How It Started By Jean Newton On Libraries Through History
A concise survey traces the evolution of libraries from Alexandria with six to seven hundred thousand volumes to Pergamum Rome and Constantinople and the medieval monastic houses. It notes the Alexandria siege in 48 B C and Caesar’s burnings as a pivotal loss and tracks later shifts to university libraries in Germany beginning in the fifteenth century.
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Alexandria
Julius Ceasar
Babylonia
Christ
Pergamum
Asia Minor
Antony
Cleopatra
Rome
Constantinople
Constantine
Germany
Bell_Syndicate
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle in The Journal
Instructions outline how to place correct letters in white squares to form words across and down. It lists numbered horizontal and vertical clues with definitions, including many common words and some proper names, and notes that letters never go in black spaces. The note ends promising the solution in the next issue.
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Gacale
Father
Scorpion Bites and Legged Critters Compared
Frank B. Lutz notes in Adventure Magazine that while scorpions bites are seldom fatal they are unpleasant. He contrasts centipedes with millipedes, detailing leg pairs per body segment and diet, noting centipedes are carnivorous with venom glands, while millipedes are vegetarian. He also mentions a man who kept large scorpions to observe bite effects, a risky pursuit.
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Frank B. Lutz
Adventure Magazine
Cabin-Mate Exonerated After Shared Voyage Lounge Incident
Two unrelated men forced to share a cabin on a transatlantic voyage from New York to London grow awkward before the gruff passenger finally offers cigars. The other man refuses, prompting the first to trap him with a quip about a missing five from a cigar box. The exchange ends with comedic misdirection about the steward.
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New York
London
Merriken Assignees vs Schlegel Defendants in Equity
In the Circuit Court for Caroline county in equity No 2461 before Clerk Geo Deakyne the matter of Calvert C Merriken and Wilbert L Merriken as Assignees versus Charles T Schlegel and Virginia M Schlegel his wife was filed.
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Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Charles T. Schlegel
Virginia M. Schlegel
Caroline County
Circuit Court
Desirable residence on Market Street in Denton
Desirable residence on the north side Market street between Sixth and Seventh offers electric lights bath and ample outbuildings. A splendid location with immediate possession and liberal terms. The Denton National Bank.
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Market Street
Denton
Denton National Bank
Famous Cooks Share Tips For Cooking In Heat
Miss Rosa Michaelis and Mrs. Sarah Tyson Rorer offer guidance for hot weather cooking. Advice includes using an oil stove, cooking early, avoiding ovens, and preparing one pot meals with simple desserts. Practical menus feature a one pot brisket dish with vegetables and a vegetable dinner with squash, cabbage, sweet potatoes, and baked apples.
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Miss Michaelis
Michalig
Sarah Tyson Rorer
Philadelphia
Horer
Almple
Nce
Rosa Michaelis
New Orleans
Belle DeGraf
San Francisco Authority
Kate B. Vaughn
Los Angeles
Lucy G. Allen
Boston School of Cookery
Sarah Tyson Rover
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Broadway
New York
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Melvin & Johnson, Inc
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Deakyne
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Piata Ride
Kjoir
Natural Lime-Marl Company
E. M. Willey
Hobbs, Md
America
WM. Bullock
White’s Garage Sixth and Gay Sts
Denton, MD
G. T. Redden & Co
Masonic Building
H. Earle Smith
Peoples Bank OF
Title Peoples Bank
Henry
J. Frank Wright
Ernest G. Cooper Denton, Md
Ford
Coupe
Forder
Denton Auto CO
Thompson Hdw. & Supply CO
Hillsboro
Maryland
Journal
Caroline
Battle Creek College of Home Economics
Margaret Allen Hall
Perfection Stove Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Standard Oil Co
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