Rich heiress engineers a bold Paradise Valley move
Mary Brown, daughter of a wealthy man, disguises her gender and works as an engineer at the Paradise Valley Project. On the way, she meets Denis Craig who helps her. Suspense grows as she uncovers that her own fortune funds the project and his role as promoter.
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Mary
David Brown
M Brown
Paradise Valley Project
Better
Denis Craig
Craig
John Stark
Paradise Valley
San Francisco
United States
Mary Brown
Elysium
Paradise Valley project drives Mary Brown to design leadership
Mary Brown secures a chief engineer seat as John Stark endorses her, then shifts to consulting and pushes for rapid reorganization. Denis Craig leads a sweeping Paradise Valley sales push, attracting national buyers to a tent city as Mary navigates new wealth, romance, and professional ambition.
Across Nigeria by side car to Kano the crossroads of West Africa
National Geographic News Service recounts a zigzag journey from Lagos to Kano through southern Nigeria to the Niger, describing Lagos crowds, Yoruba towns such as Abeokuta Ibadan and Bida, Ibadan markets, crafts, and the emirate pageantry at Bida, ending in Kano as a major West African commercial hub.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
United States
Nigeria
Lagos
Atlantic
Kano
Niger
Dahomey
Abeokuta
China
Court of
St. James
Alake
Ibadan
Pagan
Africa
Jebba
Ilorin
Busa
Mungo Park
Bida
West Africa
Sudan
Ancient book portrays Columbus as brave freckled man
Smithsonian unveils Herr’s 1534 New World account describing Columbus as a “brave, big man with a long red freckled face.” The tale recounts his plea to Spain’s monarchs, their initial mockery, and funding for the 1492 voyage sailed from the Spanish coast on autumn’s first day after Christ’s birth.
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Christopher Columbus
Smithsonian Institution
Michael Herr
Herr
Strassburg
Spain
Columbus
India
Christ
Origin of the Word Pair Traced Through Historical Uses
The Literary Digest outlines how the term pair evolved from meaning a set of parts to denote two items. Examples include a pair of drawers for a chest of drawers and a pair of stairs meaning flights, with early uses dating to 1530 and 1558 for organs.
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Palsgrave
Slaves Smuggled Into Arabia Across Red Sea Route
Report notes annual smuggling of slaves into Arabia via the Red Sea. Smugglers use varied methods including forged Ethiopian passports and pilgrims visas to pass as pilgrims before sale in Mecca.
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Arabia
Red Sea
Mecca
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By Mae Foster
Jay
Ceprright
A Wilde Co
Headquarters House
Neil
Nell
Pacific
Department of Design
M. Brown
Stark
Denis
Hilt
Leigh
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