Antoinette Taft and the San Francisco Newsroom Chase
Antoinette Taft, twenty three, seeks a break in journalism in a drab San Francisco flat with sister Brenda and brothers Cliff and Bruce plus Aunt Meg. She interviews Lawrence Bellamy of the Journal of Commerce, lands a job offer from Mr. Greenwood of the Call, and navigates office life, romance, and competition as she covers the Piedmont midwinter carnival.
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Tony
Mr. Greenwood
Call
Cliff
Joe Burke
Bellamy
A San Francisco Evening Aboard The Bellamy House
Tony Taft visits the Piedmont and San Francisco set, meeting Ruth Bellamy and Lawrence Bellamy at a party in a grand home. The tale anchors on Ruth’s fading joy after son Peter’s death, the Bellamys’ stylish life, and Tony’s evolving view of happiness as Ruth seeks renewal while Larry stays near. Tony contemplates a daring Greenwood assignment as she balances work and personal ties in a changing social circle.
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Pattersons
Patterson
San Francisco
Tony
Ruth Bellamy
Tony Aid
Ruth
Mrs. Bellamy
Benedict Arnold
Lawrence Bellamy
Larry
Mrs. Patterson
Society
Arliss
Alexander Hamilton
Hollywood
Mr. Bellamy
Miss Patterson
Rio
Brenda
Dick Sykes
Peter
Bellamys
Boo
Fitch
Bessie Cutter
Bessie
Frank Fitch
New York
Piedmont House
London
Paris
New York Financial
Grandfather Patterson
Harvard
Patterson Manor Farm
Long Island
Lawrence
Patterson Box
Merrivale Hills
Piedmort
Journal
Larry Bellamy
Piedmont
California
Greenwood
Greeny
Spellamys Visit Tony and Friends at the Fairmont
Two weeks later the Spellamys stay in the city at the Fairmont Hotel and Tony is invited for tea. She enjoys a pleasant hour with Ruth and Mrs Patterson and becomes a regular visitor. Brenda joins them sometimes and the sisters’ kindness leads to Brenda buying books from Tony’s sister. Christmas gifts arrive from the Bellamys.
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Spellamys
Fairmont
Tony
Brenda
Ruth
Mrs. Patterson
Harriet Patterson
Ther
Morse Chronicles the Telegraph Birth of Modern Communication
Samuel F. B. Morse conceived the electric telegraph and telegraphic code in 1830s and 1840s. After public demonstrations and a 1843 government grant, the first telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore carried the message What hath God wrought on May 24, 1844 signaling a new era in history.
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Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse
Washington
Baltimore
America
Distinctive Dress With Scalloped Collar for a Little Girl
A charming little girl frock pattern Barbara Bell No. 1833-A offers sizes 2 to 6 years with a high waist, scalloped collar, and three buttons. Versions in gingham, challis, muslin, silk, or crepe. pattern book available. send fifteen cents.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Housewife tips for cake icing and kitchen chores
Icing can be prevented from cracking by adding a teaspoon of cream to unbeaten icing and stirring with sugar to desired stiffness. Stains in vases are removed with salt and vinegar, then rinsed. Freshen baked goods by brushing with cold water and warming briefly. Use vinegar to deodorize pans after frying onions.
Norway’s inaccessible farms kept by iron ladders
Ladders, not roads, separate Norway’s steep farms from the world. In old times farmers hid their ladders to dodge the tax collector and a later law required a stationary iron ladder, making access constant and strict.
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Norway
Adlerika promise relief from gas and bowel cleansing
An old advertisement touts Adlerika as a single dose remedy for gas pressing on the heart and chronic constipation. Dr H L Shoub of New York and Mrs Jas Filler are cited praising relief, claiming improved sleep, appetite and well being after use. Sold by druggists and drug departments.
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H. L. Shoub
New York
Jas
Costly Folly Of Intolerant Idealism Quote Explained
A reflection on how rigid and uncompromising beliefs can cause greater harm than any inconvenience they seek to avert. The adage warns that zeal without openness leads to preventable suffering and wasted resources.
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Norris
Kathleen Norris
Chapter
der. Pierce
Associated Newspapers
Butler
Plainfield, N. J
W. F. Mott
Highland
Kansas City
Hotel Sherman
Ethel Shut A
Thyler Elam
Ukeh
Cea Ani Lallay
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