Alabaster Lamps By Margaret Turnbull
In a Venice voyage, Mary navigates family tensions with her mother and father, while Ned and Claude pursue Mary from different motives. Ned resents Mary’s distance as they approach the steamer’s departure, and Mary plans a solo afternoon in Venice as Polly battles illness and fear of change.
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Polly
Mary
Clover Hollow
Claude Dabbs
Ned Carter
Loren Rangeley
Claude Dal
Ned
Claude
Bary
M. Clade
Claude Dabba
Venice
Mother
St. Mark's
Pally
Mary and Claude Strain at Sea in Love and Silence
Maury notes a rare confession from her mother about meeting her father while Mary grapples with loneliness and hidden thoughts behind a curtain. Claude obsesses over Mary, Ned resents the omission, but secretly benefits from Claude’s silence as Ned navigates travel plans and identity. Tensions build as lovers dodge direct truth.
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Mary
C. M
Graude
Ned
Loren Rangeley
Mrs. Johnston
New York Harbor
Carter
Rangeley
C. M. Dobbs
Maury
Mother
Claude
Walt
Johnstons
Stiss Johnston
Polly
Jaude
Ned Carter Rangeley
La Tour d Auvergnes Charms Life Inspires French Battle Legend
During the French Revolution the aristocrat La Tour d Auvergne ignored pleas to flee France kept fighting. He repeatedly emerged unharmed, earning a feared reputation for a charmed life and inspiring terror among enemies. He single handedly captured Hank Sebastian, sailed to a citadel in a small boat with a tiny cannon, and forced surrender after a single volley.
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la Tour
Ancient Leaven and Wild Yeast Compared
The Heaven spoken of in the Bible refers to the simple Jewish leaven made from wild yeast common in hot countries. It acts in the same way as today’s commercial yeast, with no fundamental difference in function or effect.
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Doctor McCollum
Character is the bells that ring out sweet music
A reflective line from Phillips Brooks compares character to bells that produce harmony when touched, noting how moral integrity yields pleasing effects even through accidental contact or misuse.
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Phillips Brooks
Frugal kitchen notes from a 1910s homemakers guide
A column on thrift and cooking offers practical tips for saving food and energy. It covers chocolate sauces, cocoa desserts, and a cocoa ut- frutti dish, plus methods to reduce waste, reuse leftovers, and optimize kitchen practices to train household thrift and efficiency.
Minute land parcels fuel odd Contra Costa sale tale
A 39 year old Contra Costa record recounts tiny land transfers from a trillionth of an acre to an inch, where buyers paid 24.81 dollars covering delinquent taxes in a San Pablo Par Ranch parcel auction. The minute plots created titles clouded by liens, yet drew eager bidders before private sales.
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Contra Costa County
Calif
Anle
San Pablo
Special Offer to Victims of Indigestion
You can be distressed with gas and fullness from poor digestion or dyspepsia and feel your heart stop beating. A tablespoonful of Dare Mentha Pepsin speeds away gas, relieves pressure, and helps you breathe easily. A Clare Mentha Lepa in elixir promises help or money back from any druggist.
After the Ball At Dawn In Bohemia Weathered Night
A fragmentary note evokes a morning after a raucous event with rain, ruined makeup, missing costumes, and reunited or estranged lovers. The mood hints at Bohemian revelry and vanity amid spilled rain and disarray.
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Bohemia
Manly outspoken figure dominates crowd at local event
A clipped scene shows a loudly opinionated man attracting attention among bystanders while a grocer conversation touches on a bread product issue with sand in it. The exchange hints at a tense public discourse and consumer frustration in a small town setting.
Tanlac Saves Ocean Trip
Ralph Edden of East Moline says Tanlac cured indigestion and gas that bloated him, ending fatigue and nervousness. He reports stronger recovery, restored appetite, and renewed energy after taking the herbal tonic, touting over 40 million bottles sold.
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Tanlac
Ralphedden
East Moline
Taulac
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Tolly
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WNU
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Rgkcko
Upton
Yerece
Diby
Anglo-American Drug CO
Felton St
New York
Pital
Hulbert Estates
Dearborn
Chicago
Keeling
Columbus
Texas
Sta. A
Waterloo
Audigen
Baracno
Nofsen
Glenn W. Bughue
Turtle
Syracuse
Mae
Kara
Kave
Ida Hailey Allen
Corn Products Refining Company
Illinois St
Chicago, Ill
Wan
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