Reelecting the Caroline Clerk of Court in 1926
A long time incumbent urges voters to reelect him as Clerk of the Circuit Court, arguing his five year record shows dedication, experience, and cost savings. He contrasts his training with a merchant opponent lacking Clerk’s Office experience, citing Grover Cleveland on public trust and urging support at the September 11 primary.
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Circuit Court
Caroline county
Grover Cleveland
FRANK DENNIS
Public Sale of Valuable Personal Property on Rochester Farm
A farming owner, discontinuing farming, will sell at his Rochester farm from Hillsboro to Denton, starting at 10 a.m. rain or shine. The sale includes all livestock including mules and cattle and farm implements. Everything goes without reserve as crops will be harvested and wagons or leases are not needed.
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Denton
Williston
Harmony
State road
annick hivar
Rochester
Hillsboro
Mixed Farm Auction Listing With Livestock and Equipment
A Heritage style sale by GEO. C. WALLS offering mules aged six to eleven years, horses, cows with calves, a Guernsey bull, and a long list of farm implements and wagons. Purchases under ten dollars cash, over ten dollars on 12 month credit with bank security. no removals until terms met. Auctioneers: JAMES TEMPLE and assistants.
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Barney
Betty
Yom
Dolly
Jack and Jerry
Bob
Guernsey
GEO. C. WALLS
JAMES TEMPLE
FLowens
Morcan
Willard's Bold Marriage Ends in Will's Loss
Willard Larrabee secretly marries Nora O'Day, hoping to escape Jane's will. Judge Ogden reveals Jane's estate goes to Nora upon remarriage, leaving Willard with nothing. Nora calmly advises, Be careful, Willard, as the truth sinks in.
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Willard Larrabee
Mrs. O'Day
Willard
Jane
Europe
Redcroft
Nora O'Day
Nora
Redecroft
Mrs. O’Day
Judge Ogden
Pye
Number Nine Figures in Old Superstitions
In Scotland the number nine is linked to ill luck with legends around the nine of diamonds and nine magpies signaling misfortune. References note the cat-o'-nine tails, nine crowns in heraldry, and nine being a symbol of perfection across myths, poetry, and royal lore, as cited in London Mull.
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Scotland
London
Longest span bridge once held by Britain near Edinburgh
A historic note recalls that Britain once possessed the world’s longest span with the cantilever bridge across the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. Erected over 30 years ago, it was praised as a marvel of engineering and remains imposing though not unrivaled today.
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Great Britain
North British railnay
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh
Just Once In A While Of Course Under Our Breath
The Boston Transcript quotes a reflection on fatigue with people we know. It notes even clever individuals may grow weary of others occasionally without malice.
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Boston Transcript
Euler Wrote 756 Treatises on Mathematics
The celebrated Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler was appointed to the Russian Academy of Sciences by Empress Catherine and authored 756 mathematical treatises, many in manuscript form.
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Leonhard Euler
Russian Academy of Sciences
Catherine
Posthumous Fame of Lelurich Kielst After Death
Lelurich Kielst gained fame posthumously after dying at age thirty four. His work saw little recognition in life and he died in 1811 after killing Khnselg.
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Lelurich Kielst
Ife
Khnselg
Rubbing It In Stirs Debate on Insurance Burglary Plots
A fragment quotes R. C. AL calling the apex of Mick a trap to collect burglary insurance and then face a second burglary to steal the insurance payout, hinting at a scheme. The text frames it as a pointed critique of the plan and its financial motive.
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Mick
R. C. AL
Colds Linked to Poor Ventilation and Air Conditions
Doctors summarize five causes of the common cold with poor ventilation cited as the most common. Warm stagnant air irritates the mucous membrane while drafts strike the feet, exposing the head to polluted upper air. Exposure alone does not cause colds. some outdoor workers show immunity.
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geros
edo
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Moved London Relics Scattered From Center to Far Places
London artifacts once part of St Pauls and Westminster rose window have traveled far. Elaborate copper candle sticks from Ghent cathedral came from Old St Pauls. Westminster’s rose window now sits in Cape Town cathedral. A wooden white bear sign from the White Bear Inn survived to Croydon today.
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Old London
Temple bar
Theobald’s park
Old Mercer's hall
Christopher Wren
Swanage town hall
London
Ghent
Belgium
Old St. Paul's
Cromwell
Westminster abbey
Wren
duke of Westminster
Cape Town
White Bear Inn
Addiscombe
Croydon
Piccadilly circus
Criterion restaurant
Oldest College Fraternity Phi Beta Kappa Founded
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest Greek letter college fraternity in the United States, began December 6, 1776 at William and Mary. It formed chapters at Yale Harvard and Dartmouth before 1800, started secret and social, then evolved into an honorary society honoring top scholastic achievement. Women may belong. its emblem is a small gold watch key.
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Phi Beta Kappa
United States
William and Mary college
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
Boers Defend Old Customs Against New Habits
In Lord Grenfell's memoirs a South African trained surgeon recalls a Boer family clashing over hygiene. He advised ablutions for an elderly Dutch woman, prompting the husband to defend decades of customary practice. The dialogue shows rigid adherence to settled habits and distrust of outside introductions.
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Lord Grenfell
South Africa
hhis
Whence Hessiana Came in the Revolutionary War
German mercenaries known as Hessians came from Hesse-Cassel and others. The landgrave of Nesse-Cassel supplied 12,101, the Duke of Brunswick 4,084, the Prince of Hesse 603, and the Prince of Waldeck 670, totaling 17,621, with further troops later added.
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Hessiana
Hesse-Cassel
landgrave of
Nesse-Cassel
duke of
Fewer Pineapples Grown in Florida Then Decline
Pineapple culture in Florida has rapidly declined due to soil exhaustion and fertility loss from constant cultivation and sun exposure. Wilt from nematodes and use of poor planting stock worsens the issue. former yields of 200 crates per acre were common, with some growers reaching 300.
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Florida
Tracing Age of Man Difficulties in Dating Origins
The text notes failures in dating the first appearance of man on earth and relies on geology. It argues man as we know him emerged in the late Pleistocene, as the cave art era, when the British Isles were connected to continental Europe.
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earth
British isles
Europe
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