Anne and Her Trousseau’s Hidden Fortune
Anne hides financial worries behind a romance with Frank while keeping Shoes and Boots at odds. A broken heirloom vase reveals a stash of gold coins from her late father, prompting a hopeful plan to complete a trousseau as Frank agrees to marriage refinement and a downtown shopping trip.
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Frank
Anne
Shoes
Boots
Agnes
Friank
Lesm
Bank
Fina Mindé
Anke
Botts
Troussenau
Annie Dear
Various Reasons for Observance of Sunday
A compact history of why Sunday became the Christian day of rest and worship. It traces early practice, cites scholars on the Lord's day, notes Constantine’s 321 edict and Theodosian code provisions, and explains the ninth century establishment of Sunday as a primarily religious day with secular work restricted.
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Jesus
Christ
Constantine
Sand Pillars and Dust Devils Describe Harsh Desert Winds
Travelers in Death Valley and the White Nile region recount vivid sand pillar contortions and dust devils. Oppositely directed whirlwinds sometimes collide, leading to a struggle for control before they merge and surge forward. Some whirlwinds reportedly strip cloths or entangle goats in twisting spirals.
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Death Valley
California
White Nile
Connecticut River Naming and Early Settlements
The text explains how rivers gave names to regions as colonies formed near river mouths. It notes the Connecticut and other rivers like Tennessee and Missouri influenced place names. Early Connecticut territory along the upper river was an unexplored wilderness before settlements began.
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Connecticut
Tennessee
Missouri
Upper
Connecticut River
Rebuke Backfired in Morning Room Exchange
A speaker recounts delivering a deserved rebuke to a person who enters the room where they were writing. The person agrees, and the speaker notes the lack of a greeting as they turned. the exchange ends with a rueful comment on manners and virtue.
Care of Rubber Plants for Healthy Growth
Keep rubber plants in good air with moist soil and moderate light. Water as room heat requires, usually every other day. Feed water with one teaspoon ammonia per quart every two to three weeks to prevent wormy growth. Wipe leaves gently with warm milk to clean and feed the plant.
Repairing Hard Rubber Bonding Method Described
The Bureau of Standards outlines joining hard rubber with a cement made from sulphur and crude rubber in carbon bisulphide and alcohol. The cement is applied in several layers, joined under pressure at 160 degrees Celsius for four hours. An alternate cement uses equal parts gutta percha and bitumen dissolved in carbon bisulphide.
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Bureau of Standards
Ironing Day Romance Sparks Potatoes Dinner Scene
A misplaced electric iron left on an ironing board overheats and sets a chain of burns from board to floor to a cellar basket of potatoes. The homeowner, delayed by a phone chat, returns to find a near disaster and serves fried potatoes for dinner.
Canned Goods and Tin Can History Highlight US Use
A feature explains why Americans favor canned foods, tracing tin can origins from early canisters to modern high speed production. It covers tin versus steel coating, tin supply, global tin producers, costs, and the crucial role of tin plate in canning. The piece notes Alaska’s tiny private tin output and the housewife’s stake in tin containers for preserved foods.
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United States
Peter Durand
National Geographic Society
Alaska
Cornwall
England
Karnak ruins A Glimpse Of Thebes Ancient Temple Complex
The Karnak ruins in Thebes include three enclosures on the Nile east bank. The northern enclosure housed a Mont temple rebuilt by Amenophis III and Ramesses II. the southern enclosure held a Mut temple. the central enclosure contains the Karnak temple of Ammon, a vast complex added to by various rulers including Alexander the Great. The site marks Thebes as a royal residence and The Karnak temple as the state god’s center. Walls bear inscriptions recording kings, battles, and campaigns.
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Karnak
Upper
Egypt
Thebes
The
Nile
Luxor
Mont
Amenophis III
Rameses II
Mut
Ammon
Alexander the Great
East
Army Fingerprint System Holds World Record Cards
The Army reports the largest fingerprint collection, 5 023 881 stamps, stored at the Office of the Adjutant General in Washington. Adopted in 1908 on a board recommendation with Brig Gen Walter McCaw as a member the system aids the adjusted compensation act and positive identifications of over 2 800 000 applicants. It also helps civil authorities with cases like a 1917 disappearance later declared dead in 1924 and a 1928 deserter surrender identified by fingerprints. in the last fiscal year 8404 undesirables were found through prints.
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Army
Adjutant General of the Army
Washington
American Medical Journal
Walter D. AfcCaw
Medical Corps
Nyrinte
How It Started By Jean Newton 2000 Ven
In these prohibition days the piece explains dry wines and fermentation. It notes wines are classified by fermentation level with dry wine nearly fully fermented and sugar removed. The writer links dry wine and dry wit as sharp and unsweetened, using Webster’s definition. WNU service
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WNU
SAWS By Viola Brothers Shore
A fragmentary piece notes quirky sayings about women and hypocrisy. It contrasts varied facial expressions for neighbors and self, and comments on martyr complexes. The tone suggests a moral or satirical sketch with references to youth, age, and emotions.
