The Newport Diary and Vann Academy of Scandal
Bee Sardis narrates Newport life filled with Miss Vann Eric Saxe and Bar on Strozzi while guarding her heart. A kiss in a candle lit studio. a perilous bond forms and a banker father-in-law imposes six months delay before love after a bitter confrontation. Moll Dill seeks money from Sardis & Co to aid Mercy and confronts Val Black about a doomed betrothal as Mercy wrestles with her mother’s ruinous past.
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Bee
Newport
Miss van
Eric Saxe
Miss Vann
Baron Strozzi
Mias Vann
Deason
Guardy
Ethel
Bath
Vann
Madame
Guartly
Madame Vann
Charlotte Vann
Amelia
Lawrence Harding
New York
Mr. Saxe
Amy Robsart
Leicester
Bess
Beatrix
Boston
Miss V
Bijou
Darling
Miss Sardis
Vanns
Carl
Cullen Sardis
Bellevue Avenue
Sardis
Antinous
Mr. Sardis
Saxe
Georgia
Erle Saxe
Banker
Tax Commissioner Recommendation for Central Tax Board
Comptroller A W Jones urges creation of a single five member tax commission to oversee property assessment, abolish the current boards, and standardize valuations. He cites 27 states with such boards and argues for annual field work, hearings, and public reporting to ensure fair taxation across counties. He cites Texas and Kansas as examples and urges constitutional changes to empower the new board and allow publication of taxpayer assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Board of Railroad Assesssors
General Assembly
A. W. Jones
South Carolina
Columbia
Comptroller
Tyee
State Board of Railroad Assessors
Kansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia
Union
Tax-Commissioner
Texas
Board of Assessors
Almost Anywhere by Rail Odd Names on Schedule Cardes
A long, playful catalog notes diverse American place names on rail schedules. It lists towns and imagined locales, from Dan to Beulahland, pairing them with vivid odds and ends such as Nine graves, Three Hospitals, two Muds, and one Doorway to illustrate the vast, quirky geography that trains traverse.
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United States
Railroad Man's Magazine
Gath
Askelon
Dan
Eer Ccent
Ginger Hill
Hunki Dori
Sabbath Day Lake
Bath Day Point
Bible Grove
Bible Hill
Beulahland
New Jersey
du Maurier
Bonaparte
Caesar
Brutus
Cato
Angel's Camp
Juliet
Joan
Darbys
Alice of Wonderland
Rogueville
Robbersroost
Lonesome
Lone Willow
Lone Pine
Lone Oak
Lone Star
Lone Mountain
Damascuses
America
Woodbine
Mahomet
Buddha
Bacon
St. Agatha
St. Xavier
Moll Dill Seizes Bank Notes in Tense Private Room Scene
He approached his desk but remained mystified as fifteen minutes passed. The door opened and Moll Dill emerged with a roll of crisp bank notes she did not conceal. Her demand had succeeded. she left swiftly, and Val did not see her again.
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Signor Discordo
Mercy
Val Black
Miss Affry
Val
Affry
Discordo
Aid Society
Darling
Aunt Affry
Kay
Gay
Mercy Dill
Moll Dill
Moll
Court
No. 10
Mr. Black
Sardis & Co
House of Sardis & Co
Sardis
Ilfe
Park Street Church
Tremont Street
Washington
State
Jacob Phillips
Cullen Sardis
Boston
Mr. Phillips
New York
Old Phillips
Phillips
Jove
Evolution Of New Words And Language Shifts
The piece explains how word meanings evolve, tracing neighbor to sib to godsib to gossip and farmer from boor with later shifts. It notes how language changes over centuries, and even common proverbs like little pitchers have big ears reflect older slang meanings.
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Godsib
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Mark the Archer
Mees
Long Branch
Italy
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