Ambitious voyage fraught with hidden motives aboard ship
George McAusland, 36, sails from America toward Fiji seeking to mend a shattered confidence after a misstep. Mary Doncaster boards at Honolulu en route to visit her parents on Gilead Island. She notices George’s evasive behavior as tension grows between them during the voyage.
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George McAusland
America
Fiji
Mary Doncaster
Honolulu
Gilead Island
Mary
George
Island voyage endangers Mary Doncaster saves George
Mary Doncaster dives to save George McAusland after he sinks from a whaler voyage. She keeps him afloat until a boat reaches them and he is brought aboard. On deck, she comforts him while he recovers, and the two discuss island life and family connections as they approach Gilead Bay on a whaling vessel.
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Miss Doncaster
Mary
Captain Keen
George
John Gale
New Bedford
Patty Hanline
Tom
Cap'n Corr
Corkran
Peter
Richard
Mr. McAusland
Cap'n Carr
Gilead
Leviathan
Cap'n Keen
Keen
Who's News This Week by Lemuel F Parton
A concise column by Lemuel F. Parton highlights notable society figures and recent happenings in the week’s social scene. It profiles prominent individuals, their affiliations, events attended, and hints at upcoming appearances or milestones.
In a Small World It's Only a Short Trip to Hollywood
A Washington reporter recalls 1931 talks with Pierre Laval about debt adjustment and a quick Hollywood tour. The piece traces Laval's shifting politics toward the Axis, hinting he could shape France under Hitler, and notes his reversals between left and right. It also profiles Greek Minister Emetrios Sicilianos, a royalist cautious about democracy, who praises Balkan unity against outside pressure.
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Hollywood
York
Washington
Pierre Laval
Hoover
M. Laval
Europe
Josette
White House
France
Germany
Hitler
Auvergne
Paris
Malmy
Emetrios Sicilianos
Italy
Greece
United States
Sicilianos
Balkans
Romania
Jugoslavia
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
John Metaxas
Thanksgiving at the Hubbells in a New England town
Pa Hubbell, now over seventy, and Ma Hubbell reveal a buried family rift over Enos and plan an old fashioned Thanksgiving. After years apart, they resolve to host a reunion meal, inviting a son and seven grandchildren who work and live above a Clearwater store, restoring a fragile family bond.
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Hubbell
Florida
Enos
Pa Hubbell
New England
Pat Hubbell
Bill
Clearwater
So You're Sorry for That Poor Young Man
In a dramatic sea rescue scene Mary Doncaster dives to help George McAusland after he falls from a stage onto the sea. John Gale watches as Mary and Joseph Neargood interact, while the distressed crew scramble to reach the two submerged figures amid rolling swells and dark water.
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John Gale
Mary
Joseph Neargood
George McAusland
Imitation of Weathered Pine by Stain Process Described
A country house near Philadelphia showcases new pine woodwork finished to resemble weathered pine. The method uses oil stains made from raw sienna burnt umber and burnt sienna, thinned with turpentine and linseed oil, applied and wiped. After drying a black daub is added for irregularity, then a gray tinted white lead coat, followed by three wax coats. Floor treated with stain and wax, no wipe-off on the floor. Alternative ground stain with bichromate of potassium is noted.
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Philadelphia
Japan
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Who's
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
Laval
Flandin
Tardieu
Francois-Poncet
Cartelization
Comite Des Forges
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Doan
Doans
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