildreth
Cranston
Hildreth
Whisperfoot
Lon
Island Women Financiers of Loo Choo Make Ware Trade
The Loo Choo Islands near Japan and Formosa supply red lacquer ware to Japan and China. Women of Naha and Shuri handle all merchandising and pricing, practicing strict one price selling. They wear upright carriage from carrying goods on their heads, balancing heavy items with ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loo Choo Islands
Japan
Formosa
China
Naha
Shuri
Town Crier Echoes Through French Village
An Eighteenth engineers member recalls a village near their camp where an old man drums on a street corner to announce news. With no newspaper, the townspeople learned of the armistice from the crier in the Spiker France area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Crier
France
Crier
Spiker
Riches Have Wings Commentary on Cost of Living
A brief remark notes that wealth seems to fly away as the cost of living rises, reflecting worries about enduring financial strain and limited purchasing power. The line suggests money loses value quickly in a rising economy.
Clouds Are Earths Veil From The Moon
A brief note explains that Earth's cloud layer is very thin, covering about half the planet when viewed from the Moon. From that distance clouds appear as an irregular vapor sheet, with land and sea glimpses, likened to a film much thinner than a fraction of an inch on a globe.
Peruvian Mayor Demands Pipers for Dignity Display
The mayor of Peru’s smallest town insists on a band of pipers accompanying every official appearance to convey proper dignity. The reed instruments create a strange, haunting sound as he pursues ceremony and status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Health for Women
Marketed as a tonic for women, the ad claims beauty and health hinge on vigor of womanly organs. It asserts long use for sick women and urges sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel for a trial package of Tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Aspirin A Person Who Tells You The Faults Of Others
A proverb that warns that someone who criticizes others will reveal your flaws to others. The saying reflects caution about gossip and judgment in social interactions.
Diamond Dyes offer safe dyeing guidance and cautions
An advertising note urges women to choose Diamond Dyes for wool silk cotton and linen dyeing. It warns of poor streaks fades and ruined fabrics from inferior products and directs readers to ask the druggist for the Color Card and dye guidance.
Humanity Crowned as Richest Pearl in Christian Grace
A pithy remark elevates humanity as the finest jewel in the Christian virtues, praising human dignity within faith. The line underscores the value of mercy, compassion, and moral conduct as central to spiritual life.
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W. Lake Street
Bayer
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