The Treacherous Ford
Two hunters wade Yellow Creek, sink into treacherous sand, and gamble for survival. One friend sacrifices himself to save the other, who flees as Violet Wellwood arrives on horse to find him shaken and broken.
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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
9
Blubber A Delicious Viand From the Seal Fat Tale
Vil Ljalmur Stefansson writes in Harper's about seal blubber tasting like fresh cream when raw and like mutton fat when boiled. He notes readers ask what seal meat tastes like and describes how expeditions crew, notably Wilkins, ended up eating seal fat. Gluttony leads to sickness and blame toward the seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vil Ljalmur Stefansson
Harper's
Tam
Mr. Wilkins
Sheep
Australia
Hand Hygiene and Germ Transmission
The Journal of the American Medical Association argues that nibbling nails and moistening pages transfer germs. It states that hand contamination is nearly unavoidable but licking hands or fingers is largely controllable by individual habit and early education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Dairen Manchuria on Matches Beckons for Japan
A US maker and a large Japanese concern race for match markets in Manchuria. Dairen, the chief port, may host the first production. The question lingers why Japan would not lead there if not in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dairen
Manchuria
Siberia
Manchurian
Japan
Astronomer Skips Movie Stars in Night Off
In a hotel lobby, one man tries to lure a companion to the movies. The friend declines with a joke about being an astronomer on a night off, refusing names like Viola Vampire and Yorick Hamm to entertain the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Vampire
Yorick Hamm
Dogfish Joke About Fishing with a Girl
Blank returns to the office after a day off and complains that everything went wrong. A colleague asks about his fishing trip with a girl. He recalls she claimed the fish were happy because they were wagging their tails, per a London Tit-Bits quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blank
London
One at a Time Country Wedding Oddity
A Chicago Tribune item describes a country wedding where the bride leaves for the honeymoon alone after the ceremony. The groom explains he cannot join at the same time because no one would feed the stock. He plans a river trip to shoot ducks when she returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Mother Grieves as Tombstone Kilns Topple Son
In Norwood Park Chicago a mother decorating the grave of one son saw her second son die when a tombstone toppled from its base as the boy climbed an image at the top. The two year old wandered to a nearby grave and was crushed beneath the heavy granite. News records indicate a tragic cemetery accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Borovicka
Norwood Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yellow Creek
Tie
Weice
Ikoon
Luis
Kovisu Fea
Hese
Wild Rose
J . Vroom
I.e
Roe
Baie
Violet Wellwood
Violet
Jim
Fred
Miss Wellwood
German & Roberts
Tom Barbee
Tyler Commercial College
J. H. Waggoner
Sun
Rhom Pennington
Ray Thompson
First National Bank
J. R. Murphy
Gilbert Wren
P. A. Short
W. C. Brown
Whitewright
Mary Hestand
Manning & Clark
Bethel School and Church
G. R. McCraw
Texas
Jersey
Sherman
Lyon Farm
Grayson County Live Stock Association
C. C. Morris, Sec’y
J. I. Case
McCormick
Joe Dobson
Canaan
C. C. McKenna
Bells
Tom Bean
Dee Patterson
Howe
Mayo
Dallas
City OF
Frank W.wozencraft
Aee
Honoratle E. J. Kiest
W. H. Stratton
Daleas
Coliseum
Stratton
COLP
Cole
Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Company
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