The Sacrifice They Made at Lake Fairview
In a Lake Fairview cottage Doris Roynee faces sacrifice after a quarrel with her husband and their young son Dickie. A stormy search for the boy ends with Dickie found by his father, but illness follows. The family reconciles briefly, only to lose their child to pneumonia as Doris and Jack Roynee confront grief together.
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Doris Roynee
Stile Dick
Beth
Lake Fair
Doris
Little Dick
Daddy
Fairview
Dickle
Jack
Jack Roynee
Nie
Dickie
Dickte
Pete
Faluter Btn
Sacrifice Brings New Love After Tragic Loss
In moonlit silence Jack and Doris reaffirm love through sacrifice. They reflect on giving up their child Dick for each other, recognizing the depth of devotion. Though Dick is gone, his memory and spirit bless the couple, deepening their bond and brightening life ahead.
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Jack
Tam
Doris
Little Dick
Cear
Indian Uprising Put Down And Early Alchemy Notes
The bulletin discusses the Tepehuantes and Tarahumares uprising in Durango, Mexico, describing a siege on Durango city with missionaries killed and churches burned. It blends references to early Christian influence and native practices including a corn beer called tesume. The piece then shifts to historical science, detailing van Helmont’s 17th century work on what he called a "wild spirit" produced by combustion and acids, leading to later attempts to harness it.
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Tepehuantes
Innes Mexico
Durango
National Geographic Sdociety
Vilage
Plymouth Colony
Durango City
John Baptist van Hehnont
Brussels
van Hlelmont
Geist
Van = Helmont
Commuter’s Record Mentioned in Eulogy for Sam Elfels
A Birmingham Age-Herald blurb recalls Sam Elfels funeral where a preacher praised him as husband father and citizen but omitted Sam’s boastful achievement. He allegedly commuted for twenty years and never missed the eight o'clock trailer to town.
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Sam Elfels
Sam
Birmingham Age-Herald
Why Millionaires Keep Busy in Retirement Question
A Birmingham Age Herald quote explores why the wealthy stay active. Mr Grabcom remarks that he has more money than he can spend and that the world holds more money than he could ever obtain. He notes the motive is not lack of funds but the pursuit itself.
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Mr. Grabcom
Birmingham Age- Herald
Living Without a Head Ants Survive Long
A historical note on ants showing remarkable longevity and resilience. Sholin Lubbock’s ant lived to fifteen, some survive after severe injuries, and a headless ant reportedly lived 41 days after decapitation. Carpenter ants endured eight days underwater and revived after drying.
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Sholin Lubbock
Art the Grown in Civilize Era Notes
A reflective fragment on art and civilization credits Donald G. Mitchell. It argues growth and progress in social and moral spheres remain incomplete without art’s final bloom, suggesting civilization is not fully perfected despite rare exceptions in the vegetable world’s growth.
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Donald G. Mitchell
Maine Sugar Cane Limitation Cited
Maine cannot grow sugar cane, unique in the union for its failure to thrive. The cane grows only a few feet with unsweet sap, making sugar prohibitively costly if Maine had to raise it. Maine corn, by contrast, is described as the sweetest corn grown anywhere.
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Maine
Union
Cucumber History From Ancient Times to English Cultivation
The text traces cucumbers back to ancient writers like Irgi, notes their introduction from Holland, and records first cultivation in England in 1533. It presents a concise, era-spanning note on the crop's long-standing agricultural presence and origin.
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England
Holland
Laysan Island Birds Slaughter Recalled
The island of Laysan, northwest of Hawaii, was once covered with seabird eggs until 1909 when Japanese poachers killed about 800000 birds for their feathers.
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Laysan
Hawaii
Courtin' Not Long A-Doing
Excerpt from Curiosities of Matrimony by David Ainsworth recounts Toble courting Lizzie. He visits at night seeking acceptance to care for her and his children after his wife’s recent death. Lizzie ponders the burden of courtship while Toble insists on proceeding quickly.
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Toble
Lizzie
Tobie
David Ainsworth
Worthy to Be Remembered by Two English Founders
In the Christian Science Monitor view the link between John Harvard and Elhu Yate forged a bridge between a cloud and American youth. Harvard, born in Southwark on November 26, 1607, was from a prosperous butcher family. Details on his parents are scarce, with vague records and speculation regarding Shakespeare’s possible influence. His mother’s devotion helped enable his gift to the little colony across the sea.
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John Harvard
Elhu Yate
Christian Science Moniter
America
Llarvared College
Southwark
Robert Trarvard
John Trarvard
Shakespeare
John Uarvard
Mather
Lttle
Green glass snake or Uzard confounds naturalists
An eminent naturalist, Dro Rh. W Shufeldt, writes in the Journal of Heredity that the so-called green glass snake is not a snake but a lizard. The creature grows over three feet, inhabits marshy eastern U.S. soils, burrows for earthworms and insects, and has a porcelain like glossy green body with a dark back stripe. Its notable trait is a shed tail when pursued.
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Dro
Rh. W Shufeldt
Journal of Heredity
United States
Uisguise
Oysters and Historic Eating Records Across Ages
A London dispatch cites sensational oyster feasts from Whitstable to Brighton and ancient Rome. Notable feats include a Cockney who ate 370 oysters, Sieur La Porte’s 82 dozen, and a Brighton woman who vowed to consume 300 oysters with bread in 1806.
