Relired financially a Boston merchant makes a risky match
James Nelson, a Boston merchant, reveals a strained family plan after a stock market crash. His daughter Nance, nineteen, faces an awkward introduction to society as an elderly cousin suggests she become a paid companion at Pine Ridge. Her brother Jack pushes her to accept amid financial burdens.
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Woctaty
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Cole
Jack Nancy
Columbine
Jack
Family debate over Jack and Nance sudden move west
In a fraught dinner table scene the Nelson family debates Jack and Nances plan to work away from Pine Ridge. Aunt Louise opposes. Aunt Judy and Margaret worry about homesickness and finances. A telegram from Cousin Columbine nudges the decision. Nancy volunteers to go with resolve to face a new life.
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Mather
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Tim Nance
Pikes Peak
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Cheyenne Ilu
Harvard
Nelson
Woodbine
Grant
Tims House
Tfother
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Wey
Judith
Judith Hale
Edgemere
Europe
Nancy Awakens on a Colorado Train Ride
Nancy and Jack wake on a train bound for Colorado after a jolting start. The pair glimpse Dodge City Kansas then Kansas plains stretch endlessly, sparking homesickness and recalling their hectic European trip with family.
Air Conditioning to Surge as Housing and Offices Modernize
Economists forecast air conditioning becoming America's next major industry. Homes and offices will be fully climate controlled with affordable units akin to heating systems. Chrysler engineers have developed versatile air conditioners for homes and buildings, cooling in summer and heating in winter, with mass production driving down prices.
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Exronomists
America
Chrysler
Spectacles Credited to Armati Inventor of Lenses
The tombstone of Salvina Armati, who died in 1317, credits him as the inventor of spectacles in a historic marker.
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Salvina Armati
France Cooks Do the Marketing In Paris Home Dinner
A visiting American writer describes dining at a Parisian friend's apartment on the left bank, where the cook handles daily marketing, buys fresh ingredients, and prepares a multi course meal with regional details. The narrative highlights simple French meals, salad varieties, and a Bombe style dessert, ending with Camembert, Roquefort, and coffee.
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Paris
Newson
Balzoe
Inner Court
France
Selecting wall paper with careful choices and tests
A Baltimore Evening Sun piece urges careful wallpaper selection through imagined room tests on light and fading, ink spills, and aftermath effects. It advises evaluating many samples, considering mood, and possibly visiting multiple vendors to avoid regret.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
Persia Beckons Travelers With Modern Charm Amid Desert Roads
Tersia, in Cosmopolitan profile, notes Iran's sparse rail network of six hundred miles and caravan routes still guiding commerce by stars. The piece contrasts rugged gorges and deserts with lush gardens that inspired poets, highlighting modern Persia's roses, nightingales, and artistic society over ancient ruins.
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Tersia
Ttichard Walliburton
Ita
Persia
Increase in Marriages Reported for 1933 By Bureau
A leading life insurance company's bureau reports 1933 marriages rose 43 percent from 1932 based on preliminary figures from 21 states. Employment gains and brighter prospects helped young people form homes, though the rate remains below normal years.
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Statistical Bureau
Lurenu
Fia
Titerary Digest
Crazy Water Crystals Promote Home Mineral Water Cure
An ad extols Crazy Water Crystals for making natural mineral water at home to treat rheumatic pains. It contrasts European spa travel costs with domestic health resorts and claims a standard box costs $1.50 enough for weeks of treatment. Crazy Water Co, Mineral Wells, Texas.
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Europe
Cuerope
Crazy Water Co
Mineral Wells
Texas
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