Family Ties and Turmoil Amid Prohibition Night
In a muddled Covington setting, editor Mike Maguire keeps his cool as real estate woes hit son Alec while Kathleen laments family woes over Myra and Alec's impulsive call to Lou Knight. Kathleen confronts Alec about honor, while the Maguire brood faces a rough evening near the railroad yards.
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Maguire
Mike Maguire
Covington
Kathleen
Shirley
Tom
Mary Etta
Reno
Alec
Alec Maguire
Myra
Bud
Lou Knight
Len Woods
Sylvia Mason
Main Street
Mike
Clarion
Covington's Downward Spiral Casts Shadow Over Night Out
Alec meets Lou Knight, a fragile girl from the town’s trouble-worn Knight family. Pete Knight, once a gentleman, drifts drunk through Covington, while Lou, barely older than a child, travels the rough path of poverty and fear. Alec wrestles with snobbery and pity as they attempt a rare evening out, haunted by the town’s decay.
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Covington
Alec
Pete Knight
Lou
Mike
Lou Knight
Covington Airdrome
How to Make Your Own Rugs
A 32 page booklet offers exact instructions and patterns for making the New England hooked rug and other hooked styles as well as woven braided knitted tufted and crocheted rug projects. Send your order to:
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New England
Two Ears of Corn Quote on Political Service
A Swift quip on merit and public service. The speaker asserts that growing two ears of corn on barren ground would better serve the country than all politicians combined. The line emphasizes practical achievement over political rhetoric.
How To Make Your Own Ss Reader Home Service Request
Reader home service form from New York requests 10 cents for a copy of How To Make Your Own Ss, asking for name and address to be enclosed with payment.
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Sixth Avenue
New York City
Russian Soviet Census Lists 11 Cities Over Half Million
The January 17 1939 census of the Soviet Union records eleven cities with populations exceeding 500000. Moscow leads with 4137018 people followed by Leningrad 3191304 Kiev 846293 Kharkov 833432 Baku 809347 Gorky 644116 Odessa 604223 Tashkent 585005 Tbilisi 519175 Rostov-on-Don 510253 and Dnieperpetrovsk 500662.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Kharkov
Baku
Gorky
Nizhni Novgorod
Odessa
Tashkent
Tbilisi
Tiflis
Rostov-on-Don
Dnieperpetrovsk
Raleigh jingle contest invites broad prize ad appears
An advertisement invites entry to the Raleigh jingle contest with liberal prizes. Readers are directed to see the Raleigh ad in this paper for full details and rules.
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Raleigh
Untested Courage Quote from Rochefoucauld
Historical quote attributed to Rochefoucauld about courage and danger, noting no one can answer for courage without facing peril.
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