Desperate Midnight Duel Ends With Mexican Outlaw Dead
Kelleen battles a silent tunnel vigil and kills Manuel Gomez, the ape-man outlaw, in a brutal knife fight. He realizes Gomez’s murder is part of a larger Mexican gang plot involving Meager and Bob Meager, threatening Deborah and others as dawn approaches.
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Kelleen
Pagee Jong
G—d
Manuel Gomez
Mexico
Bob Meager
Juan Sanchez
Gomez
Deborah
Bob Menger
Manuel
Ile
Strange fissurebeck tunnel encounter near Deborah Meredith
A narrator spots a strange rock fissure and tense tunnel entrance as two figures, Meager and Sanches, descend to the tunnel floor while Deborah Meredith’s whereabouts remain unclear.
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Deborah Meredith
Light Fades as He Fights to Uncover a Thief
In the dark chapter a tense exchange reveals that Gomez is missing and Garrity and Meager suspect a setup. Sanchez boasted of a wild wife and a looming job as cavalry patrols block the Box Canyon route.
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Casebeer
Sanchez
Dad
Garrity
Box Canyon
H—i
Cause of Cancer Found Declared by Physiologist
Donald C. A. Butts, physiological chemist for the state health department, told the Women’s Medical College alumnae that cancer is caused by an excess of positive energy ions in body cells. He named this cell congaition of bodily tissues and said stabilizing molecular motion across cells can lead to death if balanced improperly.
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Philadelphia
Donald C. A. Butts
State Department of Health
Women’s Medical College
Nurse Adopts Illustrious Plot To Save Girl
In Chicago divorce court a Germain nurse told how she helped a rich girl escape scandal by posing as the mother of an illegitimate child. The nurse forged a divorce from a fictitious husband after traveling with the girl and baby, then revealed the ruse to the lawyer. The trio now under one roof plans future adoption.
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Kelleen
Chicago
The Lover Vanishes After Forbidden Meeting
A fourteen year old describes a secret romance ending when her father bursts out as she returns from church or the show. The boy disappears that night and is never seen again, leaving a haunting memory of love and fear.
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Chicago Journal
England Faces Population Decline Amid Low Births in 1923
New figures show England and Wales had the lowest first quarter birth rate on record outside wartime, with 192,970 births from January to March, 14,603 fewer than the previous year. Meanwhile, deaths of infants fell and total quarterly deaths were the lowest ever, while marriages continued to fall from 1920 to 1922.
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England
Wales
Beads Found in Gutter Reveal $10,000 Necklace
A string of beads tossed to two Hotel Biltmore employees led to a $250 reward after a youth found them in the Vanderbilt avenue gutter. The beads proved to be 183 real pearls valued at $10,000, returned to Marens & Co. jewelers. The owner’s name was not released.
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New York
John Hussey
Joseph Mulligan
Biltmore
Vanderbilt Avenue
Hussey
Marens & Co., Jewelers
Fifth Avenue
Stolen Dress Too Big Prompted Return and Arrest
A dress stolen from a New Bedford store proved too large for Mrs. Julia Santos who returned it and asked for an exchange. The proprietor recognized the dress as missing and the woman was arrested.
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New Bedford
Mass
Julia Santos
Social gathering highlights booster social anniversary plans
The Just Us club met with Ms Hewitt. thirteen members attended and planned for a soldier memorial and a food sale. The W R Society celebrated its fortieth anniversary with a booster social at the Larson home, raising eighty five dollars from thirty five members.
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Just Us Club
Ms! L. S&s. Hewitt
Hell
L. E. Larson
W. R
Mrs. Larson
Frank Gobble
Methodist church Young Women's Home Missionary Society meeting canceled
The Young Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will not hold a meeting this month.
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Young Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Short but Profitable Pearl Season in Ceylon
The pearl fishing season in Ceylon lasts 22 days and yields up to 15,000,000 oysters brought to the surface. The brief period concentrates activity and profits in the pearl industry managed by local divers and traders.
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Ceylon
From Trousers to Tubes in Patch Changes
The Wall Street Journal notes a chief difference between this generation and the past is in patches from trousers to tubes, highlighting a shift in garment design and material focus.
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Wall Street Journal
Silent Wisdom Warns Against Excess of Loose Talk
The piece notes that many speak freely and loudly while few keep silent, suggesting prudence in speech. It contrasts those who thoughtfully weigh words with those who rush out opinions, implying value in discretion.
Community Class Closes With Song Reading Prompt
An improvised program of songs and readings followed the dinner hour. Members of the class tidied the kitchen and arranged it neatly before departing for home.
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Alvaro
Bnt
Wea
Menger
Meager
I’s Sark
H. I. Ward & Co
Stork
Death
Cupid
Harlan McCreedy
C. J. Roberts
Cone Lake
Washington
Presbyterian Church
Washington Exide Battery
Gainshitin
Hawkeye Oil Company
America
Lieut
Earl Campbell
Hawkeye
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