Land sale notice near Hillsboro Thomastown 1908 auction
Property describes a tract in Caroline County Sixth Election District with detailed bounds via Gardner Fisher and Thomas land lines. Improvements noted as comfortable with outbuildings. Orphans Court sale requires cash payment on sale day. purchaser bears title papers costs. Auctioneer trustee Warvey Cooper authorized.
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Nisteid
Caroline county
Eugene Gardnee
Fisher land
Wm. H. Thomas
Thomas
Eugene Gardner
J. Marion Wilkinson
Mary E. Wilkinson
Mahala Wilkinson
William Wilkinson
Annie D. R. Wilson
Henry S. Fisher
Lizzie Nichols
Mary E. Fisher
Orphans’ Court
WARVEY
COOPER, F. P. Cover
Henry R. Lewis
THOMAS L. DAY
Public sale of household goods at Tuckahoe Station
The undersigned will sell at public sale at her residence Tuckahoe Station items including five rocking chairs a sofa six dining room chairs an organ stoves parlor stands bedsteads dressers glass an eight foot table and more. Also New Home Sewing Machine kitchen furniture crocks and various other household articles.
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Tuckahoe Station
Lady Irving
Mirilie Defeats Aunt in Secret Home Wedding Plan
Millie Gray elopes with Jack Mitchell to wed through an adjacent house to bypass Aunt Hetty’s control. The ceremony led by Rev. Walker was completed with two witnesses as Mrs. Thompson overheard the plan but failed to stop the marriage. Millie declares she has fulfilled her father’s will and invites Aunt Hetty to visit their home.
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Mrs. Thompson
Mitchell
Jack
Mile
Mille Gray
Mr. Mitchell
Sim
Millie
Jack Mitchell
Ietty
Ifetty
Tretty
Biffe
Aunt Netty
Aunt Hetty
Milille
Mr. Walker
Bert Latimer
Frank Long
Hetty
Jackson house
Canoeist Pillsbury Smith Dares A Daring Race For A Camp Girl
Pillsbury Smith, a club man famed for luck with women and canoe skill, visits Gosport. He targets an 18 year old camper girl, misjudges her, tries to mentor her in a race, but she outpaddles him. In a collision near a dam their canoes capsize and he is rescued by the girl who then saves both canoes. He wakes in the hotel and learns she saved them both.
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Pillsbury Smith
Theownrs
Gosport
Mr. Smith
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hin
lawitch
Smith
istand
Tie
Vefylughha
Pilsbury Smith
Flats Harm Book Trade
A publisher laments flat living hurts book sales. He cites cramped spaces and frequent moves as reasons readers abandon buying books for subscriptions to public libraries. He predicts private libraries will fade, becoming as rare as private theaters or chaplains.
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New York Press
Slow Train Conductor Mistaken Ticket Prank
A Slow Train conductor asks a heavy bearded passenger for a ticket. The old man insists he boarded at Buxby's Crossing where only a single boy named J had boarded. The exchange reveals a playful misdirection in a Lippincott's anecdote.
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Buxby’s Crossing
Choosing a Husband Satirical Dinner Quote
A New York after dinner speaker quips that choosing a husband mirrors picking mushrooms. If you select a mushroom you live, but a toadstool leads to death, as referenced in What to Eat.
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New York
Juror Questions Verbal Fallout After Verdict
An English juror asked the judge if his disagreement with the eleven peers justified being struck with a chair after the verdict. The vivid remark captures tension over jury unanimity and courtroom decorum in a regional case.
Then Does Your Husband Snore in Sleep Madam
A terse exchange quoted from the Baltimore American notes a wife asking a doctor if her husband snores in sleep and the doctor replying that she has never noticed snoring at any other time.
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hays
Baltimore
Fragmentary note hints at student fracas and eye injuries
A partial OCR fragment mentions aggressive impulsive people and blacks and frat students. It suggests confrontations in a college setting with injuries. No clear people, places, dates, or events are identifiable beyond general references to a fraternity context.
Big Boiled Ox Dinner At Liss Barbecue
A village event at Liss near the London and Southwestern railway featured boiling an ox for seven hours. An earth pit lined with brick housed a tank big enough for the carcass. The ox was lowered in after being placed in a crossbar case and lifted by pulleys from scaffolding. Vegetables accompanied the meal during the long boil.
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Liss
London and Southwestern
Eughind
Not Quite Clear Chronicle on Chronology
A Boston clergyman recalls a New Hampshire minister who mixed times oddly with funeral notices and services. The anecdote, cited for its irony, highlights how misordered dates and vague language can confuse readers.
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Boston
New Lampshire
Lippincott’s
A Changed Bird Folklore Moment
An Irish hunter shoots at a binejay perched on a fence but finds a dead frog instead. He surveys the frog with bemused, humorous remarks, marveling at its appearance before continuing.
Men in hats spark lively quip from readers
An exchange quoted from the Philadelphia Press notes a quip about men wearing hats in church. The Atlanta Constitution adds that some readers dismiss the debate as trivial, reflecting light commentary on gender norms and fashion in public life.
Working in a Tube The valve opens and fog fills a chamber
The article describes the intense sensation of entering a high pressure tunnel or “tube” as a valve opens. It details how air and fog flood the chamber, the ear pain from external pressure, the counteracting internal pressure, and the disorienting change in sound and breathing as the guide explains the experience.
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A. W. Rofker
Appleton
Nike
City of Roses in Persia Described by Traveler
A traveler depicts Ispahan as a city of alleys between high mud walls with few openings and many deserted structures. He notes ground coated with dust, irregular streets lacking names, walls falling, palaces decaying, and a once million-strong population reduced to about 160,000 residents.
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City of
Roses
Ispahan
Persia
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