Faith Clarke Loses Snow Delay To Gage Secretarial Chance
In a Gage Manufacturing Co stenographers room Faith Clarke arrives late due to snow and is eyed by Thomas Gage Jr. He tests the staff for a top secretarial post and offers a thirty five dollar weekly position to Clarke, who declines preferring her current eighteen dollar wage. The room buzzes with tension as the boss considers her despite her reluctance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Clarke
Gage Manufacturing Company
Bank Street
Clarke
Faith
Thomas Gage, Jr
Jimmy
Lkely
Iest
Roa
Gauge Manufacturing Company
Mr. Mills
Goshi
Molly Day
Jimny
Mr. Gage
Miss Clarke
Gly
Fath
Are
Gage Finds Faith Clarke and Plans to Propose
After a chase of lingering pride and a found purse, Thomas Gage, Jr. convinces Faith Clarke to accept a higher wage to stay near her home. He offers twenty dollars weekly, enabling her to remain at the girls’ home while he contemplates courtship and a future together. Faith agrees, and two months later he asks her to marry him.
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Mr. Gage
Faith Clarke
Ofer
Blair Street
Gage
Thomas Gage, Jr
Sal
Faith
Thomas Gage
Miss Clarke
London Answers Quips About Wealth and Inheritance
A humorous London Answers exchange questions a respondent about a father’s wealth at death and the mother’s maintenance. The light banter suggests a well off family with recurring financial notes.
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London
The Passing Show Silk Stockings and Skirt Fashion
The passage features Miss Tottle Triller quipping about silk stockings with long skirts and defending curtains as part of stage scenery. The witty exchange reflects fashion and theatrical humor from the era.
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Miss Tottle Triller
Northwest Passage charted by McClure expedition
The famed Northwest Passage links the Atlantic to the Pacific along northern North America. Sir Robert McClure’s 1850 to 1854 voyage completed a key portion of the route, though part of the journey remained unfinished at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Passage
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Sir Robert McClure
Cause of Dew Cited In Curious Tit Bits Note
A London Tit-Bits item reports a budding philosopher finishing an essay on Mother Earth with the claim that the earth revolves on its axis 865 times in 24 hours and that this rapid motion causes its sides to perspire, producing dew.
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London
Originality in Poetry Styles and Preference
The question ponders where true originality in poetry resides. It asks if novelty comes from breaking custom and overturning refined tastes, challenging the prejudices of inexperience.
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Wordsworth
Aunt Dorothy Dorotheum Auction House Overview
In Vienna the Dorotheum, popularly called Aunt Dorothy, is a state owned pawnshop and auction room where people from all classes can buy, sell or pawn almost anything.
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Vienna
Antiquity of Ocean Travel Across Aegean Shores
Records of Aegean civilization indicate very early sea travel. Neolithic settlements at Crete show origins connected to North Africa before 10,000 B. C.
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Crete
North
Africa
First Printing Press in U S and Early Works
The first printing press in the United States was established at Warryard college in 1030. The initial work printed was the Freemen's Oath, but its most famous publication was John Eliot's Indian Ele.
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U. S
United States
Warryard College
Thrilled by Racing Trains
A window watcher confesses eerie admiration for a live train race on the Grand Trunk and Ontario routes. He notes night travels, starry views, and a remarkable Orion sighting while a Canadian Pacific train gains on his, with the fireman shoveling coal vigorously. He calls the spectacle dangerous yet irresistible.
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Grand Trunk
Rome
Birds of the Sun and Paradise Birds History and Myths
European voyagers named the Molicens or Splice Islands birds Manuk de wata God’s birds and Birds of the Sun. Dutch scholars called them Avis paradisens while 16th century writers claimed they never touched earth. A Swiss range study showed bullets veer due to magnetized wires and electro magnetic effects across long artillery ranges.
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Molicens
Splice Islands
Amboyna
Banda
Europe
Gas Production at a Glance
The Smithsonian Institution built a model in the national museum to show the steps from natural gas production to utilization. With natural gas declining, towns may shift to manufactured gas. a completed model demonstrates how manufactured gas is made and delivered. A bulletin is being prepared detailing future gas situations for lay readers.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Old milestone on Bay road tied to grave superstition
A historical Bay road milestone near Wendnat burying ground in Massachusetts has marked the grave of a thief for two centuries. The old stone bears a 1710 inscription in an archaic s form and evokes Puritan belief that passersby walk over the tomb.
