Perforated US coins and their fleeting trials
The article outlines attempts to popularize perforated United States coins from 1919 to 1850. It notes a gold dollar with a square central hole in 1919, the 1850 one cent with a perforation called ring cent, and other designs in silver copper nickel and composite metals. None gained official approval or entered general circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Mint
Philadelphia
United States of America
Sickle Still in Use at Galician Harvest
A Galician peasant girl works the harvest in a rural field. She wears a blue percale blouse and chequered gingham sleeves with a gray woolen skirt, a russet scarf, and carries sheaves of wheat. Oxen plow red earth, seed is scattered by hand, and wooden harrows till the soil as June grain ripens. A boy ties the sheaves with straw while the field moves in tireless rhythm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galicis
Old Costumes and Modern Life in Public Views
A reader contrasts old Irish and Hungarian dress with modern street fashion in Dublin and New Bedford. He jokes that while people admire antique garb, they won’t wear it, preferring standard gas stoves to open hearths and modern conveniences over traditional attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Jold
New
New Bedford
Tides Move Earth's Crust With Ocean and Moon Forces
The Earth's crust rises and falls like ocean tides due to lunar and solar gravity, as described by Dr Walter D Lambert of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Measurement challenges persist, but tidal pressure from rising ocean levels also contribute to crustal movement, with Atlantic tides causing a bulge at Williams Bay, Wisconsin, about 500 miles away.
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Walter D. Lambert
United States ‘Coast and Geodetic Survey
Dec
Tor Lambert
Williams ‘Bay
Wis
Great Actress' Prank On Stage With Egg Hidden
The famed actress Sarah Bernhardt allegedly played a prank on Mrs. Patrick Campbell during a scene where Bernhardt pressed Campbell's hands over a rock. Campbell felt a crushed raw egg in her hands but Bernhardt continued the scene unfazed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
Patrick Campbell
Buddhist Doctor Holds Mass for Fire Souls in Osaka
A devout Buddhist physician from Osaka named Doctor Ōmazo organized a funeral mass for the souls of fires he allegedly killed with a poison he invented. He read a funeral scroll, asked forgiveness, priests chanted, mourners prayed, and afterward hosted a banquet for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ōmazo
Osaka
Japan
Imazo
Napoleon the Great and the meaning of his words
A reflective piece on Napoleon Bonaparte, quoting his sayings about death fate and leadership. It contrasts his self made rise with Julius Caesar and cites Madame de Stael and Ingersoll. The author frames Napoleon as a study in ambition and mortality, urging readers to think of freedom and consequences.
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Apoleon
Napoleon
Lennes
France
Julius Caesar
Madame de Stael
Josephine
Robert Ingersoll
Dome of the Invalides
Paris
Ingersoll
Napoleon the Great
McClure Newspaper
Beets Grow Through Three Generations in One Year
A French biologist using intense artificial light has grown three generations of beets in a single year. The method accelerated seed germination and caused rapid seed production, while boosting plant seed set under controlled lighting.
Marriage Customs and Parental Blessing in China
Anna Louise Strong describes Chinese wedding etiquette as heard from a student. Parents of the groom contribute funds and invite guests with a formal note. A marriage without parental consent is disapproved. hopeful couples may appeal to parents to win approval, or face limited options.
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China
Anna Louise Strong
Slurper’s Magazine
Prindsong
Bankrupt sale of valuable real property in Denton
Trustees announce a public auction of valuable real property in Denton Maryland under two US District Court decrees dating December 7 1927 and January 30 1928. The sale will take place in front of the Court House door in Caroline County at the specified location and time.
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United States District Court For
District of Maryland
Court House
Denton
Caroline County
Maryland
Multiple Caroline County parcels join sale by Harvey L. Cooper
Tuesday March 6 1928 at 1 PM public sale of numerous Caroline County Maryland parcels including 17 3 4 acres on Cornelius Road Lot 16 17 14 20 21 etc. Lots feature 53 7 acre 18 39 acre 19 60 acre 19 52 acre 19 44 acre and large 125 81 acre Spencer property with subdivisions Lot 1 2 3 4 5 8 13 14 15 and Dean Homestead 85 acres. Also parcels 3 1.1 acres and 11 1 2 acres plus numerous improvements such as dwellings barns and outbuildings.
