The Pathetic Mr. Jones Meets His Match At Dinner
Mary Dale, twenty eight and hopeful, finds herself drawn to Everett Stuart Jones the eligible bachelor despite his marriage to a restless wife. Mrs. Warren guides conversation and fate as Jones entertains with tales from Africa and India. Mary’s longing collides with solid reality when Jones hints at a life beyond bachelorhood.
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Mary
John Warren
Mary Dale
Warren
John
Mr. Jones
Corinth Stone Works
John, Jr
Mabel
Africa
India
Merried
Iast
Mabel Warren
Everett Stuart Jones
New Zealand Sheepskins Power Gas Meter Innovation
The article explains how gas metering evolved from burner counts to the first meters around 1815 and later. It notes New Zealand sheep skins supply the leather diaphragms powering the meters, a key durability feature. War-time bans on imports forced substitutes, but NZ skins later resumed and expanded to meet growing meter demand.
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New Zealand
The Shekel A Biblical Coin And Its Value
An explanation of the origin of the word shekel and its meaning money. It notes that shekel derives from Hebrew meaning to weigh and was used as a weight and coin in ancient Jewish and related nations. The gold model weighed 133 grains, silver 224 grains, and copper 900 grains with approximate values of $5, 50 cents, and 9 cents respectively.
Unconventional Story Snippet Sparks Editorial Nonsense
A quirky exchange shows an author praising a departure from convention in random phrases while an editor insists on stark truth. The editor jokes about lovers marrying and living with a father until he finds work, illustrating a tongue in cheek clash over narrative norms.
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Nichmond
Tribute to Civil Engineer From the Standpoint of an Artist
The artist portrays the civil engineer as the highest form of masculine perfection with imagination to conceive and the practicality and intellect to execute concepts, attributed to Emily Nichols Hateh.
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Emily Nichels Hateh
Explaining Ancient Lamps and Asbestos Wicks
The Ves tal virgins lamps are now believed to use asbestos wicks. Asbestos is the mineral behind about 1,000 theater curtains produced yearly in England and the United States.
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England
United States
Voices Louder In a Tunnel Effect Explained
A physics note explains why voices sound louder in tunnels as reflections raise apparent strength. Immediate echoes boost perceived intensity, similar to how gas reflectors amplify light.
Matrimonial Altar Oak Becomes Sun Sabu Lovers Rite
A spreading Moe oak in San Saba Texas serves as a marriage altar for young couples. The tree long watched by locals and linked to Indian lore hosts multiple weddings each June on a Sunday afternoon, drawing from prominent families and ritual tradition.
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Dan Cupid
Jungle tribute exacted as India bears annual snake bite toll
A Washington Star analysis reports rising floods drove snakes into villages and increased deaths from animal attacks. It cites figures: 55 elephants, 25 hyenas, 109 bears, 351 leopards, 819 wolves, 853 tigers, 699 other animals, and 22,478 snake bites, totaling about 25,000 deaths.
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India
Washington Star
Bamboo reinforced concrete used in Japan study
Bamboo treated with chemicals is used as reinforcement in concrete in Japan, noted by Concrete magazine. Henry Hitch cock, American consul at Nagasaki, says chemical details are known to few, and bamboo may resist sulfur decay better than standard reinforcement in sulfur-rich air environments.
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March of Progress
Japan
Concrete
Henry ©. Hitchcock
Nagasaki
Parrots Lose Trust Fund For Two Birds In Will
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court overruled a trust of $500 set aside to maintain two parrots of George Hart, a New York theatrical lawyer. Executors must turn the birds to the ASPCA to be treated tenderly. The rest of Hart's will was upheld, including $12,000 to the Society for Ethical Culture for sex hygiene education.
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George Hart
New York
Supreme Court
American Society For the Prevention of
The
Society For Ethical Culture
Philippine Trade Stats Highlight U S Share in 1922
The 1922 annual report of the collector of customs shows 63 percent of total Philippine Islands trade with the United States, 37 percent with others. Imports from the U.S. were 47,738,000 dollars and exports to the U.S. 63,111,600 dollars. Non-U.S. trade totaled 32,559,319 in imports and 31,471,007 in exports.
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Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Ingenious Spanish newspaper lit in the dark
A historic Spanish newspaper reportedly used phosphorus in the ink to glow in the dark, allowing readers to view content without light. The claim highlights an inventive printing technique aimed at nighttime access and novelty.
Odd Pronunciation Exchange on West African Fruit Ngon
An exchange notes that ngon, a West African fruit, may be imported into the country and is pronounced palats able, highlighting a quirky phonetic claim in trade discussion.
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L. F. Stevens
R. E. Bowdle
BE. R. Satterfield
Sam Messick
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
T. F. Johnson
Samuel G. Nuttle
H. Earle Smith
American Corner
Hickman
Vernon
Del
Denton
Goldsboro
Sixth St
Main St
Nuptle & Smlteh
Maryland
WSPA
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Denton, Ma
Centreville, Maryland
Second Judicial Circuit of
Thomas J. Keating
Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Board of Supervisors of Elections For
Caroline County
Henderson
Greensboro
Preston
Federalsburg
Hillsboro
West Denton
Ridgely
John K. Lync
William T. Hignatt
Harry B. Mason
C. Leslie Walls
William H. Smith
Burrsville
Charles W. Stokes
J. L. Stevens
Jersey and
Guernsey
Lacey C. Murpity
James Temple
W. P. Canroun
Senator J. H.C. Legg
Second Judicial Circuit
Orphans’ Court
John L. Faulkner
John W. Faulkner
Margaret Pastorfield
Register of Wills
Commissioners of
Masonic
Ernest G. Cooper
W. A. Cawley
F. A. Deford
Jessie Douglas
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Warrens
Texas
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