Mary Brown Seeks Career Free of Family Wealth
Mary Brown daughter of a self made millionaire seeks to prove herself unaided. She is a trained engineer with a million dollars to be invested in a wild dream by her father. She secures a post with Paradise Valley Project then meets Denis Craig on the train and is left penniless at a way station.
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Mary
Millonaire
David Brown
M. Brown
Paradise Valley Project
Denis Craig
Craig
Mexico
Miss Brown
Orendorff
Mary.Brown
Mary Brown
Hank Johnson
Mary Brown Tries to Reach Paradise Valley Project
Miss Brown arrives in Foggy Gulch and seeks the Paradise Valley Project. A boyish helper named Denis Craig aids by arranging funds checks and a hotel stay, while Mary hails a local driver for a long trip to the ranch.
Metal Etchings Add to Artistic Decorations in California
Popular Mechanics notes a new California trade using thin metal etching to create decorative pieces for industries from plumbing fixtures to toy boxes. Artists transfer designs then etch away excess metal with a backing to protect reverse sides. pieces include two thousandth inch brass silhouettes and large four to five foot copper apartment signs.
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California
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Russian Provisional Government Through 1917
The text notes the abdication of Nicholas II on March 12 1917 and the rise of a provisional government led by Prince George Lvov and the Duma, reshaped May 16 1917, with a Kerensky cabinet formed August 6 1917 and reorganized October 8 1917, until the military revolutionary committee seized power November 7 1917 and transferred control to the All Russian Congress of Soviets the following day.
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Nicholas II
Nicholas I
Russia
Prince George Lvoff
Duma
Alexander Kerensky
Military Revolutionary Committee of the
Petrograd
Diversity of Climates Amid Canadian Regions
The region from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast shows greater climate variety than any other part of Canada, reflecting a wide range of weather patterns and environmental conditions.
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Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Canada
Back to Grass Plan Cuts 40 Million Acres
The Agriculture Department advocates shifting more than 40 million acres from crops to pasture as a national plan. Officials say grassland farming lowers costs, reduces labor, and offers a simpler farm life, with about 70 percent of current cultivated land used for animal feed.
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Washington
Illinois
Agriculture Department
National Plan For Agriculture
Department
America
Joseph F. Cox
The
AAA
Cox
Chester Davis
Hl. R. Tolley
Newton Baker Heads Army Air Inquiry Panel
Newton D. Baker, wartime secretary of war, is named chairman of the army air corps investigation panel. Secretary of War Dern says five other civilians join, including MIT president Karl Taylor Compton and aeronautical researcher George W. Lewis. Maj. James H. Doolittle and Clarence D. Chamberlin also named, with Army officials Gen. Hugh A. Drum as vice chairman and Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois as chief.
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Newton Baker
Army Air Inquiry
Washington
Newton DD. Baker
Wilson
Army Air Corps
Dern
Baker
Karl Taylor Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George W. Lewis
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Transatlantic Flyer
James H. Doolittle
Edgar S. Gorrell
Stutz Motor Car Company
Mr. Baker
Cleveland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hugh A. Drum
Benjamin D. Foulois
New President for University of Maine
Arthur A. Hauck dean of Lafayette College Easton Pa is elected president of the University of Maine at Orono. He will assume duties after Harold S. Boardman retires July 1 due to ill health, as announced by Harmon G. Allen head of the board of trustees.
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Portland
Maine
Arthur A. Hauck
Lafayette College
Easton
University of Maine At Orono
Harmon G. Allen
Dean Hauck
Harold S. Boardman
Phantom sniper strikes again in New York Brooklyn
A phantom sniper wounded William Badalamante in Brooklyn's Williamsburg, the third person shot in the spree. The prior two victims, a man and a woman, were killed instantly as bystanders fled the crowded street.
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N.Y
New York
Brooklyn
William Badalamante
Williamsburg
Riverside writer sentenced for jail escape
Emmett Flynn scenario writer and director of The Veiled Woman and Hold Your Man received one to five years in San Quentin for escaping jail while serving 150 days for intoxication.
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Riverside
Calif
Emmett Flynn
San Quentin
Few Aviators Attain Highest Gliding Rank
The article notes only ten pilots hold the top gliding “D” license worldwide. O'Meara and Schempp in America meet the requirements, while eight others are German. The field demands meteorological skill, long hours, and patient study.
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O'Meara and
Schempp
America
Arthur L. Lawrence
Scientific American
Dr Pierce's Pellets Ad Lacks Medical Tone
Advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as best for liver bowels and stomach. Claims one pellet serves as laxative three as cathartic with a persuasive tone typical of old patent medicine ads.
Eternal Law Of Life Quote From Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Noting a line from Sir Wilfred Grenfell that loving your neighbor is a law of life as essential as fresh air to the body. The quotation frames neighborly love as a universal moral imperative rather than mere sentiment.
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Ferry's Pure Bred Vegetable Seeds Ad Offer
Local dealer advertises Ferry's Pure Bred Vegetable Seeds at five cents per package. The short notice highlights a limited time price.
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Ferry
Phrase Reflects Frustration Over Habitat Move
A brief quote captures a dispute about moving from an easy street to a new location. The remark emphasizes relocation challenges and a sense of loss tied to the prior setting.
Liquid laxatives gain popularity for safe dosage
Hospitals and doctors promote liquid laxatives for measurable, regulated doses. Proper liquids prevent habit formation and kidney irritation while giving comfortable, effective relief. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is marketed as a gentle, approved option suitable for all ages.
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Dr. Caldwell
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