The Duke Seeks Shelter in Southampton Summer Home
A twenty three year old jobless youth Barry Gilbert enters a Southampton summer house to escape a rainstorm. He fakes being Jack Ridder as servants arrive and he takes advantage of a mistaken identity while planning to leave with a hundred dollar bill later. He aids Judge Hambidge and daughter Patricia after a roadside car breakdown and contemplates staying longer.
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Southampton
China
Barry Gilbert
States
Willetta
Jack Ridder
Germany
Jack
Barry
Evans
Montauk
Judge Hambidge
Patricia
Mr. Crowell
John Clarke Ridder, Jr
John Clarke Junior
Bad Nauheim
Riddera
Long Island Railway
Jefferson Street
Civic Association
Hambidge
Hambidge As Bare-faced Loot of City Treasury
The
Tammany
Rambidge
Serra
Willetts
Evang
Jim
Ufe
Vatricia
Civile Association
Globe
Abraham Lincoln
Father
Winslows
Florida
New York
Boston
Duke's London Deception Deepens Amid Southampton Plans
Barry, posing as the Duke, contemplates a long stay in Southampton and a fake telegram to his mother as he avoids exposing the ruse. He battles wardrobe purchases, social games with Patricia Harbidge, and suspicions about a looming family conflict while pursuing acting chances in New York.
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Willetts
Patricia
Barry
New York
Aittle
Goose Domestication In Europe Traced To Antiquity
A historical overview notes geese were established in Europe before modern man and served as food and feather sources. It cites sacred status in Egypt four thousand years ago, mentions Sanskrit references, Luxor tomb decor, Roman cuisine and alarm calls that reportedly saved Rome, and Celtic influence spreading goose farming and feather use across ancient Europe.
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Europe
Egypt
Gecke
France
Belgium
Italy
Pliny
Messalipus Cotta
Messala
Ancient Giant Forests Revealed By Fossil Cones
A Pathfinder Magazine article notes that 120 million years ago North America hosted giant sequoia like forests when dinosaurs roamed swamps near mountains. Fossilized cones owned by the Smwithgonian Institution show towering trees filling much of the continent before mountains and glaciers cut and curtailed their range to California.
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Pathfinder Magazine
North America
Smwithgonian Institution
California
California Cogat
Foreign Phrases and Their Explanations
A list of Latin French and other foreign phrases with brief English equivalents and notes. Entries include ad interim in the meantime a la bonne heure bis dat qui cito dat chateau en Espagne coup de maître dulce et decorum est pro patria mor exceptio probat regulam in loco parentia and more.
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Chateau En Espagne
Spain
Cool Frock for All Around Wear
Lovely shirted sleeves and wide cuffs with a jaunty bowtie neckline define this dress. Made in dotted swiss or batiste with two pleats in the front skirt, it’s easy to sew and flatters the waist with a self fabric or purchased belt. Barbara Bell Pattern 1840-Box fits sizes 12 14 16 18 20 and busts 30 32 34 36 38. Send fifteen cents for the pattern to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Adams SL
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
Little in Common The Second Rate Mind
A compact reflection contrasts two minds in dense prose, suggesting the second rate rarely entangles with the first. The piece probes intellectual hierarchy and common ground, hinting at limits of superior reasoning in everyday thought.
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