Story of Cherry in San Francisco Convent Shadows
Orphaned Cherry Rawlings leaves Saint Dorothea's for a secretarial post with Porter in San Francisco. She retreats to the Marshbanks mansion where Fran, Amy, and a social circle contrast with her convent past. A party for Dorothy Page-Smith reveals Dorothy's tears as Cherry endures a glittering but hollow life.
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Charlotte Erry
Rawlings
Saint Dorothea’s Pol
Judy Marshbanks
Mma Haskell
Wealthy Vs. Porteous Porter
San Francisco
Marshbanks Ansion
Fran
Kelly Coates
Anrtist
Amy
Cherry
Coates
Kelly
Mrs. Porter
Ater
Dorothy Page-Smith
Dorothy
Fran Marshbanks
Kelly Coate
Hidden Longings Amid Marin Bay and San Francisco
In a reflective stretch, Cherry wanders from Avon to the Presidio seeking thoughts of Topcote and Kelly's studio across the bay. Emma, recovering from illness, grows steadier as nurses tend Mrs Porter's room and Cherry lounges with Emma each evening, sharing quiet companionship and a stray kitten.
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Emma
Cherry
Avon
Mrs. Porter
Presidio
Bay Shore
Sausalito
Kelly’studio
Topcote
Flarin County
Revelations and romance shift in a heated family saga
Emma reveals Cherry’s true mother was her sister Charlotte, overturning Cherry’s sense of family. Cherry faces shock and tears, then joins Fran and Kelly for lunch at a rural estate, where the trio’s fragile love triangle tightens in a peaceful setting.
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Emma
Marshbanks
Cherry
Fred
Judson
Springfield
Charlotte
Silk stockings turned to powder bags aid war effort
American ingenuity converts discarded silk stockings into powder bags for major caliber guns. Silk burns cleanly leaving no embers, helping rapid shell discharge and barrel cleanliness during action. In one month 2,500,000 pairs were donated. Stockings washed before reclamation. Fifteen old pairs yield one powder bag.
Great Lakes naval base sports program sets world records
Western Newspaper Union highlights Great Lakes station near Chicago with 136 200 participants across 50 800 sailors in sports. Ten gymnasiums house 40 basketball courts and the world’s largest pool, with 700 capacity. Baseball coach Mickey Cochrane guides a 375 000 fan, 150 000 dollar gate run, while varsity teams draw 600 000 spectators and 265 000 dollars. Great Lakes claims unmatched athletic scale and impact.
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Great Lakes Naval Training Base
Chicago
Great Lakes
Paul Bunyan
Armed Services
Quiz from a General Knowledge Page
The questions ask about flag stripes fixed at 13 by Congress, plant coloring matter chlorophyll, the number of Confederate states, the Mother of Presidents state, the New England state without a coast, literacy rates between Americans, Britons and Japanese, the poinsettia’s namesake, and how many states touch Oklahoma’s border.
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Congress
Confederacy
New England
Oklahoma
Quiz of 1818 facts and plant introductions
The list notes the year 1818, chlorophyll, eleven, Virginia, Vermont, at least 10 000 Japanese, Joel Poinsett the American minister to Mexico in 1825 who brought the first plants back to the United States, and six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Vermont
Joel Poinsett
Mexico
United States
Navy men favor Camels, not gods, in sales blitz
An advertising notice asserts sailors and other service members dislike being called godly figures and promotes Camels as the preferred cigarette. It urges readers to send a Camel carton to any service member through local dealers advertising cartons for servicemen everywhere.
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Navy
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
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Anksey
Kathleen Norris
W.N.U
U. 5
Mary Glady
Daphis Duchaine
Western Newspaper Union
Navy Baseball
Mickey Cochrane
Athletics
Tiger
Frank Strafaci
Australia
St. Louis Browns
Johnny Niggeling
New York Giants
John McGraw
Carl Hubbell
Mel Ott
Harry Danning
Hank Leiber
Lieut
Ath
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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