The Oxen of Fourteen and the Missing Jean
In a prairie town a couple debate love and freedom amid a rigid social grid. Jean questions the oxlike routine of Fourteen while Frank longs to keep her guessing and pursues clues as a storm bears down. Jean disappears, prompting a perilous search and a foreshadowed continuation.
Missing Jean Sparks Morning Alarm in Snowbound House
In a tense scene Jack bursts in, alarmed that Jean is missing from the two by four house after a night in town. He notes she was last seen in the house, with a snowstorm hampering any trail as Frank and he search the stables and grounds.
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Jean
Frank
Baoth
Marjorie
Moose Jaw
Nellie
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L’ve
How Times Change Burns Club Dinner Story
Rev Dr Black spoke at the Edinburgh Burns club dinner recounting a beadle’s quip about sermons and paper presence in church. The London Post notes that once written sermons were anathema to the Scotch, but times change.
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Doctor Black
Beadie
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London Post
Land of Thirst Bechuanaland described as Great Thirst Land
Bechuanaland protectorate lies mainly in the Kalahari desert with little exploration. The rail line from Kimberley to Rhodesia touches its eastern edge. A native hut is a simple structure of boughs and sacks. Cooking is primitive with meat roasted over an open fire and flat cakes baked on hot stones.
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Bechuanaland Protectorate
South Africa
Kalahari Desert
Kimberley
Rhodesia
Bechuanaland
Ailments of Young Girls Aids Evanston Woman’s Health
Mrs Verben a Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming recounts a personal tale of monthly troubles and displacement after childbirth. She credits E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling her to care for five children and perform all housework.
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E. Pinkham
Verbena Carpenter
2Nd Avenue
Evanston, Wyoming
Skull cap found in rocky valley near Sea of Galilee
James J. Montague reports in the Kansas City Times that a skull cap believed to belong to a prehistoric man and lost for forty thousand years has been unearthed high in rocky walls near the Sea of Galilee. One theory suggests the man may have had no money to check it that day.
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Sea of Galilee
James J. Montague
Kansas City Times
Bayer Aspirin Ad Warning From 25 Years Of Use
Demand Bayer aspirin only when purchasing to ensure genuine, safe aspirin trusted by physicians for 25 years. Avoid imitations that may be dangerous. say Bayer at the point of sale.
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Bayer
Ady
Willie Strikes Willie and the School Spelling Jests
A comic exchange centers on Willie declaring he will quit school because the teacher keeps changing the words every day. His father asks why and Willie replies he will never learn to spell due to constant changes.
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Willie
Printer's Sick Stomach and Headaches Almost Cost Job
Woodhaven New York printer K M Collins praises Carter's Little Liver Pills noting headaches and sour stomach resolved, enabling better work and life. Ad claims pills cleanse liver and bowels, act as a mild laxative with no bad after effects, and are sold by all drug stores.
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K. M. Collins
Woodhaven
N. Y
Carter
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