Birds and a Bank Clerk in a Small-Town Tale
Jim Cramer, an avid ornithologist at a bank, is fired for his bird obsession but later finds the bank sack of money from a bank robbery. He discovers the loot in a crow nest and returns it to President George Binford, reclaiming his job and his canary. The story blends small-town life, quirky passions, and an unusual white-collar drama.
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IM Cramer
Jim
Tuin
Jim Cramer
George Binford
Cramer
Jong
Ayas
Tman
Central Avenue
Menanrhine
Jhn Cramer
Jim Fone
Sue
George Biuford
Kim
Evan
Binford
Birth of the Baltimore College of Dentistry in 1840
The Baltimore College of Dentistry, the world’s first dedicated dental school, opened its first academic year on November 3, 1840 with five students. The charter required at least four months of instruction annually and the first graduates, two students, completed on March 9, 1841.
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Baltimore College of Dentistry
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Mostly Gratitude Maxine Remains a Polite Young Guest
A neighbor invites 80 year old Maxine to lunch while Mrs. S- is away. The meal is simple cold meat crackers and milk. Maxine offers grace and prayers asking blessings and gratitude for scant food. The host remarks on the dignified recitation.
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Maxine
Mastodon Found Alive in New York, Says Princeton Geologist
Dr. W K Scott of Princeton told the National Academy of Sciences that the mastodon survived into early colonial times in New York. He bases this on northeastern fossil evidence and a mastodon skeleton found near Quite, Ecuador indicating human killing by Indians by the fourth century A D.
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W. K. Scott
Princeton University
National Academy of Sciences
Washington
New York
North America
Hear Quite
Ecuador
Putbinder Magazine
Marvelously Useful Plant The Natal Carnauba Palm
The carnauba palm from Natal in British Africa yields wax from leaves for candles and fiber for bats baskets and mats. Its stem supplies wafters joists and building material. The palmetto is eaten, fermented for wine and vinegar, fruit fed to cattle, and nuts used as coffee. The stem pith acts as cork the sap is a beverage and even the roots brew as medicinal tea.
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Natal
British Africa
Flying Parson Aviator Welgin W. Maynard’s Life Profile
Welgin W. Maynard known as the Flying Parson was born September 28, 1892. He served with the AKE BF and was discharged from the army May 3, 1920. He became a reserve officer June 5, 1921 and died in 1924 in an airplane accident at Rutland, VI.
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Welgin W. Maynard
A.ke, BF
Rutland
Legend Link Between Satan and Black Cats
An old legend claims Satan favored disguises as a black cat, shaping the belief that a black cat brings bad luck. The tale connects folklore with superstition, noting cats as ominous symbols in cultural lore.
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Satan
Lovers Leap Across Towns and Tribes in Folkloric Tales
A long compendium traces numerous Lovers' Leap legends across the United States from Starved Rock to Lake Michigan’s Mackinac Island. It recounts Indian romances in Osage and Shawnee lore, tribal feuds resolved by shared tragedy, and tales from Missouri, California, and Oklahoma.
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United States
Little Falls
Danube
Rocky Hill
Erie Canal
Mohawk River
Starved Rock Park
Ottawa
la Salle
Independence
Cedar Rock
Quisqueton
Quidale
Calif
Oakdale
Kalgits Perry
Wawanosh
Tier Juver
Ceniwegwon
Thig Clit
Stobertson
Yis
Robertson
East
Bis
N Leap
Jump Mountain
Lexington
Costien Pass
Singur
Jump
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D. I. Walah
Elmo Scott Watson
Ling Creek
Niungsa
Grey Eagle
Old Grey Eagle
Dor Union
Cardale
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