The Palm Beach Maid and the Mysterious Vanishing
Lynn Morrow, a lonely 18 year old narrator, spends a hot Florida afternoon on Palm Beach with Terry McNair, while trying to hide her life as a trailer-park domestic. A casual meet turns intimate until Lynn discovers Mrs. Warren has vanished, leaving Lynn stranded with fifty cents and a note sending her to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Lynn Morrow
Palm Beach
Lynn
Mrs. Warren
Ocean Drive
Marion North
Boston
Terry
McNair
Vermont
New York
West Palm Beach
Mr. Alexander
Clarence Mortimer
Empire State Building
Alexander
Hollywood Gossips on Bachelors and Beaux
Western Newspaper Union reports on Theo Rossi Tyrone Power and other stars, noting Rossi and Power as two eligible bachelors touring South America and Hollywood. It mentions square glasses trend among actresses Del Rio La Marr Bennett and Moran, makeup expert Pete Westmore and Mary Booth debuting, a Bell Crosby autograph scene, and Kathleen Burke Eleanor Roosevelt Mary Martin and Vox Pop incident with Parks Johnson during interviews.
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Virginia Vale
Theo Rossi
South America
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Mrs. Power
J. Edgar Hoover
Shirley Temple
Dolores del Rio
Hedy LaMarr
Joan Bennett
Rudy Vallee
Peggy Moran
Pete Westmore
Hollywood
Pattern No 8716 Dress For Sizes 12 14 16 18 20
Simple and comfy house wear that doubles for market days. Designed for gingham checks or chambray with bright trim, the pattern includes a sew chart and lists fabric and ric rac needs for size 14. Send order to the given address.
Earthquake Repair and Harsh Winds Mentioned in Global Notes
A Collier's excerpt notes Baiga men repair ground after quakes in India. It mentions punishing crimes during fierce seasonal winds across hot plains in South America, Africa, and Asia Minor. It also lists Sao Paulo telephone subscribers by name, address, profession, P.O. box, and license number in the Red Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
South America
South Africa
Asia Minor
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Collier’s
The Secret Service and a Quiz of Common Questions
A playful Q and A about government duties and language includes questions on which department houses the Secret Service, dieting choices, religious songs, state borders, biblical names, jail versus prison, alternatives to a familiar proverb, completing a Shakespeare line, and whether perfume comes from all flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
United States
Literary Definitions and Classical Allusions in Language Use
The text contrasts spelling, jail versus prison, and lists proverbs and quotes. It notes synthetic production of certain flower essences and includes example phrases about truthfulness and decorum. Key terms appear as definitions and usages in discourse.
Answers Treasury department Not at all More than 400 species digest insects
The fragment lists several topics: a Treasury department reference, a claim that something is not at all, a note that more than 400 plant species can capture and digest insects, a remark that many songs do not deal with religious subjects, a geographic list for Kentucky, and a fragment about the Hebrew language in which the Bible was originally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
New Press Rookie Tests Gatekeeper At Concert
A newly appointed junior reporter to a local paper tries to bypass tickets by declaring Open Sesame to the door keeper. The gatekeeper retorts that the youth is only a bell-push, exposing his overinflated self-importance.
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Trailer Girl
Vera Brown
Western Newspaper Union
Ann Dvorak
Helen Mack
Lola Lane
Columbia
Mary Booth
Edwin Booth
Gary Crosby
Bing
Kathleen Burke
Eleanor Roosevelt
NBC
Mary Martin
Mrs. Martin
Greta Garbo
Mary
Richard Halliday
Parks Johnson
Parks
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Press
Praca
CIA Sen
Anon
HANDY
Mae
Kent
Southey
Park Laboratory Co. Inc
San Antonio
Texas
Shakespeare
Lydia E
Lydia E. Pinke
Pinkham’s
Tomrouns
Disraeli
DENVER, COL@a
Olin Hotel
Logan
Mike” Wolff
Prince Albert
Crimp
USC Hale Garette Tobacco
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