Three Pointy club faces debt and expulsion threat
An executive committee contemplates discipline for Scrubby McGinnis over three months of unpaid dues. Dorgan and Horrigan clash over methods, debating expulsion and enforcing club rules amid a noisy, tavernlike meeting. The group considers warning McGinnis or banning him, with talk of bringing in forceful action if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horrigan
Red
Mr. Dorgan
Mr. Mullen
Binker Devlin
Mullen
Devlin
Dorgan
McGinnis
Erle Wilssen
Club payoffs and a housing of Scrubby's dues
A heated executive committee scene at the Three Point club features Horri gan, Dorgan, and Nilssen plotting to compel Scrubby MacGinnis to pay back dues. Horrigan orders a new member to demand six dollars from Scrubby and a tense confrontation ends with Nilssen attempting to collect twenty dollars while a brawl threatens to erupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dorgan
Horrigan
Piiteh
Scrubby
Dorgan
Executive Committee
Three Point Club
Mullen
Mr. McGlonty
Nilssen
Nilssen Welton
McGinnis
Nissen
Coe
The Three Pohits Club Chase One Another Through the Hall
Scrubby McGinnis and another member clash as doors and banisters break during a chaotic fight. After the skirmish, Scrubby pays twenty dollars as Horrigan verifies membership dues from the wrecked ledger.
Charm of Iceland and Thackeray Eggs Tale
A travel sketch extols Iceland as a beautiful yet poverty stricken land with volcanic features grand waterfalls and inviting summers, noting future railways and hotels. It also recounts Thackeray’s breakfast misadventure in Boston where eggs were served in a goblet with the shells omitted, prompting a witty exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celand
Iceland
Ireland
American Scandinavian Review
Thackeray
London Chronicle
Boston
Biscuits Claimed From Scientific Formula Lure
A Richmond Times Dispatch note claims biscuits are built under the latest scientific formula and safe for digestion. The exchange cites a mother objecting to the assertion while defending the biscuits as properly prepared.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Tommy's Excuse Stuns Boston Transcript Readers
A humorous dialogue captures Tommy explaining his two day school absence by saying his mother broke her arm in two places. The exchange, reported by the Boston Transcript, underscores a comic take on childhood alibis and parental mishaps.
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Tommy
Boston Transcript
Genivanie Batters Overcharged At School Morning
Report from Baltimore American notes a shocking incident in a local school. An overcharge affecting batters, described as genivanie by sources, startled students and staff. No injuries reported.
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Baltimore American
Capital Punishment Defined as Beheading
A historical note explains the term capital punishment from caput the head. It clarifies beheading as the method and the origin of the word caput.
Picture Play Plot in a Woodrow House Proposal
In a Woodsdale parlour, Miss Meriweather and Mr Fielding discuss making a scenario for a picture play using her mansion as the set. Howard Mortimer would woo Constance Maltravers, with Mr Cogswell or Mack Gregory imagined in supporting roles, while disputes over casting and fidelity to realism unfold.
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Melding
Tully
Mr. Mletding
Miss Meriweather
Wlidwood
Gramily
Sophia Waterman
Constance Maltravers
Enoch Rogers
Howard Mortimer
Constance Multravers
Belog
Lily
Mr. Cogswell
Mortimer
Mr. Mielding
Mr. Melding
Woody
Mack Gregory
Mr. Gregory
Mack
Gregory
Toves Iilui
Porte-Cochere
Hhis
Uen
Missy Merrienather
Sle
Rival
Yin
Cogswell
Mr. Fielding
Meriweather
Cueb
Rivals, Romance, and a Picture Play Engagement
A theater scene unfolds with Miss Meriweather proposing dramatic device ideas and potential photo ready moments. Mr Fielding and Miss Meriweather rehearse affectionate posing while rumors swirl about a real engagement and future collaboration in a planned picture play.
Cataract of the Eye and Early Eye Health Notes
Cataract is an opacity of the crystalline lens caused by nutritional disruption. Light cannot penetrate, leading to blindness. it can occur at any life stage, often progressing slowly with age. Causes include heredity, childhood diseases, injury, and environmental factors. Treatment is often surgical, removing the lens and capsule, with better results when performed after maturity. Also contains brief jokes and quips from various newspapers.
