Public Sale of Valuable Personal Property at Walnut Still Farm
The owner, J. B. T. Merrick of Barclay Maryland, offers 18 head of pure bred and grade Guernsey cattle, 10 horses and mules, 50 hogs, farming implements, tools, and household items at Walnut Still Farm on August 30 1928 starting 10 a m. Terms: cash for sums 10 or less. credit 12 months on notes over that amount with interest. no removal until sale terms are met. Auctioneer J Elmer Anthony. clerk C Percy Merrick.
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T. B
Gurnesey
Earnestine
Home Farm
Guernsey
J. B. T. Merrick
Barclay, Md
Silas and Belinda on the mountain trek and longing
Silas Peterkin guides Belinda through rugged country seeking meals and meaning. He dreams of taking her to distant places while she weighs social status and a temptation to improve their lives with blue bead riches. Belinda quietly supports him, craving care and opportunity.
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Ilas Adolphus Peterkin
Belinda
Silas
Bho
Stas
Belings
Eife
Lis
Silas Peterkin
Andrew
P ‘Indy
Silis
Arthur
Reginald
Beliady
Lindy
Telinda
Sila
Sus
Inca Treasure Cave Report From Mexico City
An Indian charcoal burner described two years ago a hidden Inca treasure cave in the Santa Clara mountains of Mexico. He claimed a tunnel led to a chamber filled with jewels, golden idols, and old armor, but he died shortly after and no map was left. Archaeologists doubtfully consider the tale plausible, noting secret poisons in Inca legend.
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O Che
National Museum of
Mexico City
Santa Clara Mountains
Mexico
Detroit News
Tong
Pers
Truit
His Only Hope Barrier Uuh Getting Thin on Top
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript about aging, grooming, and pride in appearance. The speaker laments thinning hair and resists restorers, joking that becoming bald is his only way to look intellectual.
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Boston Transcript
Elephants Fire Fighters On Indian Coast
Elephants tackle a forest fire on the southwest coast of India as a roaming herd, led by a trumpeting leader, use their trunks as hoses to beat back flames. A gale uprooted a big tree blocking a highway, natives tried burning it to clear the way, but darkness allowed the fire to spread to nearby woods before the elephants arrived to extinguish 40 streams of water on the blaze.
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India
Indian News Service
Foud
Love Rug Heals Miss Mary and Brings Lovers Home
Jean and Miss Mary bond over a silk rug made from a gold rose cloak. The rug becomes the thread that reunites Jean with Rust, a missing lover believed dead. A chance remark by Miss Mary reveals the cloak’s owner, and the tale ends with the lovers planning to marry, helped by the healing rug of gold.
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Jean
Miss Mary
Rust
Ned
Rose
Orst
India
Long Island
Mary
Jenn
Allis Mary G
Merrills
Japan
Four true cedar species named Cedrus in ancient text
Botanists recognize four true cedars among many called cedars. Cedrus Libani or cedar of Lebanon supplied Solomon's temple wood and is near extinction. Cedrus Cedora, the deodar of the Himalayas, appears in Kipling’s India tales. The Cyprus cedar and Cedrus Atlantica of the Atlas Mountains complete the quartet, all resembling each other and occasionally grown in Europe and America.
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Cedrus
Lebanon
Hia Temple
Mount
Syria
Himalaya
Kipling
Cyprus
Mediterranean Sea
Atlag Mountains
North Africa
America
Wrought Iron Craft Through History and Craftmen
The article outlines the lineage of wrought iron from armorers in feudal societies to gates hinges and grilles in castles and churches. It notes how European styles diversified and how American craftsmen evolved a distinctive simple graceful motif for modern residences.
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Cry
Europe
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