Inheritance Saga Unfolds at Lookout House
Brooke Reyburn visits attorney Jed Stewart to discuss Mrs. Mary Amanda Dane’s estate and overhears plans involving Mark Trent, her disinherited nephew. The tale centers on loyalty, threats of disinheritance over marriage, and Brooke’s choice between career and romance as Lookout House looms large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke Reyburn
Jed Stewart
Mary Amanda Dane
Jed
Mark Trent
Mrs. Dane
Lookout House
Mark
Brooke
Jerry Field
Grandfather Reyburn
Duchess of Argyle
A Tale of Martins and Mothers in Lookout House
Brooke and Jerry share a tense moment outside Lookout House as she contemplates inviting him in. They discuss Daphne’s crush on Mark Trent, family dynamics, and Brooke’s plan to reveal their friendship after moving to new quarters. Sam Reyburn hints at Lucette’s radio appearance upstairs.
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Mark Trent
Daphne
Trent
Brooke
Field
Jerry
Sam
Lucette
Sammy
Sam Reyburn
Carl Ravell
Darling
Lookout House Plans Stir Family Changes in City
Brooke Reyburn eyes a grand interior and a bold plan to move into Lookout House with a bath for every bed. Lucette resists living there, Sam frets over a theater schedule, and Celia Reyburn argues for independence, money, and a life in the city as they debate future arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Sam Reyburn
Sammy
Lucette
Brooke
Kiddo
Reyburn
Lookout House
Darling
Mother
Celia Reyburn
The
Sticks
The Rockefeller Mansions and the Rise of Rockefeller Center
The piece recalls the long effort by John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. to keep West Fifty fourth street strictly residential. It notes their purchases, the vast sums spent, and the shift as plans for Rockefeller Center and surrounding development turned quiet homes into site for a million dollar museum and later apartments. It ends with reflections on moving, rents, and small anecdotes from New York society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefellers
West Fifty-fourth Street
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues
Rockefeller and Son
West Fifty Third Street
Florence A. Twombley
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fourth Street
Twombley
St. Thomas’ Church
Fifty-third Street
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Westchester
New Jersey
Florida
Rockefeller Center
Radio City
West Fiftyfourth Street
Park Avenue
New York
Broadway
Civilization Goldfields New Community Faces Jail and School Taxes
Civilization has caught up with this newly discovered mining community in Sask. Inhabitants have been advised they will be provided with a jail and will have to pay school taxes.
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Sask
History of Pueblo Indians Examined
Dr. J. H. Watkins of Yale is conducting a two month population study of San Juan parish in Albuquerque. The preserved parish records extend to 1726 covering baptisms marriages and deaths of San Juan Pueblo Indians and Spanish colonists. The Carnegie foundation funds the project and results will be shared with the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
San Juan Parish
J. H. Watkins
Yale University School of Medicine
Old San Juan Church
America
San Juan Pueblo
Atlantic Coast
New England
California
San Juan
Archdiocese of
Santa Fe
Watkins
Carnegie Foundation
Aging Judge Outwits Lawyers With Fresh Paint Ruse
In Kankakee Illinois Circuit Judge W R Hunter aged eighty uses a Fresh Paint sign to stop lawyers from leaning on the railing by the jury box during trials. The ploy forces direct address to the bench and the judge chuckles that none of the lawyers noticed the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ill
W. R. Hunter
Dog Reappears After Near Death in Michigan Tale
In Minden City Michigan banker M J Ernest finds his collie Buster dead then alive after burial. The dog vanishes again and a school girl reports him dead in distant woods, but Buster reappears at the back door weeks later. A French Mulhouse monument honors gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minden City
Mich
Buster
M. J. Ernest
Ernest
Best Hunting Dogs Pointing Breed Praised for Skill
The article extols pointers as top hunting dogs noting their high intelligence and speed. It claims they excel at scenting birds and pointing them to the hunter without killing or retrieving, standing rigid with nose aimed at the game.
Gadget to Indicate Moment to Propose
A Pittsburgh scientist predicts an electrical device guiding proposal moments. The gadget would read personality radiations of the loved one and indicate when emotional pressure is right for the question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Phillips Thomas
Pittsburgh
Romeo
Thomas
Navy Delves Deep with New Tarpon Submarines
San Diego reports the U. S. S. Tarpon and seven Tarpon class submarines push the fleet toward deeper dives up to 600 feet with a lighter hull and fewer crew. Officers cite new resilient metal and automated controls while noting ongoing generator defects delaying full deployment.
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San Diego
Calif
United States Navy
U. S. S. Tarpon
O’shea
War Tank of Caesar Unearthed Near Beauvais in France
Archaeologists in France dig up a Roman era rolling barrack near Beauvais. The man propelled tank resembles a covered war cart used by Caesar’s legions and contains arrowheads stones and iron fragments. A note on how gossip travels faster than truth closes the piece.
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Paris
Beauvais
Archeological Society of
France
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Valley of Despond
Brooke Darling
Lucette Reyburn
Feee
Lights of
L. L. Stevenson
Madison Avenue
No. 231
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Glen Cove
L. I
Phil Baker
Vermont
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Mulhouse
U. S
Navy
Army and Navy Register
Caesar
Earth
Westmoreland Manufacturing
Dallas Ave
Houston
Texas
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