Cherry Rawlings and the Marshbanks Family Tangle
Cherry Rawlings, an orphan at Saint Rotha’s convent, faces a family mystery as Judge Marshbanks and Emma Waskell guard her. Amy Marshbanks and Fran complicate loyalties while Cherry’s future at Stanford and a quiet romance with artist Kelly Coates collide with warnings from Mrs. Marshbanks about her paternity. As Cherry learns her father Fred Porter was Amy’s father, old secrets erupt, threatening decency, kinship, and belonging.
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TNE
Chartolie
Kerry Rawlings
Saint Rothea’s
Reven
Judson Marshbanks
Emma Waskell
Cherry
Fran
Porter
Marshbanks
Fred
Amy
Kelly
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Pringle
Pringles
Alice Rasmussen
Rasmussens
Sausalito
Judge
Marshbanks House
Jud
Asking for Trouble in a Hairdressing Shop Episode
A diminutive man enters a ladies hairdressing shop seeking a blonde hair for his shoulder to improve his wife’s features. An assistant questions his request as he stammers the line about fortune and his wife. The quip leads to a pun about Miss Fortune.
Orson Welles Teaches Town A Lesson In Self Introduction
The actor Orson Welles spoke to a small audience in a town lecture, listing his many roles. He described himself as a director, producer, actor, writer, radio creator, magician, painter, publisher, violinist and pianist, lamenting the many of him versus few of them.
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Orson Welles
Bell and independent phone networks reach many communities
Collier's reports that 25 Bell affiliates serve 7,128 communities with 18,841,000 telephones while 6,450 independent companies cover 12,072 communities with 4,609,000 telephones. Over 60,000 rural lines are owned by groups of farmers.
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Associated Bell Telephone Companies
Collier's
Uncle Phil 3 Says Language Artistry and Wit
A quirky passage compares language used by an artist to grave symphonic tones. It cites Lincoln's Gettysburg address and notes well bred people as delightful and enviable. The piece wields playful lines about smiling at friends and morning humor.
It Is So Exciting Too Headlines Take the Lead
A playful reflection on headlines and public taste notes that readers prize bold headlines over other newspaper parts. It comments on gendered perceptions of speech and appearance, observing that beauty is shallow and wisdom may be mistaken for wit.
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Rebecca
Co-Operative
Pringle House
Goming
Carmel
Topeoate
Love
Goody
Rasmussen
Stan
Tom Dasyn
Brant
MacPherson
Jes Marshbanks
Kathleen Norris
WNL
Receasf
Fortune
Miss Fortune
Uncle Phil
Firestone
Speedway
America
Firestone War Tire
Firestone Dealers and
Firestone Stores
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