Family Portrait Turns Up as Love and Truth Unite
Ada Shaw and her daughter Barbara buy a dusty portrait from a second hand shop for a mantlepiece. The find leads to a fake aristocrat Uncle Lancelot and a family ruse that backfires when Mrs Blair uncovers Ike Blair’s prison past. Barbara confesses attachment to the painting and a plan to wed Dick with Ike joining their family as a real ancestor.
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DA SHAW
Barbara
Jin
Tom
Helen Martin
Barbara chiad
Ada
Mary Warren
Sargent
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Blair
Lancelot
daddy
Aga
Ike
bil
Jim
big girl
Ms. Blair
Miss Tewett
Uncle Lancelot
Ike Blair
Miss Jewett
Martins
Proof That Fish Can Learn From Stimuli
A London Tit-Bits feature reports fish in Plymouth aquarium responding to stimuli such as rising water temperature and lighting. Blennies learned to emerge for bait after temperature rises, and others entered a bottle when a light appeared, waiting for food after conditioning over several days.
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London
Plymouth acquarium
Preparations of Milk Distinguish Evaporated and Condensed Varieties
Many people mistake evaporated and condensed milk for the same product. Evaporated milk is fresh cow’s milk with 60 percent of water removed and heat as the sole preservative. Condensed milk blends milk with cane sugar in a 2 to 5 ratio and 8 to 5 milk, with sugar acting as the preservative per a Department of Commerce report.
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Department of Commerce
Eddington Findings on Stellar Core Temperatures
According to conclusions by British scientist A S Eddington the center of a star with 1.5 solar masses reaches 8 550 000 degrees Fahrenheit. Core pressure is 21 000 000 atmospheres or over 300 000 000 pounds per square inch about 10 000 times greater than the pressure of the largest coast defense guns.
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A. S. Eddington
Designer of Ukulele in Hawaii Sparks Debate
An article notes the ukulele was not of Hawaiian origin and credits a white designer in Hawaii who modeled it on a Portuguese taro paid violin. The instrument was quickly adopted by Hawaii residents.
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Hawaii
Norway Claims Island Founders to Be Independent Territory
The history notes that Spitsbergen was once thought Greenlandic, then claimed by Denmark, later found to be independent and annexed by England in 1614. In recent years Norway Sweden and Russia disputed ownership, with Norway finally gaining it by a Paris treaty in 1920.
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Spittbergen
Greenland
Denmark
England
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Gnally
Paris
Archies Kitten Fluffy Proves Persian Tail Theory Wrong
Archie argues with Mrs. Smith about his kitten Fluffy being a full-blooded Persian. He insists the tail will appear large once Fluffy encounters a dog, dismissing the neighbor's doubt.
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Archie
Fluffy
Pearl thefts, river life, and a hopeful romance on the Hlorgs
On the Hlorgs river, Joe Henderson buys a pearl Mary Birkens plans to sell, Sam Danks pursues a second pearl, and the game warden exposes the scheme. Joe later reveals a cache of freshwater pearls, confirming a future together with Mary. A separate note tells how Guilford built the first American town clock under Ebenezer Parmalee, then kept it running until 1830.
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Hlorgs river
Joe Henderson
Sam
Joe
Mary
Mary Birkens
Sam Danks
Danks
Dank
Greer's Island
Pil
Jon
Guilford
Conn
Ebenezer Parmelec
United States
Henry Whitfield
Guilford green
Ebenezer Parmelee
Parmelee
Paormelee
Dangerous Age for Women Is Eighteen Says Salvation Army
The Salvation Army finishes a survey on moral hazards facing women in industry concluding eighteen is the dangerous age and that women cooks possibly hold the highest moral standing. It finds home elrls, school girls, and domestic servants at the lower end of the moral spectrum.
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Salvation Army
Back to Earth City Dweller Twenty Years On
A resident describes moving from a tower apartment to a ground floor home after twenty years, noting the air traffic noise was previously unbearable and led to the relocation and reconfiguration of the space.
Woods Used in Carving by Ancient Civilizations
The ancient Egyptians carved with sycamore and cedar while Greeks and Romans used cedar. Hindus favored sandalwood, Japanese preferred ebony, and the Swiss used satinwood in their carving traditions.
Expert warns parents against harsh or overprotective discipline
An expert says rigid discipline and excessive coddling damage a child's self confidence and instill fear, urging parents to avoid these faults in child-rearing.
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Denton W National Bank
DENTON
MARYLAND
Reserve Federal System
LONG & SHORT, INC
People’s Store
Federalsburg
CAROLINE COUNTY
Delaware
Bontporaty Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Sandy Springs
Kent County Mutual
Dover
Del
JOHN T. CARTER & SON, Agts
Denton, Maryland
EH. JS.WRIGHT JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST
C.V. WEST
Dolly Madison and
Diamond brand
D. J. Walsh
wired Homes
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Howard R. Pritchett & Company
R. B. RAWLINGS
H. R. PRITCHETT & COMPANY
Greensboro
Given
Whitfield house
WWashington
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