House of Dreams Ends in Tragedy and Escape
In a dramatic confrontation at Charnwood, Sir Adrian Latimer wounds Claire and is restrained after a gunfight that ends with his death soon after. Claire survives a terrifying assault while Nick, Blaise, and Jean tend to the aftermath as Sir Adrian dies from heart failure during the crisis.
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Claire
Mr. Brennan
Sir Adrian
Latimer
Blaise
Nick
Tucker
Adrian
Bilaise
Charnwood
Lady Anne
Anne
Tormarin
Latimers
Adrian Latimer
Coombe Eavie
The Rhyming Optimist
The poet pursues beauty in nature and everyday scenes, finding traces of it in lowliest places. He seeks and sees charm in stars, moon, rose, lark, sea, and common faces, becoming a prophet of beauty.
Britisher Plans Stratosphere Balloon Flight
Oswald Short, famed British air pioneer, designs a balloon to reach 17 miles with a hermetically sealed aluminum ball carrying three observers and wireless gear. Belgian Prof. August Piccard, who entered the stratosphere, reached about 100 miles in a recent flight.
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Oswald Short
United Press
August Piccard
Short
Earned His Money Short story fragment about a boy
A father and son discuss a promised reward for passing exams. The son explains he saved fifty cents because he did not pass, reminding the father of the conditional promise and the boy's attempt to keep his end by saving the money. The exchange reflects a humorous, moral, or cautionary tone.
An Old Industry and Its Enduring Craft
A historical look at thatching in England by H Hoggin, detailing why many old roofs remain thatched, the shift from wheat stubble to rye and straw, and the rise of reed and heather thatch with undercoats for water resistance. The piece notes safety methods on larger houses and preserves the craft’s long tradition.
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England
Thatcher
Deaf Mute Turned Speaker Tops Sorbonne Thesis
Mile. Suzanne Lavaud of Paris, 28, trained herself to speak by copying lip movements, and she answered questions verbally from her examining professor during a Sorbonne doctoral examination. Her thesis discussed Maria Lenera, a French dramatist who was also a deaf mute.
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Mile
Suzanne Lavaud
Paris
Sorbonne
Mile. Lavaud
Maria Lenera
Rare Ostraca Tablets Reveal Historic Ostracism Votes
Archaeologists unearthed two ostraca at Athens showing votes cast 2,400 years ago in ostracism against Aristides and Themistocles. Princeton University's Dr. T Leslie Shear reported the find by cable from the ancient market place.
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Aristides
Themistocles
Athens
T. Leslie Shear
Department of Archaeology
Princeton University
Cable
Spaniel Inman finds pocketbooks and money bags
Eye For Money Bags, a spaniel owned by James Thompson of Inman Nebraska, has an eye for cash. He recovered a pocketbook containing $15 belonging to James Coventry and earlier found a second pocketbook with $39 that belonged to Thomas Chalput from two years ago.
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Bags
James Thompson
Inman, Neb
James Coventry
Thomas Chalput
Little Helps For This Week With Biblical Verses
A devotional note presents quotes from Adelaide Anne Proctor and Harriet Beecher Stowe about divine peace. It contrasts Christ's peace with worldly comfort, noting its shine in darkness and adversity. The piece urges dwelling in the Saviour's heart for true release.
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Adelaide Anne Proctor
Christ
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Canada to export wheat through ports after UK grant
J. H. Rainville, president of the Montreal harbor commission, says six cent a bushel preference granted by the United Kingdom at the Imperial Economic Conference will shift millions of bushels of Canadian wheat from U S shipping to export from Canadian ports.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
J. H. Rainville
Montreal Harbor
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