She Painted Her Face by Richard Exon
English youth Richard Exon befriends elderly Matthew Gering who dies claiming he is Rudolph Elbert Virgil, Count of Brief. A family secret lies in the great tower at Brief. Exon inherits wealth and pursues justice while meeting Percy Elbert Virgil, Ferdinand’s son, and encounters Winter the valet and John Herrick the linguist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Exon
Matthew Gering
Gering
Rudolph Elbert Virgil
Brief
Ferdinand
Exon
Percy Elbert Virgil
Inskip
Winter
Percy
John Herrick
Herrick
Percy Virgil
Elizabeth Virgil
England Inquiries Lead to Briefs Castle View
The narrator and companions Bruno Herrick and Winter travel with a Rolls to Raven estate near Brief, seeking the castle and its secrets. They observe a distant view of Brief Castle and map drives while facing hard climbs and brambles, encountering Percy Virgil in a chase that ends with a car sighting and a cliffhanger.
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Herrick
Winter
One Third of Farm Families in Slum Conditions Revealed
A three year survey by the Department of Agriculture and the Farm Security Administration finds one third of U S farm families living in slum conditions with roughly 10 6 million rural families studied. The report notes widespread poverty rural substandard living and rising tenant and laborer statuses amid the depression era.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Farm Security Administration
Roses and Rose Petal Delights in Food and Myth
The text describes rose petals used in Chinese New Year fritters and historic rosebud servings at tables. It recounts legends of Cupid spilling nectar creating roses and a myth of Miko giving roses to Venus for a chin tumor. It notes roses in arts, sciences, and their relation to apples, pears, and berries.
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Cupid
Olympus
New Yorker
Miko
Venus
When God Spoke to a Boy in Eli's Home
A lesson stressing Christian fatherhood’s duty and influence. It warns that weak fathers may produce wayward sons, yet affirms that strong, consistent living by fathers builds moral fiber both in families and in the nation. It urges fathers to seize God given opportunity to guide their households.
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Eli
America
Samuel
God
Pattern 1743 transfer motif embroideries for linens
The note promotes a transfer pattern 1743 with four motifs sized 7 by 9 inches, 3 by 3 inches, and 2 by 2 inches, plus stitch illustrations and material lists. It asks readers to send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave New York, and to include name and address with the pattern number.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Favorite Recipe of the Week Honey Cake and Frosting
The article lists a recipe for a honey cake using shortening sugar honey milk eggs and flour with seven minute honey frosting. It specifies mixing creaming shortening and honey then alternating dry and wet ingredients, baking two 9 inch layers at 350 in 30 minutes, and finishing with frosting and shredded coconut.
Live Your Best Today Quote by Harriet Martineau
The quote urges living acting and thinking at peak quality today as preparation for tomorrow and all future days attributed to Harriet Martineau.
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Harriet Martineau
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Dornford Yates
England
Brenda
Nnns
Gola
Raven
Harold L. Lundau
Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Allied Engineering Enterprises
St. Louis
Missouri
Hees
Dean's
WNU
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