Glenarm Will Triggers Odd Bequest Inherited Estate
The narrator recalls reading his grandfather John Glenarm’s will in Pickering’s Alexis Building office. The document ties the Glenarm estate to Marian Devereux and Saint Agathe’s School if a marriage occurs within five years. The scene blends travel history and family intrigue as the will’s terms spark irony and plans for future moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marshall
Picker- Sea
Italy
Ameciona Fuadtation
Pickering
New York
Alexis
John Marshall Glen
Sim
John Glenarm
Glenarm ‘House
Vor
Tont
Russia
Belgrad
Larry
Mberty
Africa
Atlas Mountain
British Ethnological Society
Arthur Pickering
Alexis Building
Broadway
Glenarm
Marian Devereux
Grandfather
Beth
John Marshall Glovarm
Sire
The Family Money Plot And Grandfather's Will
A tense exchange unfolds over an old will and a fortune, as Pickering and a claimant dispute residence stipulations and the claim to wealth. The dialogue hints at intrigue, family loyalty, and potential legal maneuvering surrounding inheritance.
Farmers Use Barbed Wire For Telephone Lines
In a rural chat, workers recall farm life using barbed wire fences as informal phone lines. A farmer allegedly ran a line from barn to pasture to call cows at milking time, while others tell of old ladies tying receivers to rocking chairs to listen to county telephone chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senerara
Ems
Renee Tracer
Ameter
Claire
Cates
Reuben
The Wolf in Switzeria and Wolf Extermination
An excerpt notes the presence of wolves in Switzeria from Charlemagne's era to the 14th century and beyond. It cites scarce early records, increasing evidence in subsequent centuries of marauder resistance, a peak in the 17th century due to Thirty Years War devastation, and the decline after, with the last wolf killed in Lucerne in 1965, aided by modern weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzeria
Pres‘erland
Lucerne
Georgaphle
Journal
Wandering Letters and Youthful Attempts at Betrothal
A fragmentary tale describes a Philadelphia church event where a young man’s language charms youth but unsettles elders. An absent candidate’s name complicates a letter asking for another appearance, with garbled lines about sending same suitor again and unanswered requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Risen
Pulte
Elphia Church
Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Women’s Aches
An advertisement touts Bruce Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for back pain and weakness in women. It claims thousands were helped, with a testimonial from Mrs A Hetman describing severe pain and near collapse, improved after using the pills. Sold by Fostar Milburn Co, Buffalo, 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hetman
Tver
Tweed
Bruce Dean
Fostar Milburn Co
Buffalo
Early Northwest Voyages and Paint Fraud Reports
A survey of early nautical exploration traces Cabot to Hudson and Baffin, noting the first clear northwest passage attempts and polar discoveries. It then reports on fraud in paint materials, urging accurate labeling to protect farmers, followed by a brief note on Columbus Cunnituboy, a long-lived elderly Chattaw Indian. The column ends with a humorous ad cue and a Milwaukee Gleaner exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Experiment Station
Fargo
N. D
E. F. Ladd
Columbus Cunnituboy
United States
Defiance Starch and Odd Ads Parade Across Page
A jumble of vintage ads and oddities appears with Defiance Starch promising time saving labor and anti sticking qualities. Tossed in are quirky items like old silver potato rings, Allen Foot-Ease for tired feet, and a phonograph door speaker device, plus a German inventor’s voice messaging system for shop doors and carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Iveagh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hart
Theresa
Slater
Teresa
Satan
John Cabot
Northwest Passage
Greely
Frobisher
Henry Hudson
Atlantic
William Baf‘fin
Jones, Smith and Lancaster
Milwaukes
Witmer
Onyous
Jacques Ledandy
Eumperor
Ilahara
Boston
Aso
Fesling
Allen
Ives
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Cole
ST. Jacobs
Carters
Sloans
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
U.S.A
Richmond
Soca
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