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Whitestable
New York World
Frank Buckland
Sieur Laporte
Seneca
Vitellus
Brighton
Belief Corpse Feels Pain In Islamic Washing Ritual
The article describes Muslim funeral practice stressing the corpse’s consciousness of pain. It notes seven woolen balls with warm water used for ablution and 700 drachms of cotton weighed for placement under the armpits and between fingers and toes. The body is wrapped in a sleeveless gown, scented with spices, rose water, and sifted into a temporary coil in preparation for burial.
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Mohammed
Plants With Odd Powers From Ancient Beliefs
A historical sketch of superstitions around plants and flowers. Mandragora is said to shriek when uprooted and curse the picker. Moonwort opens locks, vervain guards against witchcraft, and St Johns wort supposedly fends ghosts. Rowan tree and the honest y arrow are linked to moonlight and magic.
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Venus
St. John’s Wort
Satan
Mistietoe
London
Superstition in Back Seat Dreams and a Quick Cure
A Washington Star piece notes a man who hoards dream books and cites various superstitions yet awakens from a nightmare about balding. Instead of consulting his dream library, he rushes to a drugstore and buys three bottles of half tonic to cope.
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Washington Star
Order versus Disorder in Carlyle’s Nero and I Micro Worship
The excerpt argues that great men balance revolution with inherent order, viewing themselves as agents who transform chaos into rule. It frames dismission as order and likens the man to a carpenter shaping rough material into use, underscoring humanity’s shared aversion to disorder and the tragic duty of the “great man” to impose structure.
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Carlyle
No Thunderstorms at Poles Bulletin Says
A National Geographic society bulletin notes that thunderstorms are rare as one moves north toward the Arctic and Antarctic circles. It recalls a 1912 Alas ken Peninsula eruption where locals feared lightning and thunder more than ash, lacking experience to judge the loud skies.
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National Geographic Society
Arctic
Antarctic
Antmal
Alasken Peninsula
Ostriches Worth Money for Feathers in South Africa
The piece notes that wild ostriches in Sudan are rarely in markets while farmed birds in South Africa supply fashion feathers. It explains ostrich farming as stock breeding and mentions a pair of ostriches, cock and hen, valued around $5,000 for producing top feathers.
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South Africa
Sudan
How to Clean Bottles With Gravel and Shells
A historical guide describes cleaning water bottles using white gravel or crushed eye shells. The inner shell lining is removed, then hot soapy water and shaken gravel or shells remove marks. Rinse with hot water, then air dry and polish the exterior with a towel while the bottle remains hot.
Cheerful Kitchen A Kitchen That Pleases and Serves
The piece discusses adding attractive touches to a kitchen without sacrificing usefulness, hygiene, or serviceability. It suggests bright oil cloth, washable curtains, and repainting an old kitchen chair to a cheerful color.
Odd tombstone designs honor Carilon Cady in Connecticut
In Evergreen cemetery Central Village Conn a tombstone for Carilon Cady features a Jersey cow Tlosa with butter record two pounds fifteen ounces from thirteen quarts of ink, an old violin, and the inscription At rest. The stone was designed by Cady who was a longtime soldier and master of ceremonies at dances. a hidden note and two bottles were found when his grave was opened as per his will.
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Cady
Connecticut
Superstition Both Harmful and Helpful in Daily Life
A Murton Star excerpt notes many people hide superstition yet follow small beliefs. It discusses how superstition shapes weddings and celebrations, questions what harm it does, and argues some superstitions bring joy while others cause unhappiness, urging a cautious view toward beliefs.
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Weill
Ted the preacher's son taunts bigger foe in street fight
Kansas City Star recounts Ted, a minister's son known as a capable fighter among boys. When faced by an older, larger rival, his friends warn him. Ted sizes up the threat, taunts the opponent, and declares fearlessness despite the odds.
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Ted
Kansas City Star
Eclipse Fears Across Ancient Civilizations
The article recalls how ancient Greeks and Romans viewed solar and lunar eclipses as omens, recounting Nicias dreading a moon eclipse and his army's defeat. It notes Roman avoidance of assemblies during eclipses and barbarian fears of a devouring monster, plus Mexican beliefs of sun and moon quarrels causing eclipses.
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Nicias
Cabbage plural usage through history and errors
A reader notes English plural forms for cabbage. It rejects cabbage as plural unchanged like deer and fish, cites historical spellings cabnelics and cab bage, and explains correct usage: a hundred heads of cabbage, this cabbage is good, and usage by farmers and grocers.
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Merry Wlvyes of
Windsor
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T. W. Wood & Sons
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Denton, Md
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Joseph B.orrell
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Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
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Gude
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Brooklawn Poultry Farm
Eee Mor Calve Me
C. Merriken
Atorney- at-Law
Aera
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W. B. Parker
Special Agent Denton, Md
N. Third Street
James H. Pollard
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Maryland Trust
Baltimore
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ST. Paul
Greensboro
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W. G. Wooters
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Joseph HH. Carroll
Euonad Keating
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Claude R. Olson Denton
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Fred D Howard, JR
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