Fairchild Seeks Lead as Dance Distracts from Mine Rescue
Fairchild awaits word on the deep shaft in the Blue Poppy mine while crews pump out water and search for Harry Harkins and the diamond. Anita Richmond's presence stirs intrigue as Maurice Rodaine looms over the town and Fairchild plans to attend the next dance in pursuit of answers.
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Fairchild
Minera
Harry
Rodaine
Sam Herhenfelder
Argonaut ‘Tunnel
Sam
Herbenfelder
Ide
Mother Howard
Robert
Robert Fairchild
Sam ‘Herbenfelder
Harry Harkins
Anita Richmond
Kor
Sam Herbenfelder
Warry
Squint Rodaine
Dark mining secret drives Fairchild toward Ohadi
Robert Fairchild learns of a thirty year old secret in his father Thornton Fairchild's life and inherits a silver mining claim in Colorado. He heads to Ohadi aided by Beamish and Harkins while being shadowed by Squint Rodaine, and encounters Anita Richmond, Judge Richmond's daughter, amid a flooded mine saving effort.
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Thornton Fairchild
Robert
Fairchild
Colorado
Henry Béamish
Beamish
Ohadi
Denver
Rodaine
Howard
Howard Fairchild
Sissie’ Larsen
Anita Richmond
Judge Richmond
Squint
Chadi
Harry Harkins
England
Harkins
New Natural Aid For Constipation Promoted By Authority
An advertisement extols Nujol as a natural lubricant matching Nature's own for easing constipation. It states Nujol is not a laxative or medicine, harmless, pleasant, prescribed by physicians and used in leading hospitals, and urges readers to obtain a bottle from their druggist.
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Tihrey
Exposing the Paragon Dinner Party Misstep
A Chicago Pribune excerpt recalls a dinner scene where a guest bluntly claims to have peeled the potatoes, challenging the narrator's belief in her husband’s help. The disruption follows a neighbor’s child injury drawing the narrator away.
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Chicago Pribune
Boy complains of mosquitoes in New Jersey trip
A four year old western boy visiting New Jersey narrates being buzzed by mosquitoes all night. He learns the state may not be an earthly paradise as he expected.
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New Jersey
Red Brass Ball Blue Ad Promises Household Use
A vintage advertisement touts Red Brass Ball Blue as suitable for housekeeping. Claims it cleans and brightens kitchen towels table linens sheets and pillowcases and suggests broad household utility.
Family travels end with sudden burial in distant city
A neighboring family who had relatives miles away drove off one morning for the country. On their return I asked the father if they enjoyed the trip. He replied they had just buried his father, signaling a somber note to the outing.
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Chicago Tribune
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