The Lucky Lawrences on the California Edge
The Boston Lawrences once prospered on a 4000 acre ranch now reduced to a small Clippersville farm. Father’s death forces eldest siblings to labor while Ariel seeks education. Phil works in iron, Gail visits a library and department store, and Ariel sneaks out at night amid romantic entanglements with Van Murchison and Lily Cass.
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California
Clippersville
Sam
Little Ariel
Phil
Iron Works
Gail
Edith
Ariel
Lily Cass
van Murchison
Yale
Lawrence Luck
Dick Stebbins
Van
Milpitas
Gail Plans Los Gatos Visit Amid Family Tensions
Gail defies her sister Edith over a weekend trip to Los Gatos with Van Murchison while Dick and Phil scheme with friends. The Lawrence sisters wrestle with social expectations, romance, and modest propriety as Gail asserts her independence.
Evening social plans drift through a mountain party invitation
Edith, Gail, and Ariel discuss a looming invite to Mrs Chipp's house party in the Santa Cruz mountains. Gail frets over being asked by Van Murchison's aunt and asserts independence, while Ariel challenges the motive of attending for a boy. Gail vows simple attire and practical dressing for the event.
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Old Benstein
Benstein
Stanislaus
Joe Foster
Joe
Gail
Dick Stebbins
Van
Edith
Sam
Phil
Lawrences
Dumbarton Bridge
van Murchison
Ariel
Mamma
Apartment City Built by People of 85 B. C.
An exhaustive writeup traces apartment dwelling to 85 B C with examples across history. Machu Picchu Peru high above the Grand Canyon of the Alabama, cliff dwellings in Ceylon and Tunisia, Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, and The Cliff Palace in Colorado are cited as early forms. The article links these to modern apartment concepts and notes the Pueblo influence on resident managers.
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B. C
Andes
Machu Picchu
Peru
Grand Canyon
Alabama
Tunisia
America
Kandy
Ceylon
North American
Mena Verda
Colo
Colorado
Taos Pueblo
New Mexico
Raymond R. Keane
Philadelphia Record
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Lucky Lawrences
Kathleen Norris
Kathleen
Lily Wibser
Cass
Pamela
Evelina
Jazz
Philip
Ede
China
Los Gatos
Lawrence
Miss Hemmet
Miss Hemmett
Eeith
Gall
Anne
Dobbins
Chipp
BP Contin
Chapter
KOMIK
Kodak
Ford’s
Foto Studios
Ellensburg
Wash
Santy
10Th St
Denver
Coleman
Coleman Lamp & Stove CO
Wicurra
Kans
Dept
Fort Shelby
Detroit
Saar
THE
DIZZY
Dean
Dorothy
Ozzy
Dizzy Dean
Ing
Bachrach
Battle Creek
Mich
Canada
Imad Dog
I ‘T
Gee
Izzy
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