New Neighbors Turn Clinging Vines in Quiet Rural Tale
Misses Ella and Lillian Dorr move into the old Burgin house and charm each neighbor with sociable acts. The town’s women, tired of ineffectual husbands, plan a strike but soon see the Dorrs marry Tim Bixby. The men keep their distance as the community returns to harmony.
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JERE
Burgin house
Burein house
Rose
Cull
Lake
Lee
Lillian
Mrs. Rose
Elen
Stout
Mr. Rose
F4llian
pusey
Lila
Aden
Mrs. Lake
Jim
nere
John
Miss Lee
Billy
Mrs Rose
Tim
Nance
Mr. Bixby
Erin
Blind Men Comforted With Pipes and Radio
In Bourne boarding house for the blind the men relax in a long softly lit room with Braille books, a piano, and a radio. They read Braille music rarely, enjoy radio music and current news read aloud weekly, and vote on which magazines or books to keep.
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Bourne
daily papers
daily news
New York World
Exploring the Universe excerpt by Henshaw Ward
The excerpt reflects on the limits of science and philosophy in explaining a simple muscle action. It questions whether the will to turn a page is a conscious choice or a complex neural process beyond definition.
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heaven
Henshaw Ward
Retina described as brain’s image receiver in eye
A simplified explanation states the retina is the network on the inside back of the eyeball that senses light. The eye is like a camera with a front lens that forms an image on the retina and the retina then sends this image to the brain.
Another Viewpoint by Duele Eben
A quotation from Duele Eben in the Washington Star asserts that a man is defined by his company and by what he allows to influence those he leads, emphasizing social circles and leadership.
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Duele Eben
Washington Star
Riches and Restraint Record-Herald quotation
A brief quotation notes that riches and restraint are linked as a good vocabulary should be used wisely. It attributes the line to Helena Mont. in the Record-Herald. The message urges prudent use of language rather than overexertion.
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Helena Mont
Record-Herald
Too Much Cream Ends In Unexpected Romance
Lydia Lane, an aging carer, juggles tasks for neighbors while a note from an old flame Hosea Keator stirs memories. After a day of mishaps and a sharp rebuke about promises, she accepts a dinner invitation and finds renewed hope as Hosea expresses lasting affection.
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Mrs. Knapp
Baby Ruth
Lydia
Ruthie
Lydia Lane
Mrs. Empey
Anne Holt
Della Combs
Betty
Ley
Alice Burdette
Tommy
Hosea Keator
Hosea
Tommy Burdette
YDIA LANE
Alice
Lydian
Lyjia
Denar
Hoseal
Must Have Read Tom Sawyer In His Youth
A Hollywood actor invited friends to his Arrowhead cabin for a weekend. Guests loafed or fished while others repaired gear and fetched supplies. The carped motor boat failed and the group had to beach near shore after a gadget refused to function.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles Times
Arrowhead
Polygamy in African Jungle Cited By Capper Weekly
Report notes native women favor polygamy for food reasons. An only wife asks the chief to press her husband to take more wives, arguing one man cannot bear the burden alone. Doctor Fowzer recounts a palaver where women do the work in the tribe.
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Doctor Fowzer
Instinct and Its Role in Animal Behavior
The article explains instinct as a natural impulse guiding animals beyond experience to actions aiding individual welfare or species longevity. Examples include bird migration bee nest building and insect egg laying on suitable host leaves as larvae feed sites.
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Montreal
Exhausted Goose Drops Into Farm Pond
A Minnesota farmer watched a lone goose fall from a passing flock into a small pond near his house. The exhausted bird could not rise and was captured alive after it settled beside tame ducks in the water.
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Minnesota
Poisonous Cherry Leaves Poison Cattle If Eaten
The pin or fire cherry Prunus Pennsylvanica is a small tree common in regenerating woods and neglected pastures. Its wilted leaves may poison cattle as they contain prussic acid under certain conditions.
Old Ironsides Called From Live Oak to Red Cedar
Joshua Humphreys designed the Constitution with live oak and red cedar framing and a white oak keel. The ship is nicknamed Old Ironsides for its hard planking and timbers.
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Joshua Humphreys
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Diamond State Theatre Corporation
KENNETH G. FAULKNER
Charles Farrel
Greta Nissen
FRAZIL
Fazil
Venice
Paris
CLARENCE
David Rollins
Nancy Drexel
VAUDEVIL ILE
Mary Astor and
Mat Moore
Paria
France
Mary Astor
Heywood-Wakefield
HEY WOOD
WAKEFIELD
M. K. NEWNAM
Denton
Maryland
JAMES J. ROSS
CECIL C. FUILTON
Secty-Treas
The Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Deover, Delaware
J.T. CARTER &SON
L. IRVING JONES
Greensboro
CLARE N. PAWNE
Agt
a, Md
GREATHR REESE THEATRE
HARRINGTON
DELAWARE
The Community Theatre of
Lower Delaware
Laura La Plante
Marion Davies
William Haines
PEOPLE
Charlie Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
Bill Hart
Mae Murray
Beautiful
LEON The
Fool
LAVARRO
VOLTZ & CO
man
BROTHERLY
Karl Dane
Tim McCoy
THE ADVENTURER
NATURAL LIME-MARL CO
Roanoke, Va
Charles Town
W.Va
BEOR
J. VIRGIL MOORE
DENTON, MARYLAND
D. J Walsh
ledle
Loledes
FC reeee
Dr. Walsh
Ironsides
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