The Fairfax Tradition and the Lost Ring
Nancy Beaton a student at Ladywood Private School for Girls travels by omnibus to Peru Corners with a ring that signals her Virginia heritage. Harriet Fairfax, her roommate, reveals the Fairfax family ring and motto while challenging Nancy’s snobbery. The ring disappears on the trip and is later found to have a deeper family history, prompting a transformation in Nancy’s views on tradition.
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Ladywood
Nancy
Wentworth Avenue
Girl of the Rings
Harriet Pairfax
Downer's Grove
Nancy Beaton
Barriet
Harriet
Mary Heston
Mary Beaton
Mary Seaton
Mary Carmichael
Marys
Abe
Chaplin
Henry I
Nency
Nerele
Harriett
Peacock’s
Chicago
Peru
Adam
Peru Corners
Karaberohi
Indianapolis
George Wallington
Fairfax
George Washington
Lawrence
Anne Fairfax Washington
Anne
Tom
Peru Comers
Vary
Ring Reveals A Bus Meet Then Family Tates In Vary
Nancy and Harriet discuss a package found by Nancy on the bus. The clue is a ring and a note linking Nancy to a distant family connection. Harriet teases a potential noble crest change as they debate real values and future ties.
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Nancy
Harriet
Canary can take a bath in a saucer joke
A kindergarten teacher asks what a canary can do that adults cannot. Marvin offers the punch line that the bird can bathe in a saucer, delivering a simple classroom joke.
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Marvin
Aurora Borealis Leaves No Mark On Canadian Radio Range
W A Straith of Trans-Canada Air Lines told an aviation convention that aurora borealis disruptions have little effect on the Canadian radio range guiding aircraft. He described training flights across the Rockies and cited a Regina Winnipeg route where signals cut through despite brilliant northern lights.
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W. A. Straith
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Canadian Rockies
Straith
Canada
Trans-Canada
Regina
Winnipeg
Boy dodges sun distance question during clerkship exam
A young applicant faced a question about the earth sun distance in an exam for a position. He answered he could not state the distance but doubted the sun was close enough to interfere with his duties if he won the clerkship.
Theatre dialogue about acting and gambling
A fragmentary dialogue shows a theater setting where a character asks about an actor’s first appearance and another confirms a ritual about eggs marking a spot. The pair then touches on playing cards for money, joking that the other fellow always wins.
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J.B. Wascoviy
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Ingersoll
Seid
Gempbell
Big Beg
Poliflor Telb
Selades Tea
Lux Flakes
Stob's Bird Seed
Cowen
Airoravy
Aurora
Son
Mercy
Rouges Point
N.Y
New York
Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey
New York Americans
Ferguson
Bellevue Hospital
Ida
Betty Ward
United States
Robert Ferguson, Jr
Napanee
Ontario
Frank Cooper
B. D. Rachlin
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