Mixed the Notes Mixed the Notes
Doug Cushman helps Ted Dexter after Flo leaves and a mislaid note triggers a fake telegram plan. A Boston contact brings Alice Blake into Maine woods to confront the ruse and reveal Florence’s real motive amid a tense camp night.
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Doug Cushman
Doug
Ted
Whiteville
T. B. Dexter Company
T. B. Dexter
Lucky
Maine
Dexter
Alice Blake
Flo
Florence
A Dong
Theodore B. Dexter
Street
Boston
Mass
Wire
Douglas Cushman
Alice
Note mix up strains a bachelor’s resilient mood
A dramatic fragment shows Doug mixing notes for Ted and Ethel. Ted recovers quickly while Doug copes with bachelorhood after a tense exchange. Alice blushes as Nit scenes unfold, and a note left for Tea hints at home drill and hurried travels.
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Oadra
Ethel
Providence
Ted
Doug
Alice
Tells of Wild Australia along Northwest Coast
A reader summary recounts E J Stuart describing a voyage along Australia's northwest coast. He notes rich mineral lands and farming potential, abundant sea life, and encounters with unclothed natives. A vivid tale follows a snipe caught by a large cockle, the bird freed after its shell hinged and was pried open.
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Australia
E. J. Stuart
Praphrie
Stuart
de Mougermont
Cinelonut
Enquirer
Brass Ring Myths Through the Ages and Rheumatism
A McClure Newspaper Syndicate piece surveys brass and bronze beliefs from ancient to modern times. It notes superstitions that brass rings cure rheumatism, prevent cramps, and align with sun worship and sacred rites. The article traces metal lore from Bronze Age to Orichalcum and myths around copper alloys.
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Troybronze
McClure
Yndicate
Night Shirt Tales Shine in Detroit Train Mischief
An epidemic of fast night shirts in Detroit prompts a string of comic losses and recoveries on Pullman cars. An elderly woman demands her son’s blue and white flannel shirt back, vowing he’ll wear it until another trip. A tired traveler pleads for its return as the weather turns cold. A red flannel shirt, claimed by a forgetful husband, proves even harder to misplace, prompting a humorous Pullman News item.
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Detroit
Pullman News
Rare Presence of Mind on Brick Layered Scaffold
Pat and Mike work on a new building. Mike on the fourth floor asks to be lowered by rope during a dinner break. Pat lets go halfway, dropping Mike onto the mortar bed but sparing him serious harm. Mike questions the rope, Pat replies he had presence of mind to drop it.
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Pat
Mike
Noah Fished For Five Minutes Joke From Harper's Weekly
A school essay about Noah fishing prompts a puzzled teacher. Hugh explains Noah fished only five minutes because he “didn’t have but the warms.” The quip comes from Harper’s Weekly.
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Noah
Hugh
Harper's Weekly
Ready to Concede in a Friendly Chaplain Duel
An army officer recalls a light dispute between two young chaplains of different denominations. The senior chaplain quips bury the hatchet since both serve the Lord. The junior agrees, and the elder urges each to act to the best of their ability in their own way.
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Ull
Urper's Magazine
How Tiger Kills Bullock In an Ancient Bestiary
Descriptive account notes the rhinoceros and elephant avoidant toward each other while the tiger avoids elephants but kills bulls by breaking the neck. It details how the tiger uses forepaws and jaw to topple and crack the bullock’s neck, ending with a dramatic phrase Asla Magnulne.
First Millionaire in the United States: Stephen Girard
The Arst United States millionaire Stephen Girard, a French immigrant who settled in Philadelphia in 1772 as a wine merchant, built fleets and real estate, founded a bank during a Bank of the United States scare, and left a ten million dollar estate upon his 1832 death with most of his fortune allocated to charity.
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United States
Stephen Girard
Philadelphia
Bank of the United States
Girard
On the Pleasures of Hope in Life and Work
A Philadelphia Public Ledger essay extols hope as the mainspring of progress. It contrasts cheerful optimism with chronic pessimism, arguing that foreseeing outcomes spurs effort and perseverance. The piece asserts that eyes see, the heart hopes, and expectancy fuels ambition, keeping the human engine moving.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Mistakes Made by Poets in Classic Texts
A compact critique of literary bloopers in Milton Pope and Keats. It corrects misquoted lines and settings, noting factual errors like Vallombrosa pine forests, nightingale sexes, bulrush geography, and Balboa versus Cortez in the Pacific.
