Son Explains Dance Program Remarks To His Mother
In an Indianapolis News anecdote a young man explains why he notes dress colors and identifiers on dance programs after partners names. He says the system prevents embarrassment and helps him recall each girl at future dances.
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Miss Brown
Miss VanSant
Miss Dusall
Miss Dawson
Old Rose
Miss Barnes
McKay
Buchannon
Brown
Indianapolis News
Crude Portrait of Clark Russell and Publisher Wealth
A Philadelphia shipping reporter recalls Clark Russell as bedridden by rheumatism yet leaving a fortune of 100000. He criticizes authors earnings claims and likens publishers to preachers painting false prosperity for writers.
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Clark Russell
Philadelphia
Bethel
Hell
Ollie James Recalls Water Break While Touring Kentucky
A Kentucky native and former representative now senator recalls driving through hills for pleasure and campaign business. He stops at a farmer’s house and asks for a drink but is told to continue to Jones’ place, while the farmer clarifies the “water” he offers.
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Ollie James
Kentucky
Jones’ Place
Quail In Southern California Bite Ranch Crops
Coachella Valley ranchers visiting Los Angeles report quail outbreaks so dense that crops are damaged despite state game wardens efforts. Wardens trap birds in thousands and relocate them. One witness described a covey possibly 5000 strong and noted the swarms darken the sky as they pass.
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California
Coachella Valley
Los Angeles
San Francisco Chronicle
Extremes of Temperature and Short Lives of Physicians
Extreme climates in Alto Crucero Bolivia see nightly freezing and daily blistering heat. A list contrasts physicians and clergy life spans noting five doctors die on average for every one clergyman between ages forty five and sixty five.
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Alto Crucero
Bolivia
Reveries of a Bach stor by Ike Marvel
A fragmentary line from Ike Marvel hints at a bright home scene described as a blessed phantom perched on a sunny horizon. The note suggests a lyrical meditation titled Reveries of a Bach stor with an affectionate, nostalgic tone.
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Ike Marvel
Peor Opinion on Funerals and Popularity
A columnist argues that hosting a large funeral is a poor measure of a person’s popularity, suggesting that public displays cannot reflect true standing or character.
Bame Goal. Haste and Waste Travel in the Same General Field
The fragment notes Bame Goal and comments that Haste and Waste are always travelling together in the same general area. It reads as a cryptic observation with unclear context and no identifiable events or entities.
Bank Messenger Attack in Berlin Ends with Arrest
In broad daylight a bank messenger was attacked in a taxicab by a bank clerk in central Berlin. The clerk used a wire noose to try to strangle the man, but the messenger freed himself and shouted for help. The driver halted the cab. constables arrived and detained the assailant. The clerk admitted seeking the money and said the plan had been a long time in the making.
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Bank Megaenger
Berlin
Primitive Screws and Hand Made Tech in India
Handcrafted screws are produced in India by winding two soft wires around a mandrill, then soldering them to a tube and a rod. All work is done by left handed sliversmiths, using traditional methods. European screw presses later mechanized export, with ancient wooden screws used in rural districts.
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Indie
India
Washington
Scientific laws and a dawn lesson in Washington
Secretary MacVeagh urged scientific financial laws at a Washington dinner and warned against working in the dark. A winter tale recalls Cornelius Husk trying to harness a mule by lantern light, only to collide with a cow in the stable.
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MacVeagh
Washington
Cornelius Husk
Cornelius
Corney
Furs and Feminine Cruelty Dialogue
Mme Maeterlinck tells a Boston reporter there is no feminine cruelty and that women wear fur without knowing the birds suffer. She notes men unknowingly slaughter animals during routine acts and admits her own fur choices in January mornings are made by her dealer.
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Mme. Maeterlinck
Boston
Discovery of Cinnamon Tree Yields Vanilla Flavor Potential
A newly found cinnamon family tree in New South Wales yields an oil from its leaves that can produce camphor. From one Australian tree comes a distinct oil that could, with slight chemical alteration, yield vanillin, the flavoring used in vanilla ice cream and chocolates.
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New South Wales
Boston wood carver Hayes a noted craft expert at home
United States Commissioner Hayes of Boston is among the nation’s top wood carvers and hammerers of brass. In his Cambridge home he preserves a premier collection of carved wood and hammered brass designs, with the handsome pieces regarded as gems of the craft. Friends count themselves lucky to receive his handiwork.
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United States
Hayes
Boston
Cambridge
Foreigner crashes during college cyclist descent
A young man returning from college lost control while descending a steep gradient and was found lying on the ground. He said he had traveled at great velocity and lost his central gravity, precipitating onto the macadam road. One man dismissed him as a foreigner.
