Just Plain Martha’s Enchanted Night Encounter
Martha adores a masked serenade partner from the Granger conservatory night. She abandons her plain life to flirt with a charming, deep voiced visitor at the white gate, then returns home promising to meet again, hiding her real name and social role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hadley
Shim
Grangers
Martha
Mesamond
Paula
Granger
White House
Yvoice
Nolcer
Grangera
Jimmie Gorton Courts Martha at the Lane
In a weekend meeting at the Grangers, Jimmie Gorton the young lawyer declares his love to Martha. She hesitates, fearing a painted mask, but the emotional moment with a pear blossom shifts her view. He asks to visit Aunt Emma and possibly be friends, as happiness glows on Martha’s face.
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White House
Chestnut Lane
Martha
Jimmie Gorton
Jimmile Gorton
Grangers
Emma
Eve
Introduction of House Sparrows In United States History
The house sparrow, native to Europe and Asia, was introduced to the United States in 1850 by Brooklyn Institute directors and again in 1853, with further dispersals in the following decades. Intended to curb caterpillars, the birds proved largely ineffective as insect destroyers and became a growing nuisance, leading to an unfavorable USDA inquiry.
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Europe
Asia
Sahara
Austral-Asia
England
Nicholas Pike
Brooklyn Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
California
Philadelphia
United States Department of Agriculture
Story of a Snowflake from Dust to Crest of Cloud
A snowflake begins as a dust particle and, if it starts high in a cloud, can become a notable member of its kind by passing through warmer and cooler air layers. Moisture is absorbed in warm strata and frozen in colder ones, allowing growth. In thawing air flakes may cohere into large wisks ranging from an inch to several inches across.
Miss M Terre Mante principal polishes pupils with keen eye
Miss T a Terre Mante principal shows a talent for locating things. A boy leaning over to fix a pen claimed a piece flew into his eye and was treated as an injury. Later she used a magnet near the eye to test, and the pupil confessed he had been playing soldier and the steel piece had entered his eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Mante
Tree Forking Across Tree Species
A naturalist notes that different tree species display distinct branching habits. Hardwood trees such as ash and beech show a high tendency to fork, often due to injury by the Tines Cordicella boring into the leading shoot. The side branches compete and rise as two main axes.
Stereoscopic color schemes enhance relief map perception
Recent advances in stereoscopic relief maps use a unique color scheme to create depth. A square colored with red at the center and yellow green blue outward gives a vaulted central impression. reversing the order makes the center seem lower. Gradual tints avoid violent contrasts.
Many Reasons for Failure and the Value of Diligence
The piece argues laziness as the core cause of failure, linking lateness, procrastination, and poor time economy to ineffectiveness. It warns that delaying tasks wastes others and oneself, urges civility and modesty, and notes that true greatness often accompanies humility while failure results from elective choices about effort.
Affair of Great Dignity Retiring Speaker William Lowther
The retirement of William Lowther, long time speaker of the British House of Commons, is marked by a solemn opening ceremony. Attendants, the sergeant at arms, and the mace parade in ceremonial dress as the speaker, in silk gown and wig, leads the procession with calm, dignified mien.
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William Lowther
House of Commons
Session of Commons
Oliver Cromwell
Innocence and the egg misadventure in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee man hides an egg in his coat pocket for breakfast. A policeman, unaware of innocence, pats him down and the egg explodes, leaving the officer covered in sticky mess. The pursuer jokes about shell games as he gives chase through two blocks before tiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Guardian of the Peace
Milwaukee Journal
Dehorned cattle protect young red cedar in Wichita forest
In Wichita National Forest, young red cedar growth faced damage from grazing cattle. After establishing fire protection and quieting fires, cedar thickets expanded under oaks until tops and branches suffered. The forest supervisor then instructed cattlemen to run only dehorned cattle to prevent injury.
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Wichita National Forest
Wichita
Domestic chaulmoogra oil seeds to boost production
A consignment of Hydnocarpus tree seeds from Siam enables domestic production of chaulmoogra oil long used for leprosy. The seeds will be experimentally propagated in Florida Porto Rico and Hawai. Previously the oil came from seeds of a Burma grown tree.
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Asia
Siam
Bureau of Plant Industry
Florida
Porto Rico
Hawai
Burma
Man and wife quarrel sparks fool remark in exchange
Mr. Godspur says a man who argues with a woman is a fool. Mr. Twobble agrees and adds that he who expects to have the last word is a bigger fool. The exchange ends with a tease about the morning quarrel with the Missus.
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Mr. Godspur
Time makes a difference in art and wealth
A Philadelphia connoisseur returns from England with a Shelley manuscript bought for 1,700 pounds while publishers paid Shelley about 250 pounds in his life. The piece reflects on the vast sums in auctions for books and art and contrasts them with artists’ poverty.
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Philadelphia
England
Shelley
Chatterton
Schubert
Septiaons
Pleasant Words About Letters From Aldrich to Morse
A witty note recalls Thomas Bailey Aldrich replying to Edward Morse about deciphering Morse handwriting. Aldrich admits he only recognized the date and signature, joking that Morse’s letters charm readers even when not fully understood. The tale ends with a humorous contrast between unread letters and lasting memories.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Edward S. Morse
Aldrich
Mr. Morse
Morse
Jack
Tomorrow the Endless Work After No Tomorrow Quote
A New York Evening Post nugget on the idea of tomorrow. It notes poets misusing the word and mocks reliance on futural rescue. It lampoons endless postponed tasks from laundry to self improvement.
