Meeker Sisters and the Return of Old Romance
In a small town, the five Meeker sisters long held bachelor legends and social pretenses. After years of guarded courtships and silent defenses, Teena Meeker married Nicholas Lang in Greenwich, restoring a sense of desirability and renewed flirtation among her sisters.
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Meeker
Lily
Tom White
Adirondacka
Edith
Quebec
Meta
Vimy Ridge
Ella
Teena
Hfe
Nicholas Lang
Meeker Sisters
Méta
Honeys
Darling
Teena Meeker
Greenwich
Conn
Parents of Presidents Ancestry by English and other roots
The article listsU.S. presidents and their varying ancestral backgrounds. It notes English origins for several first families and includes Welsh Scottish Irish Dutch and Huguenot lineages among others. It highlights diverse European roots across two centuries of leadership.
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Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
J. Q. Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Harrison and
Tyler
Polk
Taylor, Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson and
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Odorless Skunks Ready for Fur Market
The odorless skunk, Mephitis mephitis, is advancing through breeding and veterinary surgery to remove its odor. Experts foresee the animals reaching a stage where they may be offered to the world fur market.
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Mephitis Mephitis
Scientific Fruit Treatment Extends Apple Ripening Season
A newspaper note explains how science can alter fruit, boosting flavor, color, size and keeping quality. It cites English apples with a ripening season from June to March, suggesting home-grown apples could be at their best year round.
Faeroes Island Life in a Wind Swept Outpost
Prepared by National Geographic Society describes Videro and Sando on Stome Island as bleak yet vivid Faeroes communities. It details primitive homes with smoke rooms and glass room additions, islanders' diet of sheep and cod, harsh winters at Myggenaes, and a Danish‑run lighthouse keeper near the western holm with storm‑scarred cliffs and gannet roosts.
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National Geographic
Washington, D. C
WNU
Denmark
Scotland
Sando
Videro
Leif’ Ericsson
Faeroes
Strome Island
Thorshavn
Myggenaes
Newfoundland
Greenland
Europe
North Islands
Nor Way
Syfero
Sydero
Twain lampooning boot thrower tale at New York talk
The account recalls Mark Twain recounting a Virginia City trial where a horse thief hurled a boot at a judge but struck only a reporter. Twain boasts his crisp write up neutralizes rival reporters while preserving the dramatic moment.
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Mark Twain
New York
Virginia City
Blackguardly
Pathfinder. Magazine
Maronites Largest of Lebanon's Many Cults
In Lebanon's 826,618 population seven confessions exist with Christians, led by Maronites at 214,313 adherents. Emigration includes 20,448 Maronites in the United States paying homeland taxes. Other major groups include Sunnite Muslims 136,040 and Shiites 113,536.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Asia
United States
Witness asks if distance in crash case is fair
In Los Angeles automobile court a witness clashed with the prosecutor over giving the exact distance from the crash. The lawyer pressured for a precise figure and the witness pleaded that he is not a surveyor, sparking laughter in the courtroom.
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Los Angeles
Swift feet leave scrapes as talk trips neighborly tales
A New Bedford Standard quip notes swift feet save a man from scrapes caused by his tongue while implying some folks would pay as they go if compelled. The dialogue riffs on neighborly relations and reputations with playful banter.
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By Fannie Hurst
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNN
Life
O'Gilder
Meechum
O’gilder
New Bedford Standard
Olera
W. N.U
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