Bells and Pomegranates at New Orleans Ball
In a Comus season tale Sylvia Lea and Ned Merritt clash over thrift and extravagance at a Mardi Gras ball. William Winthrop, a banker and saver, embodies prudent living while Merritt courts Sylvia with wealth and status. After a night of bells and pomegranate blossoms the couple face money, pride, and love amid New Orleans social rituals.
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Sylvia Lea
Ned Merritt
Boston
Sylvia
William Winthrop
New Orleans
Merritt
Conus
Ned
Gran'mere
Winthrop
Orleans Trust Company
Sylvia Len
Will Winthrop
New England
Miss Lea
Browning
Gron'mere
Clet
Syvia Lea
Comus
St. Charles Avenue
Merritti
Win
St. Charlies Avenue
Gran’mere
Habits as a Lens on Anglo American Ties
Frank Swinnerton argues in Harper's Magazine that superficial national habits reveal little deep fault lines. He cites forks, drinks, and word usage as examples of differences. He urges mutual tolerance since many habits are indefensible and not worth hard judgments.
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Frank Swinnerton
Harper’s Magazine
Hebrews Among Early Settlers in America
Father Lejeune of Kamloops, a pioneer missionary and linguist, reports to the Canadian government that Hebrew origin words appear in many British Columbia languages. He cites Tehimosheans customs such as burnt offerings and sunset fasting, dating Hebrews in America from 1100 to 1600 A D. He urges urgent exhaustive study before elder aboriginal accounts disappear.
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Father Lejeune
Kamloops
British Columbia
Canada
Pierre van Paassen
Atlanta Constitution
America
Kaifeng
China
Pacific
North America
Lost Continent Myth Revived By Dutch Periodical
A revived belief in a lost continent surfaces in a Dutch periodical article and prompts renewed discussion among scientists. The piece notes books arguing its existence and mentions Gulf of Gascony shallows fueling speculation, recalling ancient Egyptian and Solon lore about a land beyond the Pillars of Hercules that sank after an earthquake leaving slime and mud.
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Gulf of Gascony
Solon
Libya
Asia
P.Y. P
Atlanta Constitution
Auto: Hosts One-Sixth as Great as U. S. Population
The Stewart-Warner Safety Council notes dramatic growth of American motorists from 1900 to today. It cites one car for every six people and warns this rapid increase creates a public hazard. A public education campaign is urged to reduce annual automobile fatalities, currently around 22,000.
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Stewnart-Warner Safety Council
United States
Phlie
Something to Think About by F A Walker and McClure Syndicate
Exuberant youth urged to seize opportunity and improve themselves to lead in life. The piece contrasts rising potential with currents of fate, urging work, sacrifice, and service to uplift humanity. A closing note compares rapid mushroom growth to hidden growth underground.
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F.A. Walker
Earth
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Truly Remarkable Fish From Malay Jungle Tales
Mrs. Carveth Wells describes a comical fish in Malay jungles that emerged from ground holes hopped to a tree winked at her and then returned to splash water in a shower bath. Scientists know it as Perlopthnimus senlos ser.
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Carveth Wells
Malay Peninsula
Pathfinder Magazine
Perlopthnimus Senlosser
Msherman
End-Opener Credited To A Man Says Fannie
An enfranchised Fannie jokes that feminists claim credit for modern woman's freedom while quipping a man likely invented the end-opener. The remark echoes light social commentary on gender progress.
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Fannie
When I Was Twenty One by Joseph Kaye
A twenty one year old narrator recalls youthful dreams of reform and literary ambition in the north country. Marietta Holley, author of Samantha novels, reflects on her early self and notes her long career and advocacy for women’s suffrage.
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Joseph Kaye
Marietta Holley
Samantha” Books
Hfe
Josiah Allen
Samantha
Saratoga
Miss Holley
MrcClhurn Newspaper Syndicate
Quito Cradle of South American Art and its Moorish San Francis Church
Quito, capital of Ecuador and second highest townsite at nine thousand feet, is seen as the cradle of South American art. Franciscan monks guided workers there to build the San Francis church, begun in 1535 and taking a century to complete, featuring Moorish interior design with Chinese, Roman, and Gothic decorative influences.
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Quito
Ecuador
San Francis Church
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
Western Newspaper Union
U. S
Og Te Oe
ISIS
Goodyear
Goodyear S. S
Denton Auto Company
P. R. Fisher
Denton, Maryland
The
Denton National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Giruigag
Claire Windsor
Cawker City
Kaw
Wesley Collegiate Institute
C. A. Short
Dover, Delaware
Coburn
Easton
Maryland
Aole
Ahn
Kahn Tmade
S. 3Rd St
Denton, Md
Natural Lime-Mare Company
E. M. Willey
Hobbs, Md
Community Service
R. B. Raw
Lings
Cincinnati School of
Howard R.pritchett & CO
Greensboro
Western Maryland College
Westminster, Maryland
Albert Norman Ward, D. D
Niss
Alonzo Hubbard
Mollie J. Hubbard Harrison W. Hlubbard
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Charles B. Harrison
Richard T. West
Elisita
H. Harper
Test
J. Irwin Harwood
Register of Villa
Nisi
J. Dukes Downes
Theroperty
Elisha H. Harper
J. Irwin Tarnoop
Register of Wills
M. K. Newnam
Ocean City
Mumford
Occean City
Rust Main Street
Holiness Church
Peoples Bank
Denton
Hamilton
Illinois
R. C. Jackson
Watchmaker and Jeweler
Greensboro, MD
BH. J. Wright
Ernest G. Cooper
Pwstarr
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