Boy Scouts Rescue Fire Scene After Canyon Fireout
Twenty six Boy Scouts and leaders camped in Spokane creek valley when a forest fire started near a sawmill. Patrols relayed word and fought flames, protecting camp and timber. Despite losses of two buildings and timber valued at thousands, the crew saved the camp. the president of the local lumber company awarded a $30 check to aid equipment purchases.
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Sqeokane Creek
Red Crowe
Sealer
Chichester
Farwes
Orleme Tran
Mans
Welserliy
Wert
Roe Humber
Liuler Company
Barbara Babs Returns to Love After Growth on Farm
Barbara Bainbridge, torn between wealth and simple upbringing, grows from a country girl to a society favorite. She meets Jim Evans, her childhood sweetheart, now a civil engineer, who reveals he never stopped loving her as she navigates grandparental expectations and a move toward foreign life.
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Barbara Bainbridge
Barbara
Basinbridges
Gran'a Burnie
Granna Burnie
Babs
Holstein
Hee Stinbonnet
Bab
Jin Evans
Gran'ma Burtle
Jim
Grantmaid
Bartara Bainbridge
Burnie
Miss Burnbridge
Carlton Lainster
Gran'ma Burnie's
Theattle
Hale
James Evans
Scout Leaders Meet at Pasadena Banquet
The Pasadena boy scout council and Kiwanis meeting in January at the Hotel Wises Gel Arrays hosted a banquet. About one hundred men attended and praised the affair as a great success with the "happy" scout program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Boy Scout Council
Kienneal
Wises
Scout study of Constitution sparks essay prize
R E Givens of Great Falls Montana offers five prizes for the five best essays by registered scouts of Great Falls on The History of the Constitution of the United States. The contest aims to deepen interest in history and government and is praised as a fine civic exercise.
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R E Givens
Great Falls
Mont
Great Palle
United States
Mr. Givens
Box Car Ventilation Trials to Prevent Apple Freezing
United States Department of Agriculture conducts tests with four box cars to replace refrigerator cars for shipping boxed apples. Early results show ordinary box-car ventilation fails in warm or changing temperatures, with best method opening both end doors eight inches.
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Bureau of Market
United States Department of Agriculture
Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association
Bureau of Markets
Plan for Bridge Grafting Invention Restores Damaged Trees
An old patented process in the United States claims to repair trees damaged by girdling by bridge grafting. The method restores growth, bridges wound sites including crown galls, and reroutes sap from healthy roots to the trunk to sustain the tree.
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United States
How Birds Assist Farmers in Spring
A brief piece recalling gratitude to birds that aided farmers through winter. It lists woodpeckers such as Downy, Hairy, and White breasted not hatch, plus Brown Creeper, noting their roles: destroying beetles and borers, searching bark for insects, and keeping orchards clean.
Location for New Orchard
Location for new orchard advises choosing good ground near the house for pride and better care. It notes an orchard provides pleasure and yields returns sufficient to cover its upkeep.
Lessen Injury to Cherries from Orchard Sprays
In the cherry orchard damage from rot is reduced by spraying before the buds burst with dilute Bordeaux mixture or similar sulfur and copper compounds. After petals fall, a mixture including zinc oxide and arsenate of tin is suggested for continued protection.
Dancers from the Woods Enter Joyful Night Tale
Brownie Joy guides boy and girl to witness shadow dancers and wood elves from the forest. The troupe wears colored collars with notes, shares food, and sings a lifting tune about Joy. They travel toward a House of Secrets as the quest continues.
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Brownie
Joy
Glee
Bilas
House of Secrets
Shileor
Tanlae medicine hailed by Manchester resident
Mrs. Aurore Barrette of 1k Second Street Manchester New Hampshire says two bottles of Tanlae cured severe back pain kidney aches and constant fatigue that left her nervous and exhausted She reports restored energy better sleep and ability to work without tiring Adv signs Tanlae sold by leading druggists everywhere.
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Tanlie
Aurore Barrette
Second Street
Manchester
New Hampshire
Tanlae
Will Rheumatism Bind You Again
The ad warns that local rubs only ease symptoms and urges a blood remedy 5.88. Begin taking it now and send a history to the Chief Medical Adviser at 157 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga for expert guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webel Dente
Swift Laboratory
Atlants
Constipation cures and a camelot of odd tales in one page
The page mixes satirical ads for Carter's Little Liver Pills with anecdotes and humorous tales. It recounts a Syrian lambs fleece scam, a London tailor misnomer, a church wedding jab, and a North American farm anecdote about a hired hand outpacing a farmer while gathering corn.
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Syria
London
England
Fragmentary exchange hints at steel comparison
A garbled dialogue fragment hints at a comparison involving steel and commonality. Names Vandertop and Art Critle appear, but context and meaning are unclear.
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Art Critle
Vandertop
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Peter
Vist
Agnes G. Brogan
Eave
Boy Scouts
Scou
Department of Agriculture
Cherries
Mary Graham Bonner
Aigiel
Bright Bay
Barrette
Manchester, New Hampshire
Carter
Leon Oo Cek
Sullivan County
Sity
Nita
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