Lady Blanche Farm WNDA Service
Frances Parkinson Keyes presents a feature on Lady Blanche Farm noting a WNDA service and copyright details. The piece highlights farm life, domestic settings, and the author’s reflective tone as it surveys rural work and literary framing.
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WNDA
Frances Parkinson Keyes
The Countess Blanche Curse Plays Out in Hamstead
Motoring to Vermont Philip Starr meets Blanche Manning and falls for her. He stays with Mary Manning and learns of the Manning family legend the Countess Blanche and a hereditary curse. Paul Manning, Mary's fiancé, drinks and vents anger ending his engagement. Mary finds solace in Sylvia Gray.
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Vermont
Philip Starr
Boston
Blanche Manning
Burlington
Starr
Blanche
Hamstead
Mary Manning
Mary
Philip
Paul
Blanches
Manning
Paul Manning
Gale Hamlin
Moses Manning
Sylvia Gray
Mary and Moses at Wallacetown Chautauqua
In a slow summer scene, Mary cares for her brother Moses while the family attends a Wallacetown Chautauqua performance. A spill shatters a blue bird cup, bringing Mary to tears as Moses comforts her. Later, Paul faces social fallout over a broken engagement and Mary’s independence, while Doctor Noble probes Mary’s fiancé status.
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Wallacetown
Shakespeare
Paul
Violet
Jane
Seth
Algy
Moses
Mary
Daddy
Viclek
Blanche
Paul in Unsettled Liberty After Sister's Wedding
Paul grows restless living with his mother and Rosalie. after a brief illness he visits Rosalie who teases him about engagement rumors and mocks his romantic failures, while his mood remains dull and unfulfilled.
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Paul
Blanche
Mary
Rosalie
New York
Miss. King
Pau
Mr. Hamlin
Secretary Dilemma at the Executive Firm
Mr Stewart plans to relocate his secretary Miss Drew with Mr Stone as successor while Rodney Blaine, the firm’s loyal associate, is tasked with delivering a delicate message. The arriving Stone reveals a personal proposal to Miss Drew and the firm’s fate hinges on her response.
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Mr. Stewart
The
Concern
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Mr. Stone
Chicago
New York
Rodney
Miss Drew
Blaine
Miss. Drew
Stone
Drew
Rodney Blaine
Stewart
Life's Little Jests from a Bridge Evening
A hostess invites three guests for bridge when one cancels. She asks her husband to fill the fourth seat. He replies he will, after dressing, and then clarifies he must still put on his shinguards.
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Times of India
True to His Word in Witty Exchange
Dialogue centers on a husband and wife exchanging quips about vows and singleness. The husband claims to have kept his word by choosing a life of bachelorhood after marriage.
Forgetful Patient Refuses Memory Tablets
London Answers reports Hogsworth forgot to take memory tablets prescribed by a doctor. Jackson asks if they helped. Hogsworth says no, he forgets to take them, leaving the outcome unclear.
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Jackson
Hogsworth
London
A Poser My See
A quip by Bones cites a statistician claiming most of the world is female, sparking a friend’s rebuttal about half the globe not knowing how the other half lives in a humorous exchange. The line appears in a Brooklyn Hagie column fragment.
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Bones
Brooklyn
Love and lost wiser than love and won
An elderly woman reflects on relationships saying loving and losing beats loving and winning, citing her own experience with an unsuitable husband as the lesson. The remark appears in a Cincinnati Enquirer column or snippet.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Mrs Mulligan’s Piano Talent Impresses Neighbors
In an informal note, residents invite Mrs Mc Carthy to hear Moly play the piano at the Mulligan home. The writer praises Moly as a one handed pianist and a marvel to observe.
Reason Enough Delay Request Cited by Court
A humorous Venetian quip notes a defendant asking a judge to postpone a trial for a week on grounds of the judge's temperament. The remark by a speaker in Gazzettino Illustrato reflects legal comedy and alternative reasons for delay in court proceedings.
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Gazzettino Ilustrato
Venice
Alimony Sought in Celebrity Marriage Dispute
A dramatic exchange reveals a star wife demanding alimony after her marriage to her manager. The remark questions whether she sought more than a salary, highlighting marital tensions in a high profile dispute.
Beating the Five Year Plan a Holiday Parley Quip
A humorous telegram style exchange explores how people schedule holidays in a long term plan. The dialogue notes that every third year is taken for holidays while the other years shift to discussion of past or future plans. Karika turén is quoted.
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Karikaturén
Far South Trees Wear Heavy Spanish Moss Pads
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a note about in the far south trees being dressed with heavy pads of Spanish moss, a detail conveying local color and environmental description.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Disproved Jehbnoie Mamima on Knowledge is Power
Fragmentary dialogue quotes a child and mother debating knowledge power and access to pie in a pantry. The Brooklyn Eagle fragment presents a casual domestic exchange with a stray misquote and humorous tone.
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Mamima
Johnnie
Brooklyn
Eagle
Erroneous Dial Claims Second Wife Rumor
A London Everybody's Weekly note reports a caller mistakenly insisting about a second wife. The exchange includes a fear of misheard names and a suggestion of a wrong number in a noisy voice.
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Orlando
Everybody’ S Weekly
London
Corn Bread Recipes Share Popular Hue of Home Baked Varieties
Readers hear about corn bread as a vogue item with diverse regional twists. The article describes two methods: a skillet corn bread with lard and eggs and a corn meal pudding with molasses and spices, plus a quick muffin batter using corn meal flour and milk and bake times.
Women Seek Security Over Achievement Says Dorothy Waring
Dorothy Waring argues that women prioritize security from men over personal achievement. She criticizes the belief in automatic male change with women’s entry into office work and suggests men admire gentleness and dependence to view a wife as capable of securing a home and status.
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Dorothy Waring
Miss Waring
New York
Hira
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