Penelope Reunites with Stephen in Courtly Homecoming
Stephen discovers Penelope has returned as Nance Belden, and after a heartfelt confrontation he declares love and proposes marriage. Penelope confirms her feelings, grateful and eager to share a future, while a playful aside reveals their shared use of a fictitious professor to deter lingering suitors.
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Penelope
Lope
Elope
Nature
Patrick Joseph Flynn
Miss Ellott
Flynn
Stephen
Stevie
Uving
Penelope Gatlin
Nance Belden
Late Fall Office Visit Reveals Cryptic Patient Request
Dr Stephen Finnegan faces an after hours visit from Miss Elli a troubled young woman seeking psychiatric help or a possible subscription to a medical fund. Elliott asks if she needs an expert doctor while hinting at a larger public service issue and a skeptical response from Miss Ordway.
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Stephen
Teither
Noah Webster and his early American best seller
Noah Webster published A Grammatical Institute in 1783 in three parts a spelling book a grammar and a reader. The work helped make Webster a leading American author and by the Civil War era it sold over a million copies annually. He began the dictionary in 1807 and it appeared in 1828 with 12 000 words and about 380 000 definitions unique to his dictionary.
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Noah Webster
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Webster
Egyptian spitting cobra and its venom spray mechanism
The Egyptian spitting cobra ejects venom by compressing glands while exhaling a blast of air. The spray travels a distance and can cause intense eye irritation and temporary or permanent blindness when hitting a person’s eyes.
Lace Splendor Dominates Spring Fashion This Season
Lace drives spring and summer wardrobes with versatile cotton and linen fabrics. Lace two piece suits pair with chiffon blouses, while spectator sports wear uses natural cotton lace and bright green accessories. Extravagant lace hats and capes complement day dresses and evening wear across the season.
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New York
Summer Coat Fashion by Chertie Nicholas
A swagger woolen coat worn over a summer frock dominates this season’s chic look. Pastel, fingertip to three-quarter lengths lead fashion in rabbit woolens with shadow checks and chevron patterns. The pictured coat uses a super-light weight fine herringbone rabbit wool in pastel yellow.
Sandal fashion spawns new semi-sandal hose line
Hose adapted to cut out sandals arrives for summer wear. Designers place extra thickness where needed while keeping most of the leg visible. Heel reinforcements and slim foot panel enhance durability, with very sheer to not so sheer options in many summer tones and names.
Lanvin Draperies Swirl in Festooned Evening Wear
Lanvin introduces swirled festoon drapery accents on gowns with three gold rings at the front decollete. A smoke gray crepe afternoon frock features criss crossed folds, and a long green crepe evening gown showcases panels in green and gold pailettes resembling a mosaic.
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Lanvin
Bags Like Cameras In Polished Calf Fashion
The new bags of polished calf resemble camera cases with deeper than wide shapes. They appear as rectangular pouches on a wrist strap and mark a distinct shift from the flat envelope style now in vogue.
Expert Traipsers and the Case of the Missing Chickens
Louisville friend gifts Col Corkstopper a crate of chickens. Wash Johnson retrieves the birds from a depot and on the trip home the crate breaks releasing fourteen chickens. The colonel notes only eight were in the crate originally, prompting a humorous exchange in the Florida Times Union.
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Louisville
Corkstopper
Wash Johnson
Colonel Corkstopper
Florida Times- Union
Luxury train links Moscow to Tiflis with culture rest car
The Soviet luxury train between Moscow and Tiflis features a radio system, telephones, a library and a special car for culture and rest. It showcases planned comfort amenities for travelers aboard the long route.
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Moscow
Tiflis
Russia
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Doctor Burt
Professor Finnegan
By Cherie Nicholas
Western Newspaper Union
Chertie Nicholas
Paris
Tenn
United States Life Insurance CO
Houston
Galveston
Wintersmith’s Tonic
Dr.Peery
Wright's Pill Co
Gold St
WNU
Parker
Hilscox Chem
Pitehogue
N.Y
Eng
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
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