Pendennis's Probing Morning at Pall Mall Club
Major Arthur Pendennis, retired on half pay, breakfasts at his Pall Mall Club. The scene sketches his polished appearance and letters from kin and friends urging Pen to marry Miss Costigan, Emily Costigan, and to consider a better match. Pen rejects entreaties, travels to Clavering, then campaigns for social success at Oxbridge, incurring debts and plotting a brilliant future.
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Arthur Pendennis
Pall Mall Club
London
Duke of York
Marquis of Steyne
Ealing
Trail
Fair Oaks
Clavering
St. Mary’s
Pen
Major Pendennis
Costigan
Emily
Major
Venus
Foker
Agnes
Costgans
Eimly
Laura
Miss Costignun
Pendennis
Oxbridge
Pen Pendennis in Clavering Affairs and Marriage
Laura grows from girl to woman as Sir Francis Claverlag reopens Claverlag Park. Blanche Amory aims for fortune via Colonel Altamont alias Amory, while Pen Pendennis seeks love and a parliamentary career. Complex marriages, hidden identities, and social maneuvering lead to reform, wealth, and enduring devotion to Laura.
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Laura
Sir Francis Claverlag, Bart
Claverlag Park
J. Amory
India
Lady Clavering
Blanche Amory
Indy
Frank Clavering
Blanche
Sir Francis
Clavering
Amory
Claverings
Altamont
Pen
Hhu Agian
London
Lamb Court Temple
George Warrington
Duke of Wellington
Colonel Altamont
Miss Blanche Amory
Miss Blanche
Flnally
Ven
Miss Amory Nell
Frank
Foker
Stil
Paris
Railroand
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
Faith In Mascots Sparks Superstition In Scottish Card Game
In a southern Scotland village a four person card game sees a player improve after losing a mascot. She places a small silver mascot named Peter on the table and her pair then scarcely lose a trick. The incident fuels a local superstition about mascots and luck in games.
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Scotland
Peter
Diversity of Immigrants on Ellissland Island
A government social work report notes first year arrivals on Ellissland island included 53 nations. Fifteen social workers handle multilingual needs under Col. Helen Donastedo of the Department of Labor in Washington. An assistant, a Czecho-Slovak by birth, has experience in Europe and America with the national YWCA foreign born division.
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Ellissland
Helen Donastedo
Department of Labor
Washington
National Board
Europe
America
Supply and Demand at the Summer Resort
A reader recalls summer resort prices being very high for most items except fishing worms. A native allowed the writer to take all the worms they could find in exchange for spading up half of the man's garden, as noted by the Houston Post.
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Houston Post
First Coinage by the Lydians and Early Greek Coins
Herodotus notes the Lydians first introduced gold and silver coinage. Temples safeguarded treasure, with sacred symbols guaranteeing value. From Lydia, one sided coins spread across the Aegean. Greece later advanced coin art with the silver drachma and Athenian coins featuring Athene and the owl.
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Herodotus
Gyges
Eixec
Lydia
Aegean Sea
Greece
Phelion
Argos
Solon
Athens
Athene
Sparta
Women Brewmasters Of The White Nile Tribe
Detroit News reports on a tribal brewery among the Madi or Moru near the White Nile. Women brew millet beer in a special house. free to all but consumed in the brewery. The practice includes severe mutilation of girls to deter leaving, while attire remains minimal and dirty against dark skin.
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White Nile
Africa
America
Detroit News
VIEWPOINT ON SEXES DIFFERENCES AND IDENTITY
A compact exploration of how male and female ideals differ and clash across time. It muses on mutual understanding, identity, and enduring mystery between the sexes, invoking examples like Just like a woman and plates the discussion with a Scribner's Magazine quote.
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John
Mary
Mars
Lke Aoman
Ike
Scribner’s Magazine
Franklin the first American cartoonist and his Join or Die
Franklin originated many things and created the Join or Die cartoon showing a segmented serpent for the Colonies. He cut the type metal himself and the piece appeared in the Pennsylvanian Gazette on May 9, 1754 to urge colonial unity during the French and Indian wars. He also engraved a map of the siege of Louisburg published in the Gazette.
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Franklin
Pennsylvanian Gazette
Louisburg
Asa Don Dickinson
New York Times
Air Weight Mystery Revealed by Simple Reason
A discussion explains air weight by noting air is unseen yet substantial. It moves vast, uprooting trees and churning seas at high speeds. Our bodies would be crushed without air pressure. a ten by ten by ten foot room holds about 75 pounds of air.
Record of Surging Vehicle Registration in the Nation
The nation reports a rise in highway use with 7,505,440 vehicles registered last year, including motorcycles and trucks. This marks a 23 percent increase from the prior year.
Consignment Sale Highlights Pure-Bred Cattle Lot From Noted Herds
Consignments include 30 to 35 heifers and bulls from two months to yearlings, many from premier pure-bred herds in the state. Highlighted by Schrader Sunier and James S. Moore consignments, with King Segis Pontine lineage, and P. B. Messick offering multiple bulls noted for official records and high milk yields. Nine months credit option or five percent cash discount.
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Schrader & Sunier
Ruby Aleartra
Segis Pontiac Aleartra
James S. Moore
Korndyke Segis Pieter
King of the Pontines
P. B. Messick
Pontiac
B. V. Armstrong
Delaware Pierre
G. N. B. Alcartra Pontiac Rose
Jowaun Rolingdale Fayne
Sir Johanna Payne
Wanted reliable man to handle our business in Denton
Wanted reliable man to handle our business in Denton and vicinity Our line of goods is a daily necessity every family is a customer You settle for goods after they are delivered No capital needed to qualify Bond is required also cut for delivery purposes Address GRAND UNION TEA CO 619 King St Wilmington Del
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Denton
Grand Union Tea CO
King St
Wilmington
Del
County trucks for sale by Caroline county board
The Caroline county commissioners offer two and three ton trucks for sale. The vehicles are near new. Interested parties may obtain information on any Tuesday afternoon by calling the board’s office. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 3262
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Caroline County
County Commissioners
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Colonel Newcome
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Faith In Mascots
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Middletown
Delaware
Maryland
Riverton Avenue
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S. G. Cline
Harrisonburg
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THE
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Denton, Maryland
Federal Reserve System
Caroline
Eshelman
Nuttle Milling CO
WE & Weld
Standard Welding CO
Green Mountain
Baltimore
Raymond Terry
Civil Service
Continental Bldg
Washington, D. C
W. A. Voshell
Centreville
A. G. Gelletly
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
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ST. Paul
White Wyandotte
Cawley
Phaee Ye
A. G. Gel Levy
Calvert C, Merriken
Denton, Md
Emil Henzen
Hobbs, Md
M. Kk. Newnam
Twin City
Shannahan & Wrightson Hardware Co
Twin City Tractors
Jones
Brown
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle
T. F. Johnson
F. R. Camper
Continental Life Insurance Co
Wilmington, Delaware
Baby Shop
Nola R. Coburn
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