Matilda Gwynne’s substitute in a Kent town war effort
In Kent Miss Matilda Gwynne supports volunteers for the war by funding a substitute for Sam Dawson. When Sam returns hiding and untruths, Matilda confronts him with sharp scorn, denouncing his cowardice and vowing no further substitutes. The tale traces Mrs. Dawson’s household strain and Miss Gwynne’s patriotic zeal amid a town’s missing volunteer.
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Kent
Matilda Gwynne
Miss Matilda
lfe
Spain
Volunteer Aid association
smatl
Matilda
Theo
oman
Keent
Newt
Sam Dawson
Sam
jit
Sam Dawson Poe
truss
the
Kent Clarion
Samuel KX
Fan
recruiting office Inc
Clarion
Miss Gwynne
Sant
Sary
Thebson
Santiago harbor
Geraldine
Mrs. Dawson
Miss Matida
Mino
leen
Curious Hermit Crabs Keep Housemaids and Sponges
A feature on hermit crabs from Professor Edward Step's book reveals clever survival habits. Hermit crabs hire a “housemaid” by using a large nereis worm to clean their shells and discard indigestible matter, while sometimes emitting a strong odor from a sponge to deter predators. The piece notes the crabs’ ingenuity in shell selection and defense against large fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Step
Ife
Ufe
Snob Word Origins Split Between Aristocrat and Democrat
The New York Post traces the term snob from 1871 shoemaker use and explains a split between English and American uses. An inglish snob lacks aristocratic polish from democratic vulgarity while an Ameen snob lacks democratic inclusion from aristocratic exclusiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Canalboat Travel Before Railroads
Prodigiously good meals aboard sluggish canal boats sparked legends of a Melanish traveler who toured Belgium for a week and, charmed by the fare, reversed direction from Ghent to Bruges for the rest of his life, as noted in English Eccentrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Ghent
Bruges
Under the Ocean the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Its Reach
A summary of Dr. A. E. Shipley’s Edinburgh Review piece explores the oceanic landscape from Iceland to Cape Horn. It describes the subaqueous world’s life, deposits, and the continental shelf and slope, detailing how the mid Atlantic ridge rises, the depths and zones, and imagined travel across the ocean floor from Europe to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Cape Horn
A. E. Shipley
Edinburgh Review
ner
Atlante
tnstead
Atlantic
America
Europe
Ganges
Indus
Sir John Murray
Great Britain
Bayond
Atlande
Brent mid-Atlantic ridge
Bruce
equator
North
South America
Africa
Azores
St Paul’s rocks
Ascension
Tristan da Cunha
Gough Island
American
Eggs by the Yard and Massive Korean Oysters
An Orient visit recounts Korea near Seoul where four yards of eggs are measured from a hollow straw rope to prevent breakage. A hostess orders two oysters for seven diners, one four and a half pounds and the other five pounds, with northern oysters claimed to weigh up to ten pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Seoul
Christian Science Nonstor
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F. J. WRIGHT
Jeweler and Optician
Denton
Maryland
Ford
Detroit
DE TON AUTO CO
JAMES J. ROSS
WM. DENNY
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
DOVER
DIRLAWALLIE
CARTER & DEEN, Agts
Denton, Md
L. IRVING JONES
Greensboro, Md
ALEX. NOBLE
Agt
Preston, Md
Denton Drug Company
Denton, Maryland
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
H. M. THOMPSON
HILLSBORO, MD
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severst waa
appa tiie
Pot tech
font breath
EDWARD J. WOODS
toacco
New York
N.Y
IGNMENTS OF
BENNETT BROS
N. Water Street
Baltimore
Isas
National Trust Co
trade in general
WOMENS
Best Store
Aothiscle
he Leltind Cp
Howard and
Lexington Streets
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Washington, D.C
Richmond, Va
Norfolk, Va
New _ Jersey
Charlotte, N.C
Charleston, W. Va
Charleston, S.C
C.C. WASKEY
N. Howard Street
THE FURNITURE MAN
BALTIMORE, MD
READING TERMINAL
PHILADELPHIA
Call Journal Office
International Literary and News Pure ie
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PREITY MAJON CENTRAL
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