Mary’s Desperate Plan and Sudden Marital Prospects
Mary, desperate after a failed writing career, contemplates marriage to Jerome Taylor to save her family. A dinner escalates into coercive proposals, prompting her to flee to Aunt Linnie's with Umberto Balland and Count Balland pursuing her. Mary faces pressure, love, and a dangerous choice amid tangled romantic offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Taylor
Linnie
Jerry
Jerome
Lelia
Mary
Umberto
Count Balland
Aunt Linnie Arrives as Ball and Lelia Join Roulette Party
Mary pleads for silence as Aunt Linnie discovers Balianci in the living room. Lelia rushes to change for a Club Torquay roulette outing with the Bascoms, while Balland agrees to join. Lelia appears soon after in a flame dress with fur and velvet, ready for the evening.
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Lelia
Linnie Cotswell
Club Torquay
Bascoms
Umberto
Mary
Aunt Linnie
Balland
Torquay
Diamonds Shine In Industry And Beauty Roles
Diamonds are valued for beauty and hardness. They are used to drill and grind metals that other materials cannot work.
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Milady
Holly Vacuum Cut Motor Oil Contest at Lincoln Nebr
A promotional notice offers a $50 cash prize and a contest for tractor owners. It promotes Holly Vacuum Cut Motor Oil claiming reduced fuel use and wear, improved power, and depreciation relief for automobiles, trucks, or tractors. The offer, with dealer participation and an entry blank, mentions a price and tax delivery terms in Lincoln Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly
Feders
Holly of Co., Inc
Lincoln, Nebr
Tri City Barber College in Demand in Lincoln
Wm Franks manager promotes the accredited school as an easy path to barbering. The notice lists the address 1020 P St, Lincoln, Nebraska, highlighting training opportunities for aspiring barbers.
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Wm Franks
Tri City
Adam Brothers in Architecture and Furniture of 18th Century England
The Brothers Adam led a line of architects and furniture designers in mid 18th century England. Robert Adam headed the designs, using straight vertical supports and motifs such as acanthus scrolls, rosettes, Anthemion, and lyres. Mahogany and satinwood pieces were often painted or gilded.
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Adam
Robert
James
John
William
England
Robert Adam
Pigskin origin in football history noted in early chapters
The excerpt traces the term pigskin to hog bladders used for early footballs after the Civil War and notes New Jersey schools around 1856 replaced the bladder with a leather covered ball, using rubber instead. It cites Stagg and Stout's Touchdown and early slang like pigskinner.
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Stagg and Stout
New Jersey
The Sieve Waterfall Near Urua Pan Michoacan
The Sieve outside Urua pan in Michoacan Mexico does not fall over rocks. It streams through a volcanic basalt dike into a thousand small falls that catch and refract sunlight, creating a rainbow over the boiling basin below. Outlet points range from 50 to 150 feet above the basin.
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Uruapan
Michoacan
Mexico
Development of Dynamite and Its Materials
In 1367 Swedish chemist Alfred Bernard Nobel developed dynamite by absorbing nitroglycerin into an inert filler to reduce sensitivity. The text notes dynamite’s composition and mentions a stronger explosive, guncotton, and a jellylike substance.
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Alfred Bernard Nobel
Happiness in Sympathy Offers Comfort Amid Troubles
A quip from Uncle Eben reflects that happiness lies in sympathy and troubles can become help. The remark suggests resilience through shared sorrow and communal support.
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Eben
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Elinor Maxwell
Lorgan
the Waldorf
Darling
Palm Beach
Taylor
Umbertol
Phillip Buchanan
Addie
Caramia
Feratasa
Baliandi
Cara Mia
Lelia Ormsby
Peete Erates To
Barber School
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