Marriage Rejection Sparks Tension at Morgan Mill
Virgie Morgan, widow and mill owner in the Carolina mountains, rejects Wallace Withers. Branford Wills, a government survey worker, arrives and stays with the Morgans after a three day trek. Wills falls ill with pneumonia while Daniels and Lucy Fields become entangled in a developing romance and Withers plots to gain control of timber lands and the mill.
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Virgie Morgan
Morgan
Carolina Mountain District
Wallace Withers
Branford Wills
Wills
Marian
Virgie
Withers
Stanley Daniels
Tom Pruitt
Tom
Daniels
Lucy Fields
Wills and Marian Face Tense Household Strain
Branford Wills improves as Marian Morgan’s presence stirs unease in the sick room. Virgie Morgan watches her daughter with amused authority while Tom Praitt struggles to manage duties and finances, and Virgie contemplates a changing mill world.
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Branford Wills
Marian Morgan
Wills
Marian
Virgie
Virgie Morgan
Tom
Tom Praitt
Bill Gallup
Power
Bill
David
Pulp Mill and Timber Fight Stir Small Town
Virgie Morgan plans work for Branford Wills at her timber mill while Bill Gallup warns of eastern timber grabbers and a Pruitt mortgage. Tom Pruitt hides in a knob house with rifles as Lucy Fields faces Stanley Daniels and a Little Theatre invite.
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Virgie
Mr. Wills
Ada Clark
Ada
Young Wills
Virgo
The
Zodiac
Washington
Pulp People
Lassie
Marian
Tom
Branford Wills
Bill Gallup
Lucy
Bill
Little Fork
Pruitt
Cragg
Tennessee
Willis Pratt
Tom Praitt
Young Bill Gallup
Young Bill
Tom Pruitt
Wills
Morgan Mill
Stanley Daniels
Daniels
Mrs. Fields
Marian Morgan
Lucy Fields
Jerry
Stock mystery lurks as Daniels learns of loose mill shares
In Chapter IV Daniels recalls Old Tom's safe and a clue about hidden stock. Virgie Morgan is not sole owner of the mill stock, and Stanley Daniels realizes a block is loose and could be located. The moment hints at a plot to control the mill's fate.
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Tom
Stanley Daniels
Timbers and tensions rise at Morgan homestead
Virgie Morgan debates hiring help as Tom’s absence stretches into a third day. Lucy Fields appears uneasy as plans to hire a young worker, Wills, loom, while the pair wrestles with mounting fatigue and fears.
Daffodil Family Names Narcissus And Daffodil
The Narcissus botanical name and the common daffodil English name both apply to the bulbous plant family. Jonquil is a small deep yellow fragrant member with round onion like foliage, while most other members have flat leaves and stems.
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Leeds
Only Egg-Laying Mammals in Australia
The platypus and spiny anteaters are the only egg-laying mammals in Australia. Opossums are marsupials, a pouched mammal group. Young are born immature and develop in a mother's pouch, with five to twenty four young born at once. The marsupial king is the kangaroo.
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Australia
Tudor Architecture Marks English Manor Style Emergence
Tudor architecture spans 1485 to 1558, fading from use by Elizabeth I's era. It highlights half timber and brick, bay windows, gabled roofs, and rich interior wood paneling defining English manor houses.
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Elizabeth
Lincoln Memorial Statue Dimensions Described
The Lincoln Memorial statue of Abraham Lincoln sits on an oblong pedestal about ten feet high, 16 feet wide and 17 feet deep. The statue itself rises 19 feet from the plinth top to the head, detailing its imposing size.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Daniel Chester French
Pulling a Jinrikisha The Harsh Life of Coolies
The passage describes jinrikisha pullers who begin work as young boys. They are wiry and hardy enough to sustain a day long pace but the continual chest and lung strain wears them out by middle age.
Conkling Urges Grant at National Republican Convention
Roscoe Conkling in Chicago on June 5 1808 nominated General Grant for a third time and declared He will hew to the line of right let the chips fall where they may.
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Roscoe Conkling
General Grant
Chicago
Name Augusta origin and notable namesakes
The name Augusta derives from Latin meaning revered and sublime. Emperors titled wives and daughters Augusta. Augusta of Saxe Gotha was mother to George III, Augusta, Ga was named for her, and Germany’s first empress was a Weimar princess, followed by Augusta Victoria, wife of Wilhelm II.
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Augusta
August
Augustus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Saxe Gotha
George III
England
Germany
Weimar
Augusta Victoria
Wilhelm II
Hevea Rubber Tree Dominates Global Supply
Most of the world raw rubber comes from the milky juice of the hevea tree found in Brazilian jungles. Its quality and quantity surpass other plants, but cultivation proves profitable only in this region and a few restricted areas.
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Brazil
Welsh wedding feast customs extend the celebration
In Wales many couples favor an all night neithier wedding feast and an ystafell postnuptial ceremony. The neithier aims to bless the couple with a good start in life while the ystafell involves transporting the newlyweds furniture to their new home.
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Wales
Antilles name traced to mythical Antilla chart
The Antilles, later West Indies, appear on old maps 1,000 miles west of the Azores long before Columbus. The term Antilles derives from Antilla or Antiglia, a legendary northern land on ancient charts.
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Antilles
West Indies
Azores
Columbus
Antilla
Antiglia
Indian superstition linked moon signs to war and hunts
Legends say the Indians hung a bow or horn of powder on the moon to signal approaching expeditions. If the moon tilted and the bow slipped, travel began with the promise of good weather. This is one of many legends about celestial omens.
First Bible Published for Natives in 1663 Har vard College Press
The earliest Bible printed in this country appeared in 1663 from the Harvard College press. It was produced not in English but in Indian for distribution to Native people. A copy is housed in the Library of Congress.
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Harvard College Press
Library of Congress
Oldest runaway travels with circus lure returns home
In Pittsburgh a travelers aid group recovered 82 year old woman who had read about Canada in newspapers and left to see the sights. They had also helped home 30 juveniles lured away by the circus last month.
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Pittsburgh
Travelers Aid
Canada
Young missionary sparks Mayan culture outreach in the field
William Bentley a 27-year-old Phillips University graduate leads a one man cultural effort among about 50 000 Maya in Central America. He learned Maya language and created an alphabet while translating the Bible. His unlikely breakthrough came when he used popcorn to bridge language barriers and win friendly contact. Bentley plans to return to his mission post after studying languages in the United States.
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Enid
Okla
Central America
William Bentley
Bentley
Maya
Phillips University
United States
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