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Harvey L. Cooper
Mildred L. Ward
Edwin R. Ward
Caroline County
Maryland
Metes
Williamson
Cook
Sarah Davis
John Dean
Denton Land Company
Beetree Road
G. Walter Daniels
Mintie Daniels
Andrew Towers
John Williamson
Cedar Post
Sim
Charles H. Fearins
Lula H. Fearins
William Jackson
Benjamin Jones
Jones
Morris
Harvey.l. Cooper
Earl O. Kornrumph
Marie P. Kornrumph
Liber L. B. T
Denton
Greensboro
C. B
D. J. Zacharias
Mill Pond
Linhard
Linwood Riddleberger
Mary E. Riddleberger
Liber G. A. D
Martin Mann
Harvey L
Riddleberger Mill
John W. Funk
Mary
Denton and
Zacharias Mill
Galen R. Whisler
Pearl M. Whisler
Gazellns
Maryand
Benjamin Rollison
Emma _ Rollison
Harvey
L._ Cooper
Parcel land transfers in Cooper's Addition Ridgely and Caroline
Parcel nos 13 19 20 and A to G describe multiple tracts in Cooper's Addition Ridgely and Caroline County Maryland. The records detail frontages depths and lot numbers on Lincoln Street and nearby roads, with references to deeds dated 1922 1924 and 1925, and include improvements such as a 2-story dwelling, chicken houses and garages.
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Clifton E. Henry
John W. Henry
Harvey L. Cooper
Liber G. A. D
Caroline County
Maryland
Elizabeth MacDonald
Cooper
Ridgely
Lincoln Street
Liber C. W. H
Lincoln
Assignee's Sale Of Valuables Real Estate In Denton MD
Public sale of a farm in Caroline county near Pealiquor Williston is scheduled from 2 to 4 pm in front of the courthouse in Denton. The property includes a 1.5 story 4 room dwelling with barn and outbuildings on roughly half arable land and timber, with terms of payment options and possession after ratification. Wesley E Thawley named as Assignee handling the sale arising from a 1912 mortgage assignment to collect on default.
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Josiah Holland
Alfred G. Gelletly
Caroline County
Terms of sale for bankrupt estate advertised in Maryland
One third of purchase price due in cash at sale, balance due upon ratification by the U S District Court for Maryland. Interest accrues on deferred payments, secured to the satisfaction of the trustees. Taxes paid to July 1, 1928. Title papers at purchaser expense. Auctioneers listed. Referee Edward T Miller notices creditors of the bankrupted estate.
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Wesley E. Thawley
United States District Court
District of Maryland
Preston Maryland House and Lot to be Sold at Auction
Under a power of attorney from the heirs of Edward W Dixon George Ferdinand Dixon and Grace F Dixon the attorney in fact will sell at public auction on the premises a lot on the northeast side of Main Street Preston Maryland Adjoining Harry F Whiteley and the Board of Education of Caroline County The property includes a nine room frame dwelling and outbuildings The sale offers one third cash at sale balance in two months or all cash Title papers at purchaser expense Possession given upon compliance Proceeds go to the Dixon heirs and related parties
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Wheeler
George Seward
Harvey L. Cooper
John W. Funk
Daisy V. Funk
Caroline County
Maryland
State of
Second Street
Ridgely
Baltimore Corner
Central Avenue
Third Street
Cooper Subdivision
Hoffman Estate
Harry Waldorf
Rita Kemp
Walter J. Hoffman
Christian E. Hoffman
Mary A. Hoffman
Ida M. Hoffman
Sarah A. Hoffman
Edward T. Miller
Eferee
Edward W. Dixon
George Ferdinand Dixon
Grace F. Dixon
Main Street
Preston
Harry F. Whiteley
Leas
Edward T. Moore
Caroline
George G. Dixon
Charles B. Harrison
Wu. T. Turr
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
the Earth
Dorothy Mackaill
Miss Mackaill
F. A. Walker
Caroline County, Maryland
Lamb’s Corner
Beardley’s Corner
Cornelius Road
Elon Downes
Mary J. Watson
F. M. Gooding
Alverta Beardley
J. Andrew Mitchell
Thomas L. Day
Mason
Jeanette A. Talbot
Oress
Brick Mill Creek
Tuckahoe
Maseline Fountain
Charles Fountain
American Corner
W. H. Forest Plains No. 4
Coleman’s
M. Zion
Coleman
Spencer
Goldsboro
Henderson
Melville
Thomas R. Green
R. H. Dill
Liber J. K. S
Coroline County
Marydel
Ingleside
Samuel .Wilkinson
Downes Land
Samuel G. Nuttle
Liber J. K.S
George A. Adams
Harmony- Gilpin’s Point
Ganey’s
Dill
Taylor
Spenser
Cooper's
Robert H. Dill
Riddleberger’s Mill
Emma Rollison
Emma
Rollison
Carbine County
J. H. Berry
Charles W. Kinnamon
A. F. Kinnamon
Etta Holland
Pealiquor
Williston
Long Branch
Penliquor
William Mason Shehan
Leonard F. Covey
A. J. Dhue
Holland
OLD Med
Haarlem
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