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Bay Road
Boston
Portsmouth
Ike
Bristol bricklayer retires after seventy years, starts market garden
A Bristol bricklayer of over seventy years retires from his trade and begins a market garden. The note comments on the irony of starting work so late in life and wonders about the world if people acted as they claim.
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Bristol
Tanlac
Frank Jewell
Northwest St
Annapolis
Jewell
U.S. Naval Academy
Elks’ Lodge 622
Government Employees’ League
Tam
My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice Concert Program
A concert program lists My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice performed under the title Chest Tones, with Corset notes, sold by Margaret Gordon in Boston Transcript.
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Margaret Gordon
Boston Transcript
Writing Table With Thermometer and Calendar In Rose Leather
A compact table accessory combines a thermometer and perpetual calendar in a single rose leather finish. The item promises a decorative and functional addition to desks or writing spaces, blending timekeeping with ambient display in an antique style.
Indies' man loses popularity with supporters in Richmond
A longtime Indies figure faces dwindling support as public sentiment shifts in Richmond. Local observers note friction with officials and rising criticism from factions aligned with rival groups. The article traces events shaping momentum and rumors about future moves.
Numbered figures from an archival ledger fragment
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple numbers in varied formats, including 350,297 60 356 13 135,001 99 10,000 00 1,150 80 423-26 29,115 62. The shard shows only numerals with little contextual text. No names, places, or events are readable.
Public sale of two parcels in Caroline county Maryland
Calvert C. Merriken as assignee will expose at public sale land parcels in the Eighth district Caroline county Maryland. Parcels Nos one and two totaling about four acres described by metes and bounds with improvements consisting of a dwelling. Sale at the courthouse door Denton Maryland between 2 and 4 pm with one half cash on day of sale or all cash option. deferred payment to bear interest secured by note.
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Eser
Raymond L. St. John
Virginia W. St. John
Albert S. Handy
Igane H. Morris
Calvert C. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
State of
Concord-Williston
Howard’s School House
Walter Beauchamp
Beauchamp
Concord- Williston
Sarah Howard
Sadie’Maloney
Howard’s School
Albert
Handy
Isaac H. Morris
Liber L. B.‘T
Leonard IF. Covey
Elen E. Edwards
Albert A. Edwards
W. Brewster Deen
Liber J. K. S
State of Maryland
Federalsburg
Faulkner’s
Sallie Redhead
Elwood Allen
Harry R. Merriken
Ella M. Merriken
Ellen E. Edwards
Brewster Deen
James Temple
Harvey L. Cooper
Piney
Garey’s Cannery
Hughes Lumber & Coal CO
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Denton Journal
Edward Melvin Ben
H. Johnson
Mndlvin & Johnson
ENC
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Switzerland
Thun
Washington Star
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Denton National Bank
U.S
Othorists Bank
Eceneevnesnananeenee
Federal Reserve
Minn
Ss Cscccuuessse
Ermeaneve Amt
Cone Ceneereener
Fengerees Eee
GO Sud
Caroline
Wiliam’ Norris
Ellef
William L Norris
Unis
Elizabeth MacDonald
James H. Nichols
A.W. Brumbaugi
J. L. Everngam
the Peoples Bank
Resources
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Coceseseanena Reeessa
Cane Veenesene
TF. Johnson
T. F. Johnson
WM. S. Crouse
FI. Earle Smith
F. J. Wrigit
the Provident State Bank
Preston
Sigl IG
Maiyland
James A. Trazzare
Charles H. Harrison
A. F. Sisk
Elbest Douglas
E. T. Moore
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Peiva
Josn T. Carter, Josiah A, Beck, D. W. Davis
Bryant’s Palace Theatre
Denton, Maryland
Gloria Swanson
Rudolph Valentino
Nfannie Hurst
Lidney Barrymore
Norma Talmadge
Norma
Jack Knife
Bryant
Second Street
Refined Photo Productions
Journal
Naval Academy
Mullin's Home Store
Wilmington
THE
Ats Die
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Elkton
ST. Paul
Nisi
John Farraro
GEO. A. Ahaa Oy
GEO. A. Deakyne, Erk
Ournal
Atorney-at-Law
Denton, Md
Warsas
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