Main Street The Story of Carol Kennicott Excerpt
In the June days Carol Kennicott traverses rural life with Kennicott as she adapts to farm labor, seasonal heat, and the social whirl of Gopher Prairie. She blends longing for city life with Pioneer nostalgia, forming a salon while musing on progress, friendship, and the town’s slow pace.
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Kennicott
Gre
Main
Thanatopsis
Ing-Sulta
Carol
Vida Sherwin
Guy Pollock
Keena
Sam Clark
Vida
Guy
Raymie
Champ Perry
Gopher Prairie
America
Lincoll
Minnesota
Mahlon Black
Stillwater
Miles Bjornstam
Montana
Doings of the Duffs and the Perry Family in Gopher Prairie
Carol recalls old days and old values as she meets the Perry couple in a cramped room above a grocery. She learns their hopes for a home and romance with community life, while clashing with nostalgia for simple times and 1910s moral strictures.
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Perrya
Champ Perry
Perrys
Howland & Gould's
Carol
Lyman Cass
Gopher Prairie
Baptist Church
Methodist
Congregational
Presbyterian
Hell
Republican Party
Blaine
McKinley
Lord
Harold Bell Wright
Twins Witness Flatty the Flounder Grow Up
Nancy and Nick observe Flatty the flounder changing color and fins as he develops a new body plan. Grandaddy Jellyfish explains the transformation, noting Flatty’s eyes move and his underside becomes his tummy. The twins see Flatty announce his growth and prepare to swim away, to be continued.
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Nancy
Nick
Watty
Flatty
War Cry and Indian Boy in a Frontier Tale
Peggy questions Alan's treatment of the Indian boy as a new chapter unfolds. Alan defends a harsh discipline, while the party camps by a prairie stream. A distant Indian war cry signals danger and heightens the tension among the settlers.
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Bo Alan
Ben
Indiana
Federal Taxes From Auto Sector Total $148,720,800
The report states federal taxes collected from automobile owners, dealers, and manufacturers amount to 148 million 720 thousand 800 dollars. It outlines the tax burden across players in the auto industry and highlights revenue figures for the period surveyed.
Pennsylvania Auto License Fees Could Rise 50 to 100 Percent
Reports indicate proposed state actions would nearly double or more auto license fees in the coming year. Officials cited budget gaps and funding needs for road maintenance and public safety.
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Pennsylvania
When a Woman Tells by Ruth Agnes Abeling
A woman in a hopeful mood accepts an explanation from Tom and plans a secret wedding. The next morning she sees her happiness echoed by Mr and Mrs Ames and prepares a new life as she dresses for a quiet ceremony at St Stephen's Church with Tom, a platinum band on her left hand.
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Ruth Agnes Abeling
Mrs. Ames
Tom
St. Stephen's
Degnen's Dio Active Solar Radium Healing Claim
An advertisement touts Degnen's dio Active Solar radium device worn to treat numerous ailments from constipation to nervous prostration. It promises continuous air and tissue improvement, a test proposition with satisfaction guaranteed, and offers information at 279 Bradbury Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
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Degnen
Emorrowliance Co
Bradbury Ua
Calif
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Dumbell
WWE
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Cane Twins
Peyou
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Alan
David
Columbus
Sam
Mack
Genttle Star
Tom and
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