Riches and Roots Entangle Three Sisters Lovers
Cecily and Ann, two sisters living with grand parents Rosalie and Grand, face engagements and romance while supporting Cecily's sisters and grandparents. Cecily loves Barry McKeel yet fears family obligations as Ann plans her own future with Phil Ecroyd. Mary Frances and Earl de ar Mount spark a separate romantic arc. The scene ends with Cecily torn between Barry and duty, while Ann counsels restraint.
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Ann
Cecily
Mary
Fenwick
Oe Sea
Rosalie
Mary Frances
Famintrude Hill
Earl DE Armount
Phil
Marta
Barry McKeel
Mary-Frances
Grand
Carmichaels
Barry
Land tax cut marks 1931 state legislative action
The 1931 North Carolina assembly passed a landmark land tax reduction and financed public schools through non land taxes under the MacLean Law. It took county roads and prisoners under state control, created a central purchasing bureau, and enacted a broad local government act while debating measures on pari mutuel betting and constitutional reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Joynes M'Farlan
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
General Assembly
O. Max Gardner
Council of State
Gardner
House
Senate
Assembly
State Tax Commission
Union
MacLean
If Wishes Were Only Horses Beggars-But Here’s One in A Cab
Pine Bluff Arkansas January 1 AP Desk Sergeant Noel McCain and Detective Sid King refused help to a beggar who asked for aid. He left by taxi, then used a telephone to call another taxi and departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Noel McCain
Sid King
New York subway misadventure in a South Carolina visitor tale
A South Carolina visitor in Times Square becomes lost on her first subway ride after a telephone-planned matinee outing. She follows a friend’s directions to Seventy second Street for an express to Forty second Street and wanders the underground maze for hours seeking an exit. She survives the trip and plans to see Bert Lytell with a chorus of amused remarks about the city’s unfamiliar transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Purple
Michigan State Prison
Michigan
Bernstein
Burns Boys
Marquette Branch Prison
Harry S. Toy
Jimmy Buckley
Marnette
Ollinwood Manor
New York
South Carolina
Times Square
Seventy-second Street
Seventy Second Street
Forty-second Street
Bert Lytell
Oddities and Endings in a City of Insurance Schemes
The piece notes insurance outfits selling policies to musicians and others to guard against hold ups. It cites Harry Meyer the musical director and mentions Esther M. Obey, Mrs. Rebecca A. Honor, John Marry the golf pro, and repeated Reno appearances linked to Frank Swinnerton and Ed Bodin, reflecting a quirky catalog of names and concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Meyer
Meyer
Esther M. Obey
Rebecca A. Honor
John Marry
Reno
Frank Swinnerton
Ed Bodin
Jersey
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Darling
Cecil
R. W. Correy Insurance Company
Mr. Correy
Miss Bush
Miss Grugers
Angel
State Assembly
State Banking Department
The
Corporation Commission
WN. C. State College
University of North Carolina
Legislat
Buncombe County
Buncombe
McDowell
Polk
Revenue Machinery Act
Rialto
Balcody
Shuford
Tom Tyler
Buffalo Bill
Laurel
Hardy
Edward G. Robinson
James Cagney
Sennett
Mickey Mouse
Richard Arlen
Wag
Broadway
Eddie Uillan
Mary Nolan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Roscoe
Ates
Cerra
Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Reginald Denny
Una Merkle
Mickey
William Gaines
Allstate
Whippet Durant
Chrysler
Hupmobile
Packard
Saas
America
Sears, Roebuck A Co
North Main Street
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