Mystery Car Theft Ties Dolly's Accident to Meadowbrook
Jim Vaughn faces a web of secrets at Meadowbrook as Cecily suspects Jeremy Clyde and hints of a car theft linked to Dolly’s accident. Mr Vaughn seeks truth while Susan witnesses partial snippets of a phone call and a planned departure. Cecily confronts Jerry alone as Jim weighs a dangerous admission.
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Jim
MacPherson
Mrs. MacPherson
Mr. Vaughn
Cecily
Tommy
Dolly
Pierce Arrow
Vaughn
Cécily
Jeremy Clyde
Meadowbrook
Jake
MacPhersy
Susan
Jerry Clyde
Jerry
Jerry—alone.’’ Mr. Vaughn, A Protest On His Lips, Sank Back In the Chair. Cecily
Sue
Daddy
Accident account clashes with sergeant belief
Jim defends himself after a car accident as the sergeant assumes he was driving. Cecily expresses belief in Jim as Vaughn weighs the conflicting accounts in a tense moment.
Turkeys Arrive in Hawaii on 1815 Beaney Voyage
In 1815 Queen Kaahumanu sighted large turkeys aboard a Beaney schooner near Hawaii. She reported the birds to the king after going ashore. The incident marked a rare early encounter with turkeys in the islands.
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Hawaii
America
Kaahumanu
John Meek
Che
Hattie McLaughlin Defends Farm Family From Poison Plot
Eleven year old Hattie McLaughlin of Iowa wards off an armed intruder who poisoned a pot of beans, warding off attack with a wooden beam and a knife fight that ends with police capture. The assailant, escaped from a southern institution for murder, is jailed.
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Hattie Rohr
Chicago
Hattie
Clare
Dodge City
Iowa
Hattie McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mother
Dad
WNU Service
Crocus From Kashmir and the Saffron Walden Tale
The crocus, dubbed the first spring gem, travels from Kashmir to England via a pilgrim who stole a bulb. Returning to Walden in Essex, the bulb sparked saffron harvests and gave the town its name Saffron Walden. The plant was valued as a dye in India and in Britain and Ireland. Henry VII banned its eras dyeing use for Irish linen.
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Montreal Star
England
Edward III
Kashmir
Walden
Essex
Annie Laurie Home Held by Family Since 1611 in Scotland
Maxwelton House in Dumfriesshire, once Glencairn Castle, has belonged to the Laurie family since 1611. The ballad heroine Annie Laurie, born 1682 to Sir Robert Laurie, is tied to the estate, with an early romance to the Baronet Douglas of Fingland before her marriage in 1709 to Alexander Fergusson of Craigdarroch.
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Annie Laurie
Maxwelton
Dumfrieshire
Scotland
New York Herald Tribune
Maxwelton House
Glencairn
Laurie
Anna
Robert Laurie
Baronet Douglas of
Fingland
Alexander Fergusson
Craigdarroch
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Lida Larrimore
WNU
Kathrine
Kay
Victor
Vic
Jamie
MacPhersons
Bessie
Princeton College
Jeremy
Cecily Darling
Gecily
Floyd Gibbons
Crocus
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