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Keats
Stout Cortez
Pacific
Balboa
Cortez
Vulcan the God of Fire in Myth and Legend
Vulcan, the god of fire and metalwork, son of Jupiter and Juno or Juno alone, faced divine anger and exile from Olympus for siding with his mother. After years with Thetis and Eurynome, he returned and was exiled again, forging thunderbolts and marvels on Lemnos and Lipara, near Sicily.
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Vulcan
Jupiter
Juno
Olympus
Thetis
Eurynome
Oceanus
Lemnos
Lipar
Sicily
Mulci
Ber
Lemnius
Detroit News
Coloring Silk In Cocoons At Lyons Experiments
Interest grows as Lyons researchers feed silkworms dyed leaves to induce silk coloration. Red dye yields red cocoons with preserved color. blue attempts are less successful. While potential commercial value is noted, scientists expect no immediate impact on the dyeing industry.
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Lyons
What Ie Meant by Dumb Bell
Norah reports posting two letters and notices stamp errors on the foreign and city letters. The maid explains she corrected the mistakes by changing the addresses on the envelopes, and the mother reacts to the blunder with concern.
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Norah
Dates and stuffed onions and haddie recipe collection
A dated cookbook excerpt offers kitchen guidance and recipes. It covers dates stuffed with cream cheese, Coffee Spanish Cream with a gelatin custard, stuffed onions using chicken and butter crumbs, and haddie baked with white sauce and potatoes. The tone is instructional and domestic.
Executor's Sale of Personal Property in Caroline County
An order from the Orphans Court of Caroline County for the estate of James H. Horsey directs Henry R. Lewis as executor to auction a farm's household goods and farm implements near Andersenstown to Hickman. Items include furniture, tools, horses, cattle, wagons, harness, and posts, with sale terms: cash under $10, credit up to eight months with note and security. Auctioneer Leonand F. Covey.
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Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
James JI. Horsey
James HH. Horsey
Yale
James H. Horsey
A. Davis Wright
Andersentown
Hickman
Henry R. Lewis
Dee’d
Leonand F. Covey
Public sale of farm property and livestock details listed
Under competent authority, a public sale will liquidate various property including a Corker horse, bay pony with cart, Holstein cattle, Jersey cows, Hampshire sows and boar, farming implements such as plows, discs, cultivators, wagons, harness, tools, and household articles. Items to be sold under the same terms as the executor's sale, with L. F. Covey as auctioneer and attorney.
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Hampshire
Ohio
Osborne
Hayes
Public Sale of Valuables on Tilghman Brown Farm
Intensely detailed sale list as Intending to discontinue farming and leave the State, the Tilghman Brown farm at Brownaville near Burrsville is offered for sale. Items include livestock such as two horses, several cows and calves, and a 1919 Ford touring car, plus an extensive array of farming implements and household tools, carpentry and maintenance gear, and miscellaneous equipment. Names and locations provide a vivid rural auction snapshot.
Household Goods and Furniture Auction Notice
Household items include oval mahogany library table dining room suit with oak buffet 8-foot table 5 chairs arm chair with brown feather bottoms oak bedstead mattress springs oak rocker Brussels rug goose feather bed matting and more. Also cooking ranges stoves safe tubas washboard wringer boiler mailbox lanterns and numerous other goods. Terms announced day of sale. Clarence C Voss owner. Jack Daur auctioneer.
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Clarence
C. Voss
Jack Daur
Quick. Positions guaranteed at Tri City School
At Tri City School located at 817 E Baltimore St Baltimore Md, positions guaranteed as announced. The notice lists location and firm guarantee terms for staff or students.
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Tri- City School
Baltimore St
Baltimore, Md
Notice of Administration Granted in Caroline County
The subscriber of Caroline County Maryland has obtained from the Orphans Court for Caroline County an order granting letters of administration on the personal estate of Sarah C Butler. This notice informs interested parties of the administration proceeding and invites claims or objections within required time limits.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Sarah C. Butler
J. Robert Butler
Dee
Local Hatch Service Seeks Spring White Leghorn Orders
HARVEY QUILLEN of 12-8-3 t reaton Md announces readiness to take orders for custom hatching and baby chicks after installing a 4800-epg capacity machine. Spring delivery offered for White Leghorn strain.
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Iaving
Harvey Quillen
Reaton
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