Christmas Gifts and Secrets at Hawkinsville Home
Mary and family swap gifts on Christmas day then face discontent and future hopes. Lelia gives tailored gloves and others remark on life plans while Mary dreams of writing. Chris Cragg visits, and Mr Loring reveals he has been let go by the railroad, threatening the family's finances and Mary's creative ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Mamie
Mrs. Loring
Ellen
Mary
Mr. Loring
Hormel’s
Linnie
Lelia
Janet
Hawkinsville
Main Street
Aunt Linnie
Petey
Chris
Chris”’Cragg
Chris Cragg
Christopher Cragg
New York
Linnie Cotswell
Concert Street
Johnson Road
Loring
Linnie Catswell
Lorings
Hormel
Cyrus Phipps
Miami
Laubersheimer
Jenkins
the Courier
Mary Ann Embroidery Revival From Old Time Handwork
A grandmother inspired project leads a nine year old to complete an embroidered gingham piece. Framed flower groups decorate mirrors with outlines traced from coins. Books Sewn for the Home Decorator and Gifts Novelties teach stitches and home craft, with FREE leaflet on ordering both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Mary Ann
Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
Christmas Visit Brings Family to Depot Arrival
Mary Loring and her father meet a train carrying wealth and visitors for a Christmas visit. Linnie Cotswell and Lia Ormsby join, while household members include Mary’s mother, Ellen, Aunt Mamie, and Peter. At the depot Dr Cragg assists with luggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Loring
Jim
Linnie Cotswell
Lelia Ormsby
Mary
Ellen
Mamie
Peter
Christopher Cragg
Chapter I Continued A Scene of Reunion
Aunt Linnie is embraced by Mrs Loring as tears and laughter mix. Lelia greets them in the hall while Ellen and Peter, with Barrie the Airedale, dash down the steps. Mary spots Chris arriving with Linnie's and Lelia's bags and helps, while he carries most of the luggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie
Mrs. Loring
Lelia
Ellen
Peter
Pell
Barrie
Pete
Mary
Chris
Young Woman Sets Out On Writing Career
Mary, shocked by her father’s news, plans a new path by using Ellen’s typewriter to try short stories. She has faced repeated rejections but remains determined, hoping to join the ranks of writers after many setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Cragg
Hormel’s
Mary
Ellen
Peru Ruins Dating to 500 A D Reveal Recuay Life
Archaeologist Dr. Wendell C. Bennett reports discoveries near Huaraz in northern Peru including underground houses, two three story temples, and extensive tombs of the Recuay civilization dated around 500 A D by Means. Items such as pottery copper pins discs and flint and obsidian arrow heads were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell C. Bennett
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Boston Herald
Bennett
Peru
Huaraz
Santa River
Recuay
Mean
Recuays
Drying Oils From Nuts Highlight Tung Oil Source
The Forest Products Laboratory identifies tung oil as the principal drying oil from nuts, used in furniture and floor finishes. Minor oils include candle nut oil lumbang oil walnut oil oit e cica oil and cashew nut oil from various nut sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Products Laboratory
Full-Sleeved High-Waisted Dress for Afternoon Parties
A charming 1721 style dress with a gathered bodice and high waist to slim the silhouette. Suggested fabrics include silk crepe georgette and chiffon. A simple 1670 pattern offers a ready idea for this fashion.
Spring-Summer Patterns Sell Easy Seamed Frocks
Barbara Bell offers No. 1721 and No. 1670 dresses with darts to shape waists and busts in crepe prints thin wool or linen. Sizes 34 to 46 require about 4% yards of 39 inch fabric. 15 cents each pattern includes a sew chart and instructions. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Household Tips From The Daily Page
Practical old time guidance covers padding under rugs with newspapers and dirt removal, varnishing boot soles with quick dry varnish, cleaning baths with paraffin and lemon juice, chilling wax candles, smoothing gas ranges with sandpaper, and soaking grains to shorten cooking time.
Perpetual Push and Assurance Face a Hard Challenge
A quotation by Jeremy Coler notes that steadfast effort and steady reassurance can turn daunting odds, making an apparently impossible situation gradually yield. The line emphasizes resilience and persistent labor to overcome tough obstacles.
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Elinor Maxwell
Arcadia Mouse Publications
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Iyellow
Mary Ann Abe
Tony
Emerson
Jeremy Coler
Ie McNeil
Leibnitz
Blackman Stock Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
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