Nickel of Destiny Leads to Hidden Romance in Cleveland
Rupert Pratt, a shy chemist, travels to Cleveland for a lucrative post. He reunites with Tracy Grant through a fortuitous nickel, lost and recovered by Miss Leslie Grant, Tracy’s sister. The coin becomes a symbol of fate as Rupert courts Leslie, revealing the siblings’ connection and ending in a marriage proposal inspired by a pocket keepsake.
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Cleveland
Rupert Pratt
Rupert Prate
Tracy Grant
Rupert
Tracy
Vest End
Roger
Eucadear
Erle Street
Hongkong
West
Lin
David
Jonathan
Frees Street
Tom
Miss Leslie
Mrs. Morgan
Leslie
Leslie Grant
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Doves and Pigeons Battle Traits in Captivity
Bartlett notes that doves and pigeons, though praised for kindness, display a pugnacious streak. Lacking claws and strong beaks they clash with wing- joint blows and powerful chest muscles. They rarely kill each other but quarrel intensely.
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Bartlett
When Gems Come From Gem Pans
A Sunday school lesson uses a joke to show how a child’s idea of jewels may be formed. A pupil defines jewel as gem, then says gems come from gem pans, illustrating how language shapes understanding and time to make up his jewels.
A Child's Tribute To Nelson In St Pauls Crypt
A small perforated cardboard card placed beside Lord Nelsons warble tomb in St Pauls Cathedral as a childs loving tribute bears the words In loving memory of dear Lord Horatio Nelson Thy will be done The verger watched as authorities have never ordered the memorial removed reflecting pure youthful homage
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Lord Nelson
England
Lord Horatio Nelson
Orsa Sweden Economy of Trees Sparks Tax Free Town
Orsa Sweden is famed as one of the happiest places in the world. In a generation the community has sold nearly 5 million dollars worth of trees and, through careful replanting, expects a similar income every 30 to 40 years. The wealth has yielded tax exemption with free railways, telephones, schoolhouses, teaching, and other services.
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Orsa
Sweden
Myths of Moonland and Curious Moon Observances
A catalog of diverse moon worship and myth traditions from cultures worldwide. It describes how various peoples from Samoyedes to Egyptians and Germans view the moon, plus legends of Endymion, Horus, and the man in the moon. It notes cultural symbols and beliefs tied to the lunar image and the moon’s personage.
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Borneo
New Moon
Kun
Mama Quills
Germany
Holda
Dante
Egypt
Horus
Las
France
Judas
England
Hantum
Devonshire
Endymion
Isaac
Mount Moriah
Ina
Earth
Australia
China
Extracts From an Old Magazine February to April 1731
The Monthly Intelligencer records events from February 27 1731 when two publishers were jailed for a libel The next day a new church at Bloomsbury was consecrated as St George and the local burying ground was noted On March 8 Charlforth and Cox faced the pillory at the Royal Exchange and five malefactors were executed at Tyburn On April 26 Daniel Defoe Sr is noted for his writings and on April 29 William Cowper is appointed clerk to the bankruptcy commission
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Bloomsbury
St. George
Charlforth and Cox
Royal Exchange
Tyburn
Daniel de Foe
Wiliam Cowper
Our Curious Erama and Donne’s Silent Prayer Analysis
The excerpt discusses a sensitive mind's self analysis likened to Donne's funeral sermons. It describes prayer marred by distractions and inward thoughts, noting how memory, fear, and sensory noise derail devotion. The writer suggests this inward brain explains apparent contradictions in a life whose inner logic seems unclear at first.
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St. Augustine
John Donne
God
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He Lauder
Richardson
Doston Courier
W. R. Rose
Lesiile
Pratt
Indies
Ena
P. HB. Golt
H. Denny
T. Rhodes
W. F. Pennington
Eugene Lynch
W.H. Anderson, H. C. Hobbs
W. R. Peters
M. L. Blanchard
W.S. Lord
I. T. Barer
J. Culver, E. W. Ingram
Wye
Denton
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
Lewes
Queenstown
William M. Conn
Queenstown, MD
WM. Hopps & CO
Baltimore, MO
TRIE
New York
Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland
John K. Calloway
East Denton
Geo. A. McDaniel P. S
J. W. Wheatley
Dover ST
Easton, MD
Mathushek
Ludwig Bush
Gerts
Weaver and Carpenter
Columbia
Queen
Easton
Wheeler & Wilson
Tames
Cooper
Undertaker
Deentomw, M
T. W. Smith
Ridgely, Md
B. C. Bibb Stove CO
Baltimore, MD
Virginia
Atso
Trilby
Wildfire
Stewart Bros
Arthun Cowina
Kent Co
Del
Chas H. Dean
Caroline Co
Bliss 60
John W. Crushy
Dennily
Shc's
TREAS
Kent County Marune Insurance
Dover
Delaware
John T. Carter, Jr
Denton, Ald
R. Plummer
Greensboro, Md
Alex, Noble
Preston
J. O. Taylor With
J.C. Demtb & Company, Fruit and Produge Commission Merchants
East
Camden St
Baltimore
Traders’ National Bank of Baltimore
First National Bank of
Stewartstown
Stewartstown, Pa
T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission Merchants
Light Street
Maryland
Tucan
Oscar Clark
Denton, Md
E. H. Roe
Queen Anne
Hartley
N. Pacast
Rey. W
D. Lucas
Thomas Carmine
Ridgely
Caroline
Adjoining
Talbot
Dorchester
GEO. K. Wegaw &C
Charles Street
Baltimoore
And
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McGaw & Co
Weill
Bear
Two Johns
Iits
R.G. Pepper, Jr
Managir
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Thomas H. Fluharty
Eaid
Annie CG. Fluharty
Mary C. Barrow
James H. Barrow
A. T. Reichman
Third Street
A.T. Reicusman
H. M
Rickards
New York Sun
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