Mary Marie and the Tarnished Dress Romance Continues
The narrator and her father recount a ballroom night where secrets surface about a silver lace dress and a faded past. A young woman recalls love at first sight while her mother battles guilt over shattered happiness and a tarnished marriage. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the father reflects on their unlikeness and enduring bond.
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Ani
Jin
Mother
Aunt Hattie
Witte Drews
Father
Maury
Maarie
Marie
Mary
Folke
Grandfather
Lyeno
Sarah
Voltaire nickname and Ferney link noted in era tribute
The piece recalls Voltaire as The Patriarch of Ferney with Carlyle’s remark that Voltaire is the eighteenth century. It mentions Ferney near Geneva where he worked and cites a Detroit Free Press line about a drive. An ad copy promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid for girls.
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Ferney
Voltaire
Thomas Carlyle
Geneva
Switzerland
Detroit Free Press
Not Coming Back Mountain Resort Notes Solitude
Louisville Courier Journal notes the mountain resort of Coors is famed for solitude with a tease of more next season. The item carries a local newspaper tone and hints at upcoming changes or additions to the resort’s appeal.
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Coors
Loulaville Courier-Journal
Point of Resemblance in Hiring Whistle Blower
A humorous exchange notes a new hire who resembles a steam engine not for speed but for a strong whistle. The humor hinges on the whistle as a productivity or noise metric rather than labor.
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Mary Marie” Eleanor H. H. Porter
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Eleanor H. Porter
Wili
Red
Hattie
Pather
Wrigley