Two Flags and a Rescue at Valparaiso
Aboard ship at Valparaiso, Jack Hoskins faces execution after a drunken dispute with a policeman. An American consul, aided by the British consul and aligned by a U S flag and a British flag, prevents the firing squad, sparing Hoskins. The tale, told as memoir, asserts it is true and recalls broad moral courage amid danger.
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fom
Jack
Tom
Yom and I
Jack Hosking
United States
slour crew
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Great Britain
Cngland
America
Hoe
Jack Hoskins
old England
United States of America
Hoskins
Valparaiso
Nell Lambert and the Hobby of Self Control
Nell Lambert values self control as a hobby to ward off dull routine. Her engagement to John Brent is tested by Pattie Roane’s mischief, a revealed flirtation, and Nell’s measured responses. Through trials Nell and Pattie learn restraint, honesty, and the cost of playful plotting on love.
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Nell Lambert
Neff
John Brent
John
Pattle Roane
Nell
Miss Roane
Prattle
Pattie
Jim
Slere
alwara
Pattle
Ransom
Neil
Tam
pang Neil
yau
Nell’s
Pattie Ionne
Her Own Coin Bridge Party Scene
A lively bridge party ended with a tip involving a lady paid in her own 1 0 0s. The woman called it a most gentlemanly gesture, saying she would not mind being paid in her own job but disliked paper money.
Spartan Self Denial Case in Organ Fund Plea
When Mr D known as miserly was asked for a contribution to the organ fund he declined with courtesy and a note of finality Charity is a pleasure one must do without he said
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Valparaiso
Jack Hoskins
Tom Archard
Hoskins
Archard
eeether
Moses
Aichard
organ fund
Paragon questions gentlemanly conduct in Detroit dinner tale
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a remark on a man’s manners, noting that after a dinner at his house neither his wife nor daughter corrected him, and asks what reason there is to think he is a perfect gentleman.
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Middletown
Jim
Mfe
Newark Star
Paragon
Detroit free Press
Willing to Compromise in Busy Courtroom Moment
A court scene shows a judge fining a young woman fifty dollars for speeding while a man named Jack Scurcher asks to marry her, proposing a remedy by remitting part of the fine in exchange for a job. This exchange captures a quirky, evolving tale of haste, romance, and practical bargaining in a Brooklyn setting.
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Jack Scurcher
Brooklys
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Jeweler and Opticiaz
MARYLAND
FOR ALL
Middletown Farms
Pure Dairy Products
Middletown, Del
Hurley
DENTON, Mo
Lowney
Apollo Chocolates
Hradley
Parke, Davis & Co
Sharpe & Dohme
H. K. Mulford & Co
Lilley & Co
A. L. DUFFEY
San Jose
A. G. Gelletly
Denton, Maryland
iamond Telephone
J. W. WRIGHT & CO
Hobbs
Mid
Denton Bridge
Denton
W. T. SEWELL
MULLIN'S
Wilmington
CAROLINE COUNTY
Orphans’ Court of
B. Gootee Stevens
Charles E. Driggins et al
Court House
Bureau
Hutchinson’s Cross Roads
Burnite Road
Solomon W. Driggins
Burshes
Charles Wagner
Charles Uaines
Goldsborough
Coroline County
Charles Downes
James Friend
ELMER W. DEEN
I. P. Covey
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W. L. Douglas
W. G. JONES
Howard Ave
Uties
N. Y
Brockton
Mass
W. J. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Stockton
JOHN L. KVILARNGAM
Thomas O’Connell
SIXTH AND
SHIPLEY STREETS
DELAWARE
ANNA BENTLEY
American Press Association
DANE
FRANK H. SWEET
MAnry
Lanx v
Orphans’ Court
James M. Neighbors
Sarah Mines
Henry
Fisher
Thomastown
Hillsboro
Rochester
Henry S. Fisher
John Mines
James Tempe
Tul
West Denton Flour Mills
C. E. Collins
Prop
West Denton
WESTERN
WINTER WHEAT FAMILY
ren Banner
L. C. REID
Preston, Md
JOVRNAL
A. L. RUSSELL
Lock Box
St. Michaels, Md
T. ORME
ANDERSONTOWN MD
Chapel Hranch
Townsend’s Cross Road
Greensboro
hbme
ISAAC L, DUKES
pos. F. QAREY
Attorney-at-Law
LEXINGTON &T
Baltimore, Md
GEO. C. SKIRVEN
CARTER BLOCK
Denton and
vicinity
O. I. SMITE
W. E. LINDEN
Bmithville, Md
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