Fairchild Seeks Fortune in Blue Poppy Mine Tale
Thornton Fairchild’s death reveals a dark past as his son Robert inherits a Colorado mining claim and faces threats from rival Rodaines. Robert and Harry drill a hidden vein at Blue Poppy near Kentucky Gulch while a murder mystery shadows the mine and Anita Richmond’s fate.
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Pertners
Lareen
Thornton Fairchild
Bell” Fairehild
Anita
Maurice Rodaine
Bquint
Enel
Jiorkins
Fairchild
Kodaines
Cn Harinna
Frairchies
Harry
Largen
Laura
Rodaine
Larsen
Denver
Onadi
Fatrehird
Harry Vuncover
Chastine
Sen
Fairchila
Kentucky Gulch
Rodeine
Cavern Collapse Traps Miner as Rescue Verbs Echo
Fairchild fights through a cave-in to reach a sealed chamber and calls for his partner Harry. Debris includes dynamite remains and a tamped fuse, suggesting a near-miss or failed blasting. The scene closes with the cliffhanger of Harry’s fate still uncertain.
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Harry
Fairchild
Gore
Seashore Cites Religion to Ease Industrial Unrest
Iowa City Aug 14 Dr Carl E Seashore dean of the graduate college and professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Iowa says the loss of the human element in society is the real cause of the present industrial crisis He told students during the second term of the summer session that science and religion are cures for the condition in his address yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Carl E. Seashore
Graduate College
University of Iowa
Palmistry Adopts Modern Mold Method for Readings
A Belgian fortune teller now uses plaster palm molds for character and future readings. Clients press their palms on a mold, a stenographer types the reading, and the result is mailed to the interested party.
Boy Wonder Freddie Hay to compete in Iowa horseshoe tournament
Freddie Hay of Minneapolis, a 15 year old world champion in horseshoe pitching, travels to the Iowa State Fair for the National Horseshoe Pitching Tournament. He placed fifth in last year's nationals and is among 75 nationally known stars set to contest at the State Pair from August 28 to September 1.
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Freddie Hay
Minneapolis
Iowa
Hay
Ohio State Football Season Opens With Training Plan
Dr J W Wilce mails round robin to 100 Buckeye athletes outlining early conditioning guidance. Early start includes banned alcohol and tobacco, emphasis on sleep and wholesome food, with drills beginning September 1 and daily two a day sessions after September 15. Ohio Wesleyan visit Columbus October 7.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
J. W. Wilce
Otsego Lake
Mich
Buckeye
Ohio State
Wilee
Ohio Wesleyan
Speed of Light Tricks of a Watch Let Light Circumnavigate
A scientific note explains that between ticks of a watch a beam of light could travel eight times around the earth, illustrating light’s extreme speed and its relation to time measurement.
Girl Thrown From Wheel Fatally Hurt in Burlington
Mary Gallagher, 14, of Burlington, suffered a fractured skull when she was thrown from a bicycle on Snake alley. Doctors say there is no hope for recovery at Mercy hospital. She lived with her brother Roy Gallagher after her mother’s death and her father Chester Gallagher.
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Burlington
Mary Gallagher
Mercy
Snake Alley
Mary
Chester Gallagher
South Tenth Street
Roy Gallagher
Gnahn Street
Mine Opening Aims To Boost Wayne County Farms
A Jackson township farm bureau committee has arranged the opening of the old Ripper coal mine near Harvard. Local investors provide half the capital and plan to have the mine running within sixty days if the strike is settled. The mine is expected to aid farmers by supplying coal trucked across Wayne County roads.
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Corydon
Farm Bureau
Jackson Township
Harvard
Wayne County
Railroads Fight Back Against Tough Conditions
Chicago August 14 President W G Bierd of the Chicago and Alton rail road says railroads are fighting with their backs to the wall against intolerable conditions and he will quit as president rather than submit. He attacks the peace at any price program of the United States railway labor board in a signed statement to be published.
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Chicago
W. G. Bierd
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Railway Review
United States Railway Labor Board
Tourists warned to avoid ice and well water in Iowa tours
The Iowa state board of health cautions tourists about well water and ice from small communities. Of 583 well water samples, 438 showed surface contamination able to carry typhoid germs. Pedersen advises refusing ice from ponds or sources with excessive pollution and avoiding ice in drinks.
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DE Moines
State Board of Health
Hans V. Pedersen
Iowa
Pedersen
Blue laws bar Sunday dancing in public halls in Iowa
Iowa blue laws forbid Sunday dancing in public dining halls even when no fee is charged. Attorney general says public amusements are banned, citing section 6040 penalties from $1 to $5. The question arose from an American Legion post in B. M. Birdsall’s Iowa Falls town seeking to convert a dance hall to a restaurant for dancing without charge.
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Des Moines
Iowa
B. M. Birdsall
Iowa Falls
American Legion Post
Charge It inspires a dramatic Fox Theatre showing
A feature titled Charge It stars Clara Kimball Young in a photodrama about overextending financially to imitate wealthy peers. The piece warns of the value of money and emphasizes American home life. Shown Tuesday and Wednesday at the Fox Theatre with a prominent supporting cast.
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Anon
Clara Kimball Young
Miss Young
Lada Cowan
Fox Theatre
Notable Money Lender Quote From English Teacher
A college English teacher calls a money-lender a vivid example of tense and mood in language. The description says he serves in the present tense, lends in the conditional mood, keeps you in the subjective, and ruins you in the future.
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