Conscripts Wife: Martha Faces Long Separation
Martha Marshall learns her husband Bill has been drafted for a year. She accompanies him to the Air Transport plant and station, then fights the tearful farewell as the train pulls away, realizing she is now a conscript's wife and must stay behind.
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Bil
Dar-ling
Marsha
United States of America
Bill
Army
Peg
Bond
Apak
Martha
Bill Marshall
Paul
Bin
Goodby
Tabernacle Crowds Hear Fire in Pulpit Sermon at Revival
Large crowds attended the Hope Gospel Tabernacle revival led by Rev. Phinas Lewie despite bad weather. He preached a stirring message on the need for religion to carry energy, purity, and unselfish service. Mrs. Phinny Lewis sang nightly, with Tabernacle Quartette adding musical selections. Services run for one week each night except Saturday, beginning at 1:80 p.m.
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Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Phinas Lewie
Tabernacle
Phinny Lewis
Lewis
Christ
The Giant Joshua and the Mormon Frontier Tale
A review of The Giant Joshua by Miss Whipple highlights the saga like American frontier hardship. Clary’s family endures flood poverty and persecution while wrestling youth and church loyalty, ending as a complex portrait of character.
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Clary
Joshua
Promise Land
Miss Whipple
Social Calendar Highlights From January Club Meetings
The social schedule lists January gatherings across groups at city hall and local homes. Ruth Taylor lectures on white goods purchases ahead of a regular meeting, with executive sessions and troop activities noted, plus multiple church and service circle meetings led by Mrs. Vesey, Mrs. Olmstein d, and others. A new library feature reviews Kenneth Roberts' Oliver Wiswell, a Revolution era novel drawing national library interest.
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Parent Teacher Council
Ruth Taylor
S.C
Ghoreli
Women's Society of Christian Service
Sam Whermack
Tenry Hitt
Raph Routon
Christ
Tex
S. C
R. D. Franklin
Methodist Church Womens Society of Christian Service
Claud Waddle Rettng
AL M. Rettig
W. G. Alligon
Edwin Ward
R. V. Herndon Sr
Kenneth Reberis i
Hempstead County
Shelore
Kenneth Roberts
Oliver Wiswell
National Library
America
England
Kenneth Roberts praised for Oliver Wiswell in historical fiction
The article extols Kenneth Roberts as America’s leading historical writer for Oliver Wiswell, a sweeping novel set in the late eighteenth century that portrays Loyalist causes with depth. It highlights Roberts’ lineage, wartime service, and tenure at the Saturday Evening Post while noting extensive cast and battles.
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Reebels
England
Kenneth Roberts
Oliver Wiswell
America
Bunker Hill
Long Island
Oliver Wiswel
Yale
Liberia
Saturday Evening Post
Post
Correst
Journalist turned novelist writes with former reporting clarity
An author who left journalism in 1928 to pursue American history in fiction did so with the same steady, dispassionate truthfulness that had earned him acclaim as a reporter. His transition reflects a commitment to measured storytelling and factual fidelity.
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Pendent
America
Europe
Mind Your Manners Tidbit From The Regency Era
A fragment discusses social usage questions about manners in dating and divorce etiquette. It includes Q and A style prompts asking how a man should respond to compliments about a wife and how to handle remarks about a spouse and divorce in social settings. The text mentions a house guest of Mrs J M Phillips returning to Austin Texas.
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J. M. Phillips
Austin
Texas
The Giant Joshua Review Sparks Mormon Reader Debate
A critical look at Maurine Whipple's The Giant Joshua from Houghton Mifflin praises its vivid, intimate portrayal of early Mormon life in St George Utah. It notes strong characters like Clory and Freeborn, and the novel’s bold challenge to conventions while defying government limits in pursuit of faith.
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Maurine Whipple
Joshua
Houghton Mifflin
Yardis Tisher
Miss Whipple
Clory
Abijah
St. George
Utah
Freeborn
Abbijah
Bathsheba
Best What Would You Do solution not asking explanations
A compact item offering a best possible What Would You Do style solution labeled as option b. It emphasizes not seeking or expecting any further explanations and presents a concise decision approach. The note reads like a brief opinion fragment in a column.
Frown On Boom in School Weddings
PORT ARTHUR, Tex. The Arthur school board was surprised to learn 15 pupils at Jefferson High School wed none consequences. Officials said there was nothing they could do about it despite a custom meant to discourage such marriages. No one knows who started the April First playing custom.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Arthur
Jefferson High School
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Ouachita College
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