Banner Serial Fiction: The Face of a Hidden Nobility
Richard Exon befriends elderly Matthew Gering who on his death claims to be Rudolph Elbert Virgil Count of Brief and reveals a decades old betrayal by twin Ferdinand. Ferdinand took title and daughter. a family secret lies in the great tower at Brief behind an unfound doorway. Exon inherits wealth and seeks justice.
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Richard Exon
Matthew Gering
Gering
Rudolph Elbert Virgil
Brief
Ferdinand
Exon
Percy
Inskip
London
Winter
Gefirig
Percy Virgil
Virgil
Innsbruck
Basle
Rhine
Babel
John Herrick
Rudolph
Portraits and wheels along a shadowed European pursuit
The narrator studies Percy Virgil at a hotel and meets the confident Englishman John Herrick, a former car seller and Cambridge graduate. They plan a secret hunt across Europe, while Winter, the loyal valet, departs after friction with Virgil. Herrick reveals ties to Lord Naseby and Brief, hinting at a larger family clash and future travel.
Lost in the Austrian Countryside Near Innsbruck
After two nights in Innsbruck, Herrick and the narrator travel east toward Brief. They admire forested mountains and stumble onto a grand house near two chestnut trees. A pleasant woman greets them as they ask, in French, for the house name and how they are lost. (TO BE CONTINUED)
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Schelling
Herrick
Madam Nature
Innsbruck
Oxford
England
Cambridge
Exon
I. Herrick
Lord Naseby
Brief
Gog
Magog
Winter
Nineteen Generations Mark Life of a Great Oak
An acorn planted about 1288 in Mingo West Virginia grew into a long living white oak whose ages span nineteen generations. The piece reflects on historical eras from medievalism to democracy and industry while noting the tree’s death and the uncertainty of future generations.
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Mingo
W. Va
America
Sierras
Coast Ranges
California
Iman
New York Times
Sausage Tree Giants Noted For Giant Fruit
The Kigelia pinnata or sausage tree grows in the Victoria Falls region of Africa. Its fruit measures about 27 inches long and 16 pounds, hanging on long stems nearly an inch in diameter and resembling liver sausage to the eye.
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America
Victoria Falls
Africa
True Worship in Spirit and Truth Exposed
A 1938 sermon centers on Exodus 20 and John 4, stressing exclusive worship of God, rejection of images, and worship in spirit and truth. It warns against idolatry in any form, the danger of deifying leaders, and the need for genuine living faith over empty ritual.
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Farrar
Israel
Canaan
God
Moses
Church
What to Eat and Why by C Houston Goudiss
The article traces wheat from ancient beginnings to modern flour, noting wheat as civilization’s staple. It explains bread flour, pastry flour, and all purpose blends, and highlights US flour mills, milling processes, and quality tests from grain intake to 17 grindings and 180 separations with ongoing baking tests.
Understanding Wheat Flour Types for Family Nutrition
The article explains that flour is essential in family meals due to high fuel value and low cost. It outlines flour composition, including carbohydrates, protein, minerals, and vitamins, and describes the wheat kernel structure with bran layers, endosperm, and germ, noting up to 20 million starch granules per kernel.
White and Whole Wheat Flours Compared in Bread Making
White bread provides energy and proteins with high digestibility while whole wheat flour offers minerals, iron, vitamins, and copper but is less fully digested. Nutritionists find protein and energy similar in both. whole wheat is richer in minerals and vitamins, yet a balanced diet can include either with other nutrient sources.
Bread Versus Pastry Flour Protein Levels Drive Differences
The article explains how bread flour and pastry flour use different wheat varieties with varying protein and carbohydrate content. It notes higher protein in bread flour for structure and gluten development, while pastry flour has lower protein yielding tender textures.
Self Rising Flours Save Time for Homemakers
Self rising flours and ready to use mixtures have evolved to require only a liquid. Some varieties contain leavening agents, dried milk and eggs, fat, and baking powder, aiming to save homemakers time while keeping families engaged with wheat based energy foods.
Flour storage and bread flour blends from 1938 guide
The guide advises storing flour in a cool dry well ventilated place away from vermin and extreme temperatures. It notes rye flour rises in popularity though bread often mixes rye with wheat. It lists alternative flours from potatoes bananas soy beans lima beans buckwheat barley and rice though in small percentages.
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Wnu—C
Houston Goudiss
Presidents who held state and war posts and their birth fortunes
The text lists secretaries of state and war across presidents, noting Jefferson Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams Van Buren Buchanan Grant Taft and Hoover. It observes nine presidents were born poor, others mostly middle class, and mentions Washington as a large landowner and Lincoln's penniless start. Most post Civil War presidents have been of moderate means.
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Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
van Buren
Buchanan
Grant
Taft
Hoover
United States
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
White House
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