Oil Lamp Leads to Rock Farm Fortunes Near Bascomville
Jerry Sunday and his wife struggle on forty rocky acres while land grabber Colonel Bascom pressures a sale. Bascom’s sudden high bid and reveal of an oil deposit turn hollow hope into shock when a dropped old lamp proves the signal. Sunday pockets the money as Bascom realizes the “oil” is just lamp blaze, not a fortune.
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Terry
Marth
Colonel Bascom
Jerry
Jerry Sunday
Bascom
Clingelang
Sunday
Judson
Bascomville
Lundey
Trade Talk Over Found Value At Quiet Town
In a tense bargaining scene, Judson informs Sunday that Bascom wants to bid up to a thousand dollars for a valuable find near town. Sunday counters that the price must hit two thousand dollars, or no deal, as Bascom pursues a possibly shiny discovery seen in the area.
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Judson
Bascom
Jerry
Rail networks by mileage across nations
The Russian state railways top the list with the greatest mileage if run as a single system. Canada follows with about 22,200 miles of operating mileage and 26,000 total trackage, much leased. Canadian Pacific ranks next with 14,000 operating and 19,000 total miles, plus control of several overseas lines. Canadian National tracks would circle the globe at the equator. Canadian Pacific, with subsidiaries, nears CN mileage. CP also controls over 5,000 miles in the United States and other holdings.
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Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Co. P. R
Hawaiian Islands Formed by Volcanic Activity
The Hawaiian group consists entirely of volcanic origins with about twenty islands including rocks and shoals. Only nine are inhabited and Hawaii is the sole island with active volcanoes. In the late 1700s a third Hawaiian volcano, Hualalai, erupted but last lava flow occurred in 1801, leaving hot springs as signs of waning volcanism.
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Hawaii
Hualalal
Ten Years To Learn Not To Write Stories
A quotation from the Columbia Jester reflects on a decade of attempting to write stories, noting that the author continued despite the struggle because a reputation had already been built, reducing pressure and opening doors.
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Columbia
Silver Always Prize in Revolutionary Era Homes
The piece recalls silver as a cherished symbol from Revolutionary days with George Washington sending ancestral silver from Virginia to New York to be melted and remodeled into fashionable new shapes, reflecting the era's desire for elegant household finery.
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George Washington
Martha
Virginia
New York
Town Has Many Churches in Pwilhell Wales
Town of Pwilhell Wales with about 4009 inhabitants. It has a mayor and corporation and 14 houses of worship. Two churches would serve all churchgoers, leaving the rest without worshipers.
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Pwilhell
Wales
Marvelous Memories Exhibition of Memory Feats
A renowned pianist demonstrated extraordinary memory by playing 400 pieces without pauses or notes. In a harder feat another performer eclipsed this by executing 1,600 separate compositions in a continuous 40 hour sitting.
Big Men Do The Big Things In This World
A terse motto quotes Grit on fixing the mind on duty and responsibility to act without hesitation. It emphasizes that true accomplishment comes from the bigger person who takes decisive action and upholds obligation.
Love as Tyrant Of The Heart Lyrics Quoted
A New Orleans States writer notes that love can overpower reason and judgment leading to a reckless path toward marriage and many children. The quote extols love as a ruling force that can confound discretion and drive people to desperate outcomes.
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New Orleans
Nature’s own street honey and cups offer
Sadie B Ritter advertises nature’s own street sales near Concord Maryland offering section cups at 80 cents each and pure strained honey at 25 cents per pound to customers.
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Nature
Sadie B. Ritter
Concord
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Charles Sloan Reid
Western Newspaper Union
Klauber Brothers
New York City
Lingette
Jersey
Copenhagen
Just
Federalsburg
Maryland
The
United States Rubber Company
USCO
Carriea
Denton Auto Co
Denton
C. L. Walls
White’s
William ST. Wallis & Son
Preston, Md
Thompson Hardware & Supply Co
Hillsboro
Sirlein
Porter House
United
Baltimore
Greensboro
Meredith & Bowdle
Third St
Near Market
Denton, MD
Caroline County
Frank P. Medford
P. C. Hobbs
TIE Peoples Bank
J. Frank Wright
the Provident State Bank
J. A. Trazzare
the Golpstoro Bank
Goldsboro
Robert Jarrell, JR
New Dover
Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
First National
George Fitzmaurice
Norma Talmadge
Graustark
Eugene O’brien
George Barr McCutcheon
Ronald Colman
Blanche Sweet
South America
John Barrymore
SEA Beast
C. E. Williamson
Choptank
G. M. Downes
Ridgely
W.S. Rutter
Walter S. Rutter
Western Maryland College
Westminster, Maryland
Albert Norman Ward, D. D
Nisi
J. Dukes Downes
Orphans’ Court
Richard T. West
Elisha H. Harper
J. Irwin Harwood
Register of Wills
Old Reliable Nursery Company
Hoopes, Bro, & Thomas Company
West Chester
T. H. Everngamn
East Main Street
Holiness Church
Peoples Bank
Ocean City
Apts
I. S. Mumford
Occean City
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