Two Reverend Gentlemen A Sheriff’s Fake Parson Traps a Desperado Wagstaff
The narrator recalls a career as sheriff in Arapahoe County and a captured outlaw named John Wagstaff. Disguised as a traveling evangelist, the sheriff and a partner attempt to trap Wagstaff at a ranch by staging a church mission and treachery, culminating in Wagstaff’s surrender when confronted with a pistol. The tale ends with the outlaw’s arrest and the sheriff’s rising political stature.
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Arapahoe county
rascal
John Wagstaff
Wagstaff
Mr. Warbury
Mr. Tidball
Warbury
William Bittinger
Finnch house
Mr. Bittinger
Brother Warbury
Friend Bittinger
portheast
Lord’s vineyard
Four Lots in Denton Maryland Sold By Power of Attorney
Public sale of four adjoining town lots in Denton Caroline County Maryland listed as Lots 10 11 37 and 38 fronting Horsey Avenue and Sixth Street with rear depths about 150 and 185 feet totaling 33 500 square feet. Auction by Albert G Towers attorney in fact for Aliveretta B Clark and John W Clark with Frank P Covey as auctioneer. Terms one third cash on sale day with balance in six months secured by note or all cash at purchaser option. Plat available after the 8th at Towers Law Building.
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Alvereto L. Clark
John W. Clark
Caroine County
Liter J. K. S
Court House
cour
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
George A. Deakyn
Mnoen George
Czrotine County
Horsey Avenue
Sixth street
parrellel
Henry R. Lewis
Alveretta B. Cork
C. W. HL
Abert G. Towers
Law
ALBERT G. TOWERS
Aliveretta B. Clark
Frank P. Covey
Auct
Pride on Both Sides Duke and Painter at Petworth
The Glenbervie Journals recount the Duke of Somerset prideful clash with painter Seymour over a Petworth race horse portrait. Seymour dines in the steward's room, hints of kinship provoke tension, and he leaves without finishing. The duke later demands a return, but Seymour replies he will not come, citing, I won't come.
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Duke of Somerset
Seymour
Glenbervie
Petworth
Gulf Stream Course Shown Unaltered, Government Reports Say
The New York Press notes government experts affirm the Gulf Stream has not changed its course for many years. They refute claims of Europe temperature shifts caused by the current and describe the stream as beginning near the Florida strait and becoming surface drift only near the Grand Banks.
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Europe
Florida strait
Grand banks
New York Press
Incorrect sentence from pupils stirs laughs at Schoolmen’s club
St Paul Dispatch notes teachers at a Glenwood Schoolmen’s gathering sharing misheard or miswritten student lines. A Robert Morris school instructor recalls a line not his own, and Germantown teachers cites examples like Rare roast beef ig meat what there ain’t none what’s any underdinner. Other quips include It ain’t his nake but yours and He seen his duty and done it noble with garbled training.
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America
Glenwood
Schoolmen’s club
Robert Morris school
Bere
Grant
St. Paul Dispatch
Young Eagles Learn to Fly in Harsh Eagle Courtship
The piece describes young eagles leaving the nest as soon as they can fly. Parents abandon training, relying on instinct and hunger to push fledglings toward independence. Mothers tear nests, drive fledglings from cliffs, and spur winged growth over three years to reach full plumage and strength.
The Variable Star Algol in Ancient and Modern Watered Down lore
Algol, the famous variable star, is described as not one but two suns orbiting a center. One sun shines like our sun while the other is dead, causing eclipses that dim Algol from view. Observers from Mesopotamian times noted its changing brightness.
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Algol
Mesopotamia
Reason For Her Opinion Story Line
A humorous remark contrasts genius and insanity as a wife quips that her husband seems half crazy most of the time yet shows no sign of genius. The line appears in a Chicago Record-Herald feature or society item.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Hit Hard and the Composer Move at London Event
A London Tatler item recalls a moment when a performer avoids tears after a song. The exchange centers on a flattered artist claiming success and identifying the composer as the man who was moved to tears.
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teara
London Tatler
Changed Color and Quips At The Convention
Chaotic fragment quotes from a convention setting feature a debate over appearance and persona. The dialogue includes a dark horse versus blond jackass remark, a mounted policeman’s difficulty, and brisk exchanges about age, sleep, and bills with clipped, humorous asides from an unnamed source.
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Howell
Powell
New York Press
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Eclipse
EVERNGAM
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fncmactifins
prmenforton off
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ROYSTER FERTILIZERS
ROYSTER
Baltimore
F. S. Royster Guano Company
Calvert Building
Baltimore, Maryland
BALTIMORE, LtD
NORFOLK, VA
SPARTANBURG, S.C
TARBORO, N. C. MACOS, GA
COLUMBIA, 3.C
COLUMBUS, GA, MONTGOMERY, ALA
Holt Construction Co
LESLIE WALLS
Salisbury
KEYSER BUILDING
Baltimore, Md
MULLIN'S
Wilmington
J. W. Berge
Main Street
Greensboro
Diamond Telephone
J. W. WRIGHT & CO
Hobbs
JOURNAL
Sixth and
Franklin streets
F. P. COVEY
Jaff
STURMER
Diamwonds
J. BERRY
American Press Association
Bittinger
Bittinger ranch
Blitinger
parsons
Nir
Dittinger
Trello
Nick [Edwards
congress
appy
Goethe
FIFTH STREET
TRIAL HOUSE
A. Co. MEYER &Co
KRANZ-SMITH PIANO CO
CHICKERING, PACKARD
MENLIN & SON
BRADBURY
EVERETT, WEBSTER
FRED KRANZ
MANSFIELD
HARVARD
CONCORD WEBSTER
J.T. MOOR
DENTON, MARYLAND
Rhode Island
W. H. HINMAN
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