Judge Bets on Boy Cook to Save Family Land
Judge Adghe Clancy and Morgan survey Amber land seeking a site for a new town when they meet Dave Murray a 13 year old cook. Dave’s father David Murray is jailed for previous troubles. The judge offers a deed to the land in exchange for Dave’s cooking and care of the camp, promising to record the deed and secure the boy’s future. The court later forgives David, urging him to stay straight for his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adghe Clancy
Amberland
Morgan
Alricht
Ile
Stringers
Pnp
Loe Oak
Dave Murray
Pap
Dave
Otive
Clancy
Burkeville
David Murray
Tropbie
U’m
Sports outpace corrective drills for student posture
A Boston Emerald report notes Harvard freshmen required to do corrective exercises who later joined organized athletic sports over three years showed markedly greater posture improvement than those who did not participate, with the latter showing little to no progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvardt
Boston Emerald
Parrot Recalls Training to Signal Police in Burglary
A parrot taught by its owner Miss Anna Watkins of Buffalo New York shouted police at a burglar who forced a window and fled, frightening the intruder away in a Buffalo incident reported by the Indianapolis News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Watkins
Buffalo
N. Y
Indianapolis News
Paying Through the Nose Origin Legend
Pathfinder Magazine explains the expression paying through the nose means paying a high price or being overcharged. It cites a lost origin, including a Norse Odinic poll tax myth and a nose tax in Sweden where a penny per person was due. The French phrase payer par le nez mirrors the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Pathfinder Magazine
Feed Through Roots Describes Tree Water System
The American Tree Association notes that roots anchor trees to the ground absorb water from the soil and transport it to the stem. Without roots trees could not stand or feed the crown parts, as big roots support the tree while fine root hairs absorb soil water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tree Association
American collector buys Beethoven hair with historic chain
An American collector purchased a lock of Beethoven's hair with a traceable history. After Beethoven's death, Anton Santer cut the hair from the composer. Santer later gave it to musician Holzl who donated it to the choral society of Funfkirchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Anton Santer
Holzl
Choral Society of
Funfkirchen
Parsnip Exhibited With Modest Claim At North Weald
A 3 foot long parsnip with 16 inch circumference is shown at North Weald. The grower modestly notes a possible coincidence with a sight earthquake shock in Australia on the day he pulled the vegetable, as reported by London Humorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Weald
Australia
London
Public Service Commission sets hearing date in 1928 case
The Public Service Commission of Maryland orders case 2731 to be heard Feb 2 1928 at 11 30 am in Baltimore. Applicants must publish this order in newspapers in Caroline Talbot and Queen Annes counties at least once before February 1 1928. True copy signed by Secretary Frank Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
T. Clayton Horsey
Circuit Court
Equity
Esbrusry
Rabin
Walter M. Love
Howard V. Love
Maryland
J. Gorman Hill
Harmony
Eastern Shore Public Service Company of Maryland
Charles Jarrell
Ridgely
Hillsboro
Queen Anne
Queen Anne’s
Yalbot
Eastern Shore Public Service Company of
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Office of the Commission
Baltimore
Talbot County
Queen Anne’s County
Frank Harper
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
T. Pliny Richer
Francia E. Lynch
Emily B. Lynch
T. Pliny Fisher
Orphans’ Court
Sarah E. Morris
Mattie Williams
Mildred Morris
Auditor’s Order
Nisi
Julia A. Brummell
Leonard F. Covey
J. Gorman
Harry
Dan
Columbia Dearborn
John Deere
Oliver
Cesk
Ira Y. Wheatley
Public Service Commission ‘of Maryland
New Dover
Opera House
Diamond State Theatre Corporation
Wilmington
William Fox
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Chico
Buck Jones
Silver Buck
Captain Kidd
Edmund Lowe
Lois Moran
the Peoples Bank
Denton
Henry T. Nuttle
J. Frank Wright
Worms
J. W. Shively
Goldsboro, Maryland
Pray Peese
Alex" McWilliams
Denton, Md
Central Station
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Denton, Maryland
L.B. Towers
T. Fred Towers
Sec
Treas
James J. Ross
Cecil C. Fulton
Sec’y Treas
The
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Dolavwi
J.T. Carter & Son
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
Clare N. Payne
Agt
Preston
Plymouth Rocks
Acre Perdoz
Pleasantville
N. J
Absecon
Absecon Market Coo., Inc
Shore Road
Ninoia Avenue
Absecon, N. J
Wesley Collegiate Institute
EN So Ee
Dover, Delaware
C. A. Short
Jopp
Jopp’s
Journal
Caroline
Savings Department
Trust Department
Dentonational Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
History of
Thompson, Hdw. & Supply CO
Hillsboro, Maryland
Royer
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