The Mysterious Visitor and the Grandfather’s Palace
James Lambert Mason meets a boy named for his grandfather on a lonely road near a seaside estate. He learns the boy’s family stories including a heroic father, a magic carpet rug, a high seas birth, and Nora’s distant life, prompting James to reflect on memory and fate.
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Pere
James
James Lambert
Nora
Peostman
Port
Norton’s
Norton's
Sonny
James Lambert Mason
Mothat
Woo
Daddy
Persia
Boston
Mother
South Africa
High Seas
England
Watch Tower
Nora's Shining Palace Reveals Father’s Mixed Awe
In Nora Aiv chapter, James visits the grand yet peculiar rooms of Nora and Carl Venable. He catalogs lacquered Japanese chairs, a priceless ship painting, and a pew from a New England meeting house, noting the odd blend of wealth and poverty. The scene ends with him seeking a guest room or perch in the watch tower, amused and weary.
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James
Santa Claus
Iris
Tris
Nora
Daddy
Donald
Perkins
Sonny
Leonora
A Venable
Carl Venable
Don
Weever
George
Watch Tower
Smart Summer Frocks You Can Sew At Home
Fashion focuses on cool easy to wear dresses with no fuss details. Slenderizing Shirtwaist and Basque Frock offer tailored comfort for housework shopping and afternoon parties. Patterns 1462 and 1453 fit sizes 34 to 46 and 14 to 20 with yardage and notions listed. Send 15 cents for Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Eskimos And White Men Face Different Ailments In Far North
Far North medical services now screen arrivals aboard whaling ships to prevent disease spread among Eskimos. Modern hygiene and diet guidance have reduced deaths from dietary causes and improved infant feeding. Government doctors nurses and hospitals provide care across vast Arctic distances, with winter and summer patrols and transport by plane boat canoe and dog sled. Also noted is Collier s Weekly on irrigation heavy water use for sugar cane in Hawaii requiring about 4000 tons of water per ton of sugar.
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London Tit-Bits Magazine
Far North
Arctic
Dominion
North Country
Atuch
Hawaiian Islands
Collier’s Weekly
Philadelphia
Nicotine Sprays Guard Evergreen Shrubs From Dogs
A simple home remedy helps resolve dog damage to ornamental evergreens. Spray lower branches with nicotine sulfate mixed in water. the odor repels dogs and protects plants without harming them or the animals. This solution restores peace to irritated neighbors.
Early Panama Trial Sets Speedy Trial Standard
A man indicted for crime in Panama faces immediate trial despite possible fugitive status, with witnesses for the state present and sound. Collier's Weekly notes that 28 safebreakers were captured and began six-year sentences within hours after trial, reflecting rapid process circa 1935.
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Panama
Safebreaker
Collier’s Weekly
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