Nancy Nelson and Pine Ridge Arrival in a New Life
Nancy Nelson a nineteen year old sub-deb arrives with her gay father in hard times after a market crash and moves to Pine Ridge to live with Cousin Columbine. They tour the village meeting neighbors as Nancy and Jack adjust to sparse quarters and old surroundings while Aunt Columbine recalls early Pine Ridge hardships. Nancy meets Matthew Adams on a hill and learns Luke Adams is injured and Jack is hired to help.
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Nancy Nelson
Phere
East
Columbine
Nancy
Jack
Pine Ridge
Columbine Nelson
Mark
Matthew Adams
Boston
Indiana
Cape
Aurora ‘Tubba
Mark Adam
Luke
Jack Nelson
Dear Aunt Louise and the Pine Ridge Library Dream
In a stormy Pine Ridge morning, Aunt Louise and Phil discuss reading tastes. Cousin Columbine mentions no local library, and the town’s magazines tempt rather than educate. The scene hints at a wish for reading materials amid rough weather.
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Louise
Pike's Peak
Aurora Tubbs
Columbine
Scott
Dickens
Phil
Lou
Aurora
Pine Ridge
Amy
Aladdin
Aladdin Library Dream Sparks in Small Town Letter
Louise writes of starting a library in an unused schoolhouse using donated books from neighbors and girls at the school. Her plan, the Aladdin Library, aims to serve local children and adults, with family support to cover expressage and setup costs despite Christmas pressures and a debut forgotten by Nancy.
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Phil
Moony
Louise
Aunt Low
Busees
Aurora
Mother
Juanita Tubba
Aladdin Library
Adam Boys
Mary Taylor
Jack
Columbine
Nelson
Nancy
Pine Ridge
Colorado
Dad
Margaret
Chapter XIII Pine Ridge Calamity in a Chamber of Horrors
Nancy wakes in Pine Ridge Colorado to a mislaid day marked by a large calendar. She recalls plans shared with her mother and Aurora, reflecting on the excitement and anxiety surrounding her anticipated de but.
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Pine Ridge
Colorado
Nancy
Aurora
Nance
Mother
Debut Plans in Jeopardy as Stock Crash Looms
In a Boston home, Nancy Nelson faces the clash between social期待 and family fortune after a market crash halts her debut. As she plans gifts for Eve Adam and John, watching a once-bright future fade, Nancy endures a day of family routines and anxious anticipation.
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Nance
Boston
Aunt Judy
Judy
Nancy
Dad
Adam
Columbine
Nancy Nelson
Morning preparations as Matthew Adam visits
Matthew Adam waits six minutes while his mother and cousins manage chores. Nancy laughs in the doorway as Luke returns tomorrow. Matthew hurries to water the radiator and collect woolen stockins before noon, promising to do his best.
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Matthew Adam
Mies Columbine
Mark
Nance
Matthew
Aurora
Nancy
Matt
Matt Prom
Earthworm Speculators Hoard Food for Platypus at Melbourne Zoo
A Melbourne zoo platypus feasts on over 800 earthworms daily, more than its weight. Worm speculators hold back supplies, aiming to raise prices from 12 to 18 cents per dozen, pitting hoarder against curator in a quirky local dilemma.
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Melbourne
Melbourne Zoo
Zoo
Distress Money Exhibited After Austro Hungarian Collapse
An Austrian exhibition at the Hagenbund Gallery in Vienna displays the variety of emergency money used after the war and collapse of the monarchy. Tokens were issued by towns villages provinces and even inns newspapers and political parties with paper, wood, parchment, leather, lacquer and porcelain used as money.
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Hagenbund
Vienna
De Havilland and the Moth Insect Naming Legacy
The English aeroplane builder J. de Havilland popularized the Moth name through his bug collecting hobby. An entomologist by training, he named many products after moths or moth species like Gypsy Moth Puss Moth and Dragon reflecting his passion.
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J. de Havilland
de Havilland
Paradise for Snakes at Dorset Clay District North of Corfe Castle
A guide notes six British reptile species can be seen in the Dorset clay-mining area north of Corfe Castle including the rare smooth snake and sand lizard. Adder is the only poisonous species. bites are rarely fatal but medical care is advised. Snakes pose little danger to healthy adults, though warnings about pets and infants persist.
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Corfe Castle
Dorsetshire
Britain
Tax collections rise in early fiscal year in Canada
Canadians pay higher federal income taxes as the Department of National Revenue reports collections of $58,407,004 in the first four months across 19 tax districts. This is up $15,774,023 from 1934. Only Quebec and Regina show declines, with Quebec down $139,745 and Regina $1,301.
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Department of National Revenue
Quebec
Regina
Editors Welcome at Canadian Weekly Newspaper Convention
Close to 200 editors and publishers attended the sixteenth annual convention in Toronto. Delegates from across Canada and Newfoundland representing over 100 weekly newspapers were welcomed by Premier Mitchell Hepburn and Mayor James Simpson.
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Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Toronto
Canada
Newfoundland
Mitchell
Hepturn
James Simpson
Garage plans boost RCMP HQ in Winnipeg
Ottawa approves rebuilding of RCMP head quarters in Winnipeg featuring a 24 car garage and no stables for horses. The proposal cites existing urban housing figures in New York City and notes rising diesel engine sales in Germany and egyptian henna as a principal drug plant.
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John
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Serene thoughts on light and joy from transient musings
Fragmentary verse and prose praise inner serenity and moral purpose. It muses on light as a spiritual state, joy as a byproduct of pure intent, and the mind as a garden kept from guilt, with references to poetry and a metaphor of morning dew nourishing actions.
Overseas visitors unknowingly seen in cabinet room at No 10
Guests at a government garden party for overseas visitors were unaware they were received in the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. The room, famed in the British Empire, had its usual furnishings removed, especially the big table. One guest lingered, asking to view the room again after leaving.
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No. 10
Downing Street
Mia
Baldwin
Mise MacDonald
London
Right arm inequality noted with signs of blind bath Berlin
A brief item mentions that the right arm of two men or women is typically longer than the left, and notes an open air bath for the blind situated in Berlin.
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Berlin
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