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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1935

Page

2

Antoinette Taft Seeks a Job at the San Francisco Journal

In a rain-soaked San Francisco morning Antoinette Taft meets editor Lawrence Bellamy who offers a sales role in exchange for commissions while she pitches a women’s pages concept. She leaves discouraged but hopeful about journalism as she returns to a crowded, struggling family حياة.

Antoinette Lawrence Bellamy San Francisco Journal of Commerce and Business Antoinette Taft Montgomery Street Mr. Bellamy Miss Taft Taft Baldwin New England Boston Bulletin Margaret Russell Brenda Cliff Bruce Miss Bruce Journal Taft Hansen Onty Mrs. Bellamy Aunt Megry Sewing Society Hall of Justice Chinatown Harvard New York San Francisco Market Street Brendan Asterbell Aunt Meg Twin Peaks Father Brown London Jingle Hai Aunt Meggy Grandma Darling Paul

Dinner talk and career hopes in a household

At dinner Tony vents about failed efforts to land a Journal job after visiting editors in the city. Brenda and Cliff reacts as Tony muses on advertising work and a future she would prefer. Barney arrives unannounced, hesitates, and departs, leaving the scene unresolved as the chapter ends.

Sacramento Barney Kerr Cliff Bruce Barney Antoinette Brenda Miss Bruce Tony Journal Catholic Weekly Christian Science Weekly Argumaut News Letter the Journal Bendy Aunt Meggy

Cormorants Trained to Fish for Masters

A Chicago Tribune note recalls cormorants trained in China Japan and Europe to fish for their masters. Birds dive with throats full of trout kept from swallowing by collars and cords. Fishermen then force the catch from the birds when they surface.

China Japan Chicago Tribune Europe

Motivational Maxim on Study and Initiative

A quoted maxim urges that progress in any field requires study and thinking. It emphasizes initiative and personal effort as the source of achievement and value.

Fife

The Sawfish Threatens Marine Life Across Waters

A detailed account explains the sawfish, a large oceanic fish of the Pristidae family. It describes its shark-like body, deadly rostrum, ferocious feeding, and status as a major predator of whales. Sawfishes inhabit warm tropical waters, enter rivers like the Mississippi, breed live young, and are valued for their rough skin.

Tropics Equator Mississippi Lake Nicaragua

Danish Lansting Heard Brief Speech Ends In One Word

In Copenhagen a Danish Lansting debate produced a record for brevity. Burgomaster Goskesen rose to the tribune and after awaiting attention uttered a single word Lizegua meaning the same before bowing and sitting down.

Copenhagen Goskesen Lizegua

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Kathleen Norris Cate Gulai Rafecoat Mr. Lawrence Bellamy Mercantile Library Younger Paul Younger Tony Taft Kathleen Norris Milnesio Nieabees Aaa Piri
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