Shifting Sands by Sara Ware Bassett
A visitor hides a jewelry package at Widder Marcia Howe’s home and a sheriff uncovers a linked jewel theft. Stanley Heath professes innocence but Currier’s coinvestigation exposes the gems, leading Marcia to doubt her romantic trust.
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Widder
Marcia Howe Hen
Nlece
Sylvia Hayden
Marcia
Elisha Winslow
Stanley Heath
Bylvin
Heath
Marvin
Marcis
Currier
New York
Mia Heath
Arrest Attempt Turns on Hidden Jewels at Marcia’s Home
Elisha Winslow and Eleazer Crocker confront Stanley Heath over a Long Island robbery. Marcia Fraley guards Heath as Sylvia defends him while a brick vault is searched and jewels are believed hidden, provoking accusations, loyalties, and a tense standoff.
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Elisha
Stanley Heath
Brearer
Lish
Eleazer
Pete
Crocker’s Cove
Lich Winslow
Rouwn
Marela
Eleazer Crocker
Heath
Elester
Mr. Heath
Marcia
Mr. Beath
Long Island
Eleazar
Marcia de Os
Elisha Winslow
Sylvia
Mr. Winslow
Marcela
Audacious Sports Verse Echoes from Famed Teams and Coaches
A collage of playful poems and quips from sports culture, naming Dodgers, Yankees, Giants, and players like Ruth, Dempsey, and Louis. The text wades through fan chants and inside jokes about clubs, colleges, and racing officials, ending with a critique of university athletic honesty and a nod to O U Deans.
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Fair
Columbia
Lou Little
Penn
Yankees
Giants
Dodgers
Tony Canzoneri
Roy Parmelee
Colonel Ruppert
Babe Ruth
Blondy Ryan
Casey Stengel
Brooklyn
Joe Louis
This Lad Was Willing to Earn an Education
A young infielder reported to the Giants using an alias from Eastern Washington football fame. He claimed he pursued eight college offers, attended a prep school, and entered a university to study despite football taking time. He said varsity mentors advised he could maintain Bs while playing. He eventually quit amateur football to pursue professional baseball in the N Y P League after being sold from Blue Ridge League.
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Giants
Pennsylvania
Blue Ridge League
N. Y.P. League
Blueridge
Case
Canada
Bill
Smith
Smith and Jones
Havelock Filis
Sigmund Freud
Cenereic Nunennnes University
Athlete tempted by offers in shifting school sports deals
A fragmented account details cases where a Canadian athlete faced college coaches and inducements as he moved toward education in the United States. It describes how a coach switched salaries and used influence to steer players, while the athlete sought a balance between education, home, and football aspirations amid offers from multiple colleges.
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Eleazer
Airtel
Eieazer
Elisha
Olterin
Eileaver
Eleaser
MacIntosh Clan Origins and Early American Settlement
The MacIntosh clan, of Scotch origin from Lochaber Inverness shire, fields about 1000 men and holds Moy Hall on Loch Moy. John MacIntosh settled in Dedham Massachusetts before 1659, with descendants nationwide. They aided Georgia settlement as New Inverness and Darien, contributing to early American history and later conflicts. The clan flag bears red, black and yellow, and their chieftain is titled The MacIntosh.
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MacIntosh
Loch Moy
Loch Moldheidh
America
John MacIntosh
Dedham
Mass
John
MacIntoshs
Georgia
Inverness
Darien
MacIntosh County
John Moore MacIntosh
Lachlan MacIntosh
Bonile Scotland
Calthorpe Lineage and Early American Settlement Ties
The text traces Christopher Calthorp of Blakeney England to American descent via the ship Furtherance in 1622. It notes kin to Nathaniel Bacon, and Christopher’s prominence in Virginia politics as captain, patentee of a York County raid, and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. It also links intermarriages with the Howards Clabornes and Bowens and mentions Sir James Calthorpe.
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Blakeney
Cockthorp
James Calthorpe
Suffolk
England
Cromwell
Christopher Calthorp
Christopher
America
Nathaniel Bacon
Virginia Council
York County
Virginia
Virginia House of Burgesses
Howards, Clabornes and Bowens, Public Ledger, Inc
WHU Services
STAR DUST Movie Radio Highlights Silent Stars and New Ventures
A survey of stars from silent to talking pictures covers Emil Jannings versus Charles Laughton in The Making of a King, Laughton buying The Judgment of Paris, Ruth Gordon and Ernest Truex in a father and son radio drama, Igor Gorin’s rise from Roxy to As Thousands Cheer, and a Shirley Temple named theater in North Carolina. Other notes include Evelyn Venable’s daughter Dolores, Joan Bennett’s Metinda, and a dog adoption broadcast from SPCA in Philadelphia.
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Emil Jannings
Germany
Frederick the
Jannings
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Jonnings
Renoir
Paris
Igor Gorin
Roxy
Music Hall
Gorin
Hollywood
Metropolitan Opera House
Evelyn Venable
Dolores
Joan Bennett
Gene Markey
Metinda
Charles Stark
SPCA
Philadelphia
WMCA
Ancient Welsh gold mine reopened amid modern mining push
A historic Welsh gold site, among the world’s oldest, has been reopened as new mining technology and methods are applied to revive long idle pits. The Washington Post notes the site’s long history and renewed activity despite centuries of dormancy.
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Washington Post
Wales
Bay
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