Ginger Ella beauty pageant tale with family care
In Red Thrush Towa Rev Tolliver’s family grooms Marjory for a beauty contest. Ginger Ella helps. Marjory wins $50 prize and donates part to pay the father’s eye specialist in Chicago.
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Newspaper
Ione Independant
Location
Ione, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
2
In Red Thrush Towa Rev Tolliver’s family grooms Marjory for a beauty contest. Ginger Ella helps. Marjory wins $50 prize and donates part to pay the father’s eye specialist in Chicago.
Ginger quietly retreats to her attic studio to plot using jokes from her mother’s friend and a New York World clipping. Eddy Jackson invites her to dinner with Marjory and Margie where Ginger eyes a visiting suitor, Mr. Mur dock, while mimicking travel fantasies and flirting amid a family tea.
The article notes a fragmentary Exilian law from Gortyn dating to BC times that limited a husband from selling or mortgaging his wife’s property and protected a mother’s property from her children without consent. It also describes that children gain power over their mother’s property when they come of age and when a father remarries after the mother’s death. Penalties are described for violations of these provisions.
A jumble of vignettes shows suitors on a porch discussing wealth and judgments about love. A young woman attorney reflects on clean hands before court. A family scene touches nerves and a comic exchange about an X-ray machine.
Fragmented dialogue frames a character named Willie and his mother noted for Europe summers. Mary questions Willie about his father’s whereabouts, answering that he goes to the post office daily, hinting at routine and home life.
A humorous exchange shows a worker asking for three weeks vacation or an advance to send his wife away. The boss counters with a stubborn reply and the conversation hints at a preferred simple retreat to vegetables as a joke.
A fragmented scene shows a woman in gown facing a crowd as men stare. Her husband tries to calm the moment by asking her to show a smile. The exchange includes a greeting to the president and an offer of no meals, with a brief invitation to stay for lunch.
Radio program listings show Atwater Kent Radio Hour airing Sundays at 0 15 raster time on WEAF with other networks. Mentions weeknight slots and sponsor references. A terse note asks for special requests and mentions a prisoner seeking a photograph as a leaving souvenir from Zurich.
Vague ad copy touts Elephant Hair Corle Elephante as a world changing skin remedy. It claims quick relief from burning pain and healing without scars, urging customers to contact The J. W. Cole Company for a package Advent.
The question of requiring citizens to carry health cards detailing past illnesses and injuries is being debated in Europe. Health authorities see the case histories as valuable for tracking contagion and aiding disease studies. Grocers sell coast to count.
A dialogue references letters from a student in college suggesting limited potential for further education. The exchange discusses expectations and value of advancing education and implications for WY society.
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