Satuit Mystery Memoir Begins with a Widow Narrator
Mary Avery, a sixty six year old widow from Satuit Massachusetts, recounts the Second Head murder in her century old home. She introduces local figures such as police chief Patrick O'Brien, neighbors the Stows Gearys Brays Marden and Eames families, and describes the Head neighborhood, the Egg common, and Merry Mere pond. The narrator plans to publish the full tale after death, noting her niece Sylvia Sard and two long serving maids Bessie Williams and Sarah Darbe.
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Mary Avery
Little Harbor
Satuit
Massachusetts
Second Head
Avery
Mark Avery
Patrick O’brien
Patrick
Eames
Stows
Eameses
Paul
Lora Eames
Molly
Lora
Molly Eames
Satan
Walter Treadway
Walter
Connecticut
Mad River
Merry Mere
Bessie Williams
Sarah Darbe
Sylvia Sard
Nancy Burton
Sylvia
Stow
Europe
Inez Haynes Irwin
New England
Nebraska Retail Sales Boom in 1936 Gains Across Markets
Census figures show Nebraska retail sales reaching over 358 million dollars in 1936, up 31 percent from 1933 and down 37 percent from 1929. The report notes higher payroll and employment in retail, with more than 40 thousand workers in 1935, and highlights rise due to repeal of prohibition affecting beer and liquor outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
U. S. Department of Commerce
Nebraska
Stow Masquerade: A Century of Annual Costume Parties
The Stow masquerade began twenty five years after Peter and Mattie wed and became the season’s social centerpiece. Invited guests, dressed in stored costumes, chase secrecy and theatrical flair as families split to don alien households and arrive at different times. The diary notes and rapid recollections cap the festive Friday prior to the party.
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Stow
Peter
Mattie
Stow Place
Clay Tablets Show First Bank Notes From 600 B C
Ancient banking traces include Egibi and Son in Babylon with clay tablets for credit and drafts. Tablet notes were negotiable but non indorsable after baking. Egypt and China show early papyrus and paper currency usage. Greek banking earlier with deposits and letters of credit. Romans inherit and develop from Greek models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egibi & Son
Babylon
B. C
Hillah
Egypt
Europe
Greece
Tenants Rise In Nebraska Farms As Ownership Drops
Washington reports a rise in Nebraska tenant farmers from 61,020 in 1930 to 65,808 in 1935, a 7.8 percent gain, while landowners fell from 43,301 to 42,861. Total Nebraska farms grew 3.2 percent to 133,616, with 49.3 percent of Nebraska farmers tenants in 1935. Nationwide figures show eight and a half percent more tenants, from 1,962,641 in 1930 to 2,130,606 in 1935, amid Roosevelt administration focus on farm tenancy.
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Washington, D. C
Resettlement Administration
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Employment Service Locates Jobs in Lincoln September
In Lincoln during September, 822 workers were placed in private employment by the Nebraska State Employment Service and the National Re-employment Service, up 259 from August. Total placements of all types reached 6 078, down from 6 615 in August, with 5 204 people employed in public work and direct relief, a drop of 18 percent. Active files rose from 49 111 to 54 086 as more applicants registered, including 5 973 new seekers not previously registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska State Employment Service
National Re-employment Service
Rudolph Vogeler
State Service
Vogeler
County Taxes Drop Slightly in Early 1936 Reports
State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith announced that the first eight counties reporting 1936 assessments show a total tax levy of 1,277,395, down from 1,330,038 in 1935. State taxes within the eight total 147,112 for 1936, versus 176,086 in 1935, a drop of 28,974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
W. H. Smith
Trio of Trim Togs Patterns for Women and Children
A sewing patterns feature offers three designs: tunic pattern No 1950 with stand-up collar and swing, coat rock/ princess wrap No 1891 in sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 48, and baby pattern No 1812 with waist pantie and frock for ages 2 to 5. включает yardage details and how to order the Barbara Bell Fall Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
A Few Cooking Tips From The Housewife
A brief note shares practical kitchen tips including adding bread crumbs to scrambled eggs for flavor and extra serving, adding milk gradually to mashed potatoes for lightness, heating milk without boiling, washing gloves in tepid suds, and salting egg whites to help stiffen.
Sophistication The white man's burden is really boredom
A compact provocative line suggests the paradox of racial ideology by equating imperial duty with dullness, reflecting a critical take on white supremacy and colonial narratives. The phrase implies cynicism toward moral justifications used to rationalize domination.
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Inez-Haynes
Irwin
W.N.U. Service
Peter Stow
Mattie Stow
Satun
Geary
Doctor Geary
Boston
Gearys
Ocean
Edith
Alfred Bray
Brays
Sarah ‘Darbe
Doctor Marden
Myron Marden
Paris
Caro Prentiss
France
America
Caro
Fairweather Sisters
Flora
Margaret
Stow House
Sarah
Bessie
Employment Service
Asa Blaikie
Ila
Ance
WNU Service
Rie
Adierika
Eith
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