Sea Elephants Discuss Mating Season And Safety
In a candid dialogue, Mrs. Sarah Sea Elephant and companions debate mates, battles, and the dangers they face. They describe mating season rituals, fashion gossip on the beach, and note a vulnerable spot above the eyes where bullets can be deadly.
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Mrs. Sarah Sea Elephant
Mrs. Sea
Mrs. Sarah
Mrs. Lea
Mrs Sarah
Indies
Mr. Sarah
Sarah
Tye
Lea
Three Nuta Teacher Willie Nut Names
From the hallway Carmen's journal notes three nut types mentioned by Willie: chestnut peanuts and geet me nuts.
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Willie
Carmen
Lemons Debunk Thinning Claim Says Doctor
A leading doctor with the New Health Society dismisses lemon juice as a thinning agent. He notes lemon juice does not thin blood and calls the idea untrue while praising morning lemon consumption as a good habit and potential antidote to rheumatism though not as a thinning substance.
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New Health Society
Uses of Birdlime in Trapping Birds
Birdlime is a sticky substance made from holly bark or mistletoe berries and may be prepared by boiling husked oil. In Europe it is used to trap birds by spreading the paste on twigs and branches of trees.
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Europe
Train Telephone Service On Demand
Walter S. Gifford of the Bell System explains that AT&T has been ready to install telephone service on moving trains for years and pursued two railroads, which found it not commercially practical. if a railroad adopts the service, Bell will install it and connect it with Bell lines.
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Walter S. Gifford
Bell ‘Telephone System
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Telephone Growth Sparks Record Equipment Expansions
Edwin FR Will notes US telephone systems added 265000 lines in Q1, a 37 percent rise from 1928. Local calls up 15 percent and long distance 23 percent. Bell System plans 530 million dollars in 1929 for additions and improvements, with Western Electric posting a 40 percent rise in first five months. Buildings, land, and plant expansions mount across Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and DC as demand climbs. By year end about 725000 telephones expected in service.
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United States
Bell Telephone System
Western Electric Company
Edgar S Bilcom
Baltimore
Hawthorne
Ill
Kearny
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies
A. E. Berry
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone System
Medal Recipients and Cash Awards Reported
A report describes individuals receiving medals and $2 cash each at an event. It mentions Perdue, the Northwest Telephone Company, and various names, with a narrative of a river accident where a diver rescued a colleague, followed by a dramatic car crash near the Santa Chua River Valley and a delayed response by authorities. The text includes multiple garbled phrases and unclear attributions.
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St. Francis
Santa Chua
Marks Te Ralp
Telephone health course aids 2010 graduates in service
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telegraph and Telephone Companies conducted a health course in Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia for 2010 graduates including Evelyn O Disney Alec Jo Warchester and others. The program provided classrooms books rooms and guidance at no cost and met weekly for fifteen weeks aiding hygiene and health education for personal well being and public service.
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Evelyn O. Disney
Alec Jo Warchester
One Johnson
Mary A. Biehle
Theresa M. Dorsey
Gladys Meo Cave
Chesapeake and Potomac
Marnsland
Eaily
Weo
Telephone systems expand across three states and DC
Chesapeake and Potomac officials report over 4600 PE. X. systems serving about 130000 telephones in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. In the last eighteen months more than 200 additional systems have been installed across the region.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies
Columbia
Public sale of personal property and real estate in Penton Maryland
A public sale will begin Monday August 12 1929 at dawn at the home of Dallon on Sixth Street opposite Fleetwood's store near the railroad Penton Maryland. The sale lists extensive household goods including beds bedding furniture a sewing machine cooking utensils glassware china and many other items in good condition. Terms: cash for sums under 1000 and credit with interest bearing notes and approved security for amounts over 1000.
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Shihe
Dallon
Sixth Street
Fleetwood
Penton
Maryland
Spear Chester
Real estate sale in Denton Maryland announced
In Denton Caroline county Maryland Lizzie Butler owner announces a real estate auction for the home at the corner of Sixth Street and the Charlie Murphy Jot in Benton area. Sale Tuesday August 13 between 2 and sunset in front of the Courthouse door. Terms half cash day of sale balance in thirty days or full cash. Title papers at purchaser cost. Auctioneer James Temple. Clerk Josiah Beck. Attorney W Brewster Deen. Property described as 110 by 40 feet with a 7 room dwelling and bath in first class condition. potential for remodeling into a double dwelling.
