Peggy-Anne Decorator Brightens Clubhouse Lounge
OHN COURTNEY relaxes in the clubhouse lounge as Peggy-Anne decorates with cretenne, transforming the room into a garden-like space. He privately suggests future work for her, charts a playful bet about contracts, and ends with a budding romance and shared vision of a lovely home.
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Ohn Courtney
Cretonne
Courtney
Peggy-Anne
Janet
Peggy- Anne
Peay-Anne
Tam
Vegsy-Anne
Poets Glider in Algeria Foreshadows Aerial Flight
The Air Station News recounts Mouillard, a French poet, who built a glider from bird study and tested it on a road near Pensacola. He leapt and skimmed the air, nearly landing, but crashed when his wings failed, recounting his frightful yet formative moment in early aerial striving.
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Algeria
Air Station
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Mouillard
Bones May Be Those of Famous Drunkards
Human remains buried beneath debris seven miles north of Jerusalem were found by Prof. William Bade of an American archeological expedition. The cave chamber, entered via basement steps, contained seventh century B C wine jars signaling a store for the reputed Ephraim drunkards.
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Jerusalem
William Bade
Pierre van Paassen
Atlanta Constitution
Tel el Nasbeth
Solomon
Bade
Ephraim
Antiquity of Gent Abbreviation in Legal Documents
A Croxley Green reader questions why the abbreviation Gent drawn from older legal language is seen as vulgar today. He cites monumental inscriptions using Gent for man and notes that in context followed by Esquire it marks status. The piece recalls O W Holmes warning against such expressions.
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Croxley Green
Shropshire
O. W. Holmes
London Morning Post
Old Hawaiian Custom of Chelo Ber Olea Sacrifice
The ancient practice in Hawaii propitiates Pele by casting chelo ber olea into Kilauea crater. Pele appears in many guises and lava flows show she harms individuals despite old beliefs. Red flags mark village boundaries and a live pig is sacrificed. Kilauea sits on Mauna Loa’s eastern slope, Mauna Loa the largest volcano.
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Chelo Berolea
Kilauea
Hawaii
Pele
Mauna Loa
Distance in Solar System Illustrated by Field Scale
A Detroit News excerpt describes a demonstration placing a two foot sun globe in a farmer’s field with Io as a grain of mustard at 82 feet, Earth as a pea 214 feet away, and Saturn as a small orange two-fifths of a mile distant. It notes Saturn about 886 million miles from the sun and 798 million miles from Earth at closest approach.
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Solar System
Mercury
Earth
Saturn
Herchel
Detroit News
Parts of a Tree Principals of Root and Crown Structures
The article explains three main parts of a tree: roots stem and crown. Roots lie below ground with spruces hemlocks and pines having shallow spreading roots. Hickories oaks and walnuts develop long taproots for strong anchorage.
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American Tree Association
Whimsical Humorous Snippets From A Busy Page
A collage of playful quips and stray dialogues from a Pueblo Hibbing and other papers, including remarks about drunkenness, fortune telling, and romance. It features humorous exchanges, stray headlines, and curious captions reflecting everyday life and social mockery.
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Dorothy Douglas
Pepo
Brown
Boot Shop
Hickmwan
Ike Lindbergh
Ruth
I Pueblo
Colo
Dahut
Simmer
Lene
Bes Yeneber
Odinn
Darther
Dave
Swivel Company
Arlce Mae
Mas
Garay
Medan
Robinsons
Hen” Browne
Lindyilke
Silas C. Streams
Philadelphia Street
Indiana, Pa
Douglass
Dll Indians
Indiana
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