Benny Graham's Courageous Drift Off Fort McDowell
Benny Graham, a Fort McDowell soldier, was swept by a strong current miles from shore near San Francisco Bay. Cold, exhausted, and separated from his companion, he drifted around the island as darkness fell, struggling to reach safety before night engulfed the area.
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Benny Graham
Benny
Fort McDowell
San Francisco Bay
California
Schofield Barracks
Amelia Earhart
Hawaii
Benny's Island Ordeal and a Doughboy's Prank
A WWI doughboy recalls a freezing rescue after clinging to a rock near a lighthouse on a perilous island. He fights to reach shore, then faces a prank by a missing friend who steals his clothes and pocketbook. The tale ends with Benny seeking revenge as the pal fears unseen ghosts.
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Benny
Ben
WNU
Walter Damrosch Reflects On Music As Instrument Of God
Boston Herald quotes Walter Damrosch declaring music as servant and master of life and death. He says music speaks immortals, guides love and hate, and rises from prayers to battlefield smoke, unites humanity, and serves as the very instrument of God.
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Boston Herald
An Odd River in Florida Ends Where It Begins
An Odd River in Florida starts and ends in the same ocean, running as a long narrow arm parallel to the East coast from Daytona to Fort Pierce. Though named a river, it is not strictly one.
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Florida
Daytona
Fort Pierce
Two Barriers to Success and How to Rid Ourselves of Them
Advice on overcoming self imposed limits. It rejects I cant and Someday as barriers and urges immediate action. Encourages mothers to model effort for children and promotes constant progress through deliberate work and belief in ability.
Household Hints From The Associated Newspapers
Practical tips on table care olive oil to remove stains and wax melt. rice cooking steps including washing salt slow addition and twenty minute boil. silver cleaning with aluminum spoon and chamois polishing. potato poultice method. frying bacon on low heat. blankets with art silk quilts. parsley potatoes with parsley garnish. WNU Service notes.
Wordplay and mishaps in humor columns
A string of quips and jokes from Prairie Farmer Pearson's Weekly and My Boy, focusing on playful exchanges about language and behavior. A freshman misadventure with a joke about kissing the new maid ends this brief humor note.
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Fred
Snug Bloomers to Protect the Tots
A 1920s pattern notice promotes snug bloomers to keep young children warm under frocks. It details sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10, fabric needs 214 yards of 36 inch cloth plus a half yard contrasting material for size 6, plus a penny or stamp payment of fifteen cents. Order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. 232 W Highteenth St New York NY.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Highteenth St
New York
Fragmentary Dialogue From The State of Confusion
A fragmentary exchange recalls a memory of Atlantic City. The speakers discuss recognition and relationships, with chatter about who was tipped to notable people and a joke about learning bridge. The text preserves a casual, casual conversational tone.
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Atlantic City
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Floyd Gibbons
Lighthouse Haven
Walter Damrosch
OUR Comic
Little
Finney OF the Force
Ozborne
Uliar
Bell Syndicate
Associated Newspapers
WNU Servica
Bobby Lacey
John
Prairie Farmer
Pearson's Weekly
Wrigley's
Wrigley
Wriglen
Cody
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