Dreamy tensions at Staple House raise questions of welcome
Jean Peterson arrives at Staple in midwinter to stay with Lady Anne and her sons Nick Brennan and Blaise Tormarin. Nick hovers amid plans for Jean while Blaise coolly distant, arguing hospitality and indecision. Jean senses tension and wonders why Blaise resents their past meeting, while a looming clear understanding with Tor marin remains unresolved.
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Staple
Marin
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Glyn
Beirnfels
Tormarin
Baines
Blaise
Mr. Tormarin
Blaise Tormarin
Montavan
Prince Advises Britain to Advertise Abroad
The Prince of Wales urged Britain to tell the world it is alive and ready to use modern advertising. Speaking at the Travel Association annual meeting, he quipped about the value of promotion and noted British tourism abroad had halted only as an emergency due to financial strains.
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Prince of Wales
Great Britain
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Travel Association
Empire
Britain
Ireland
Prince
Lord Derby
England
Whimsical Quips and Unanswered Questions from Paris
The excerpt features a jokey exchange about food service with a tropical tone and a stray line about a tialibut origin under ongoing North Pacific Coast investigations. It also includes stray dialogue like a commander noting a left cigar in a pocket and a shopper remarking on a coat.
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Paris
Millionaires Fade as Crash Cuts U S Millionaire Numbers
Internal Revenue Bureau statistics on income for 1930 show 10 688 U S residents reporting incomes of 50 000 or more supporting the claim that millionaires fell from 43 184 in 1928 to 10 688 in 1930. The decline signals potential tax legislation responses to a two billion dollar treasury deficit.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Boom Times
Congress
Treasury
The Rhyming Optimist
Aline Michaelis presents a poem about the Live Oak clinging to green while other trees shed leaves. The speaker aspires to the oak’s resilience, seeking dauntless joy in winter while cherishing sunny memories.
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Aline Michaelis
Live Oak
Dauntless
Companion Harmless Bear Near Orillia Cabin
Peter John an Indian hunter from the Rama band spent a night in an old cabin near Orillia. He awoke to find a bear asleep in the other bed, which after a curious wag of its fur coat stood and left. The encounter marked his closest close call with a bear to date.
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Jean
Nick
Peter John
Orillia
Girls Are Advised To Marry Farmers For Happy Homes
Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson of Albia Iowa urges girls to marry farmers for a happier home and closer community life than with city dwellers. The speaker notes the farm strengthens shared interests and family happiness, while mothers praise Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for child relief. Sac County Iowa leads in popcorn production domestically and likely globally.
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Ellsworth Richardson
Albia
Iowa
American Farm Bureau Federation
Canadian Authors Meet on Tariff Impact in Toronto
At the Canadian Authors Association gathering in Toronto Miss Margaret Lawrence of the Canadian Home Journal said the tariff has drawn better work to her magazine and pushed writers to publish at home. J T Rutledge of Canadian Magazine urged improving workmanship and Canadian ideals. He argued the tariff does not help growth and favored a mindset over a tariff wall.
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United States
Canadian Authors’ Association
Toronto
Margaret Lawrence
Canadian Home Journal
J. T. Rutledge
No Boarding House Across Street Said Polite Agent
A book agent asks residents for famous authors. A housewife refuses and clarifies they do not run a boarding house, directing him to the establishment across the street. The exchange highlights a humorous miscommunication about property and names.
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Charles Dickens
New Life Saving Suit For Speed Boat Riders
A waterproof tissue one-piece or overalls style suit with watertight compartments is marketed for speed boat and hydroplane riders. The article notes Indian women commonly fish and cites Manila with sixty languages spoken and a balfwag straw hat priced at 260 dollars.
Little Helps For This Week Feature and Remedies
Excerpted moral verses stress patience, toil, and self sacrifice with religious and literary quotes. Also promotes Miller's Worm Powders claiming gentle, fast relief for children suffering from worms and easy intake for delicate stomachs. The piece frames virtue and wellbeing alongside a medicated remedy for parasitic worms.
Forest Guess and Island Facts in One Chatty Exchange
A light dialog speculates on a forest named Amy Johnson Wood near Burma, while an aerial-taxi passenger points out Greenland as the world’s largest island with New Guinea second.
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Amy Johnson Wood
Burma
Greenland
New Guinea
Russia begins lumber shipments to Iraq under wartime push
Soviet Russia moves to export timber to Iraq as part of wartime logistics. Germany remains Europe’s leader in leather production, shaping regional industrial rankings.
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Russia
Iraq
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