Daughter of Navajo Healer Refuses Wedding to New Yorker
Sonya Savarin, a self styled physician to Navajo Indians on an Arizona sheep ranch, seeks death from Lone Mesa to avoid an arranged marriage to Rodney Blake. She is rescued by her repentant assailant, aids Two Fingers wife Little Moon, and faces a deadline set by Blake as he returns to New York.
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Lone Mesa
Sonya Savarin
Arizona
Serge
Lila
Babs
Rodney Blake
Sonya
Little Moon
Two Fingers
Blake
New York
Hogan
Rod
Scout
Rod Blake
Sonya Darling
Cheewash
Yellow Buck
Two
Corral
Desert Woman Chooses Life Beyond the Border
Sonya Savarin returns to the desert after a tense encounter with a Lone Mesa man who confessed his crime and begged forgiveness. She visits Myra Little at the Black Sheep ranch, contemplates an engagement to Rodney Blake, and shares news of Little Moon and local figures while pondering future life in New York.
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Sonya
Parks
Savarin
Moon
Lila
Lone Mesa
Miss Savarin
Cheewash
Myra Little
Black Sheep
Myra
Dawn
Desert
Rome
New York
Rodney Blake
Serge
Sam Savina
Rio Grande
Fall of Silesia Landmark in Polish History
German forces captured Silesia from Poland over 600 years ago, reshaping Central European borders and triggering centuries of regional tensions.
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Silesia
Poland
The Fourth Recalls Wars Past Freedom and Vigilance
The Fourth of July should remind Americans how freedom was won in the Revolution and defended through Civil War and later conflicts. It urges constant vigilance to protect liberty from domestic and foreign threats and to maintain peace as a national value and duty.
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America
Great Britain
France
Germany
Spain
New York Herald Tribune
Taft Executive Order Sets Flag Proportions in 1912
The article notes President Taft issued an executive order on October 29, 1912 establishing standard flag proportions. It lists hoist width to fly length as 1 to 1.9, union width to fly length as 7.13 to 0.76, stripe width as 1.13, and star diameter as 0.0616.
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Taft
Saturn Foretold Christ Birth Date Claim
German theologian Professor Oswald Gerhardt argues in Pathfinder Magazine that Saturn was the Star of Bethlehem and Jesus was born around April 2, 7 B C. He cites Jewish and Christian authorities and traces Saturn’s movements to show the planet shone in early April 7 B C.
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Oswald Gerhardt
Bethlehem
Saturn
Pathfinder Magazine
Jesus
Gerhardt
Honey used to make durable golf balls
Honey is pressed into a round rubber sac and wrapped with rubber to form a golf ball. The nonvolatile substance is said to resist time and temperature, producing a ball that endures under all conditions.
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