Major Amberson Fortune Shapes a Midland Estate
Major Amberson builds a vast 26 acre development on Amberreon Avenue to showcase family prestige. George Amberson Minafer, a gifted yet mischievous youth, returns from college with a belief the Ambersons are the town’s premier family. Tensions rise as his aunt and relatives scheme around wills and wealth while Isabel’s marriage to Wilbur Minafer anchors domestic strains.
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Major Amberson
Amberreon Avenue
Majors
Wilber Minafer
Isabel
Wilbur
George Amberson Minafer
Lucy
George
Morgan
Fanny Minafer
Family Strife Over Estate Test Drives George Amber
George Amber son uncovers a tense quarrel at the Major Amber son estate amid debates over dividing property between Sydney and Sydney’s wife Ame lla. Amelia fires rumors about Isabel Mivafer and Eugene Morgan while George confronts family loyalties and Fanny’s fragile hopes, ending with a pitying view of Aunt Fanny’s distress.
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George
Fanny
Mr. Minafer
Isabel
Amelia
Minafer
Georgie
Sydney
Congress
Florence
Father
Golondo
Grandfather
Ametta
Aretta
Isabel Mivafer
Frank Bronson
Mr. Bronson
Sibel
Stithy
Frank Hronson
Eugene
Silm
Amelia Amberson
Amberson
Eugene Morgan
Sydney Amberson
Uncertain family vows ease Aunt Amelia rift
In a sunlit scene a troubled aunt and nephew reconcile after a tense moment. He consoles Fanny and urges silence about Aunt Amelia. They drive together along Atherson boulevard, the mood lightening as hostilities ease and they prepare to return.
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Amelia
Aunt Munn
Fanny
Atherson Boulevard
Prize Fight Loss Ends In Domestic Reform
Gelatine Travers mourns a costly wager after a Friday shock and learns of a $50 loss. Mrs Travers discovers two fur coats and salt stores, prompting a family budget rethink as she heads to downtown operations. The Kansas City Star reports a domestic cost tied to impulsive gambling.
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Travers
Willing to be put wise in all the armies
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Alvord recalls lax war discipline in air service camps during WWI. While inspecting Colombes les Belles, soldiers ignored ranks, salutes rare, and only a few officers acknowledged him. A private’s curt reply amused the general as he sought respect due to rank.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Benjamin Alvord
A.E.F
Pershing
Colombes -les-Belles
Holt
Old Top
Pazried
Novel Tobacco Pipe With Long Contained Stem
Warren Murry Luechtel of Hagerstown Maryland invents a pipe with a stem like a horn tube. The design links coils to a dripping chamber at the lower end to collect saliva and allow cleaning via a screw cup. Smoke travels through the coils and reportedly absorbs saliva and nicotine.
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Warren Murry Luechtel
Hagerstown
Evers
Man's Adam's Apple and human origins debated
Scientists in Popular Science Monthly quote John Walker Sturton on human descent from spineless life forms that began in mineral springs, evolving through fish with developing backbones to mammals and ultimately to humans. The article notes the Adam's apple as part of this long evolutionary tale.
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John Walker Sturrington
Popular Science Monthly
Closson Divorce Case Faces Property and Custody Issues
Mary E. M. Closson and Neal E. Closson appear in a civil action seeking division of assets and related custody or support arrangements. The filing names the spouses and outlines a forthcoming court hearing to resolve property interests and parental responsibilities.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
Chy
W. Brewster Deen
Lawrence B. Towers
Opy
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Denton Journal
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Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
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Magnificent Ambersons
BY Booth Tarrington
Doubleday, Page & Company
Diarge
Lucy Morgan
Migburg
Crat
Venton
Wilbur Minifer
Fred Kinney
Bay de Sec
Monte Carlo
Sol
Old Bronson
George Amberson
Eugene Morgen
Tie
Victoria
Lucy’s
Inine
Abberson
Hochschild Kohn & Company
Howard & Lexington
Paige
Detroit Motor Gar CO
Detroit, Michigan
Bullock’s Garage
Denton, MD
Eastern Shore Paige Distributor
Hochachila
Baltimore, Md
Nisi
Mary E. M. Closson
Neal E. Closson Et al
Remington Umc
Goldsboro Station
Charles F. Urry
South Sith St
Philadelphia
Thomas & Messer CO
W. Balto, St
Greensboro
Crete En cl
Imate Ruad
F. P. Roe
Greensboro, Md
Prince Albert
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
Louis J. Knotts & Sons
SWIFT
Lancaster Dairy
Superior
L& M
Carty Longman & Martinsr
AW. A. Smith
Denton
Maryland
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
Baltimore, Maryland
Elkton, Maryland
Maryland Breeding Bureau
St. American. Bldg
Baltimore
J. HW. Carroll
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