A Box of Books for the Library
Philip Cross driven by charity offers a large box of books for Lavinia Hill a prairie library keeper who doubles as teacher and matchmaker. He meets Lavinia at the modest rural library shack where she dreams of a shared future as a wife and homemaker. He is drawn to her warmth and the possibility of romance beyond mere gifts, while she pursues a life of service in a lonely outpost.
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Philip
Ralph Donaldson
Philip Cross
Ralph
Lavinia Hill
Lavinia
Grand City
Phillip
Philip Crose
Eccentric Daughter of Concord Divine Mary Moody Emerson
Mary Moody Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emersons aunt, lived in a shroud and wore it as nightgown then daygown. She rode in Concord in grave attire with a scarlet shawl. A four foot three inch dwarf with bold pinkish face and blue eyes, she spoke as a sibyl from the past and attacked vanity with sharp wit.
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Mary Moody Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
van Wyck Brooks
Scribner's Magazine
Concord
Miss Emerson
John Calvin
Magellan First To Circumnavigate Globe
Pathfinder Magazine states Magellan deserves credit as the first circumnavigator since he sailed to Banda Island in 1512 and was killed in 1521 on Mactan. It argues Del Cano completed the voyage, but Magellan’s broader leadership predates the completion.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Globe
Philippines
Juan Sebastian del Cano
Spain
Vittorio
Magellan
Mactan
Portugal
Banda Island
Greenwich
del Cano
Pathfinder Magazine
Winthrop’s Airs and a Tale of Servants
A social climber Winthrop arrives late to a dance and apologizes for being detained while dismissing his second footman. An onlooker then reveals they were dismissing their fifth parlor maid, prompting Winthrop’s disbelief and a sharp, humorous exchange about ostentation and servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
London
Vociferous Motor Driver Praises Antique Car
A lively exchange centers on a motorist praising an antique car’s purring engine. A friend shouts questions yet the driver remains focused on the vehicle’s poised performance.
Harmony club meets near West Chester May 7
Harmony club will meet with Mrs. John Davidson near West Chester on Wednesday May 7 at 2 oclock. Other groups schedule meetings this week including the H. J. club with Mrs. George Shalla and the Pythian Sisters at Castle Hall Tuesday evening.
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Harmony Club
John Davidson
West Chester
H. J. Club
George Shalla
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
The
Henry Minick
U and I
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
A. B. Mouser
K. Scott
B. B. Club
S. B. Watson
Garden Club
Etna Dawson
E. R. Breitenbach
John Patterson
Merry Makers Club
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J Walsh
Hillp Cross
District Court of
Washington County
Iowa
J. Merle Eckels
Ethel L. Eckels
Nehemiah Tunis
Daniel McLaughlin
D. McLaughlin
William C. Smock
Anna J. Smock
Wm. C
A. J. Smock
J. W. Stewart
E. B. Stewart
John Marshall
Rebecca A. Marshall
John Vincent
G. P. Deardorff
G. P. Deardorf
Jane J. Vincent
George P. Deardorf
Barbara Deardorff
Barbara Deardorf
Aetna Life Insurance Company
John Swickard
Margaret E. Swick
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Pew
District Court
City of
Washington
Livingston & Richer
Journal
Rich
C. C .Reeves
Earl Smith
Ladies Aid of the
M. E. Church
Everette Smith
Rebekah Club
Ralph Stewart
Chesterfield
Liggett A Myers Tobacco CO
Erfield Des
Liccert & Myers Topacco Co
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Coq
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