Oaks One and the Search for a Mother in New York
A widow Anne Vincent plans to winter in France while her daughter Rachel seeks her real mother. Rachel learns her mother was Elinor Malloy, deserted by her husband in World War I, later married Peter Cayne of New York. In need and determined, Rachel pursues Elinor’s whereabouts, meeting models, a photographer agent, and a country newspaper man named Curt Elton while navigating connections with Pink Matthews and Oliver Land in New York.
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France
Anne Vincent
Rachel
Anne
Elinor Malloy
Elinor
Peter Cayne
New York
Bob Eddis
Rockboro
Oliver Land
Pink Matthews
Elinor Cayne
Louis Vinco
Oliver
Curt Elton
Vnco
Mrs Caynes
Detective Plot Entangles Rachel and a Maid Scheme
Rachel, a model, weighs a risky plan to join a detective job as a high society ruse. Curt, her ally, negotiates with Vince the photographer to place her as a housemaid inside Cayne family circles for covert inquiries. The lunch talk and clandestine setup promise tension and danger as they pursue clues.
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Curt
Greenhorn
Vince
Evening visit reshapes Sophie Kerr tale in Bread and Milk
Rachel faces a visitor Olver Land at her apartment while Genie bypasses, Pink forbids lending hats. Oliver arrives emaciated, hungry, and ill, prompting Rachel to tend him with milk and comfort as she contemplates Anne and potential moves from Elinor Cayne's house.
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Pink
Rachel
Genie
Anne
Elinor Cayne
Olver Land
Oliver
Bul
Coconut Trees Drift Across Pacific To Find Reef Lodging
The piece describes coconuts drifting across the South Pacific, lodging on coral reefs where germination begins. A coconut’s life inside a hard shell forms a sponge, a white bud pushes through the eye, roots emerge, and within five to six years a tree eight or nine feet tall bears nuts for propagation.
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South Pacific
Warner Mason
Chicago Tribune
Taming an Animal in Uncle Eben’s Advice
Uncle Eben cautions that the best way to tame an animal is to stare it in the eyes, a warning illustrated with the behavior of a mule. The anecdote underscores steady gaze as a method of calm control and animal handling.
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Eben
Sew-Your-Own Frock Patterns Promote Easy Style
An advertisement extols Sew-Your-Own patterns 1413 1852 and 1383 for sizes 34 to 50 2 4 6 8 and 14 to 20 with fast fashion touches. It promises frocks in gingham silk satin and velvet with poured in looks and shirtwaist styling. Pattern details include yardage and trimming specifics and directs orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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White House
Cottage
Milady
Miss
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
We Admire the Chap Who Can Stand the Gaff
Editorial echoes Detroit News on resilience amid misfortune and public reaction. It questions uproar over personal injustice, noting duty to endure and not chase sensational headlines when unfair acts occur.
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Detroit News
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Madem
Milord
Park Avenue
Cayne
Peter H. Cayne
Peter Holbrook Cayne
Mrs. Cayne
Unc
Curtis
Terriss
Detective Agency
Vince’s
Genie Moore
Harlem
Sophie Kerr
Sophie Kerr Underwood
WNN Service
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
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Samuel French
W. 45Th St
New York, N. Y
Mark Don
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
By Fred Neher
Fred Neher
Bill
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