Melinda Knight Turns From Novels To Real Knights
A upstate young woman Melinda moves to the city to work as a stenographer and lives at a working girls club. She seeks a real knight among hot summer coworkers, meets an elevator operator, and finds love with Billy, realizing knightly virtue matters more than social ideal.
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Melinda
Up ‘State
Badtling City
Aha
Metinda
Working Girls’ Club
Offic
Lan Euldly
Pitt Hind
Enid
Knight
New York
Billy
Wis Imother
Gineer
Mamma
Canaries Suffer Rheumatism From Damp Perches
An authority warns pet birds like canaries are prone to rheumatism in their legs from damp perches. Keep perches dry and use rosewater baths for sore feet. Protect from drafts. avoid sweets as they roughen a bird’s voice and hinder singing.
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Canary
Canaries
Local Dialect Lapses Spark Humorous Place Names
An amusing note on country speech from Ulverston near the lake district. It cites mispronunciations of Os ton and Penrith, with a porter correcting an inebriate on a wrong train to Huston. The tale links Oorton to a twin brother, Peerith, and hints at similar verbal twists across towns like Oban and Belbora.
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Ulverston
Lake District
Ooston
Oorten
Huston
Oorton
Peerith
Penrith
Oban
Belbora
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Harry Lirkert
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Blacklick
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Woodpecker
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