Doctor Raymond and the Appendectomy Mystery
A young physician in a small suburb performs a daring self made operation on a laborer with suspected appendicitis. The man recovers, leaves town, and five years later the doctor meets him in a hospital. The laborer reveals a repeated past misreading of the appendix joke, ending with a tattooed warning on his abdomen.
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Bridget
Messis
Wal
Raymond
Jess
Noctor Raymond
Thomas Wheeler
Reymond
Wheeler
Doc
Indolent Readers and the Need for Reading
Dr. Arthur F. E. Bostwick argues in Current Opinion that those who claim no time to read show indifference to engaging with others. He notes people always find time to eat and sleep, and asserts mental nourishment is as essential as physiological maintenance, urging readers to allocate time for reading as needed.
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Arthur FE
Bostwick
East and Near East terms traced through history
A compact historical note explains the Far East designates China and Japan while the Near East covers the Levant and adjacent Turkish areas. It notes the term Far East rose with Russia and Japan’s plans to dismember China and mentions the Orient coming from Latin roots meaning the east due to the sun’s rising.
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Far East
China
Japan
Asia
Near East
Levant
Turkey
Russia
Memory of Lady Arabella Denver News report
Lady Arabella, daughter of Thomas Earl of Lincoln, married Isaac Johnson who left England for New England. They arrived in Salem in April 1630. she died the following September, and Johnson survived about a month. He is credited as founder of Boston, and their memory remains dear to New England.
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Arabella
Thomas, Earl of Lincoln
Isaac Johnson
New England
Salem
Mass
Mr. Johnson
Boston
Denver News
Be Moderate in Pleasure to Use Present Time
A reflective aphorism urging balance between enjoying current pleasures and preserving future joys, attributed to Seneca. The note emphasizes restraint to avoid spoiling what lies ahead and to practice temperance in every moment.
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Seneca
Much Truth in Few Words The Rest of Your Days
The item presents a brief reflective aphorism about life choices and balance between work and rest. It emphasizes that present days hinge on nighttime decisions and routines, suggesting discipline and prudent habit formation.
The Organist of Sulzbach and the French Rival
In the German village of Sulzbach for fifty years Josef Rudolstadt served as organist until age and change prompted a trial to replace him. Pierre Esquerre, a gifted French musician, wins a public vote after a dramatic performance. Karl Rudolstadt vanishes, the town adopts a legend of the organ and its master grip.
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Sulzbach
Josef Rudolstadt
Lower Rhine
Brussels
Pierre
Karl Rudolstadt
Karl
Pierre Esquerre
Rudolstadt
Mystery of the Organ Pipe Death in Sulzbach
In Sulzbach villagers uncover the body of a murdered organist buried inside a large church organ pipe. A rope and a wallet bearing Karl Rudolstadt’s name reveal the killer’s fate as the rival’s body was hidden to mislead discovery. The Frenchman died during his attempt to remove incriminating items. The village still retells the grim tale.
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Pierre
Karl Rudolstadt
Sulzbach
Silent Tiger Stalks Bullock Then Vanishes
A resident recalls a tiger in India that moved as if on silken feet. The big cat carefully stepped through brittle leaves to approach a tied bullock, using a stump as a launch point before leaping away as the rope drew his prey’s attention.
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India
Nemesis and the Fates in Classical Mythology
Nemesis, goddess of revenge, pursued guilt with merciless speed, becoming a symbol of retribution. Fate, three Fates, spun, twisted, and cut the thread of life, declaring irrevocable destinies and opposing the gods’ sovereign will.
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Nemesis
Iife
Education for life and advancement in death in Ruskin
A quotation from Ruskin argues that true education should be life advancing not merely practical gains for a son. Parents often overlook that genuine schooling may be achieved without cost or favor if pursued rightly, contrasting worldly uplift with deeper aims.
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Neo
Ruskin
Doubtful applicant answers laundry wagon ad
The Doemup laundry manager advertised for a man to drive a laundry wagon and solicit. Early the next morning a mild-eyed young man appeared and questioned his fit, saying he had drawn a laundry wagon but not another kind of wagon. He showed the clipping reading the ad.