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Philadelphia
Auction Notice Describes Caroline County Land Tracts
Between two and three p m the described property in the Second Election District Caroline county includes two tracts on both sides of the State road Benton to Greensboro. Mortgaged land with improvements, sale terms one half cash at sale and balance in twelve months or all cash option. Assignee W Brewster Deen James Temple with auctioneer and attorney in Denton Md for loan inquiry.
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Caroline County
Benton
Greensboro
W. Brewster Deen
Denton, Md
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Medford’s Wharf
Poplar Neck
T. Alan Goldsborough
James Temple
Public Sale of Real Estate by Mortgage Holder
Public sale under a Maryland mortgage from Lewis Haverkamp to Provident Savings Bank of Preston. Auctioneer T Alan Goldsborough will offer a two story dwelling and outbuildings in Caroline County with terms one third cash now and rest by Jan 1 1916, or all cash. Sealed bids due July 3 1916 for camp privileges and facilities.
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Lewis Haverkamp
John George Haverkamp
Amnie E. Haverkamp
Provident Savings Bank
Preston
Maryland
T. Alan Galdsborough
Caroline County
Mary Haverkuamp
Agremaits
Eugene Douglass
Liber
Lewis Maverkamp
John George Plaverkamp
Mary Haaverkamp
Orphans’ Court
R. J
Concord
Properties for sale on Main Green and 14-mile farm
One 10 room House Stable and Out buildings on Main St in good repair. One 8 room house on Green St in good repair. One 6th acre Farm with House Barn and Outbuildings in good repair, 14 miles from town with railroad and high school. Possession January 1 1916. IRA B WILLIAMS Hillsboro Md
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Main St
Green St
Ira B. Williams
Hillsboro
Hughes Lumber equipment for strawberry cups crate slats
One I. X. L double cylinder Planer and 42 inch EE Titus Veneering Machine with all equipment for making strawberry cups crate slats peach basket and hamper stoves and other gear offered by Hughes Lumber and Coal Co Denton Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes Lumber & Coal CO
Denton
Real estate wanted by Jesse W Porter Greensboro Md
Five to three hundred acres water-front farms sought. Send complete descriptions with price and terms. Contact Jesse W Porter of Greensboro Maryland for interested buyers.
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Jesse W. Porter
Greensboro
Supervisors name election registers in Caroline County
Denton Maryland June 29 1915 Supervisors of Elections appoint registers of voters and judges of election for Caroline County districts. Names listed with party affiliation and precincts include Mitchell Parvis Alburger Irwin Short George Moore Rumbold Wiley Meredith Meredith Hignutt with respective Republican or Democrat designations.
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Supervisors OF Elections
Denton
Caroline County
Court House
Poltical Party
Grant Alburger
Ald
William J. Irwin
Alpheus W. Short
Robert B. George
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Barton Oxford
Frank A. Munsey
Borubby
Nwsppa
Mr. Nilssen
Mr. Horrigan
Ginnis
Three Pohits Club
Scrubby McGinnis
Charm OF
Weathercock
Indy
Jones
Brown
Chicago News
Rushand
Houston Post
Pittsbergh
John A. Drageo
John T. Carter
J.B. S
Eee Hy Ant
Ke Me
Cée
U.S. A
Bunker Hill
Greenwood Trust Company
Greenwood, Dela
Ochan City, MD
Ocean View
B. Kinnaron
Proprieter
Nheh Deter
William H. Mitchell
Goldsboro
Preston C. Parvis
Henderson
Otto D. Zacharias
L. Irving Jones
Serine Moore
John Rumbold, JR
T. Fred Brown
Ee Eraetur
Tristram D. Nabb
Federalsburg
Ee E Dunbar
Ent
Everett H. Gale
Hillsboro, Ltd
W. M. Wiley
M. Carole Meredith
Ridgely
John Meredith
Lee Hignutt
Hobbs
Harry B. Mason
Alphonso Meredith
Benjamin H. Johnson
Caroline
S. G. Nutte
Caroline Ane Orbekery
Fia
Sheriff’s Ofice—X
Charles E. Carroll
Carolie County
Sherif
Walter T. George
Pederulsburg
Nuttle Hardware Go
Fred R. Owens
Silas Layton
Mae E. Layton
Circuit Court
Equity
J. Kemp Stevens
Bliss Native Herbs
Chon F. Smith
Smith Good
Hhye
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