Thermopylae With a Vengeance
Mildred May, Captain Drayton, and Jimmy Mayne gather at Green Bush where Drayton uses charm on Mildred while Jimmy plots to stop him. The trio’s tension peaks as Jimmy confronts Drayton about his affection for Mildred and vows to protect her from manipulation.
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McClure
Proof Lake
Mildred May
Wallace Drayton
Green Bush
Leith
Drayton
Stere
Mildred
Jimmy Mayne
Faust
James
Jimmy
Miss Gandry
Banker Afimms
Leith Gandry
Mldred
Laven
Mayne
Milly
Cap'n
Thermopylae
Draston
A Fight Over Mildred Ends With Bitter Truth
In a heated confrontation, Jimmy and Drayton clash over Mildred. After a brutal struggle, Drayton dies from a blow to the head but accepts Jimmy’s plea that Mildred’s happiness matters. Drayton concedes the conflict and the long feud ends with a grim, decisive moment.
Notable American Poets and their Shifting Focus
In a Walter critique, the author argues WAS Not typical American poetry is truly American in theme. He notes limited travel across the United States, favoring eastern settings and ideas. The piece citesLongfellow as secure in fame while doubting his future influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Cralgle House
Forties
Emerson
Trocadero of Paria Palace and Its History
The Trocadero in Paris sits atop a plateau opposite the Champ de Mars. Erected in 1878, it houses a grand concert hall for six thousand and notable plaster casts and ethnographic curiosities. Named after Cadiz’s fortress captured in 1829. Napoleon considered a palace for the king of Rome here in 1814 but abandoned the plan.
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Trocadero
Paris
Seine
Champ de Mars
Cadiz
Napoleon
Rome
Seal Herda Growling. Seas of fur seals rebound in pacific
In 1911 a fifteen year treaty with Britain Japan and Russia aimed to ban sealing in the North Pacific. Estimated fur seals rose from perhaps 5 million pre white settlement to about 600000 now from 100000. If protected and surplus males only killed, numbers may recover to former highs per Youths Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Two Too Much Word Quiz From Class
A Topeka Capital item notes a teacher asking for a sentence using to two and too. A Jewish boy named Isaac replies that two dollars is too much to spend, illustrating the lesson.
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Isaac
Topeka Capital
Sit It Out On The Stairs A Fatal Carpet Tack
A fragile youth at a dance collapses with a sudden attack after sitting with his partner on the stairs. His face pale, he claws at his coat as he stumbles toward the cloak room. The danger stems from an ordinary carpet tack left on the stairs.
House Was Divided In Savannah News Story
A northerner hunting in the South is sheltered by a southern farmer and fed, then mistaken for the husband by the woman who, holding a large book, hits him with it for staying all night. The tale ends with a sharp social joke about hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah News
Lime Free Train to Aid Maryland Farmers This Week
A soil testing special train, with lime, will tour Maryland August 20 to 26, operated by B and O in collaboration with the University of Maryland and USDA. It will stop across Cecil to Montgomery counties, testing soils and giving free lime amounts per acre, under Dr. A G McCall. Farmers should bring soil samples and receive concrete guidance on lime forms and costs.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
University of Maryland
United States Department of Agriculture
Cecil
Harford
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Prince George's
Howard, Carroll
Frederick
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Montgomery
A. G. McCall
Gofls
University of Maryland Experiment Station
Maryland
McCall
Exposure meter for proper camera settings under existing light
A metallic case with five graduated transparency windows guides photographers. View through the most transparent window then move to the next until the object is just dimly visible. The chart indicates the correct shutter speed and diaphragm opening for the exposure.
Ancient Peru maps reveal early picture writing origins
The article notes maps long used in Peru pre conquest and links mapmaking to early picture writing. It cites Taldii natives guiding explorers with maps and mentions raised maps in Peru and a much older Ethiopian map from Sethos I’s era showing the earth’s circuits and seas known in antiquity.
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Taldii
Peru
Sethos I
Rameses II
Aristagoras
Great Speed Under Difficulties Steamboat Opes Travel
An extract from the New York Evening Post dated October 2 1807 notes Fultons steam boat fitted as a passenger packet. It left New York with ninety passengers against a strong headwind and was judged to move through water at about six miles per hour.