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Doemup
Early Code of Laws and Babylonian Beginnings
The text notes that law emerged with civilization and cites a 2200 B C written code on Babylonian stone. It highlights the Hammurabi code, older than 4,000 years, and parallels to modern law. It also mentions discoveries suggesting Babylonia as a cradle of civilization and temples dating to 6500 B C.
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Babylonia
At the Party Site the Difficulty of Getting Alice to Sing
Reporters note the strain in securing a song from Alice at a party as participants joke that the singer neither enjoys performing nor the task of coaxing her. The dialogue captures social fatigue and shared pressroom humor about the moment.
Public sale of farm land in Caroline County Maryland
By Calvert C Merriken assignee of Sallie A Taylor mortgage, land in Fourth Election District Caroline County Maryland to be sold at the Denton courthouse doors between 2 and 4 pm. The property includes 2.5 acres and 29 acres 37 perches plus parcel three tied to earlier deeds. Improvements described as a dwelling and outbuildings. Terms: half cash day of sale, balance in six months or all cash, deferred payment secured by purchaser note. Auctioneer Leonard F Covey. Title papers and stamps at purchaser expense.
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Caroline County
Maryland
Hog Creek
Ganey’s Wharf
Leonard Aylor
Charles A. Taylor
James J1. Pollard
James WH. Pollard
Robert L. Breeding
L. B
Calvert C
Merriken
Leonard F
Covey
W. Brewster Deen
James ‘Temple
Auct
Circuit Court
Henry R. Lewis
J. Owen Knotts
Mortgagee's Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Caroline County
Public auction to the highest bidder will occur at the courthouse door in Denton Maryland. The sale covers a tract and parcel in Caroline County near Hubba Ringgold's Green, land formerly owned by William Newton Willoughby, and improvements including a two story dwelling a new barn and outbuildings. The mortgage dates to November 12 1920 with the last assignment to W Brewster Deen.
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W. Lee Butler
Mary Pearl Butler
W. Arewster Deen
D. Wilson Davis
W. Brewster Deen
Liber L. B. T
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
State of
Hubba
Ringgold’s Green
William H. Wooters
Frank J. Willoughby
William Newton Willoughby
Hobbs
Anthony’s Mill
Caroline County dog tax collectors named for 1925 year
Notice states that all dog taxes are due by July 1 1926 and lists collectors for Caroline County districts VIIZ W M Garey E M Waldr on Charles Stevenson and others with the Clerk Walter S Rutter and Attorney Calvert C Merriken dated June 23 1925
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Caroline County
W. M. Garey
Choptank River
E. M. Waldron
Charles Stevenson
Caroline Country
Walter S. Rutter
Calvert C. Merriken
Notice to Creditors in Caroline County Maryland
Notice to creditors that the subscriber has obtained from the Orphans Court for Caroline County Maryland letters of administration on the personal estate of James Hynson Darling. The notice sets in motion probate actions and creditor claims as required by law.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
James Hynson Darling
Hattie M. Darling
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Short Story Pub. Co
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Yonkers
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NPA
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Education
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Boston Transcript
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Sallie A. Taylor
Natural Limemarl CO
Roanoke, Va
Charles Town
W. Va
E. M. Willey
Hobbs, Md
Journal
New Dover Opera House
Delaware
William Fox
the Painted Lady
George O’brien
Dorothy Mackaill
South Seas
O’brien
Metro-Goldwyn
Elinor Glyn
Aileen Pringle
John Gilbert
Broadway
Barbary
Orient
T. Pliny Fisher
Trustees
Louis J. Knotts
Lewin W. Wickes
True
Geo. A. Deakyne
Nisi
Henry R. Lewis and
J. Gwen Knotts
Ambrose W. Bradley
GEO. Mo
Dereyde
C. A
Heakyne
James S. Willis
Henry P. Willis
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THE
Farmers Supply CO
H. W. Rickey Consulting Poultry Specialist
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Elkton, Maryland
ST. Paul
Jos. H. Roche
Goldsboro
QO. A. Carroll
Denton, Md
Breeding’s Drug Store
Sheaffer
United Pleas Stores
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