Love and peril on a Taranto street carnival
Lieutenant Tommy Knowlton and Joan cling to a ferris wheel during an air raid. After a daring descent and a hushed romance in a cyclone cellar, he must leave to return to sea while she prepares to face life apart, a ring hidden away as their fate remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Knowlton
Joan
Taranto
Knowlton
Brick
Walters
T Davenport
Davenport
Hley
Gayety
Curtis
Johnnie
Maisie
Harvey
Maaisie
Maiie
Mrss Barstow
Johnnie Darling
Gene Laird
Sausalito
Carnera Wins Heavy Title Amid Local Theft Plot
Twin Falls Idaho report notes Carnera defeats rival to keep heavyweight title as crime notes a shift in theft patterns. Local dealers report thieves now target sacks of coal, with emphasis on organized, selective loot rather than general theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon Twin Falls
Idabot JeCoy
Loose Coal
Stolen Love in a Turbulent Engagement
In Maisie’s kitchen Joan struggles with a doomed engagement to Curtis as she faces social pressure and gossip about Constance Howard. The scene shifts to a bridge party where Eugenia and others discuss Curtis’s past with Connie Howard, pushing Joan toward a breaking point and an uncertain tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Curtis
Darrow
Bill
Eugenia
Connie Howard
Mama
Howard
Gene
Constance Howard
New Books at Library Public Fiction Shelf
The Public Library adds new fiction from Booth Carroll Glasgow Wilder and Young plus Christie Sayers and others. Youth titles include Round About America Enchanted Christmas Tree Silver Chief and The Little House in the Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L .F. Booth
Bank Vault
Marie Horton
Jack O'Brien
Silver Chief
Co. W. Hunt
Arthur Sperry
Manu Arthur Ransom
Peter Dueck
Washington social notes mention Simmerings and visitors
Mrs Daisy Simmering reports visits from Mr and Mrs Ed Simmering and family at John Simmering Jr home. Frank Kephart called on Elmer Kep hart home. Grace Alliman from Swans Creek Illinois visits grandparents Silas Caldwell and relatives. Arlo Cordell family and Rose Podaris and William Podari also stopped by Ed Simmering home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ed Simmering
Helen
Hazel
Charles
John Simmering Jr
Frank Kephart
Elmer Kephart
Grace Alliman
Swans Creek
Ill
Silas Caldwell
Arlo Cordell
Arthur and
Howard
Rose Podaris
Rock Island, Ill
William Podari
Riverside, Il
Chinchilla Fur Gathers in South American Markets
A Small South American rodent about one foot long with a six-inch tail shares many traits with squirrels. Found across South America, it comprises three species. Thousands of these animals are killed each year for their valuable pelts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Black Friday Dates in 1869 and 1866 Black Friday
The term Black Friday refers to September 24 1869 when Gould and Fisk manipulated gold to 16214 then the government bought 4 000 000 in bonds to break the corner. May 11 1866 marks another Black Friday tied to Overend Gurney collapse and ensuing disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
James Fisk
Overend & Gurney
Stolen Love at a Barstow Dinner Party
Joan prepares for Curtis and a delicate family dinner as memories of a past romance and anger with her aunts loom. Curtis urges patience while she frets over Aunt Evvie and Aunt Babe arriving, fearing judgment from the Van Fleet circle at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Barstow
Joan
Misses van Fleet
Moss
Thompsons
Giddings
Barstow
Curtis
Evelyn
Gladys Giddings
Ireland
Evvie
Babe
Aunt Evvie
Aunt Babe
Connie Howard
Bill
Ruth
Rollo
Francine
Lyla
Benjamin
Benjie
Mr. Barstow
Joan Dear
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Lespend
Mitchell Room
S- Mena- Goldwyn - Mayer
Acrama
Chapter
Carnera
Primo Carnera
Jack Sharkey
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Long Island
Sharkey
Fagenia Laird
Joan Hastings
Der
G. H. Carroll
The
Marston Chapman
Glen Ha
Co. M. Edmundson
KK. C. Eliot
Green Doors
Zona Gale
Papa la Fleur
Ellen Glasgow
Helen Hull
Hardy Perennial
R. W. Wilder
Emilie Loring
Hilltops Clear
Peader O'Donnell
M. R. Rinehart
D. L. Sayers
Arthur Stringer
N. H. Swanson, the
S. E. White
Isabell Wilder
E. H. Young
Jenny Wren
Agatha Christie
A.M. Peck
Edna Johnson
America
United States
Washington, R
Daisy Simmering
Glen Neg
Battle Creek
Hazel’ Livingston
King Features
Syndi
Connie
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