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Denton
Maryland
Benton
Caroline County
Sixth Street
Charlie Murphy
Louis Tribbett
Church Lot
Isaze L. Dukes
Lizzie Butler
Carrie Butler
Brewster Deep
Court ratifies sale in Caroline county equity case
In Caroline county Circuit Court for Equity No 2768 Chy an order dated July 8 1920 approves the sale reported by W Brewster Deen as assignee unless objections are raised by September 12. Publication required in a Caroline county newspaper once weekly for four consecutive weeks before August 12. The sale amount reported is 650 dollars. Clayton Horsey Clerk. True Copy Mayton Hwor shy Clerk.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Fquity
Court orders sale ratified in Caroline County equity case
In Equity No. 2786 of Caroline County Circuit Court, an order dated July 8 1929 directs that the sale reported by assignee Fred R Owens be ratified and confirmed unless objections are shown by September 9. A copy of the order must be published in Caroline county newspapers for four consecutive weeks before August 1. The report lists sale proceeds as 2025.00 dollars. TT Clayton Horsey Clerk.
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Caroline County
Fred R. Owens
Clayton Horsey
Belief in thirteen superstition challenged
The piece argues that belief in luck and misfortune is a mass unsupported by reasoning. It cites Parnell as an example of fear of thirteen, recounting his mother avoiding coach 13 and switching to a different carriage, illustrating superstition's persistence despite logic.
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Parnell
Dublin
Clementi Lived Long and the Painful Earliest Years
The fragmentary account notes Clementi the pianist and composer in a past era, mentioning contemporaries Phandel Searhutt Arne Glueck and Elayda and a vague timeline spanning centuries. The text mixes names and eras, referencing music and a late nineteenth century period with unclear details.
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Clementi
Phandel Searhutt
Arne
Glueck
Elayda
Clahits
Rassluk Berio
Chopland Cayther
Bork
Ceocar Cianeh
Renee Calo
Ingo
Soining Church Polly Greeted at Easter Service
A fragment describes Polly joining a church Easter Sunday and being greeted during the ceremony by the minister and an associate tasked to handle many attendees. Polly tells her brother she joined the church that day while the preacher and others were present.
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Polly
Color Blindness and Its Causes in Vision
The text outlines color blindness as a symptom of optic nerve and retina disease. Congenital color blindness affects both eyes, is often hereditary, and may be complete. It occurs in individuals with otherwise normal refraction but can involve refractive errors. Acquired color blindness may result from eye or nerve conditions.
Motto of the United States traced to England ally
The article notes a claim that Sir John (iestwick of England) suggested the motto CO Flordbus Unum to Jobo Aduns, who passed the idea to the Continental Congress, linking it to the nation’s motto. It discusses its adoption by the government and its use as a symbol of unity.
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John
Iestwick
England
United States
Jobo Aduns
Congress
Fur rankings of mammals in durability and endurance
The passage ranks animal pelts by durability and warmth. Otter fur is strongest among otter bear beaver and seal nesting in order. Pershan lamb and sable are weaker, with coney and mole pelts noted for lower endurance and lusting power.
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Onder
Food's Global Reign and Canning Rise Revealed
Colby M. Chester Jr. argues food shapes history and economy, noting a 23 billion dollar U.S. bill and canning’s growth. He cites high meal counts, wide canning capacity, and future expansion as demand pushes new processed foods and techniques.
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Althea Po
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Ola
Perdre
Wis
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Northwestaan Hel Tefeuhane Company
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Nebe
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PF Dlesy
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Uheaprahe
Potomac Lelepiene
Oman
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Josiah A. Beck
W. Brewster Deen
Nisi
Clarrison W. Hubbard
Mollie J. Hubbard
Mayton Hworshy
John Kent
Soining Church
America
Clara Sullivan
American Corner
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Senate
P.O. Denton, Md
Colby M. Chester, Jr
Postum Company
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
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Russia
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United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Agriculture
New York Association For
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