Deserts showdown ends in tragedy and a hopeful vow
In a desert valley chase, Wilson McCann defeats treacherous rustlers led by Carl Gitner after a tense stand in a rock field. Jasper Stark is mortally wounded, Julia learns her brother Gitner killed him, and promise blooms between Julia and McCann as dawn breaks over the Painted Desert.
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Phil
Wilson McCann
Dominick Rafferty
Stone
Julia
Guadaloup Canyon
Ann
Circle Cross
Doctor Sanders
Ethel
Will McCann
Amer
Will
Carl Gitner
Mexico
Dunwig
Btone
McCann
Jas Stark
Wilson
Jas
Gitner
Jasper Stark
Per
Jule
Dad
Carl
Boulder Field
Jasper
Mie
Horse Thief Park
Circle Crags
Dominick
Sahara
Plains
Paris Inventor Seeks Secret of Philosopher's Stone
An inventor in Paris claims to turn sand into gold using ultra violet rays. He says gold ingots were produced from Mediterranean sand previously. A French scientist witnessed metal deposition on a nickel plate and subsequent treatment yielded a small amount of gold.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Political Party Symbols Origin in Nast Cartoon
The article notes that the donkey and elephant representing the Democratic and Republican parties originated from a Thomas Nast cartoon in Harpers Weekly on January 15, 1870. The cartoon showed the animals linked to the parties of the era escaping from a river or danger, illustrating their symbolic emergence.
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Thomas Nast
Harper’s Weekly
Joy in Work and the Call to Canon Newport
The passage contrasts youthful enthusiasm with aging dullness and asserts that true joy in work propels a person toward an ideal. It emphasizes pursuit in invention, labor, art, and heli ness, praising Canon Newport as a figure who embodies this drive.
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Canon Newport
Bullet Penetration Changes with Distance
A bullet shows greater penetration at 30 feet than 2 feet as it stabilizes further. it behaves like a top that has settled and the wobble diminishes, increasing accuracy and impact potential.
Sanforized shirts and quick sales from Arlinge ton Shirt Co
Advertisement notes Sanforized shrunk broadcloth shirts sold directly with liberal advance commissions. Also mentions live-wire products, telephone connection claims, and a sales team in NYC. Features rental rooms at Columbia College, health tea sample offers, Kodak film developing with low prices, and Pilgrim Photo Service details.
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Liberal Advance
Arlingeton Shirt Co
Broadway
N. c
Jackal Carrion Feeder
Jackals are wild dogs of several species including Canis aureus. They inhabit southeastern Europe, southern Asia and northern Africa. They hunt in packs at night and feed on carrion and small animals such as poultry. They scavenge carcasses in lion country and can be tamed. Some believe they are progenitors of domestic dogs.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Berlin trains women for gas attack protection
Warning and Preparation Classes in Berlin teach women steps to protect their households during air gas attacks. Lectures cover making cellars gas proof and related safety measures. Branches of the Women’s Air Defense League are forming in several centers nationwide.
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Berlin
Women’s Air Defense League
First Baseball Authority
William Cauldwell, editor of the New York Sunday Mercury, is noted as the first to write up and print anything on baseball in 1853. He argues that anything before is hearsay and marks a turning point in baseball journalism.
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William Cauldwell
Old
New York Sunday Mercury
Unusual Seventeenth Hole Hole-in-One at Rye Country Club
Edward J. Morrisey achieved a rare hole in one on the Rye Country Club seventeenth hole in New York. His drive veered 50 yards to the right, struck a house, caromed back to the green edge, and rolled into the cup for the ace.
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Rye Country Club
N. Y
Edward J. Morrisey
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Ame
Columbia College
West 122Nd St
New York City
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Century Remedy Co
Toledo
Kodak Films
Pilgrim Photo Service
Dept. 2
Kingston, Maas
St.Joseph's Path
Mayfield Rd
D. & L. Pharmacal Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gertrude
Gretchen
Elizabeth
Chelsea Record
Jckellogg
Northrop & Lyman Co., Inc
Buffalo
New York
Johnny
Daddy
Generous Co
Spurlock
Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
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