Elderly Skater Defies Time on Woburn Pond Exhibition
P Elverton Bancroft, eighty five, claims to be the oldest U S skater and recently gave an open air display at his Woburn Massachusetts home. He sped about the pond for an hour performing intricate evolutions. A former Woburn businessman he has enjoyed winter skating for seventeen years straight.
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P. Elverton Bancroft
United States
Woburn
Mass
A Case in Point on Diverse Viewpoints
Two men argued for an hour on a street corner about the new football rules reflecting varied opinions. A distant sighting notes a submarine visible from 3,000 feet as a two man aeroplane observes it gliding 30 feet underwater.
Land Deeds and Lot Frontages Listed in Caroline County Sale
Tuesday April 28 1912 describes parcels in Division Street area and Fountain's Addition to Denton with specified bearings distances and land boundaries. It details land conveyed to Willard I Thawley by 1910 deed and 1907 conveyance, plus cash sale terms and title papers at purchaser’s expense. Harvey L Cooper and James Teapie act as trustees.
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Orphans’ Court
Carohney County
Equity
Parker & Downes
Josephine ‘Thanky Et al
Court House
Denton
Iter
Division Street
DL & OL We. Downes
Sail Street
L. B. ‘Towers
Downes
Willard I. Fhawley
Liber ‘Ty L. D
Caroline County
Fountain
William D. Aller
Fountain Avenue
Willard HW. Thawley
James H. Nichols
Liber T. L. D
John W. Thomas
Mary E. Thomas
Harvey J. Cooper
Harvey F Cooper
Maryland
Livetton
Caroline
Gallsboro
Jumptowan
Lettertow
Fillshore Ridgely Road
Nancy F. Thomas
Ron
D & © Railroad
Jumptown Road
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Jesse
Pennington
Harvey L. Cooper
James Tere
David A. Smmith
Alfred B. Smith
Henry R. Lewis
David A Smith
Alfred J. Smith
David A. Smith
Hynson
Franchise In Switzerland Sees Twenty Year Voting Age
A note recalls Switzerland grants voting rights at age twenty two decades after reforms. It contrasts with other regions and highlights debates over eligibility thresholds and civic participation.
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Switzerland
Dartford’s First Paper Mill Opened in 1588
England’s firat paper mill was erected at Dartford in 1588 marking an early industry milestone.
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England
Dartford
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Ore Hand
Bald Atteinse
Trustel’s Sale
Dienton
James Teapie
J. Bolgiano & Son
Maine
Baltimore
Grey's
Ohio
Spaulding
Ensign Bagley
Houston
Henderson
Sir Walter Raleigh
Green Mountain
New Yorker
White Elephant
Empire State
Maggie Murphy
Early Fortune
Early Harvest
Carmson
Burbank
Puritan of Polaris
Dakota Base
American Giants
McCormack
Old Reliable Seed
John F. Exton
Linwood Eaton
John F. Eaton
Commissioners of
C. Leslie Walls
Leslee Walls
Blair
Henry ST
Brooklyn
Sixth
Gay Streets
Enoch Cooper
Concord Church
Concord
Cannon
Cee
Plymouth Rocks
G. Lawrence Wilson
Jullsboro, Md
Field & Willis
J. W. Feeld
Hillsboro
Caroline Co
H. D. French Piano CO
W. Fayette St
Farquhar
Easton
Denton Fee Factory
Cle Willis
Fifth Avenue
James Aa
Trazzare
Bins Gas
Denton, Md
Seventh
Mrs. Enoch! Cooper
Superior
Tennessee
James T. Sylvester
T. J. Ele Ee Greensboro P. D
Shirt Tuetory
Garey & Co
Garey
William H. Garey
Greensboro
Canning House
James Temple
Auct
Federalsburg
George Morgan
Leonard Covey
Chas, B. Harrison
Inwuimmiser Fine
Horsey, Roe & Company
Greensboro, Md
King’s Auction
Baltimore City
Jamees King & Sons
Baltimore & Fayette Sta
A. K. Robins & CO
Market Place
Baltimore, MD
Nfl
Auto Passenger Service
Iit
C.E. Carroll & Co
Our Savings Department
T. CG. West
Ual
America
Bullock’s Cheap Cash Store
Renee
Smith & Walls
C. E. Carroll & CO
Del
Va. Ry
Taz
Qular
Lhwest
Call On Holt Construction Co
F. J. Wright
J. Harry Rose
Wm. Hall
East Fayette St
Baltimore, Maryland
Junker Hotel
Mus. N. D. Rickards
Fidelity-Phenix Fire InSurance Company
OF New York
Py Ise
State OF Maryland
The
Insurance Department
Avaya
Fidelity-Firenix Fire Insurance Company
New York
WM. Mason Shahan
Ernest Jones
Rae
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