Riverboat tale of peril on la belle riviere voyage
An nineteenth century raft tale recounts a Mississippi River journey from Cincinnati to Louisville. A mixed European and Native American crew aboard a sunken stern cabin boat encounters a Kentucky woman signaling to board. Dialog reflects river piracy fears and wary caution among travelers while the river current ferries them toward safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
la Belle Riviere
Cincimnati
Louisville
Europe
South Bend
Cincinanti
Kentucky
Loueyville
Bfar
Ze Riviere
Erin
Aqakin
Jim
Atte
Can
Cincinnati
River pirates hold, woman feigns safety and escapes
A woman aboard a flatboat manipulates a booty haul by hiding money belts and valuables under her waistband while three pirates nearby debate attacking. She joins the rowboat pursuing Louisville, claiming they will reach safety there and leaving the pirates behind with the loot. A brief chase ends as the flatboat crew cannot pursue upstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Green River
Murther
Cincinnati
Will
Sall
Lardy
Ben
Loueyville
Jin
Art of a Woman in Engraving and Fashion
Timothy Cale reviews engraving techniques in Century on how artful concealment of wrinkles through texture and light enhances a woman's dress. He argues that restraint and material contrast reveal beauty, noting satin and lace, a pearl necklace, and subtle shading to create a youthful appearance while the artist remains hidden behind the canvas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Millet
Miller
Lily
Timothy Cale
Farmers urged to plant white corn for strong demand
The county bulletin urges farmers to plant white corn, noting profits from last year and rising demand for white corn products like hominy and meal. It states the European armies favor white corn as cheap nourishment, predicts good prices and a ready cash market next season, and cites a mill that bought all local white corn.
Town property sale under power of sale by executors
Executed by J Oscar Bernard and Albert G Towers as executors of Joseph H Bernard late of Caroline county deceased. The will probated December 1, 1914 and recorded in Liber Z P 8 No 10 folio 3a. The executors will offer at public sale on the premises to the highest bidder on date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Samuel W. West
John W. Davis
Frank E. Davis
Harvey L. Cooper
William Kregir
Allersons
Charles B. Harrison
Gale
J. Oscar Bernard
Albert G. Towers
Joseph H. Bernard
Joseph AH. Bernard
Sarvey L. Cooper
F. P. Covey
Chy
Wm. Brewster Deen
Lawrence B
Towers
Sarah E, Shively
Sarah Elizabeth Williams
Harvey E. Williams
Large Greensboro real estate sale listing many parcels
Saturday May 12 1917 at 1 p m a sale of numerous Greensboro Maryland parcels along Railroad Avenue Bernard and Maple avenues includes blocks T U N O M R Q P S and other lots with varied frontages from 49 to 106 feet and depths from 124 to 352 feet many fronts on Bernard Avenue and some improved by dwellings or buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Avenue
Joseph H. Bernard
Mapley Avenue
Maple Avenue
Oscar Bernard
Christian Avenue
Horsey Avenue
Roe Avenue
Bernard Avenue
Academy St
Catherine Pl
Hobbs Avenue
M. E. Church
Academy Street
Black Q
Said Avenue
Railroad Ave
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
By Willard Blakeman
Auxonn
Napoleon
Betham- Edwards
France
Saoue
Manesca
Bis
Buffalo Express
Mrs. Siddone
Baltimore Pearl Hominy CO
S. F. Evans
Baltimore
Richard T. West
Edward W. Neal
Laura V. Neal
Samuel G. Nuttle
Greensboro
Caroline County, MD
Caroline A
Oxford
Philadelphia, Baltimore and
J. H. Summerfield
Masonic
Denton
L. J. Andrew
P. 0
Preston, Md
Parkers
Algren Mfg. Co
F. P. Roe
Caroline County Bank
Bernard
Cooper
Ailor
J. Harry Rose
E. Fayette St
Nisi
Clarence Edward Schwaninger
Alonza Rufus Schwaninger
Leonard Taylor
John Shively
Sarah E. Shively
Dee’d
Talbot County
Sarah H. Andrews
Alfred B. Mason
Court House
J. B. Colgain
W. S. Crouse
Sunshine Poultry Farm
Ridgely
Singer
M. KE
Newnam
Denton and
West Denton
L. B. Towers
Denton, Md
BLISS
John
Areenuas
Wenton
Western Union Telegram
Ford Motor CO
Baltimore, MD
Denton Auto CO
Western Union
Mar
Ford Motor Company
Chesapeake and Potomac
H. M. Thompson
Telephone
Hillsboro, Md
Nuttle Hardware Co
SMASH
Peninsular Light & Power CO
Chicago
Ill
Truman
United States
M. K. Newnam
Greensboro, Md
Dean
C. K. Evans
Doan
Evans
Joan
ISPS
Heart of
Liberty and
Saratoga Streets
SRS
PeaReae
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