Motoring Through Vermont Starr Encounters Blanche Manning
Boston architect Philip Starr visits Vermont and meets Blanche Manning a seventeen year old girl. Blanche suggests he stay with her cousin Mary Manning at Hamstead. Starr learns of the Manning family superstition about the Blanches and begins courting Blanche while Mary and Paul are introduced.
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Vermont
Phil Starr
Boston
Blanche Manning
Burlington
Starr
Blanche
Hamstead
Mary Manning
Mary
Philip
Paul
Gaye Hamlin
Blanches
Manning
Violet Manning and the Hamstead Circle of Wait and Wealth
Violet Manning, a pretty but idle woman from White Water, marries Martin Manning and lives off ease at Lady Blanche farm. Her status shapes a household run by Myra and Hod Evans, while son Paul drifts into dissipation. Blanche remains a steady, sharp presence as Philip arrives at Lady Blanche farm.
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Violet Manning
White Water
Hamstead
Achite-Water
Europe
Martin Manning
Lady Blanche
Horace
Hod” Evans
Myra
Violet
Martin
Blanche
Faul
Martie
New England
Stascoon
Seth
Paul
Agricultural College
Mary
Philip
Lady Blanche Farm
Dinner and Dilemmas in Hamstead Manor
Mary and Violet discuss Philip Starr and Paul while cousin Jane probes morals. Paul hides illness and flirtation after a tense kiss, Mary walks to Countess Hill seeking space to decide whether to break her engagement or stay with Paul as she contemplates Philip Starr’s tempting steadiness.
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Mary
Blanche
Philip
Padi
Wallacetown
Paul
Jack Weston
White Water
Hamstead
Countess Hill
Jed
Philip Starr
Christmas Reunion Brings Breen Family Together
In a warm office scene and on a snowy hill, Joseph Breen plans last minute shopping before a family Christmas. A check from Breen’s son, Seth Holden, sparks a personal gift plan including caroling at the family home. The Brens’ night ends with a heartwarming reunion as a son returns, described by a festive, old‑fashioned newsroom voice.
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Breen
Joseph Breen
Jim
Mr. Breen
White House
Jenkins
Beechcamp Dinner Ends With Bear Rescue and Romance
At Beechcamp, Alice Pearce seeks solitude after a quarrel with Blake Irving. She encounters him in the pine woods as a bear corners her. Blake protects her, defeats the bear, and the couple reunites, with Merrill joking about the incident and telegraphing news to the Pearces.
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AU Pearce
Beechcamp
Merrills
Alice
Mia
Merrill
Alice Pearce
Blake Irving
Blake
Mr. Pearce
Alce
Mrs. Appleton
Arline Merrill
Bat Blake
Brrs. Pearce
British Sea Wall Projects End Ocean Ravage
A vast British sea wall is under construction along the east coast to shield land from ocean erosion. The feature, unlike ancient fortifications, aims to defend territory by pushing the River Tyne area’s shoreline back and protecting towns such as Kings Lynch from flooding and marshing.
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Tyne
Solway Firth
Britain
Kings Lynch
Quse
Gen
We Can Quite Understand Jail Visitor A Refrain
A fragment from a period page hints at a jail visitor and music theme with stray phrases about a Congregationalist and an opening bar. The text shows garbled OCR likely from a community column or notice.
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By Frances Parkinson Keyes
WNO
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Davis and Hamlin
Gale Hamlin
Jane Manning
Jane
June
Miss Manning
Chapter
Joe
Seth Holden
Daley
Abs
McClure
By Clarissa Mackie
Congregationalist
Willie
Poe
M. R. Zaegel & Co
Sheboygan, Wis
Ceres Ave
Los Angeles
Raton
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