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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1920
Page
1
Pearlhunter, raised by his mother on a Wa bash River houseboat, learns of his father as a crisis unfolds. He meets a girl he calls the Wild Rose, escapes a dangerous intruder the Other Man, and discovers a great freshwater pearl the Blue Moon. His mother dies without naming his father, after a tense village confrontation and a threatened plate fight.
The Pearlhunter follows a village girl through Buckeye woods after a bank scene where he earns a name. In the river road woods they meet again, faces revealed, and she shares fear of a predatory suitor while he contemplates a bold plan tied to a five thousand dollar blue moon pearl.
An 80 year old anecdote recounts how jeweler Joseph Gillitt in Birmingham England split a steel tool and used the piece as a makeshift pen. The incident supposedly inspired metal pen production. The text also notes the rise of women’s indoor golf clubs in London.
Binks laments the challenge of pleasing his wife who compares pre marriage attention. Jinks asks for a solution. He recalls sending roses and candy, but she suggests a practical alternative like ham and a new doormat to be more sensible.
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