Ambition and romance in a San Francisco newsroom
Antoinette Taft, a twenty three year old aspiring writer, lands a society reporting job at CHM after a stint interviewing Lawrence Kerr Jamy of the Journal of Commerce. She grows amid newsroom hustle, romance with Larry Bellamy, a thwarted engagement to Barney, and a suspenseful mid winter carnival story that tests loyalty and a major deal with the Examiner.
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Antoinette Taft
San Meansco
Brenda
Cliff
Bruce
Meg
Lawrence Kerr Jamy
Journal of Commerce
Barney
Kerr
Ton
Mr. Green- Wood
CHM
Ony
Tony
Jos Burke
Bellamy
Bess Cutter
Fitch
Bess
Cutter
Piedmont
Patterson
Antoinette
Duncan O'Connor
Taft
Larry
Ruth
Poppet
Duncan
Greenwood
Mollie Mackay
Journal
Examiner
Lawrence Bellamy
Ocean villa interlude fuels a budding flirtation
The group enjoys a sunlit coastal retreat with breakfast by the sea and a glamorous evening. Tony draws attention from Duncan O Connor as Ruth and Larry juggle golf, bridge, and late dancing while planning an early swim and breakfast the next day.
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Larry
Tony
Ruth
S. End
Warnine
Santa Barbara
Alice
Autumn by the Sea A Near-Death Escape and Return
Tony survives a highway crash with Larry after a terrifying near miss. She stays with relatives in a shabby apartment and resumes work at the newspaper, while memories of the ordeal mix with office gossip and a mounting emotional pull toward Larry.
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Tony
Santa Maria
Larry
Santa Barbara
Fulton Street
Meggy
Sally
Ruth
Mollie
Mae Ethyl Muzzy
Arch Slosser
Mae
Spike Illyan
Bess Cutter
Frank Fitch
Greeny
Spike
Health Bureau
Mae Muzzy
Van
Miss Muzzy
Joe Burke
Fitch
Greenwood
Barbers and Surgeons Separate Professions Emerged
The text notes England's Edward IV charter in 1461 creating a barber guild and France's barber surgeons under Louis XIV. It mentions 1745 English laws dividing barbers and surgeons into distinct corporations, while the striped barber pole remains a symbol of the ancient trade.
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England
Edward IV
France
Louis XIV
Four Boys Outwit by Backfiring Jersey Plan
Frank, Jim, Charlie, and a fourth lad attempt to sell an old watch to fund a Jersey trip. A police chase and rapid arrests ensue, but a street cleaner identifies the boys as being with the quartet seen near the crime, saving them from jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Holland Tunnel
Frank
Jim
Wall Street
Charlie
Jersey City
Eighteenth Century Clockmakers and Their Crafts
The clock maker of the eighteenth century was a versatile craftsman combining foundry, blacksmith, engraving, cabinetmaking, and machinist skills. Many built cases for movements and produced wooden clocks noted for ornate designs and reliable timekeeping.
Bermuda Islands Landmark History Through Centuries
Bermuda islands display historic scenes and figures from discovery by Juan de Bermudez before 1511 to first colonization as a self governing British colony in 1612. Admiral Sir George Somers and Virginia colonists shipwrecked in 1609 near St George, then Somers died and Bermuda was later colonized.
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Bermuda Islands
Juan de Bermudez
Sir George Somers
Virginia
St. George
Jamestown
Somers
Bermuda
New York City Population Says Indians and Farms Remain
Homer Croy notes in Esquire that New York City still has Indians and farms despite urban growth. He cites 3 million residents on the island and Bronx, with two five story below street level buildings, one store per 76 people, one physician per 545 residents, and 365 farming families milking 2 400 cows daily.
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New York
Bronx
Manhatt
L . Kellys
Lve
New York City
Los Angeles
Homer Croy
Esquire
Wheat cargo dangers cited as deadly as dynamite
Wheat is described as an especially dangerous cargo for oceangoing freighters due to shifting weight causing list and damp grain generating explosive gas in holds. The piece notes shipwrecks including the British steamer Antinoe which sank in the mid Atlantic in 1926.
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Mid Atlantic
Collier’s
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Aiden Oyage
Kathleen Norris
Mr. Duncan O'Connor
W.N.U. Service
Floyd Gibbons
Frank Zappala
New Jersey
Amis
Cee Niates
W. A. Lemons
Independence
WTA AG
Thomas Communion Co
Lima
F. W. Posvar Co
Dr. Hitchcock
WNU
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