War bride arrives as McFarlanes brace for awkward welcome
Julia McFarlane meets Sandra Calvert at Ridley Field station. The family, still grieving Richard McFarlane's death and clinging to wartime pride, faces a tense two weeks as Jill resists, Dooley fears, and Ric's marriage tests loyalties. Sandra's arrival heightens old wounds.
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Jil McFarlane
Richard
Lieut
Spang Gordon
Ric
Sandra Calvert
Julia
Captain Mackey
France
Sandra
John Jr
Jill
John I
Dooley
Mamie
Africa
Richard McFarlane
Islands
Goodby
Ridley Field
Buzzard’s Hill
McFarlanes
McFarlane
Rie
John
Richard McFarlane, Jr
Washington
Boots Palmer
Love
Ric McFarlane
Celebrities Mix Onstage Screen and Radio World
Producer Ezra Stone spots director Michael Curtiz in a Music Hall line while recalling This Is the Army. The piece notes Curtiz’s joke about New York lines and mentions Stone’s potential network supervisory post.
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Mez Gerhard Bs Stone
New York
Stone
Pattern 591 shows six motifs transfer in bright colors
The item describes three fruit and three vegetable motifs in bright colors with a transfer pattern of 6 motifs measuring 6 by 8 inches. The text reads like a catalog snippet outlining design details and dimensions for producers or crafters.
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Senator Ford
Tricky World Facts Quiz Questions
A list of ten curious questions covering railroad ties per mile Civil War as a state conflict first phonograph words which flowers pollinators nocturnal blossoms statue of liberty mouth solar surface temperature first daily newspaper American eagles tame mint establishment in Philadelphia water freezing direction
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Mint
Philadelphia
Congress
Answers to Ten Trivia Prompts
The items cover numbers and facts across diverse topics. Topics include population estimates, historical wars over state borders, a playful Edison styled voice for a nursery rhyme, moths, a measurement, a temperature estimate, a historical newspaper, trained hunting birds, an old date, and a claim about ice formation depending on temperature location.
Advice to girls who want to keep their youth
A brief admonition counsels girls to avoid introducing a boyfriend to their female friends. The guidance implies maintaining control over romantic circles to preserve perceived youthfulness and social standing. The tone reflects an era’s gender norms and cautionary dating advice.
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al Jolson
St. Luke’s Boy’s
RKO
Father Dunne
MGM
ABC
Lassie
Budd Weatherwax
Brian Donlevy
Bill Goodwin
Gabriel Heatter
MBS
Heatter
20Th Century-Fox
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Hollywood
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Peggy Ann Garner
Richard Webb
Webb
Reno
Katherine DeMille
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Mr. DeMille
Columbia
Colorado
Glenn Ford
Ellen Drew
William Holden
America
Boston Symphony
Parks Johnson
Warner Hall
Vox Pop
Ezra Stone
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
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North Carolina
Mary
Thomas A. Edison
Frankfurt Zeitung
Frankfurt
Germany
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Gores
Tommy
Discretion Jane
Ida
Honey
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Acels
Sealed Power Corp
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Muskegon, Mich
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Powerhouse
Kelloggs
THE
Coleman Company, Inc
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Toronto
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