Incomplete Novel Scene Ispinsterhood 1925 Excerpt
Barbara Hawley 25 breaks with fiancé Bruce Reynolds to work at the Telegraph. Andrew McDermott edits. Barbara interviews pianist Alexei Nikolahoff and clashes with Mrs. Hamilton as a wardrobe story provokes scandal at the governor’s wife’s salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hawley
Bruce Reynolds
Telegraph
Life
Andrew McDermott
Bob Jeffries
Alexei Nikolahoff
Barbara
Ezra Mamilton
Hamilton
Bob
Wells
McDermott
Society
Miss Badger
Governor's Wife Targets Telegraph Scandal
Barbara Hawley fights back as Mrs. Ezra Hamilton confronts Wells over a damaging story. The editor deflects, but Barbara faces pressure from the governor's wife while newsroom tension spills into the night with a shooting at Nellie Marie's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Barbara
Battle
Ezra Hamilton
Barara Hawley
Mrs. Hamilton
Marara
Bruce
Bob Jeffries
MacDermott
Nellie Marie
Triangle mixup sparks political intrigue in tense exchange
A fragment shows a heated dialogue about a political matter. One figure mentions an extra action and instructs another to cover a police story, with the caller agreeing to meet in ten minutes. The scene ends with a paused cliffhanger as Barbara answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDermott
Barbara
Guilford County Rejects Loan for Road Widening
Guilford county commissioners in Greensboro declined a $250,000 loan request from state highway officials to widen the High Point Greensboro road. State Highway Commissioner J Elwood Cox argued state funds were unavailable and county backing was needed to widen the road next year. The board, while favoring a 30 foot widening, cited its own road program demands as a constraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Greensboro
State Highway Commission
High Point
J. Elwood Cox
Greensboro memorial stadium fund aid approved
County commissioners voted to provide 2000 toward the erection of a memorial stadium in Greensboro. County attorney John N. Wilson will notify Mr. Cox of the board's decision regarding his proposition and the use of Guilford's credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
State Department
John N. Wilson
Cox
Greensboro
Crop Report From Moscow Says Communists Address
Crop data shows year’s cotton ginned to date in Moscow as officials report on agricultural progress. The Moscow communists address the gathering outlining harvest outcomes and economic plans.
Ry koff Suggests Russia Aims To Lead Global Disarmament
Alexis I Ry koff, president of the council of commissars, declares Russia ready to abolish the red army and scrap war industries if bourgeois powers follow suit. He condemns the League of Nations and Locarno, says the United States dominates Europe, and calls the League an instrument of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis I. Rykoff
Council of Commissars
Russia
Red Army
Gue
League
M. Rykoff
United States
Europe
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NEA Service Inc
Ic2 & Coal Co
the Telegraph
M Barbara Hawley
the York Blue
the Styleplus
York Blue
Wright
N. Wright
J. R. Young
R M. Cline
James Garner
W. J. Wright
Gate City
Moscow
Hutchens
Color of
Atlantic Bank
Welborn Furniture Co
South Main Street
High Point, N. C
East Washington St
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