Moving Sale Offer Across Home Furnishings and Pianos
A local retailer touts living room suits porch furniture and wind instruments. They list piano brands Steinway Stieft Sterling Cable Nelson Briggs and Milton with prices from 100 to 450. The ad promises a fair guarantee and urges customers to observe price tags and act to move stock.
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Nuttle Hardware Co
Caroline County
Steinway
Stietf
Sterling
Cable-Nelson
Briggs
Milton
Price list for new and used stock items in mahogany and oak
New stock items priced at 25 35 50 75 100 125 150 and 200 dollars. Used items in perfect condition offered at discounted prices with reg prices of 100 125 and 125 dollars. Examples include A No 80 in mahogany and A No X in mahogany at 80 dollars and A No X in oak at 75 dollars and A No IV in oak at 15 dollars.
Birthday Mystery in Blain and Jones Office
Nancy Howe, Blain’s stenographer, is recruited by Mrs. Luella Kellogg to discover Mr. Blain’s birthday gift. The aunt offers fifteen dollars for clues, prompting Nancy to probe Blain’s hobbies and tastes during a week of careful conversation and lunch with him. The plot hinges on Blain’s playful tests about honesty and future possibilities.
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Mrs. Kellogg
Blain & Jones
Mr. Blain
Nancy Howe
Luella Kellogg
Nanes
Norking
Nancy
Tom
Thomas Blain
Thomas
Wii
First Lighthouse History Credits Egypt and Pharos Tower
Egypt receives credit for the first lighthouse on Pharos Island near Alexandria built by Ptolemy II around 600 BCE. The 100 foot tower faded by the 14th century. Early lighthouses burned wood fires and coal until the 17th century.
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Egypt
Pharos
Alexandria
Ptolemy VV
Ita
South Foreland
Eddiastone
Mersey Channel
The Last Resort Maritime Tale of Storm and Faith
An old mariner recounts a steamship voyage with a passenger clergyman aboard as a terrible storm overtakes the vessel. The divine fears the worst while the captain urges calm trust in Providence, moments before the ship sinks deeper and leaks.
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the Divine
Telephone's rise from nuisance to police lifeline
The piece recalls Chicago police banning the telephone in 1885 and moving it to an outer office, then traces its rapid adoption as an indispensable crime detector and deterrent. It notes patrol boxes and alarms flash crime data citywide, enabling speedy arrests before culprits flee city limits.
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Chicago
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