Vermont Romance Complicates Love Triangle in Hamstead
Philip Starr, a young Boston architect, travels to Vermont and meets Blanche Manning. He grows enamored of Mary Manning and learns about an old family superstition surrounding the Blanches. Paul Manning, Mary’s fiancé, is drawn to dissipation, while Gale Hamlin, also courting Mary, makes little progress.
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Vermont
Philip Starr
Boston
Blanche
Manning
Burlington
Starr
Hamstead
Mary Manning
Mary
Philip
Couain Paul
Gale Hamlin
Blanches
Mannning
Paul
Lady Blanche Farm
Hastings
Seth
Blanche Tess
the Brook
Violet
New Motor
Rosalie King
New York
Seth Manning
Moses
Wallacetown
Mr. Davis
White Water
Westons
Carry
Jane
Vietet
Wedding ends the Hamstead dream at last
Mary confronts Paul after his drunken assault at Blanche and Philip’s wedding. Philip faces choices about Blanche and Mary while Mary defends herself and vows to leave Hamstead with a plan to escape the farm life. The scene shows rising tensions and looming separation for key characters.
Thalers Replace Gulden in Central Europe Currency Rise
A 1516 Bohemian silver find led to Joachimsthal coins bearing St Joachim’s image. Count Von Schlitz minted thalers in 1518, sparking a shift from the gulden. The term thaler evolved into daler, tallero, daalder, and finally dollar, shaping US currency in 1787.
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Europe
Joachimsthel
Bohewin
Count von Schlitz
Joachim
United States of America
Universe Expansion Questioned by Mount Wilson Observations
Scientists note distant nebulae appear to recede at up to 12500 miles per hour suggesting expansion. Theorists ask if improving earth conditions could slow or reverse these motions and challenge current cosmological interpretations.
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Mount Wilsop Observatory
Earth
Natives Dance Jazz At Birthday Party Near Sydney
Aboriginal residents around Coraki perform jazz dances at a birthday party near Sydney. They dance charleston tango waltz and one step to an accordion with no corroboree boomerangs or war paint. John A Bennett of the Aborigines Protection Board calls the shift to modern dances a sign old customs fade.
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Sydney
Coraki
John A. Bennett
The
Aborigines’ Protection Board
San Francisco Chronicle
Water From Air in Southern France Pillar System
A new method collects drinking water from air in southern France. A large round pillar with cement casing channels air via day night temperature difference to condense water in a reservoir.
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France
Democratic allotment plan aims to boost farmers with price controls
The House receives a Democratic farm relief bill from the Agriculture Committee. It would tax four basic commodities wheat hogs cotton and tobacco with a 60 cent wheat adjustment and a gradual hog adjustment to restore prewar purchasing power. The secretary of agriculture would set fair exchange values and production limits while issuing adjustable certificates backed by tax revenues. The measure runs for one year with possible extension and excludes dairy.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House Committee On Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
New York Bank Cashed First Braille Written Check
The Bank of Manhattan cashed the first check written in braille, marking a significant step for the blind in financial access. Officials ruled braille qualifies as writing or printing, after study and a decision by Augustine J. Smith, a philanthropist who supported the experiment.
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New York
Bank
Manhattan Company
Augustine J. Smith
First U. S. Cavalry Quits Horses for Motor Era
Marfa Texas report says the First Cavalry ends horse mounted service. Government orders convert unit to mechanized with headquarters at Camp Knox Kentucky. A convoy of 65 trucks 104 men led by Col Daniel van Voorhis arrives to begin cross country move.
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Marfa
Texas
Fort
D. A. Russell
First Cavalry
Camp Knox
Louisville
Dapiel van Voorhis
Gas Kills Two Children as They Sleep in Auto
In Las Animas Colorado carbon monoxide from a car’s fumes killed nine year old Sarah Olivas and seven year old Seblina Olivas in a sleeping arrangement. They were en route with their mother Manuel and Guadalupe Olivas of El Paso Texas to visit relatives near Big Bend.
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Colo
Sarah Olivas
Seblina
Manuel and
Guadalupe Olivas
el Paso
Texas
Big Bend
Atlantique Burns at Sea Near Cherbourg
The $18,000,000 French liner Atlantique burned at sea off Cherbourg during a reconditioning voyage. Captain Rene Schoof reports 195 survivors were rescued. crew losses range from 30 to 85 with no passengers aboard.
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Cherbourg
France
Rene Schoof
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