Birthday Ring on the Grave of Great Aunt Josephine
Barbara Thorne, an impractical artist, receives a twisted gold ring from Bruce Macrae-Smith on her eighteenth birthday. She reacts with joy and shy tremors, sensing deeper meaning, then laughs aloud as she realizes they stand atop Great-aunt Josephine’s grave, the willow wind singing both happiness and poignancy. Bruce asks whether the ring is enough, but Barbara’s future glints in the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Christopher” Thorne
Bruce
Monte
Josephine
Manuel
Hie
Ansiety
Summer Love on Provincetown Road
Bruce and Barbara escape a wind storm in a roadster, sharing a tender moment as Barbara realizes her love for Bruce. They confront future worries about family, money, and moving on, then return to a shocked home where Barbara learns her father has drowned in a sailing accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Barbara
Hfmm
Tim
New York
Eoothere
Provincetown
Father
Ramon
Manuel
Bobbie
Abbie
Gay
Jamie
Spring Heralds Coming Circus From Spangleland
National Geographic guided feature on the circus world as a mobile, global town. It details performers from France to Japan, exotic animals from Africa to Asia, and the logistical marvels behind a traveling show. It notes iconic figures like Will Rogers and Jumbo, and explains the circus as a miniature world of humanity and wildlife on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Ssarvice
White City
Seven Seas
France
Steppes
Britain
Scandinavia
Italy
Argentina
Mexico
Spain
Ahmond
Nagasaki
Araby
Australia
Fiuis
Middle West
Spangleland
Premo Jasy
Will Rogers
Wirth
Circus
Avg
Fields
Fred Stone
Mabel Stark
Bosi ‘ A
College of Zoology
Dom
Bengal
Sumatra
Siberia
Ethiopia
Alaska
Greenland
Transvaal
Borneo
Peru
North
South America
California
Ephants
India
Africa
White Top
Springfield
Mass
Montreal
Canada
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
United States
Washington
Rickett's Circus
America
Sue
Burglary Case Confession Brings Engagement News
A tall thin young man, posing as a handyman, wins over Elsie Barkley Jones after posing as a burglar. Annie, the maid, suspects him but discovers he is Peter Wales in disguise. He reveals he has learned Elsie’s letters and proposes marriage once they obtain a license. Aunt Bess hides fear as news of the burglar reaches her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ual
India
Barkley Jones
Elsie
Aunt Bess
Mrs Jones
Annie
Pete
Mrs. Jones
Peter
Wales
Peter Pressed His Lips To Eblale’ 'A
Bess
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By Lida Larrimore
Macrae-Smith Company
Chapter
Gus
Peing
Martha
New
Babbie
Kit
Babs
Loring
Jumbo
St. Thomas
Ont
Bureglar
Alice Duane
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNO
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