Flame of the Border heroine seeks death then saves Navajo
Sonya Savarin, a self-appointed physician on an Arizona sheep ranch, survives a suicide attempt after a drunken assailant's pursuit. She aids Navajo mate Little Moon, forgives her attacker later identified as Starr Stone alias El Capitan Diablo, and rejects a wedding to Rodney Blake as she pursues mercy and truth.
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Lone Mesa
Sonya Savarin
Arizona
Serge
Lila
Babs
Rodney Blake
Sonya
Little Moon
Two Fingers
el Capitan Diablo
Starr Stone
Shadows of Death Drawn to Starr Stone’s Dangerous Mystery
Sonya Savarin spirals into chaos after meeting Starr Stone as destiny consumes her life. She abandons Red Blake and every safe, ordinary plan, choosing the renegade’s pull and a baptism of abnegation. She wakes late to Lila’s knock, compelled by a fate she cannot escape.
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Sonya Savarin
Red Blake
New York
Starr Stone
Lila
Woman Heals Navajo Sick as Epidemic Spreads on Reservation
Sonya Savarin, a skilled healer, treats two Navajo men with fever and pneumonia as a summer flu epidemic sweeps the Blue Water area. She battles illness, superstition, and danger, racing between hogans to save lives while shadowed by Starr Stone and Beelzebub.
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Hogan
Yellow Buck
Sonya
Lila
Serge
Bad Canyon
Sonya Savarin
Neidlingers’ Ranch
Starr Stone
Rod
New York
Rodney Blake
Beelzebub and the Man of Lone Mesa Exit Night Scene
A Mexican suspect forces Sonya away as a man with his arm around her leads to a hurried exit. Serge and the others move into the night amid departing crowds. A shabby figure, the Servant warns to beware of evil while recalling the old preacher on the Reservation.
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Sonya
Lone Mesa
Lila
Babs
Serge
Beelzebub
Myra’s
Lord
Daddy
Nerves and Afterglow in Family Gatherings
After a lively outing or party nerves in families run high with irritability. The piece advises treating temperamental outbursts as unimportant fatigue, taking a break if possible, and letting the air clear quickly. Mothers often recognize the cause and should not overreact, preserving love and friendship despite moments of tension.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Fat Supply Starvation Affects Women More, USC Prof Says
Professor H J Deuel Jr of the University of Southern California reports to the American Association for the Advancement of Science that women are less able to burn fat due to hormonal relationships. He cites the female sex glands and the pituitary gland at the brain base producing a substance that tends to hinder fat burning.
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H. J. Deuel, Jr
University of Southern California
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Deuel
New York World-Telegram
Animal Family Tree Shows Mammal Relationships at Harvard
A vast floor projection at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology depicts an enormous family tree of mammals from humans to the platypus. The chart uses color and branching to show orders and sub orders, illustrating group relations and evolution paths including the route from great apes to man via insectivores and primates.
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Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Cambridge
Mass
New York Times
Prominence Made Easy in Plunkville
A humorous note in the Louisville Courier Journal questions a man’s status as a prominent Plunkville citizen. It observes Plunkville’s small size with six houses and plays on the idea of prominence within a tiny town.
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Plunkville
Louisville Courier-Journal
Personal Question Sparks Dispute Over Dance Records
A harassed man enters a gramophone shop asking for modern light music. The assistant recalls his last week purchase of operatic records and suggests a snappy tune “Seven Years With the Wrong Woman.” The customer retorts that he has twelve such records and questions the relevance of the remark.
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London
Hamilton Remembered in Virgin Islands Heritage Desk Rune
Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, born in Nevis, spent youth in St. Croix. His desk and stool remain in the dim shop where his early dreams formed the American future.
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Alexander Hamilton
the Treasury
United States
Nevis
West Indies
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
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Postum
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