Funeral interlude uncovers plots and secrets in Spinney
Aunt Mary tours a transformed Spinney where Caro Prentiss and Hope Still create a secret rock garden to honor Ace Blaikie's memory. The scene shifts from funeral gloom to hopeful subterfuge as the two youths plant blooms and reveal a crafted path, while Margaret and Patrick probe motives and light a wary path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Patrick
Ace
Ace Blaikie
Mary
Tony Torriano
Flora
Blaikie
Marshbanks
Satan
Bruce Hexson
Hope
Marden
Cara
France
Caro
Hopestill
Caro Prentiss
Aunt Mary
Sylvia
New England
Oxford
Ageratum
Light-Footedness is Cardinal Virtue of the Newfoundland Seal Hunters
A Washington DC Geographic Society bulletin describes the Arctic seal hunt off Newfoundland. It details mother seals nursing pups on shifting ice while hunters in ships lash, slaughter, and process seals for fat, oil, leather, and goods such as boots and purses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milady
Arctic
Newfoundland
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
St. John’s Harbor
Labrador
Hawaiian Couple Names Baby Kananiand Reginald Judd
Mr and Mrs Raymond M Judd of Honolulu Hawaii welcomed a baby with the long Hawaiian name Kananiand 58 letters plus Reginald Wilhelm. The meaning is The beautiful aroma of my home at sparkling Diamond Hill is carried to the eyes of heaven. They will call him Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Fairweather
Bessie
Margaret
Patrick
Ace Blaikie
Ace
Reginald Wilhelm
Raymond M. Judd
Honolulu
Territory of Hawaii
Diamond Hill
Thought Voltaire Some New Refrigerator Stock
A Greenwich Village anecdote recalls a Wall Street trader known for nerve not education. A villager asks his view on Voltaire and he analyzes for ten seconds before predicting the subject will go much lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
David L. Salmon
New York Stock Exchange
Greenwich Village
Meadows
Wall Street
Edward the Elder Edward the Martyr and Edward the Confessor
Edward the Elder began his reign in 901 as king of the West Saxons. His great grandson Edward the Martyr followed in history. Edward the Confessor died in 1066 and helped set the stage for the Norman conquest.
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Britain
Edward the Elder
Alfred the Great
Edward the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
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Inez Haynes Irwin
WNU
Fleet
Kanani
Joe
Edwards
Firestone Tire
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Firestone
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
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