Hearth and Eagle A Marblehead Inn Tale
Anya Seton’s Hearth and Eagle traces the Honeywood family through Marblehead Massachusetts from 1630 to 1842. Phebe Mark and later Hester confront tradition and love with the Inn as their anchor in a living town. A sweeping, reflective historical novel urging patient, savoring reading.
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Hesper Honeywood
Hearth
Eagle
Anya Seton
Marblehead
Mass
Mark
Phebe Honeywood
New World
Phebe
England
Hester
Johnny Peach
Johnny
Evan Redlake
Amos Porterman
the Hearth and Eagle
J. B
Hound-Dog Man review by J B on Gipson novel
A critique of Fred Gipson's Hound-Dog Man describes Blackie Scantling's coon hunting trip with two boys and a girl named Dony. The prose is vivid and simple, likened to Hemingway with a touch of Maugan, noting the novel's adventurous, rural atmosphere and coming‑of‑age themes.
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Fred Gipson
Harper and Brothers
Blackie Scantling
Dony
Cotton Kinney
Mr. Gipson
Somerset Maugham
Ernest Hemingway
J. B
Concrete Pipe Firm Files Payment Claim
The Gray Concrete Company in Thomasville has filed a suit in Davidson County Superior Court clerk against R. G. Jackson of Pitt County seeking $1,339.12 plus six percent interest for cinder blocks and concrete pipe delivered April and May 1948. The St. Louis Cardinals will hold a mass training camp at Albany Georgia next spring with 400 players from 13 farm teams.
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Thomasville
Gray Concrete— Company
Davidson County Superior Court
R. G. Jackson
Pitt County
Lexington Reports
St. Louis Cardinals
Albany
Report of the State Education Commission at the library
The Commission's report, with City School Superintendent C. F. Carroll as a member, is available at the public library. It outlines public education in North Carolina and discusses how education ought to be developed, following a 1947 General Assembly authorization to study educational problems.
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State Education Commission
C. F. Carroll
Friends of Education
General Assembly
North Carolina
Local Best Sellers Echo National Trends
High Point mirrors the national book scene with top titles The Big Fisherman by Lloyd Douglas and Diner at Antoine's by Francis Parkinson Keyes leading local sales. Reviews will cover Diner at Antoine's next, after The Big Fisherman, while non fiction hits Crusade in Roosevelt and Hopkins and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. Apprentice jockey Clarence Picou rode over 250 winners in his first year.
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High Point
Lloyd Douglas
Antoine's
Francis Parkinson Keyes
New Times
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Blue fur trimmed coat given away in sale
An item lists a blue fur trimmed broadcloth coat size nine, originally priced at 59.95, marked as a give-away. The notice signals a free distribution event or clearance.
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Faille
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Hearth and Eagle
Houghton-Mifflin Company
Concrete Pipe Firm
Pao
Blue Bell, Inc
Greensboro
N. C
Blue Bell
R. S. Dickson & Company
Investment Securities
John A. Fitzgerald
Wisconsin
Frost Veneer Antigo & Plywood Co., Inc. Veneer CO
Sheboygan, Wis
Antigo, Wis
Sheboygan
Best Industries
Antigo
Frost Veneer & Plywood Co., Inc
Antigo Veneer Company
Frost Veneer Plywood Co
Sheboygen
Artige En Theredey
Buls
Yates-American
Whitney
Egan
Mattison
Meyers
Berlin
Invincible
Columbia
Lucas
Black Bros
Francis Hy- Grauic
Perkins
Lietelt
Coe
R.C
Samuel L. Winternitz & CO
First National
Cenk
Chicago
Illinois
Indian Apol
Clarence Picou
Edna
N. Main ST
Harllee
Plarilee
I. Bey
Jaklee
Jarllee
Farllee
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