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Proor
Bih
Hilmanly
New York Evening Post
The Feminine Steam Roller
Mrs Smart seeks club presidency after a planned nomination. During the regular meeting the chair asks for a second to the motion of acclamation. With no seconder present Mrs Smart improvises and requests a second herself to complete the agenda.
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Mrs. Smart
Neighboring farmer romance fuels a rural wit
A New England splister falls for a neighboring farmer but is spurned. On a weekly town visit she jumps in, prompts awkward chatter, and gawks at scenery. At the milliner’s house she exclaims about a beautiful hiring post while the farmer jokes the whip is for horses only.
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New England
Shupkhis
Aulister
One Thing After Another in Health Fads
An old Loudon Express item lampoons medical quackery from ancient tooth removal to spine nerve center cures. It notes vain hopes in elixirs and dead teeth, mocks monkey glands, and praises osteopathy and massage as an imagined path to perfect health.
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Loudon Express
Appointment notices list Caroline County election officials
The Office of Supervisors of Elections in Denton Maryland released a June 28 1921 notice naming Registers of Voters and Judges and Clerks of Election for Caroline County in five districts. The list includes Democrats and Republicans such as Wm H Goodwin A G Dennison Frank S Smith S P Johnson T A Montague Luther Bennett Jesse W Porter James W Thawley John M Weaver M L Weaver Carroll H Pippin John C Moore H B Pritchett John F Stevenson Alfred Bilbrugh J Oscar Bernt Oscar E Kelley Leland T Short Wm W Noble Clarence E F Rice Benjamin F Johnson Wyatt Pickering John E Wilson J W Beauchamp George L Blades W W Newcomer Wilmer B Parker L Norman Stevens James N Corkran Gee W Poole A K Wrightson Thomas Taylor William E Dillon E T Moore James O Wright S G Bye A Howard Holsinger M Carroll Meredith J Olan Clark Wm M Wiley John J Ivigon James W Simon F M Stevenson George H Imler Joseph Braumpaugh Annie E Lynch Ronald Lane Richard Blackburn Paul Neff Lee Hignutt James Dew George W Towers F Linwood Todd William T Love William Davis and others were appointed for districts to serve as registers judges and clerks with a September 6 1921 examination date.
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Office of Supervisors of Elections
Denton
Caroline County
Court House
Jesse W. Porter
James W. Thawley
Greensboro
John M. Weaver
M. L. Weaver
Carroll H. Pippin
John C. Moore
Charles H. Bilbrough
James E. Curry
H. BE. Pritchett
John F. Stevence
Alfred Bilbrough
J. Oscar Bernt
John Rumbeld, Jr
Roland Towey
Preston
E. T. Moore
James O. Wright
James N. Corkran
Gee
W. Poole
A. K. Wrightson
Thomas Taylor
William E. Dillon
Chaptank
E. B. Blades
C. B. Turner
J. W. Payne
M. Carroll Meredith
J. Olan Clark
Ridgely
Wm. M. Wiley
John J. Ivigon
James W. Simon
F. M. Stevenson
George H. Imler
Joseph Braumpaugh
Annie E. Lynch
Ronald Lane
Richard Blackburn
Paul Neff
John K. Lynch Everett H. Gale
Harry B. Mason
C. Leslie Walls
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Jessie Douglas
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mwale
Tam
Leard
Ahim
Far Neadow
Fallore
Ehough
PaladelphIn Public Ledger
OFI
Wm. H. Goodwin
Register
Henderson
A. G. Dennison
Frank S. Smith
Marydel
S. P. Johnson
T. A. Montague
Luther Bennett
Oscar E. Kelley
Leland T. Short
Wm. W. Noble
Clarence EF. Rice
Benjamin F. Johnson
Wyatt Pickering
John E. Wilson
J. W. Beauchamp
George L. Blades
W. W. Newcomer
Mad
Wilmer B. Parker
L. Norman Stevens
Tristram D. Nabb
Charles N. McMahan
Federalsburg
Fred Brown
Louis St. James
Rome
Irene
Charles W. Hackett
Roberts. Nichols
Francis O. Hubbard
Myron T. Carson
Robert K. Noble
Geo. C. Brower
Charles T. Gambrill
Ethel Davis
Sexth District
Eugene Lynch
Downes
H. Layree
Hillsboro
Fletcher C. Elben
A. L. Dunham
Wm. E. Sylvester
W. A.cawley
Edger Blanche
C. S. Roop
W. A. Holt
I. Robert Fleetwood
S. G. Bye
A. Howard Holsinger
Lee Hignutt
James Dew
George W. Towers
F. Linwood Todd
William T. Love
William Davis
U. S. Mail Line
America
Georges Washington
U.S. Mail Steamship CO
Broadway
U.S. Shipping Board
Oakley Beach
Cambridge
Denton Ige and Fuel CO
Prince Albert
Prince Albert Tobacco
P. A
P.A
Prinea Albert
R. J. Reynolds Syle Ee
Salem
Nlc
New Perfection Oil
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
NEW Perfection Oil Cook Stores
Thia
Firestone Cord
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