Returning to Evergreen Island Cottage Settlement
Gay Delane arrives at her new summer rental on Evergreen Island and discovers Auntmary, the caretaker, already living there with plans to stay. The Captain urges action, while Gay confronts miscommunication with Alice Andover over rent, ending with Auntmary calmly arranging a stay and Gay dozing as twilight deepens.
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Gay
Evergreen Pier
Guy
Tlettle Island
Mia
Andover
Alice Andover
Mary Grover
Tam Gay Delane
Ame
Alice
John
John Wallace
Auntalmiry
Auntaimiry
Miss
Auotalmiry
Pier
Ounce Gay
Rent and Recovery On Idle Island by Gay Delane
Gay Delane, a stressed New York artist close to a nervous breakdown, relocates to Idle Island and rents the Lone Pine cottage from a local islander known as the Captain and his sister Alice Andover the Administrator.
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Gay Delane
New York
Idle Island
Lone Pine
Alice Andover
Adventure and the explorer's burden of endurance
Roald Amundsen argues that exploration is a rigorous, time sensitive pursuit demanding a trained body and severe physical stamina. He criticizes desk bound planners who underestimate the ordeal and stresses that genuine exploration is seasoned by tested endurance and preparedness.
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Roald Amundsen
Beware of the Bull notice on a country tree
A short sighted inquisitive man could not read the sign from afar so he climbed a fence into a field. He escaped a raging bull just in time and learned the notice warned about the bull. The tale ends with the man realizing the message on the board.
Bagpipes in Spain in medieval manuscripts
The Cantigas di Santa Marta from Alphonso the Wise era includes 51 musical figures. Among them are three bagpipers shown as bagpipes. A late fifteenth century Spanish manuscript, illustrated for Queen Isabella by a Flemish artist, also depicts bagpipes among many instruments.
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Santa Marta
Alphonso the Wise
Isabella
Way of the World Laugh and the world laughs with you
A humorous adage from the Shoe and Leather Reporter notes that public reaction mirrors emotion. The saying warns that mockery grows when you indulge sadness, urging steadiness and dignity in laughter and sorrow.
Illinois to cut near two hundred thousand for county fairs
Illinois plans a slight reduction in county fair funding next year after an overrun of 23 thousand dollars from the 1928 allotment. State agriculture officials warn fairs to limit premium offerings to avoid deficits, noting the legislature authorized a maximum 440 thousand dollars for this and next year.
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State of Illinois
State Department of Agriculture
Stanard
Department of Agriculture
United States
State Division of Highways
Livingston County
Indiana Road Paying Companys
Rochester
Ind
Kankakee
Chicago
New Laws of Illinois Conclude Fifty Fifth General Assembly
A summary lists passed bills signed or approved without signature by Governor Small. It covers House Bills 154 7256 and 755 approving payments from the court of claims blocks for road contracts along Route 23 and survey expenses Emergency action expands fugitives rewards to 1000 and sets statewide 1927 tax levies totaling 18 million for general purposes and 8 million for schools
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Jacksonville
Meredosia
Chaplin
Small
Chapin
Mt. Sterling
Wuaiu
Col CR Miller
Frank T Sheets
Illinois River
Pike
Calhoun
State Division of Highways
State House
A. Otis Arnold
Quincy
Carroll Bush
Pittsfield
Barry
Griggsville
Kinderhook
Milton
Pearl
Rockport
Hull
Detroit
Kampsville
Hardin
Hannibal
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Calhoun County
St. Louis
General Assembly
Committee On Appropriations
Court of Claims
House Bi
Browne
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The
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Mra. Willoughby
Migs
Ordial Greting
Auntalmirya
Bluffs
Anntalmiry
Tillie
Gus
Spain
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
John H. Camlin
Organtzation
Tllinois
Panama Limited
Millnois Central
United Fruit
Cartago
Harold Holmes
Winnebago
Minn
Holmes
Fred Stanek
Iowa
Illinois
LaSalle
Grafton
America First Foundation
William Iale Thompson
Chiceago
Emmerson
Thompson
Henry Paschen
John J. Murphy
Christian Paschen
Linus Long
Oscar el. Carlstrom
Saline County
Ohio
Mississippi
Ogle
Union County
Lake County
Springfield
State University
Ridgway
Wabash River
Alexander
Monroe County
Gallatin
Saline
Pope
Jersey
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