Pine Ridge Reverie and a Market Crash Come Home
Nancy Nelson a nineteen year old sub-deb and her partner Jack face a penniless aftershock when a market crash erases their Boston luxury. Cousin Columbine offers a precarious home at Pine Ridge where hostile Indians forest fires and pioneer hardship loom. Nancy and Jack arrive to austere rooms and meet Mathew and Luke Adams as Luke’s broken leg sidelines the family.
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Nancy Nelson
Colorado
Columbine
Nancy
Jack
Pine Ridge
Columbine Nelson
Mark
Matthew Adams
Boston
Aurora Tubbs
Mark Adam
Luke
Jack Nelson
Aurora
Adam
Eve
Matthew
John
the Springs
Matt
Nance
the Atlantic Monthly
Adams
Theodore Taylor
Juanita
Mining Town Flashbacks and Family Bond in Pine Ridge
Nancy learns from Cousin Columbine how Leadville and Creede once boomed with mining towns, gambling halls, and theaters while pondering a spring trip to Cripple Creek. Luke, Luke’s brothers, and Mark Adam appear as the clan prepares for Jack’s return and a possible family excursion.
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Pine Ridge
Mark Adam
Aurora Tubbs
Nancy
Cousin Columbine
Leadville
Columbine
Bedlam
Jack
Cripple Creek
Luke
Pine Ridge family letters reveal reading hunger and hopes
Nancy writes Aunt Louise from Pine Ridge where locals lack libraries and reading material. Cousin Columbine laments low education while siblings adapt to new life in Colorado with Phil, Nancy, and Jack sending news of storms, farming, and future plans.
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Cousin Columbine
Aladdin
Nancy
Pine Ridge
Aurora
Louise
Phil
Margaret
Colorado
Boston
James Nelson
Jack
Adam
Dad
Nance
Middle West
Nancy's Letter Arrives as Family Settles in Country
Nancy sends news to Aunt Louise and Edgemere readers. The Nelsons adjust to life away from the city after a month apart. Phil finds purpose working outdoors while Margaret weighs financial strain and family routines. Louise visits with news and plans for supper.
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Nancy
Louise
Edgemere
Phil
Margaret Nelson
Margaret
New Material For Bombs Demonstrated by London Scientist
Professor W. B. Tuck of London University showed that sponge cake soaked in liquid air could flare and explode when touched with a match. He warned that sugar and cake treated with liquid air could serve as high explosives in future warfare.
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London
W. B. Tuck
London University
Tuck
Prince of Wales Visits Guernsey Sets Friendly Tone
The Prince of Wales arrived aboard the destroyer Faulknor at St. Peter Port welcomed by Lieut.-Gov. E N Broadbent. He praised Guernsey as a beautiful fertile island and noted its long ties to the British Crown and its role as a bridge to France, fostering Franco-British friendship.
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Prince of Wales
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
Faulknor
E. N. Broadbent
English Channel
Funeral Pyre Feature At Buddhist Burial In Burma
A funeral observed in Burma featured a vast paper and bamboo white elephant carrying the coffin to a canopied seat on its back for the cremation. The spectacle emphasized ceremonial grandeur during the priest's farewell.
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Burma
Don’t mock a fool unless you share the same boat
A concise adage warns against ridiculing a fool unless one stands alongside them. The saying emphasizes mutual risk and warns against hypocrisy in judging others.
Lost Great Seal Tales of The Lord Chancellors
The custody of the Great Seal passed from Lord Sankey to Lord Hailsham amid unsettled times. Historical anecdotes recount the seal being stolen or misplaced, including James II tossing it into the Thames, Lord Brougham’s tea‑caddy game, and Eldon burying it in a flower bed during a 1812 fire.
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Lord Sankey
Lord Hailsham
James II
Whitehall
Thames
Lord Brougham
Scotland
Lord Eldon
Eldon
Explorer Claims Ophir Hidden in Abyssinia Gold Mines
Polish explorer Count Byron de Protok says Ophir is Werka Warka in western Abyssinia where ancient Egyptian gold mines are still worked. He traveled at night with escorts and faced danger to obtain permission from the Abyssinian emperor. Near the site he found slaves and stone tombs. a judge and a witty reply conclude the passage.
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Ophir
Solomon
Jerusalem
Byron de Protok
Werka Warka
Abyssinia
Count de Prorok
Egypt
Christ
Lord Tyrrell
Paris
Sweden Rises to Fifth in Global Shipbuilding Ranking
Sweden advances to fifth place among shipbuilding nations, surpassing Germany in total ship production and signaling a shift in global naval industry leadership. The shift highlights Sweden's growing capacity in vessel construction and export potential amid changing international trade dynamics.
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Sweden
Germany
Little Helps For This Week from Zechariah and Love in Small Things
A devotional meditation on small daily acts of faith and self forgetfulness. It emphasizes constant discipline, unnoticed holiness, and consecration in minor life details as paths to saintly beauty and greater sacrifice.
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God
Two Colonial Bank Notes Found in Cincinnati Library
Hidden in a bundle of old records in the Cincinnati Board of Education Library are two colonial currency notes. A Maryland six dollar note from 1770 promises exchange in London at four shillings and sixpence per dollar, with a death penalty for counterfeiting, and a New Jersey twelve shillings note from 1776. The origin and placement spark mystery since Cincinnati was then a distant frontier.
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America
Cincinnati
Ohio
Maryland
London
New Jersey
Cincinnati Board of Education
Soviet Build Skyscraper for Parachute Training
The Soviet Union plans a 350 foot high pentagonal steel tower in Moscow for parachute training. Five platforms shaped like airplane cabins will simulate jumps with an elevator to reach them. It will also serve as a beacon for aircraft and a mooring mast for dirigibles, with lights visible up to 18 miles.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Government Scientists Compare Earth’s Vegetation to Skin
Scientists compare Earth's vegetation to human skin, noting that removing large portions produces severe sores and damage. The metaphor underscores environmental harm and health risks from excessive removal.
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