Maj Amyatt and the secret pen name Dawes in a child letter tale
Maj Amyatt, known to readers as John Dawes, grows fond of a young fan Laura Holt who writes to him about her favorite stories. He replies with warmth, exchanging charming notes and gifts, until a distant illness of his nine year old friend Louita casts a shadow over the unfolding correspondence and stirs his concern for the child’s health.
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Jack Amyatt
The
Red Horse
Cornet
Leutenant
Head
Maj. Amgyatt
Amyatt
Bri. Arlington
Maj. Ampyatt
Arlington
Biss Vane
Moore
George Trevor
Trevor
Amyatta
Maj
John Dawes
Maj. Amyntt
Young Arlington
Laura
Gerard King
Gerard
Gyp
Laura Hart
Ampatt
Ampart
Laura Holt
Lou
Laura St. Many Hott
Ainyatt
Holth
John Strange
London
Ladies’ Pictorial
New Deaf Mute Alphabet Using Palm Hand Hammers
A recent method for deaf mutes uses a palm based alphabet where each letter maps to a finger joint, with a perforated mold and hammer keys linked to a piano like keyboard. Hammers rise to form words when the teacher presses the keyboard, enabling simultaneous instruction for multiple pupils.
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Globe-Democrat
Unrepested English Laws and Courtroom Anecdotes
A collage of clippings notes Le Figaro remarks on German Emperor William II during a Baden Baden gambling anecdote, lists unrepealed English laws from the 17th and 18th centuries, and a humorous Globe-Democrat anecdote about soda drinkers at a counter. The items, though varied, reflect old-world manners, statutory oddities, and social quirks.
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Albert Wolff
le Figaro
Baden-Baden
Trente Et Quarante
Louis
William
New York Tribune
England
George I
Chicago Times
Vanilla beans rule costly global commerce tale
Frank Leslie's notes describe vanilla as the costliest bean, grown wild in Mexico’s Papantla and Misantla. Beans fetch 10 to 12 dollars per thousand when gathered, 7 to 12 dollars per pound after curing, with Papantla alone exporting 60 million beans last year. Used by druggists and confectioners, vanilla remains a major commerce.
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Mexico
Papantla
Misantla
Frank Leslie
Road to Jericho and Dead Sea Echo in Old Song
A reminiscence describes a journey from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea noting a rough road and a remembered tune Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel. The writer, Col. Detroit Tree Press, recalls the hardship and humor of travel in a land famed for bad roads.
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Jerusalem
Jericho
Dead Sea
Jordan
Col
Detroit Tree Press
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Chesapeake
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Walt
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Chapel
Queen Anne
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Wm. T. Tutt
Frank Turner
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Alfred D. Smith
Denton, Md
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Gro. W. Berry
D. B. Stewart & CO
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West
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Baltimore
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Clenton, MD
T. M. Cooper
Misses Graham
Fesler
Oppe Ile Musonie Mall
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J. K. J. Evry
W. Neavitt
Emory & Neavitt
South Street
Maryland
Gould
Gould & CO
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Second Street
Othoound Market
Second St. Phila
Bree Douglass
Paren Hasagra
Philip W. Downes
John YW VanGesel
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Sheille
JAS
C. Leonard
Cambridge
Mad
Atom
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National Iiner
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East 20Th SL
New York City
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Berwanger & Co
East Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD
Sampson
George
Barmers
Bazar
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Noan Wacker & Co
H. Baltimore St
H.S. Miller S& Go's
H.S. Miller & CO
H. S. Miller & CO
Miller & CO
Hindtis & Flolbrooek
Queen Anne Station
Harlew
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Cambridge, Md
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