Vivian Matthews Accepts Kent Johns Betrothal in Secret Plan
In a Bender Kansas tale Vivian Matthews agrees to marry Kent Wortham Johns III for one year to secure his grandfather’s million dollar gift. Kent proposes after learning of Aurelia Jansen’s Paris marriage, while Vivian worries about love, status, and a hidden name mystery as guardian Miss Martha offers cryptic counsel.
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Vivian Matthews
Bender
Kan
Fentworth Hillman Johns
Aurelia “Davie’ Jansen
Count von Popper
Paris
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Ahe
Dovie
Cuddles
Pat
Kentworth Billman Johns III
Kents
Grandfather Johns
Broadway
Miss Matthews
Martha
Miss Martha
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Archimedes 141 and Positivists in Paris
In Paris a small fervent Positivist group plans to shift from the Christian calendar to a year Archimedes 141 a new time reckoning. They commemorate Claudine de Vaux with Positivist rites at the Chapel of Humanity on Rue Bayche, linking Comte’s love for Clotilde de Vaux to a mystical phase in his life.
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Archimedes
Dante
Monsieur-lerinca
Hunity
Utenberg
Bayche
Clotilde
Com- 3
Comte
Lotilde
The Prophet of a Scientific Mysticism in Posityiam
Hoe felt a hidden emotion defying rules, and under her spell the learned old man became a sentimental sweetheart and prophet of a scientific mysticism. Together they built a metaphysical cult, then he died, ending their idyl still honoured in Posityiam’s calendar.
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Hoe
Pow Wow Practices Book Tops Sales in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports that The Long Lost Friend and The Pow-Wow Book by A. Monroe Aurand dominate sales after the Bible and dictionary. First issued in 1820 Germany, English edition soon followed. The mystic work is tied to a York County farmer and local superstitions among early settlers.
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A. Monroe Aurand
Aurand
Germany
United States
York County
America
Pow Wow Origins and Healing Rites Among Indians
The piece describes Indian superstition traced to conjurors called powan, later pow wow, and explains the pow-wower as a devout healer rather than a mercenary. It notes mystic formulas rely on Biblical references, invoking God to aid healing, such as a Lord's Prayer-based remedy to stop bleeding.
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Aurand
Mill Valley 39th Anniversary Celebration Postponed
Mill Valley planned a May 30 celebration for its 40th anniversary but learned it was actually the 39th. The ceremony is postponed for one year as organizers adjust plans. The article notes funded state debts directed to highways waterways and agriculture.
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Mill Valley
Cal
Redistribution of bonded debt shares among state institutions
The breakdown shows three soldiers homes absorbing nearly 80 percent, 265 percent, and 15 percent of total bonded indebtedness, with welfare institutions taking 313 percent, and education 2 percent. The figures outline the relative financial burden across state agencies.
Ragged Runner Penned In England Sets Pace
A runner in England is said to cover four miles in six minutes and forty-eight seconds, then climbs again at about thirty five and a half miles per hour while carrying 128 pounds.
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