Western Welcome Goes Real in a Rough Frontier Way
Keith brings six riders to greet Marianna as she arrives for a visit. Norton’s feud with the Single T outfit erupts when Marianna’s lighthearted bravado triggers a gunfight at the town, but she enjoys the authentic Western show and thanks Keith as she returns east with a new respect for frontier dangers.
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Eith Duncan
Flint Norton
Marianna
Norton
Keith
Bar X
Sword’s Points
Tonneau
Flint
Glesca Paine Proves Writing Talent Through Hard Work
The tale centers on oz TMLESCA PAINE, a famed writer celebrated in magazines, whose rise is attributed to perseverance. A skeptical newcomer Alice Merle challenges her, later discovers Merle’s manuscript is strong, and confesses she doubted the quality, acknowledging the surprise of discovering genuine craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Merle
Hamstead
Alice
Glesca
Film Sound Trickery Gives Way to Reality
Douglas Shearer of MGM notes studio sound departments now pursue realism in effects. Microphones move on booms, cannons fire under makeups, and practical signals replace old tricks. Details cover dampening rain, crackling silk, and coin jingles, with ongoing small challenges in achieving authentic sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Shearer
M.G.M
Names of American towns inspire postmark study
John A. Christmann of Mount Pulaski, MI, catalogs over 900 city name stamps across about 60 themes. He lists playful examples such as The Three Graces and Hour colors like White, Black, Gray, and others, grouping them into subjects and odd unclassified names across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Christmann
Mount Pulaski
Rollingstone
Minn
Crowheart
Wyo
Widenmouth
W. Va
Busyhead
Okla
Bummer
Revealed Twist in Publishing Plagiarized Tale
In a candid exchange, Alice confesses she plagiarized a magazine story she sent to Glesca to place. Glesca reveals the twist she knew all along and that the story was actually one of her own, ending with mutual astonishment and a plan to become friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glesca
Alice
Glesea
Messenger Robert Rafel Slams into Plate Glass at Chicago Daily News
Western Union messenger No. 297 named Robert Rafel raced along the first floor corridor of the Chicago Daily News building to deliver news from Ghent to Aix. He crashed headfirst into a large plate glass sheet being prepared for a second-story window, sustaining only a slight cut to one arm. Glazing chief H Eisenscimer noted the pane measured 6 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 10 inches and valued about $100.
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Ghent
Aix
Thermopylae
Athens
Garcia
Paul Revere
Robert Rafel
Western Union
Chicago Daily News
Madison Street
Robert
H. Eisenscimer
DANGER TO MISSOURI STREAMS AND SOIL
Robert Page Lincoln argues against a War Department plan for thirty dual purpose flood control dams in Missouri and Arkansas. He cites economic, environmental, and defense concerns, notes potential flooding, siltation, and loss of fishing and scenery, and urges public opposition through the Conservation Federation of Missouri and upstream flood control alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Page Lincoln
Missouri Wildlife
Missouri
Arkansas
Ozark
United States War Department
White River
James
Gasconade
Meramec
Table Rock
Bull Shoals
Norfork
North Fork
War Department
St. Francis River
Corps of Engineers
Ler
Missouri Conservation Federation
Taneycomo
Lake of the Ozarks
AWA
Conservation Federation of
Rename shifts for Home Guard units in Sikeston Farmington
Sikeston's Missouri Reserve Guard known as the Home Guard is renamed Company D by Captain Loomis Mayfield. The Farmington unit becomes Company E, with the two exchanging names this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Missouri Reserve Guard
Home Guard
Loomis Mayfield
Farmington
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Ohio
Adam
Kan
N. Y
S. D
Miss
Ark
Auburn
Ala
Gray
Iowa
Blue
Vermillion
Green
Pink
Brown
Arkansas Valley Authority
United States Army
Forsythe
M N. Darling
Ted
Home Guard Company
Patronize Herald Advertisers
A&p Food Stores
A&p
Ann Page
Jane Parker
White House
Sunnyfield
Yukon Club
NBC
AGP
Marvel
Dez
WadIa
ANN Page Ass‘t Preserves
NBC Verithin Pretzels
APENN
BORAX
RED Cross
Jar
Qt. BK
I AS
India
Ceylon
Java
Rinso Lge
Iona Cocoa
Ritz Crackers
Bis
Loe
Caan
Morton’s
Woodbury
Michigan
Calif
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