Vaughn Seeks Jim to Run Riding Academy Plan
Mr. Vaughn tests Jim's readiness to take charge of a riding academy. They discuss timing, repairs, and staffing with MacPherson's backing. Jim shows growing confidence as they outline budgets, labor, and future business, while Vaughn surfaces his lighthearted, golfed tone.
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Vaughn
Jamie
Jim
Mr. Vaughn
Night in the Summer House at Meadowbrook
Jim and Cecily share a charged conversation by the garden fountain about Jerry Clyde and family expectations. Jim contemplates his role as confidant while aiding the Vaughn riding academy reconstruction and preparing Tommy for work on the estate.
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Jim
Jimi
Cecily
Jerry
Father
Cherry Hollow Road
Grant
Richmond
Jeremy Clyde
Tommy
Vaughns
Jerry Clyde
Mr. Vaughn
Meadowbrook
Ralph
Old Riding Academy
Jack
Anaes
Dolly
Sold Down the River Origin and Meaning of a Slavery Phrase
The expression sold down the river originated in antebellum days and referred to slaveholders disposing of refractory slaves by selling them at public auction down the Mississippi to plantations. The phrase contrasted cruel, punitive export with perceived loyalty.
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Mississippi
Adventure club tale ends with near miss on a steel mouth
A Belmar New Jersey laborer named Dave Hanlon recalls nearly being crushed by a half ton clamshell scoop on a night shift during 1927. On the Shark River bridge project the jaws closed close to him as the crane dug mud for future piers, but foreman Sam Smith halted the scoop just in time.
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Ma Stonehatchet
David J. Hanlon
Belmar
N. J
Dave
Shark River
Avon
Jerry
Sam Smith
Sam
Caisson
White Woman's Creek Indian Name for a River
The article traces the origin of the Walhonding and Cuyahoga river names tied to Native terms and Mary Harris a Deerfield massacre heroine captured in 1704. It notes the Walhonding meaning White Woman's Creek in Delaware language and cites Cleveland Plain Dealer as a source for the interpretation.
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Mary Harris
Deerfield
Mass
Ohio
Muskingum
Walhonding
Coshocton County
Delaware
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cuyahoga
Poison in Berries and Leaves in Garden Plants
A Pearson's London Weekly gardening expert warns many common plants harbor poisons. Arum lilies hawthorn berries cherry laurel barberry butcher's broom laburnum Christmas roses daisies dandelion foxglove holly ivy berries all carry dangerous substances and should be handled with care.
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Pearson
London Weekly
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Lida Larrimore
WIN Service
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Jeremiah
Floyd Gibbons