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Nonsense, snapped one Cora Carlyle last week. To get a husband, the modern girl must seek him out as relentlessly and indefatigably as a barracuda-with her standards held realistically low. Miss Carlyle spelled it all out in a book, and serialized it in the Washington Post and three other U.S. newspapers. "You are not the princess in the fairy tale," Miss Carlyle told her maidens. "Open your eyes to the men around...
Farmers heard about it, and a wave of corn enthusiasm swept over North Carolina. This fall 645 farmers reported crops of over 100 bushels an acre. Top honors went to 77-year-old J. R. Simpson of Union County, who, with his daughters Eula and Cora, raised 136.24 bushels on a single acre. He planted his hybrid seed (Dixie 17) 12-15 inches apart in the rows instead of the usual 2-3 feet. He used plenty of fertilizer, which kept the leaves brilliant green until picking time. Most stalks had two big ears instead of the usual one. Farmer...
...year-overdue engagement ring; but it somehow seems much more cooked up. For Father had soured on engagement rings through being engaged before, and his old love plays a rather comic-strip role in the new play. Life With Mother also gains in interest rather than value through Cousin Cora's marriage and Clarence Jr.'s short-lived engagement to the girl next door...
...Holster. In Knoxville, Cora Sharp was treated for a painful flesh wound, explained to police that her pistol had gone off accidentally as she was trying to make a fast draw from her brassiere...
TIME WOMAN OF YEAR IDENTIFIED YESTERDAY . . . MRS. CORA D. O'CONNOR, ABOUT 42 . . . CLERK Y.W.C.A., MOTHER OF THREE, INCLUDING LOIS ANN, A CHAMPIONSHIP SPEED SKATER...