The Pirate's Head Inn Mystery Teasers at Rockville
In Rockville Massachusetts the innkeeper Aunt Nella hosts guests while a mysterious letter with old twenty dollar bills leads to a murder plot. Judy Jason uncovers a dead white hand in a sea chest and a diamond, as Thaddeus Quincy helps reveal that a killer stalks the church basement near the inn.
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Rockville
Mass
Atlantic
Boston
Nella
Pirate’s’Head
Gerry
Lane Bank
Uncle Wylie
Aunt Nella
Jonas de Witt
Lily Kendall
Hugh Norcross
Bessie
Thaddeus Quincy
Potter
Mr. Quincy
Judy
Jason
Lanecastle
Mr. Q
Lane
Roddy
Judy Jason
Miss Kendall
Lily
Bessie Norcross
Albion Potter
Rockvile
New Hope Chest
Wylie
Roddy Lanes
Radio Studio Tales From Martha Blair to Stage Door Fame
A Virginia Vale roundup of radio and Hollywood figures. Details span producers Carlton Alsop and Martha Scott, actor Joseph Cotten, actresses Jean Arthur and Jean Brooks, star turns for Donald Duck tax shorts, and Bing Crosby fire losses. Mentions Cary Grant contract with KO and Cooper signaling upcoming film projects.
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Martha Blair
Carlton Alsop
Abie
The
Red Cross
Martha Scott
Joseph Cotten
Quick Quiz Answers on Science and Geography
The answers include a photometer for illumination, rates fixed by Congress, a colonel as his father's rank at twenty, the Atlantic coast being the longest, the heart beating more than 100,000 times in 24 hours, the Pacific Ocean hosting the international date line, the bighorn sheep, conchology studies shells and mollusks, Evangeline's lover Gabriel, and worn silk stockings rewoven into powder bags for big guns.
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Douglas MaceArthur
U.S
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Evangeline
Longfellow
Congress
Pacific Ocean
Buzoe’s Grave Marked On Australian Maps
A pet cow named Buzoe died of old age in the Gibson desert of Australia in 1876 while with a surveying party. Collier's notes that Buzoe’s Grave was originally marked on the map and appeared on many Australian maps for decades.
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Buzoe
Gibson Desert
Australia
Collier's
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1722 3 for multiple sizes
Pattern description lists Barbara Bell No 1722 3 design for sizes 34 through 49 with short sleeves and yardage 39 inch fabric 344 yards plus 4h yards for contrasting collar and directs readers to send orders to the given address.
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Belle
Barbara Bell
Texas bluebonnet name origins traced to sunbonnet image
The bluebonnet, symbol of Texas, was once named buffalo clover and wolfflower. It also carried a rabbit tail ring due to a white tip. The current name reflects the flower's resemblance to a woman's sunbonnet.
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Texas
el Conejo
Humorous Exchanges and Puns From A Turbulent Dish Scene
A playful dialogue features a waiter and a diner discussing hair in turtle soup and a turtle colliding with fate. A pessimist and optimist exchange quips about work and Adam and Eve. Freddie Cicha performs in a playful apple themed line. A teacher comments on mismatched stockings revealing a paired joke about similar stock.
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Adam
Freddie Cicha
Freddie
No Pushing Nature Motto Inspires Gentle Work with Nature
A reflective saying attributed to Goethe urges patience and gradual effort when engaging with nature. It emphasizes calm methods over force to achieve meaningful results from the natural world.
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Goethe
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Isabel Ee
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Goldwyn Netare
Worth
Huston
Warner Bros
Moscow
Ambassador Davies
Cheryl Walker
Sol Lesser
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
Tfe Treasury
Morgenthau
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Jean Arthur
Joel McCrea
Jean Brooks
Abbott and Costello
Buck
Dennis O’keefe
Eddie Cantor
Marilyn
Punch
WNEW
New York
Jeanette MacDonald
Bing Crosby
Bing
Gary Cooper
Dr. Wassell
Cary Grant
Noto
Fiva Pictures
Waacs
Jinx Parkenburg
Walter Huston
Fee
Jughead
Army
Amy Man
Costlier C Tobaccos
Amei
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
All-Sran
Ketlogg's
Battle Creek
Benjamin Franklin
Sioux City
Bishop's
Smith Brothers
Smith’ Brothers
Michel Ebechs
Smith Bros
Mara
U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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