Welder Survives Fire Jump at Aruba Tower
Barney Donaghey of New York City describes escaping a blazing 100 foot oil refinery tower in Aruba Dutch West Indies on November 6, 1929. He crawled down through flames assisted by a jumper hood, arriving safely with his helper unharmed, while the fire crew finished the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elso
Santa Claus
Santa
Barney Donaghey
New York City
Barney
Aruba
Dutch West Indies
WIN Service
Inscriptions on Peace Bridge plaque and Spanish-named places
The bronze inscription on the Peace Bridge plaque notes the crossing from the United States to Canada by a delegation from the Associated Country Women of the World and its dedication to rural women. Also, Harold W. Bentley notes about 2000 American places bearing Spanish names including over 400 in California, with many more across the region and even in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Bridge
Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Erie
Ontario
United States of America
Dominion of Canada
Harold W. Bentley
California
trans-Mississippi
Peter Denies Jesus In Backsliding Example
A religious study discusses Peter's denial of Christ as a warning against self confidence and worldliness. It emphasizes that backsliding must be faced with repentance and that Jesus' look of love calls for restoration, not judgment, of the fallen believer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Satan
Jesus
Christ
Wilbur M. Smith
Alexander Maclaren
Vitamin G a Key to Longevity and Health
In this 1930s column Houston Goudiss outlines the influential role of vitamin G in longevity and health. It cites animal studies linking adequate vitamin G to vigor, appetite, digestion, skin, nerves, and eye health, and notes rich sources such as yeast concentrates, wheat germ, liver, and greens with heating not destroying the vitamin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Houston Goudiss
Around the House: Simple Kitchen and Home Care Tips
Practical kitchen hacks and household maintenance guidance cover baking potatoes with dripping, using melted butter as olive oil substitute, salting meat after cooking, heating coconuts to ease shell removal, cleaning tapestry with hot bran, and choosing wallpaper patterns to affect room size perceptions.
Simple Bias Dress and Apron Patterns For Winter Sewing
Lovely and Simple Designs ONG offers bias dress and apron set patterns with step-by-step sew charts for beginners. Includes three aprons and a bias skirt dress option, suitable for remnants, with sizes and material lists, order details, and 15 cent price. Patterns No. 1659 and No. 1595 provide size ranges and yardage requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
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Adventurers’ Club
Tower of Terror
Ternational
IMP
Harold L. Lean
Moo
Lesson Undquist
D. D
Bible Institute
Iago
International Council of Religious Education
By C. Houston Goudiss
Smith Bros
Joe Bowers
Pal
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