All That Glitters in a Georgia Lawyer Plot
Dick Sheridan and Ransome Todd clash over a forged contract for Randolph and Major Towne. Todd insists contracts cannot be broken while Sheridan seeks a loophole through a formality signaled by neither party. As they debate, plans unfold to win Tam’s inheritance, with Georgia sunlit streets, Emory ties, and a looming resolution.
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Randolph
Major Towne
Ransome Todd
Dick Sheridan
Ransome
Tam
Todd
Emory
Jobias
Sheridan
Tahlahneka
Ranny
Ron
Knox Randolph
Assayerad
Tamar
Chestatee
de Soto
Ramny
Mint Crane
Lovelorn Schemes and Rogues in a House of Secrets
A tense scene unfolds as Ran and Miss Crane confront a slick Ransome Todd about a possible crime. Edie hides fear while planning with Tam, and suspicions grow that a major stroke or betrayal lies just ahead in a web of flirtation and threats.
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Miss Crane
Ran
Miss Edie
Ransome Todd
Ranny
Todds
Gems of Thought on Culture and Character
A collection of aphorisms from Novalis Powys Beecher Eady Coleridge and Seneca on intellectual cultivation refinement and moral culture. The quotes urge perfect inner knowledge sympathy virtue and steady self reflection as true education and refinement.
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Novalis
Henry Ward Beecher
Mary Baker Eady
Arms Caps Ordered In Week By Munitions Dept
In one week the Department of Munitions and Supply placed orders totaling 2,000,000 caps for the armed forces.
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Department of Munitions and Supply
Deciding Between Candidates Turns on Farmyard Chores
In a heated legislature race a candidate canvassing a farm home offers to saw wood for the housewife. He finishes the task and is told it is hard to decide between him and Mr. Smithers as the other candidate churns on the back porch.
Might Be His Turn Bret Harte Lecture in Richmond
Bret Harte planned to lecture in Richmond Virginia but arrived with a severe headache. A city official boasted Richmonds health, claiming a death rate of one person per day, prompting Harte to ask if todays man had died yet.
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Coleridge
Seneca
Bret Harte
Richmond
Virginia
Harte
America
Bon Apron is Nice Pattern 4931 by Anne Adams
A vintage sewing pattern feature describes the Bon Apron design by Anne Adams Pattern 4931 with a lacy candy box inspired ruffles. It highlights a no side seam skirt, an integrated bodice with back buttons, back ties, and a heart pocket with white eyelet trims. Available in small medium and large sizes with fabric yardage and a 20 cent price. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Anne ‘Adams
Winnipeg
Union
Man
Growing Plants Indoors Easy Care For Busy Homes
A Home Service notice promotes low maintenance houseplants suited to various light and water conditions. It highlights Chinese evergreen, philodendron, dracaena, sansevieria, and astilbe with watering tips and sunlight needs. A 32 page booklet on indoor plant care is offered for 15 cents, plus other booklets available at the same price.
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Jerusalem
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
English woman aids Canadian war effort as metrology expert
Mrs Constance E Arregger a meteorologist from the National Research Council Laboratories tests munitions gauges with precision to millionths of an inch. The British mother left England in 1940 with her three children and holds an M Sc from the University of Liverpool and the Sir Oliver Lodge Fellowship. She works in the Metrology lab on time length and weight standards.
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Constance E. Arregger
National Research Council Laboratories
Arregger
England
John
Marion
Susan
University of Liverpool
Oliver Lodge
National Research Council
Norwegians Flee Occupied Homeland to Britain
Swedish despatches report growing numbers of Norwegians escaping German occupation and seeking asylum in Britain, with some arriving by boatloads.
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Britain
Boxing the compass and mariner points explained
A concise note details boxing the compass as the method of listing the mariner’s points in order from north to the final degrees. It outlines main points, half points, and quarter points used in navigation.
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Anne Tedlock Brooks
Tident
Ra Hiphs
Ras Sonat
Selby
Edie
Bud
John Cowper Powys
Home Service
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