Furnished Flat to Let Leads Carlisle to Lost Love
Carliste Henderson traces a clue from a newspaper ad for a 48th St apartment to a refined three room unit at $100 a month where he encounters Alice, the former lover and artist. She explains she sublet to paint and forget, then forgives as they reunite seeking a new start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carliste Henderson
48Th St
West
Apartment
Jon
Alice
Carlisle
Alices
Ave
Bygones
Lovers Reunite and Sublet Plot Blocked
Carlisle and Alice reunite after a long separation. He insists she stay, revealing he found her by a clever apartment ad. An intruding suitor arrives, and Carlisle asserts the space is taken, ending the interruption and keeping their renewed arrangement intact.
Curious North China Village Encounters A Foreign Visitor
In a North China village a Western traveler named Mr William A Anderson recounts how locals, curious and humorous, first pressed him to prove his joints and weight tests. The episode dispels a rumor about Anglo Saxon knees and ends with instant friendship through shared learning and playful scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Borneo
William A A. Anderson
Admiral Sims Dinner Quote on Youth and Battleships
Admiral Sims told a New York dinner party that youth is an extremist. He described the battleship question, noting middle aged sailors question the submarine's impact, while a naval cadet declared the battleship has no value today except for a fine deck for dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Sims
New York
Quote on jurors sparks legal satire in Birmingham paper
The Birmingham Age Herald notes a lawyer’s speech to the jury women, praising his careful wording to avoid insinuation about their appearance. The exchange highlights wit about courtroom rhetoric and gendered expectations in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo
Birmingham Age-Herald
A Friendly int ad in 1775 targets overpaid merchant near Exchaange
In Rivington’s New York Gazette January 18 1775 a forceful notice warns a merchant living near the Exchaange not far from Broad Street that within 14 days he must return 10 pounds overpaid in settling an account. The item threatens publication of a narrative with the man’s full name and an affidavit to prove the truth, offering secrecy if he contacts Mr Boole at Mrs Haight’s in Smith Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivington
New York Gazette
Broad Street
Boole
Early American newspapers and advertising rise
The passage traces how advertising struggled in early American papers from 1704 with Boston News Letter founder Jatn Campbell to New York figures William Bradford and Peter Zenger and Benjamin Franklin, noting slow uptake until after 1850 when ads became widespread and papers gained strong support.
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America
Jatn Campbell
Boston
Boston News Letter
William Bradford
Peter Zenger
New York
Benjamin Brankilo
Pennsylvania Gazette
Fragmentary Birmingham Age-Her note on a brown study
A damaged OCR item shows dialogue about a furious novelist and a line about a round finished in blue. Mrs Gawker answers yes and mentions Jim in a brown study, reflecting a clipped, literary dialogue fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald.
Public Auction of Caroline County Real Estate Mortgage Run
Under a recorded mortgage dated May 28 1920 and assigned to Calvert C Merriken the property in the Fourth Election District Caroline County Maryland will be sold at public auction in front of the Denton Court House between 2 and 4 pm The land traces to deeds and wills linked to Warrington Webb and Warrington heirs with ties to Talbot and Caroline counties The sale offers one half cash on day of sale or all cash with remaining balance in six months option and interest bearing deferred notes secured by purchaser’s note Title papers to be provided at purchaser’s expense by the assignee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. West
Arza M. West
James E.todd
Calvert C. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
William Dulin
Sarah Warrington
Charles P. Warrington
Talbot County
Peter J. M. Webb
T. Frank Seward
A. L
Harvey . Cooper
Cardus Cardul relief for womanly ailments praised
Springfield woman Mrs D V Williams details long weakness nervousness and back pain before using Cardul which strengthened her and improved sleep and health. Her husband secured it after hearing of its benefits and doctors approved her recovery. The ad claims thousands of women found relief and urges others to try Cardul, sold everywhere.
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Denton Journal
Melvin Ben H, Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Elrl
First Sky
Frank T. Westby
Sarah E. Warrington
TF. L. D
Leonard Covey
Purina
Lancaster
Somers Blake
L.J. Knotts & Sons
West Denton
March of Progress
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
T. F. Johnson
Timi
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
The
Goldsboro Bank
Missouri
Cardon
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
Walter Sparks
Life Man
Poultry Farms
Ridgely
Wilkinson Land Agency
Sun Building
Ridgely, Md
Niss
Harvey I. Cooper
Walter Ross
Effie Ross
Lawrence B. Towers
Prue Aerk
Main St
B. HW
IRS
Concord
Ich Crham
Caroline
Charles A. Reininger
Ridgely Stewart's Pharmacy
Hillsboro
Frank Cooper
Greensboro
H. M. Robinson, Marydel
J. W. Shewbrooks
Goldsboro
Hiram Short
Queen Anne
H. W. Hopkins
Cordova
Horsey, Roe & CO
Henderson
Burrsville
J. Virgil Moore
ACT
SERY
Wilmington, de
S. C. White
H. T. Langmaid
Denton, Md
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