Farm acreage and orchard pack near Laurel Grove Md
Twenty seven acres include thirty KieiTer pear trees three years old bearing and young apple orchard with late and winter varieties. An old apple peach orchard, 52 acres tillage with timber species white oak gum pine and poplar. A branch through woods for cattle fencing. Current crops include 12 acres rice seeded wheat one acre asparagus and a small strawberry patch. 12 to 156 minutes walk to church or school at Laurel Grove. Possession in few days after deal. Terms apply to Edward Cook R D No 4 Federalsburg Md.
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KieiTer
Laurel Grove
deal
EDWARD COOK
Federalsburg
Notice of administration for Fannie Jenkins in Caroline County
The subscriber in Caroline County Maryland has letters of administration on the personal estate of Fannie Jenkins late of Caroline County deceased. All persons with claims against the estate must exhibit them with vouchers authenticated by November 19, 1920 or be excluded from benefit of the estate. Dated April 20, 1920. C Fulton Noble Administrator.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
FANNIE JENKINS
C. FULTON NOBLE
Hackett's gape cure promotes poultry gains and vermin cure
The advertisement touts Hackett's Gape Cure and Hackett's Louse Powder as quick, safe treatments for chicks. It claims the brood is treated in five minutes, saving time and money, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Products offered at 40 cents postpaid, with payment by money order, currency, or stamps.
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Hackett
HACKETT’S GAPE CURE CO
wheGetan Dent
Hillsboro, Md
Fresh home made assorted chocolates for $1.25
Special Notice offers a two pound box of hand dipped chocolates by mail for $1.25 postage prepaid. Sweeta Leeee promotes the claim no better chocolate is made and instructs readers to send the payment to receive the box.
Preston to Hold Local Election at Preston Pharmacy
Preston voters will cast ballots on April 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Preston Pharmacy to elect two Town Commissioners, one for three years and one for two years. The notice identifies the polling location and terms for the two seats.
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Preston
Preston Pharmacy
Pure Bred Hares and Rabbits and Leghorn Eggs Sale
Auction note shows pure bred hares and Flemish giant rabbits and White Leghorn eggs offered. Listing includes seller Leslie Lee at R R 1 Denton Md with six items for procurement.
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LESLIE LEE
R. R
Denton, Md
One 12 H. P. Case Engine And 28x46 Thresher For Sale
Nearly new 12 H. P. Case engine and a 28x46 steel thresher beige with feeder bagger and weigher and gearless blower. Run only seven seasons. Apply to H Willoughby 4-24-11 P.O. Hobbs Md.
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H. WILLOUGHBY
P.O
Hobbs
Detecting a gifted mind and a knightly squire in old tales
A long piece blends a Doyle style life sketch with Nigel Loring's legendary adventures at Waverly Abbey and Cosford. It recounts Nigel breaking the yellow horse Pommers, earning Mary’s love, and earning King Edward’s praise after heroics with Chandos.
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Hinde
Kestrif
Nigel
Pommers
Saint Paul
Waverly Abbey
holy church
Samkin Aylward
John Chandos
Nigel Loring
Chandos
Edward of England
Titford Abbey
Edward of
England
Mary
St. Catherine
Winshelsea
Calais
Channel
Aylward
Cosford
La Brohmere
Brohmere
John
France
the
Post Publishing Co
Boston Post
Doubleday, Page & Co
Her Choice Confounds Chaperon Rumors in Florence
In a Florence tale cited by the Boston Transcript a young woman prefers tending a cow bell to being bothered by a chaperon. The remark underscores social expectations and youth attitudes in local discourse.
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Florence
Boston Transcript
Red brick fooled by bank ten thousand dollar claim
A narrator recalls being given a sealed package labeled ten thousand dollars in gold that turned out to be a red brick. The package was passed between tellers who kept silent about the misdirection, leaving him frustrated at the looping routine before discovering the ruse.
Farther Away Edith Voices Training Decision
Mrs Howles declares Edith will not have voice trained in Europe. Howles asks if Asia could be an option. Boston Tran script records the dialogue about voice training location.
Pedestrians At Night On Crossing Misleading Light
Inky night on a country road a car pauses before a railroad crossing as a girl approaches the tracks. The driver wants to go, but a nervous passenger objects, fearing a looming train. After five minutes the light nears yet proves to be a man with a lantern rather than a locomotive.
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Chicago Tribune
Lion d Arras Disappears From Paris War Papers
A Paris dispatch reports the disappearance of the Lion d Arras, one of the last war time papers that cheered residents as the war reached the city. Abbe Guerrin founded and edited the sheet for its 172 weeks of publication.
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Paris
Lion d’Arras
Abbe Guerrin
Leap Year Custom Prompts Woman to Propose
A dialogue notes the leap year custom allowing a woman to propose to a man, contrasting with the usual social expectation that the man do the proposing. The exchange frames the tradition as a lighthearted shift in courtship.
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Ethel
Farm Job Test Sparks Silly Exchange
An Agriculturist jokes with an applicant about identifying cows. The farmer taunts the man asking if he can tell a cow when he sees one. The applicant quips about American cows in tin cans and French cows in bedrooms, spoofing the Home Sector.
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SESIL PES
Everngam
Dentonational Bank
Denton, Maryland
JAMES J. ROSS
WM. DENNY
Sec’y-Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
DOVER
DELAWARE
L. IRVING JONES
Agt
CARTER & DEEN, Agts
Dentos, Md
Greensboro
JOHN W. PAYNE
Prestua, Md
UNITED LIFE & ACCIDENT INSuRANCE COMPANY
A. C. HUBBERT
WESLEY E. THAWLEY
Denton
EJ. WRIGHT
ouraptice
Waterman
O. G. HIGNUTT & CO
OFI
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
Board of Supervisors of Elections for
HENDERSON
HILLSBORO
RIDGELY
JOHN K. LYNCH
EVERETT H. GALE
HARRY B. MASON
C. LESLIE WALLS
PURITY CONFECTIONERY CO
W. Mulberry, St
Baltimore
J. C. WRIGHT
WESLEY E& THAWLEY
Law
SIR NIGEL
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Artes G. Crozier
Edinburgh
Charles Doyle
Stonyhurst college
Germany
Edinburgh university
arctic
West Africa
Southsea
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Hell
Dr. Doyle
White Company
Conan Doyle
Sir Cannan Doyle
Sussex
tames
house of
Philip and
James
Samuel
Franklin Aylward
Windsor
Squire Loring
Samuel Steschevski
Berlin
United States
North Carolina
Great Britain
Porthcawl
Lubeck
Lion D'Arras
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