Restless Dana Heiress Faces Family Plans Abroad
Sarah Lynn Dana, youngest of the Dana women of Danavale California, resists a marriage plan to Detroit youth Duncan Van Doren. Great-Granny Dana urges Sally Ann Dana to take the girl abroad, while Uncle Lynn and her brother Bill plead to save her from conventional life.
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Sarah Lynn Dana
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Danavale
Calif
Adelaide
Duncan van Doren
Detroit Society
Danas
Sally Ann Dana
Sally Ann
Lynn
Sarah Lynn
Bill
Edina Dana
Ed Dana
Sarah Lynnn
Keaton
Ardine
San Mateo
Helena
Keaton Danas
Detroit
Stewed Prune Night Lights Danavale Society
Sally Ann eyes Ardine La Montana as Danavale society gathers at Ardine’s Stewed Prune roadhouse. Sarah Lynn, Duncan Van Doren, Gunnar Thorwald returns from across the Atlantic while Ardine plots social leverage and a night of temptation.
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Dana
Ardine la Montana
Sally Ann
Ardine
Adelaide Dana
Sarah Lynn
Duncan van Doren
Duncan
Helena
Jim Allison
Jim
Gunnar Thorwald
Mary Webster
Neddy
Ned Webster
Penny pushes for granddaughter care in Danavale
The governess Sara Dana resists a request from Penny to take Sarah Lynn abroad. Sally Ann resents the intrusion while preparing for a bath, reflecting on pressures from multiple relatives and her own desire for independence.
Diet Deficiencies Said to Drive Global Troubles and Unruly Behavior
Miss Myrtle L. Johnson of Russell Sage College cites faulty diets as a cause of world troubles and argues modern American diets produce taller stronger youths and more attractive girls. She notes deficient nutrition can cause irrational behavior supported by rat experiments.
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America
Myrtle L. Johnson
School of Home Economics
Russell Sage College
Troy
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United Press
Russell Sage
Global languages by speaker totals and rankings
The passage lists languages by estimated speakers with Chinese at about 400 million, English 200 million, Russian 140 million, Hindustani 100 million, German 80 million, French and Spanish 70 million each, Japanese 65 million, Portuguese 60 million, Italian 50 million, Polish 16 million, Greek 9 million, Serbo Croatian 8 million, and Bohemian 7 million. It notes about 5,000 languages exist and no other language reaches 7.6 million speakers.
My Friend Joseph A Birthday Visit In A Rainy Day
Anthony Oakley writes of seven year old Joseph visiting on a birthday with a five pound box of candy. The boy dreams of being Tarzan and Aladdin and asks the genie to build his mother a fine house, pay bills, and share candy. He leaves with pockets full of chocolates despite the rain.
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Tarzan
Dizzy Dean
Laddin
Unnamed Kansas City Star Quote About Local Manners
A Kansas City Star clipping recalls a sports announcer avoiding the word beautiful for weather and plays, cites a never-sentimental book reviewer, and notes a neighbor overstepping boundaries while yard work and snow removal. It reflects on local commentary and social attitudes without drama.
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Kansas City Star
Wise and Otherwise: The bright side and smart birds
The column notes people who look on the bright side acquire rewards while big men land top jobs and small men are overlooked. It contrasts laziness with ambition and humor, citing a man who bought a Great Dane to avoid stooping to pet it, and ends with a quip that money doesn’t grow on trees yet the smart prevail.
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Detroit News notes curiosity over a Welsh village with the long name meaning Church of St Mary by the Pool of White Hazels near the swift whirlpool of St Tysilio’s Church of the Red Cave. The piece highlights romance and beauty in the locality.
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Ugogerychwyrnd
Andysiliogogogoch
Pwll Gwyngyl
Goger
Chwynn Drobwll
Tysilio Gogo Guckh
Tysilio
the Red Cave
What English Words Mean Different In England
Mr. Harry A. Franck recounts in Footloose in the British Isles how Americans discover England’s word meanings from a laundry list of examples. He notes that terms like vest and suspenders, calico, crackers, and bacon carry different British senses, and reveals varied names for clothing, food, and household items.
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England
Harry A. Franck
British Isles
Draper’s
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