Demand for Telephone Service Calls for Large Gable Program
The article notes 18.7 million US telephones are largely connected by underground and aerial cables to cut costs and improve looks. Chesapeake and Potomac plans to place 1.278 billion feet of copper this year, costing over $3 million, to meet rising demand. It cites Bell’s 1878 vision of interconnected networks and cites a world total of about 11.06 million telephones, with over 60 percent in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maryland
Virginia
West Virgina
District of Columbia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Alexander Graham Bell
Dr. Bell
Dr. Nell
Bell ‘Telephone
Increased Toll Calls From Direct Telephone Circuits
Direct circuits connect Washington D C and Albany Lynchburg and Bristol Onancock and New York City Baltimore and Trenton Wheeling and Youngstown Fairmont and Oakland Baltimore and Detroit Charleston and Ironton Norfolk and Charlotte Danville and Durham Raleigh Havre de Grace and New York Oakland and Pittsburgh Newport News and Philadelphia.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Washington
D. C
Albany
N. Y
Lynchburg
First Aid Saved Life of Norfolk Man
George W. Benzie and T. W. Erickson, cablemen, halted a severed arm bleed at a Norfolk manhole. Erickson located the artery and stopped flow while Benzie applied a tourniquet and bandage before transferring the injured man to a hospital. The water company victim, H.4. Dunn, praised the telephones’ quick aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Benzie
T. W. Erickson
Norfolk
Virginia
Erickson
Benzie
H. 4. Dunn
L. Wagner
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Penzie and Erickson
Bedroom Telephone Helps Trap Burglar
A Washington DC woman awakened by footsteps used a bedside phone to alert police quietly. She described the intruder without him hearing, allowing officers to reach the scene in time to prevent an escape.
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Washington
D. C
Richmond Leads South With First Telephone Central Office
Richmond, Virginia, claims the first telephone central office south of the Potomac, opened April 1, 1879. The city now hosts 37,600 telephones handling over 275,000 calls daily. West Virginia users make 21,000 out-of-town calls per day, up 11 percent from last year, while Maryland averages 185 calls per person and about 900,000 daily calls recently.
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Richmond
Potomac River
West Virginia
Adala
Maryland
Balm of Gilead versus styrax julep in ancient healing
The text discusses Gilead balm as a historic healing remedy widely prepared for pilgrims to the holy land. It suggests the styrax julep, a common Gilead print, may be closer to the true balm used in ancient times for healing.
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Gilead
Giead
Impression of Fear Origin Story From Early Memoir
A fragment recounts how fear roots to a childhood incident. A boy once brave in fights is shocked by his mother’s fainting on his return home after combat. The event triggers deep fear, labeling him as a coward in the eyes of other boys.
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Mfe
Immense retail business row highlights telephone firm impact
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, serving Maryland to DC, operates a vast retail business with about 11,000 employees and 8,000,000 daily calls. It emphasizes on home and business service, 24/7, via switchboards, lines, and instruments, asserting a policy of low costs with financial safety.
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Rntery
Fowest
Passing Corset Revered by Corpulent Cora Says Fashion Needs Uprightness
Corpulent Cora states many good people mourn corset’s end and argues it marks a shift toward midline virtue and uprightness in fashion and behavior. The remark reflects a social debate about restrictive attire and moral posture in the era.
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Cora
Judge Sanctions Condealer With Thirty Days In Rock Pile
A terse courtroom exchange features a prisoner admitting to being a con dealer and donor. the judge replies with a brief sentence of thirty days imprisonment on one of the defendant’s rock piles.
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Condealer
Henpecked Leaders Cited By Biographers And Ancestors
A prototypical henpecked image appears in anecdotes about Napoleon and Lincoln. Biographers claim Napoleon’s letters to Josephine end with kisses as burning as hers are frosty, while Lincoln’s shyness fed rumors of marital pressure. Marlborough’s forebears are cited for loving a nagging wife, with a battle eve note about fearing her more than foes.
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Mi Sterlings
Napoleon
Lincoln
Socrates
Josephine
Count Montgeles
Aude
Marlborough
Winston Churchill
Eugene of Savoy
Louis XIV of
Wiennee
Louise Brooks Signed by Major Studio After Stage Fame
Louise Brooks, a petite Wichita native with jet black hair and dark eyes, gained fame in Ziegfeld's Follies and The American Venus. A leading motion picture producer signed her to a long term contract after her standout theater season and portrayal in Louis the 14th.
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Louise Brooks
Louis the
Venus
Bliss Brooks
Wichita
Kan
Peripatetic origins of a traveling term in philosophy
The word peripatetic comes from Greek meaning to walk. It referred to Aristotle’s followers who walked during study in the Lyceum. Over time the term shifted to describe moving or itinerant behavior common in everyday speech.
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Lyceum
Many Women Workers in the Middle Ages
The article notes that medieval society included significant female participation across crafts, textiles, and professions. It highlights unmarried women needing support, the prevalence of women in weaving, tailor work, reading seam stresses, and feminine physicians, with women teaching in convent and general schools and even serving as barbers and musicians in inns.
Blood Tides Like Sea Currents Declared By Doctor
A physician reports daily tides in the bloodstream tied to heart activity with high white cell counts around midnight and in the afternoon. Another doctor notes anger raises blood sugar after testing several individuals. The findings link physiological cycles to daily habits and emotional states.
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FL. Shaw
Gun
Earth
Trust sale of Caroline County real estate by Bullock heirs
A trustee sale will occur at the Eastern Shore Trust Company in Federalsburg, Maryland, offering two parcels of land described as Lot 1 and Lot 2 in the first tract and two additional woodland lots, totaling about 34 acres, with deed histories from 1883 and 1906. The sale runs between 2 and 4 pm, and parcels are described with detailed boundary lines and references to Wright and Adans lines.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Bertha E. Custer
William EB. Bullock
Eastern Shore Trust Company
Federalsburg
Maryland
Smithville
Bloomery Church
R. H. Wright
Wright
Richard H. Wright
William H. Bullock
Eliza J. Bullock
Liber
R. A H. Wright
Widow Wright
Daniel C. Adams
Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank
Land parcel description under Bullock chain in Caroline County
A legal land description details parcel three beginning near the county road and storehouse, tracing boundaries along the Bullock family lines from a 1866 deed and a May 24 1883 recording, including the dwelling and storehouse site in Caroline County. The text cites multiple Bullock family transfers and a map by Willis Corkran.
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William H. Bullock
Emily Bullock
Liber L
Caroline County
Atore
Jacob Smith
John W. Bullock
William 11
Bullock
Eliza J
Dog Tax Collection Noted Across Multiple Venues
The notice lists dog tax collection times at several venues on specific dates. Locations include Greensboroeen? Wait the text shows several names and shops with dates in July. Tax collection occurs at a home on 7th Street in Denton during the week.
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Enscombe
Caroline Sun
Greensboro
Rawlings’ Shoe Shop
ederalaburg—Lidens
Preston—Art's
7Th Street
Denton
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Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
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Besse
J. Hi. Nichols & Company
By Jean Newton
Bullock Et al
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Fred R. Owens
L. ¥. Covey
the Johns
Baltimore, Md
School of
Law of Maryland
Baltimore City
Harford
Howard
Loyola College
St. Johns College
Washington Colege
University of Maryland
Western Maryland College
Mount St. Mary’s
Rock Hill College
Johns Hopkins University
Journal
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Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
Chesapeake and Potomasg
James Temple
Merriken
Denton, Maryland
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