Darby Chooses Duty Over Romance in Porto Rico Tale
In Coroxal Porto Rico Trooper Darby, amid twilight mountains and a forbidden gaze at Marie, wrestles with love and loyalty. He resists a forbidden kiss from the girl of the hillside shack, confronts the rival Juan, and finally seeks a new life in the States as news of China’s war swirls in San Juan.
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Coroxal
Porto Rico
big Darby
Darby
Marie
States
Maurie
Juan
northland
Senorita Marie
manana
Rio Grande
Tie
San Juan
China
Uncle Sam
Pittsburg
A Tailor Explains Cutting To Suit Odd Bodies
A Fifth Avenue tailor on the cutting board shows a cloth mapped like a railway system. He explains variations to fit customers who are not perfectly symmetrical, noting common defects in shoulders hips and limb lengths and how garments are cut to conceal them.
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Fifth avenue
A Row In the Lorde and Lords Brawl of Old
The passage recalls a centuries old Lords of Parliament clash when Marquis Dorchester and Duke of Buckingham argued in the house of lords. Pepys notes Buckingham leaning over Dorchester and Dorchester striking back with a rude elbow. Buckingham challenged the stance, Dorchester admitted fear, Buckingham vowed defiance, Dorchester accused a lie. Buckingham pulled Dorchester by the periwig. The lord chamberlain and others sent them to the Tower.
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Marquis of Dorchester
Duke of Buckingham
house of lords
Pepys
Buckingham
Marquis Dorchester
Dorchester
How to hive a swarm of bees with a basket
Instructions from Farm Journal by F. G. Herman explain hive swarms using a peach basket under the cluster. If high in a tree, use a long pole to jar the limb and drop bees into the basket then move the hive to the final location. Queen traps improve success by letting the queen cage herself near the new hive.
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F. G. Herman
Farm Journal
Champion Gluttons and Fabled Creature Feasts
Maximian reportedly ate 30 pounds of sweet meats in one banquet, a feat rivaled by Kaffir land hunters. A swamp otter and California gray squirrel consume portions of food relative to their sizes, while tropical flying foxes in Sunda Islands are sold in New York for 3 to 4 dollars each. Experiments show these bats can eat twice their weight in bananas and rice daily.
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Maximian
Kaffir land
California
tropics
Sunda Islands
New York
Acurt social wit and makeshift measures from old tales
An essay on patience and humor shows people at their best in public scenes. A polite rebuke silences hecklers during a play while a railway insult prompts a humorous counter remark. A playful guide then explains common body-based measurement tricks, noting typical finger and arm lengths and how to carry a personal yardstick.
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Pacific Slope
Evil Spirits and Health in Mongolian Beliefs
The piece argues evil spirits cause disease among Mongolians and rejects blaming poor sanitation or late nights. It notes a composed death when the gods and spirits fail to aid, as fate decrees. It reflects period stereotypes and lacks modern medical view.
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W.H. DENNY
J. BE. MERRIKEN
W. F. PENNINGTON
EUGENE LYNCH
D. F. KING
W.H. ANDERSON
H. C. HOBBS, W. RR. PETERS
M. L. BLANCHARD
W. 5
LORD
I. T. BAKER
J. CULVER, B. W. INGRAM
WILLIAM M. CONN
QUEENSTOWN, MD
Wrye Station
Tuckahoe
Denton
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
LEWES
H. L. POPE & CO
BALTIMORE, MD
Hunmer
LAWRENCE B. TOWERS
DENTON, MD
SCOLSTON
R. J. COLSTON
SACRAFPICH SADE
Baltimore
DELINE
RIDGELY
MARYLAND
J. H. Spence
JAVA
J. Hi. Spence
T. L. DAY
SWING & COMPANY
W. W. GOLDSBOROUGH
Greensboro
T.L. DAY
RIDDELY, MARYLAND
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