The Sheik of Modern War and a Canadian Killer
A wandering essay blends critiques of a desert ruler with musings on civilization and war. Back home in a Yukon style tale Ben Elliott faces a deadly conspiracy as Red Bart Delaney, a feared killer, arrives in town seeking him. The narrative builds toward a cliffhanger as Elliott returns from presumed death.
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Bird-Eye
Ben Ellett
Red Bart Delaney
Canada
Elliott
Bart
Tincup
Joe Piette
Ben
Snowbound pursuit leads Ben to a hidden clue
Ben endures a near miss from a rifle shot and, after crawling through snow and tracking a long marrow shoe, discovers a snowshoe trail in the woods. He returns to camp and asks Bird Eye Blaine to organize a supply run and a night in town for a special purpose.
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Ben
Bird-Eye Blaine
Yonder Arrives in Tincup in a Lumber Camp Tale
Ben Hinett travels with the ailing Don Stuart to Tincup and defeats Bull Duval. Elliott runs the Hoot Owl mill camp for Dawn McManus while Brandon plots to ruin him. A fire, a forged accusation, a blown bridge, and a race to deliver logs test Elliott's resolve.
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Ben Elliott
Dawn
Lydia
Ben Eliott
Hmber
Elliott
Ben HiNett
Tincup
Don Stuart
Bull Duval
Nicholas Brandon
Stuart
Judge Able Armitage
Brandon
Dawn McManus
Duval
Ben
Enigmatic Threats Arise as Brandon Faces New Dangers
In the unsettled town of Tin Cup Ben Elliott and associates confront a web of threats linked to Nick Brandon and Delaney. John Martin reflects on past feuds as Elliott weighs how to prove a dangerous plot to harm him while Dawn McManus draws wary attention amid the brewing conflict.
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Bird-Eye
Brandon
Martin
Ben
Hoot Owl
Able
Dawn
Dawn McManus
Ben Elliott
Elliott
Nicholas Brandon
Nick Brandon
Benny
John Martin
John
Delaney
Red Bart Delaney
Tincup
Ben Eliott
Bart Delaney
Crocodile Tank in Jaipur Draws Daily Govt Support
Jaipur government funds daily care for crocodiles in a famed tank. The city, famed for pink buildings and a straight-line layout, houses the crocodiles tended by a keeper who lures them from the mud with meals.
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Jaipur
India
Rajputana
Guatemala’s Jungles Show Ancient Indian Civilizations
In Guatemala’s jungles lie marked monoliths and ruined cities with pyramids that attest to an indigenous civilization centuries before the Christian era. Mountain villages and city markets teem with Indians, underscoring that Guatemala remains about sixty percent Indian.
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Guatemala
Prehistoric frog nursery unearthed near Sunderland
Workmen in sand quarries at Washington near Sunderland found armies of tiny frogs sheltering in dry sand. Fossil eggs buried about 25 000 years ago hatched by the sun, producing blind sand colored frogs without a tadpole stage, a striking lesson in evolution according to London Tit-Bits.
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Washington
Sunderland
London
Odd alimony payments in Stevens Point puzzle official
Preston E. Webster, clerk of Portage County Wisconsin, faced an odd problem when he collected alimony payments in Stevens Point. He received one dressed pig two dressed chickens six cauliflowers six heads of cabbage one barrel of rye flour three bushels of potatoes and six pumpkins.
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Preston E. Webster
Portage County
Wisconsin
Stevens Point
Wis
Dizzy Dean Winners Ad Promises Free Prizes
A newspaper ad urges boys and girls to read a Grape Nuts feature in another column and join the Dizzy Dean Winners program to win valuable free prizes.
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Adyv
Human Trait: Men Prefer Work When Free
A compact reflection asserts that men value work and lose motivation when deprived of it, revealing a psychological tendency about labor and purpose. The statement implies a link between autonomy and productive drive.
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Bell Syndicate
WIN Service
Arabia
Rudolph Va
Lentino
Harold Titus
By Harold Titus
Ferry
Doan
Doan’s
John Merlin
Madison Ave
New York
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