Rupert Hughes and the Star Author Series
Mary Stewart Cutting Jr recalls meeting Rupert Hughes who veered conversations toward others' work, admires his empathy, notes his long career from Yale to editor roles and prolific output in stories, novels, plays, and moving pictures, and mentions his work Peachblow on marriage.
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Rupert Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Yale
Mary Stewart Cutting, JR
Peachblow Ellen Anne Green and the mystery of love
The tale follows Ellen Anne Green nicknamed Peachblow, born amid wonder and gifted with power to alter the past. She seeks love and marriage, casting about for a worthy partner, with Claude Winsor emerging as the leading suitor. Her father and mother react as the narrative unfolds.
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Ellen Anne Green
Peach
Low
Claude Winsor
Peachblow
American Legion
Los Angeles
Mr. Winsor
John Elphinstone
Mr. Elphinstone
California
Elphinstone
Wanafield & Son
Peachblow and the California Earthquake of Love
A fanciful tale follows Peachblow through a string of ill fated marriages from a Los Angeles film star to a lawyer and an overworked physician culminating in a kitchen pan epiphany. The tale ends with her reuniting with Claude Winsor as the world tilts from chaos to comic harmony.
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Peachblow
Claude Winsor
Los Angeles
Winsor
Studo
Anice Than
Ezra Hepple
Lucifer
Heaven
Peach
Ann-Maria Finds Favor in Lodge Dining and Love
Ann-Maria Ezell plots escape from a looming marriage to rich widower Sam Todd. She gains aid from lodge workers who praise her cooking and sew her into new clothes, drawing multiple suitors while Lem Ezell remains a looming obstacle to the family plot.
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Ann-Maria
Buddy
Ezell
Sam Todd
Sam
Ann-Marila
Old Sam
Lem
Margaret
Aunt Margaret
Brother Bellamy
Ann-Martin
Era
Fare
Ann- Maria
Sunshine
Lem Ezell
Ann
Todd
Nym Cooney
Ma. Péeblés
Jimmy Pell
Pistol Loaded for Witches Unearthed in Colonial Charge
A Pennsylvania farmer found an old musket loaded with two silver shillings dated 1781 wadded in a Bible leaf, with a hair strand and a quotation. The discovery suggests a colonial era belief in charms to dispel witches and spirits.
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Pennsylvania
Fashions That Never Die and the Crinoline
A London Answers note recalls the crinoline’s long history from 1530 origins in Paris to its English adoption as the farthingale and later hoop petticoats. It chronicles revivals in 1711 and 1744 with a dramatic diameter, its 1796 decline, and mid 19th century returns.
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London
Paris
England
Artillery Improvement for Panama Canal Defenses
Two new instruments the target computer and the battery computer will be installed to direct fire of the coast defense guns at the Panama canal. Telescopes at fixed observation stations receive airplane observations and transmit them to the computers which calculate distance speed direction and aim for distant targets.
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Panama Canal
MR Resmi
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