Bad Penny Returns to Lure Loretta from Bed
Loretta Hawkins, aged fifty seven, lies exhausted and despondent in a mahogany bed when her estranged and roguish nephew Bert Penny bursts in with bravado and a plan to lift her spirits. The visit sparks a reckoning with past regrets as Loretta anticipates a dramatic surprise involving green babies and a chance to reclaim a vanished romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oretta Hawkins
Loretta
Bina Wiig
Bina
Mary Pollock
Amy Stokes
Henshaw
Maary
Ret
Mar Tu
Bert Penny
Bert
Fate
Hawkins
Loretta drives to independence with Green Baby sale
Loretta, urged by Bert, tries driving lessons and bold shopping to assert independence. She purchases a Green Baby car and a red hat, impresses Tom Bascom, and enjoys a lively dinner with Bert and Bascom as she plans to blend work and a new outlook before marriage.
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Bert
Loretta
Rom Bascom
Central
Bina
Bing
Will Henshaw
Ret
Tom Bascom
Whiel
Central Hotel
Payne
Rina
Kibitzer Defined In Movie Theater Subtitles
In a cinema a woman reading subtitles aloud asks what kibitzer means. A man nearby answers politely that kibitzer is a person who reads subtitles or overhears and comments, causing annoyance to others.
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Kibitzer
Dolly
Kibltzer
Nuidars
Span of Ife Grows With Science Credit
The Brooklyn Times notes the expanding span of Ife and assigns the growth to science, while acknowledging some factors may be attributed to the saying that good die young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Times
Different Means to End G. Alol. writes: Providence toughtens lambs
The Toronto Globe quotes G ALOL suggesting Providence sometimes toughens the lambs rather than tempering the wind to them. The remark plays on the proverb imagery to imply resilience through hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Alol
Providence
Toronto Globe
Trusting Your Own Judgment In Career Wins
Uncommon Sense states that a person seeking a major post must trust themselves and believe in their judgment. It recounts resisting pessimistic advice when requesting a raise, showing that confidence grows from experience and mastering one’s trade.
Dust storms spark high voltage effects on plains
A dusty weather phenomenon on the Great Plains charges barbed wire and stalls cars by disturbing ignition. A man in northwestern Kansas linked dust storm electricity to an automobile battery, producing brilliant sparks with no thunder. Metals insulated from earth appear highly electrified, while no known relation to lightning or meteorology is identified.
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Great Plains
Rockies
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Kansas
Western Novel Heroes Draw Rap From Critic
WHL James laments modern Westerns full of smoke and dust from six shooters and chases. He argues stories force characters to suffer with villains ending in death or prison, while guns dominate but should not hide the Western life.
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Ike
James
Little Margaret Aims To Catch A Bird With Salt
In a back yard, little Margaret and her grandmother’s salt shaker become the center of a tale. Margaret insists she can sprinkle salt on a bird’s tail to catch it, citing a supposed tip from Mr B- and asking why Aunt Carolyn’s caged bird was obtained.
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Margaret
Saia
Carolyn
To Be Not to Do in America Says Adams
James Troslow Adams argues in Forum Magazine that the nation’s besetting sin is constant doing without being. He claims constant activity yields emptiness, erodes self-sufficiency, and diminishes value in social life and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
School of Business Administration
Bvard
James Troslow Adams
Forum Magazine
Child Missed School Due to Scarlet Fever
A pupil failed to attend one afternoon, later explaining to the teacher that he could not come because he had scarlet fever. The remark startled the teacher as the boy recounted his illness and absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebool
Dependable Boat Races Run Despite Wet Grounds
One college crew event proves resilient as weather fails to halt the boat races. Officials report smooth competition with crews maintaining speed and rhythm on slick surfaces.
Legal Instrument Of Honor In Notarial Draft
A notary drafts an instrument of honor after protest of an exchange, when a third party wishes to pay or accept the OM for the honor of any or all parties involved.
Bearers Must Train Pigeons In New Localities
Carrier pigeons must be trained in each new locality for a period ranging from three or four days up to two weeks to ensure proper bearings and navigation before deployment.
Locusts Not Poisonous in Widespread Belief
The article states that locusts are not poisonous and debunks the common belief that they are toxic.
Birds and the electricity circuit explained
The article explains that birds can sit on a single live wire because no complete circuit is formed. If a bird touched a second wire with a wing, a circuit would be completed and the bird could be killed.
Assignee's Sale of Valuable Real Estate In Carroll County
Calvert C Merriken as assignee for collection offers at public sale the Daniel Ritchie mortgage property in Caroline county Maryland. The 20 acre farm includes a two story frame dwelling barn outbuildings and an apple orchard with terms of one third cash day of sale and remainder by ratification or all cash. Sale in front of the Denton Court House on a mid afternoon hour.
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Daniel Ritchie
Julius H. Summerfield
Caroline County
Calvert C. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Circuit Court
C. Leslie Walls
T. Alan Goldsborough
Orphans’ Court
Assignee's Sale of Swanbrook Lot in Caroline County MD
Public sale of all land and improvements in the Second Election District Caroline County Maryland at the courthouse door Denton on a mortgage default. Sale terms: one third cash day of sale six months and twelve months for remaining balance with interest. or all cash. Assignee W Brewster Deen presiding.
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Caroline County
State of
Maryland
J. W. Bryant
Arthur J. Greenlee
Benjamin Wheeler
Swanbrook
N. M. Day
County Road
Alonzo and
Harrison J. Clark
James M. Hutchins
Samuel Hutchins
Liber L. H. G
W. Brewster Deen
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Int
Elna
Tanid
Toa
Amr
Ridgely
Elmer J. Seese
Paul S. Ebling
Lillie Ebling
Elizabeth Mary Howard
David H. Wells
LF. Covey
Harvey L. Cooper
James Temple
Butterfly
Butterfly Tea Room
Margaret A. Finn
Proprietress
United States
Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
The
Federal Reserve Bank
Methodist Episcopal Church
Melvin BE
Wheatley
Earth
Heaven
Paul
Epworth League
F. J. Wright
Eversharp
New Dover
Opera House
Diamond State Theatre Corporation
C. Fred Kingsley
Mary Heite
New
Dover Opera House
Edward Scanlon
Joseph Hoskins
New York
William Haines
Shamrock Alley
Harper R. Carter
Still Pond Road
Kennedyville
Kent County
Kent
Still Pond
Thomas J. Keating
True Evee Clayton Horsey
Auditor’s Order
Nisi
T. Pliny Fisher
Robert E. Gibbs
James W. Holley
Equity
T. Clayton Horsey
Clayton Horsey
Williams, Magnolia, del
William H. Thomas
J. Virgil Moore
Hotel Chelsea
Cor. Howard and Mulberry Sts
Baltimore, MD
M. A. Brackett
Dentist Market St
Denton Auto Co
H.C. Wright
Nursing Service
Fe Muaynen
Bertie Greenley
Denton, Md
Axminster
Brussels
Hurniture
Allen’s
Cole
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville, Md
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