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Viola Brothers
Flowers and manners in courting lore
A breezy reflection on knowing a woman's favorite flowers and the social cachet of buying them. The piece argues no excuse exists for getting the flower choice wrong, noting women often make their preferences clear and that a man who buys well can avoid missteps in romance.
But Not to Him The Dew on a Cold In the Head
Mrs Brown accuses her husband of underestimating a woman's discomfort in a domestic quarrel. He retorts that even a cold in the head can be a serious matter, prompting a sharp exchange as he tries to read. The scene unfolds in a Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph style.
The Chaperon and Women Betrothal Customs
The excerpt describes a traditional practice among African and Asiatic peoples where girls are betrothed in infancy, kept hidden, and guarded by an elderly woman until they are old enough to marry. When ready, they are allowed to come out into society, a practice linked to modern chaperons and coming out parties.
Laughing Nerves Tarnish Love or Money Line
A brief lyric-like line notes that amusement fades when pursuing love or money, asserting a quiet, self aware stance on emotion and wealth. The speaker remarks on restraint and the oddness of thrills in both romance and finance.
When I Was Twenty One by Joseph Kaye
The article profiles George Arliss, tracing his rise from obscurity at twenty one in English provinces to fame in America. It notes Frohman bringing him to London and his early successes in The Darling of the Gods and The Second Mrs Tanqueray, followed by positions in The Green Goddess and plays like The Devil and Disraeli. It mentions Old English as well.
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London
Charles Frohman
George Arliss
Mr. Ariss
America
Mr. Frohman
Arliss
Belasco
Pat Campbell
Tanqueray
United States
Darwin the Naturalist and Evolution Theorist
Darwin born in 1800 in Shrewsbury England son of a physician. He sailed the Beagle from 1831 to 1836 as naturalist. In 1859 he published Origin of Species and later Descent of Man. He died in 1882.
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Darwin
Shrewsbury
England
Beagle
Determination Notions Echoed in Friendly Rivalry
In a reflective note the Marlon County News compares how a friend’s steadfastness can resemble bull-headedness in an enemy and how golf respect from a friend may resemble a concert in a rival, highlighting perception across relationships.
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Marlon
Ala
County News
Train Em Young Teaching torn-book repair with paste
A program teaches children to mend torn books using paste and tis sue paper to instill care for books and magazines, promoting a habit of preserving reading materials.
Continental land areas relative to Europe
The text compares continent sizes to Europe. Europe forms roughly a quarter of the world land surface. Asia covers about one third. Africa is about three times Europe. North America is just under twice Europe. South America is a bit over one percent of Europe’s size.
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Europe
Globe
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Odd Chirography Writing by a Liverpool Clerk
A Liverpool shipping clerk demonstrates unique writing using both hands. He writes with the right hand in the normal direction and with the left hand backwards. When viewed in a mirror the left hand text appears as the right hand text.
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Liverpool
England
Ife
Complex Hawaiian Baby Name Reveals Lono Ceremony Ties
A baby girl receives the long Hawaiian name Kalelpaulan ohagnanapuaimilitaikawalclono Juliet Nokis. The given first name signifies a flower wreath and leaves cherished by Lono waters. The report emphasizes the cultural meaning behind the elaborate name.
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Juliet Nokis
Lono
Assignee Sells Caroline County Real Estate at Public Auction
Wilbert L. Merriken, assignee, will offer at public sale in front of the Denton Court House on the 2 to 4 pm window the parcel of land in Caroline County Eighth District, 10.1 acres, with a two story frame dwelling and outbuildings, cash on day of sale, title papers at purchaser expense. auctioneer L. F. Covey.
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Edward W. Favinger
Sadie A. Favinger
Ella M. Merriken
Caroline County
Wilbert L. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Federalsburg
Smithville Road
Bloomery Church
Bullock and Favinger
Martha Favinger
L. F. Covey
Orphans’ Court
W. Brewster Deen
Aucunt
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George Arilse
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Em Young
C. Leslie Walls
Butterfly
Butterfly Tea Room
Schraft
Crane
Margaret A. Finn
Niss
Mary &. Willis
Harry M. Hollis
Marion A. Garvey
Richard T. West
Elisha H. Harper
William J. Shawn
J. Inwin Harwooon
Register of Wills
Preston
Stone Road
Harry H
Rick
New Dover
Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
John Gilbert
Ernest Torrence
Joan Crawford
Anita Stewart
Edmund Burna
Variety
Reece
Raymond Griffith
Spa J
Pricescan
Windsor
Federalsburg, Md
Long. & Short’s Store
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W. H. Hollis & Son
Preston, Maryland
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