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New York Evening Post
Fulton
New York
Albany
Telephone adoption and growth in 1920s world markets
In 1883 Herbert Spencer noted London’s limited telephone use, a contrast to the United States where over fourteen million phones existed. By 1923 the Bell System added 580 870 stations, with 14 378 bought from others, while foreign service remained urban and Paris and London held one third of France and Britain’s telephones respectively. Rural service was rare outside North America, and continental ratios varied with Germany and France showing strong urban concentration.
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Herbert Spencer
London
Ostlas
Islas
United States
Bell System
France
Paris
Great Britain
Canada
Telephone Ousts Tom Tom and Tribe Crier in Tonga
The Brooklyn Citizen reports Tonga adopts telephone service installed by New Zealand representatives of the International Western Electric Company. The system, among the world’s smallest, links the main island with under a hundred subscriber lines and may expand to outlying settlements across about 800 islands and square miles.
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South Sea Islands
Saya
Brooklyn
Great Pacific Archipelago
Hag
Kingdom
Tonga
New Zealand
International Weat Earn Electric Company
First Railroad Telephone Installed at Altoona Pa
The first railroad oriented telephone line for regular commercial use was installed at Altoona Pennsylvania on May 21 1877 by Thomas A Watson Bell assistant with Gardiner G Hubbard Bell's father in law. The line was ordered by the Pennsylvania Railroad and installed for the division superintendent at Altoona. Earlier Watson had laid a line in New York City on May 18 1877 from Hilborne L Roosevelt's office to his home. Hubbard and Watson then travelled to Altoona for the May 21 installation near the Allegheny summit.
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Thomas A. Watson
Bell
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Watson
New York City
Hilbourne L. Roosevelt
West 18Th Street
Mr. Hubbard
Mr. Watsor
Juniata River
Alleghany Mountains
Telephone Habit Growing Rapidly in Constantinople
Telephone service in Constantinople is operated by a British private company. The system, though small at about 8,000 telephones, is expanding as residents adopt the new habit. Operators must speak Turkish and French, with many multilingual staff capable of seven or eight languages.
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Constantinople
Radio Telephone Link Maintained Off California Coast
Radio telephone communication is kept between Santa Catalina Island and the mainland near Los Angeles, linking with local and long distance Bell System wires. Since 1620, sab factory commercial service has been provided regularly.
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Santa Catalina Ss
California
Lo ‘Angeles
Bell System
Meivilig on Hia Piazza by Herman Melville
A contemplative summer scene describes Meivilig on Hia Piazza. The passage likens land and sea, with grain fields and purple mountains merged with oceanic imagery. A distant house beyond the trees evokes a distant unknown coast.
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Herman Melville
Making a Home and Furniture Selection Guide
Detroit author Eddie Guest asserts a home grows from honest living and simple sense in furniture choice. The piece links sentiment in the home to better furnished spaces and emphasizes selecting pieces that fit the American scale and focal home area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Guest
Detroit
Maryland Proclamation on Constitutional Amendment 1923
Governor Albert C. Ritchie proclaims publication of Chapter 281 Acts of 1922 to seek voter approval for a constitutional amendment. The text, dates, and election plan are outlined, with instructions for newspaper publication in Annapolis and across Maryland counties prior to the November 6, 1923 election.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
State of
Baltimore
Supreme Bench
General Assembly
Thl
Albert C. Ritchie
Baolitimore
Annapolis
Philip B. Perlman
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B. & O& Railroad
American Telephone and Telegraph ‘Company
Anc
Germany
Italy
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Chad
Reg Hall
Sion
Curtis Homes
Curtis Plan
Curtis
E. S. Adkins & Co
Salisbury
C. A. Whisler
Denton, Md
Nia Kor
P. H. Connolly
Queen Anne, Md
Circuit Court
Caroline County
George A. Bullock
Lewin W. Wickes
EO. A. Deakyne
Calvert C. Merriken
Atorney-at-Law
Goodyear Data Station
SEALE
Goodyear
Denton Auto Co
Tutt
Tutt’s
Heywood-Wakefield
J. Virgil Moore
Ceme
Tery
Samuel G. Nuttle
H. Earle Smith
American Corner
Hickman
Vernon
Del
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Goldsboro
Sixth St
Main St
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Cooper, Wright & Cooper
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