Salesman Finds Luck On a Train to New York
John Connors, a Grimes & Hannaford vice president, travels to pitch a new motor to Lane Incorporated. A chance encounter with Isabel Guernsey on the car to Poughkeepsie leads to quick intimacy and her favorable impression. By Grant Central the next day he learns Lane has decided to adopt the motor after her endorsement and his technical presentation to the directors.
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John Connors
New York
Bin
Grimes & Hanniford
Grimes & Hannaford
Lane Incorporated
New York Territory
Poughkeepsie
Connors
Wan
Isabel Guernsey
Mr. Connors
Ounce
Indy
Lane
Scott
Grant Central
Bock
Buslness. Ie
Tex
Miss Guernsey
Lane, Inc
Water merchant and secret meeting lead to lunch date
Isabel Guernsey tricks John Connors by posing as a customer to learn about his water supply. He thanks her and suggests lunch, with a playful offer of dinner later. A flirtatious exchange follows as they agree to meet, hinting at a developing relationship.
Eggs Must Match In Color For Market Appeal
A government bureau report says pale yolks result from lack of green feed, not poor hen feeding. Experts say flavor is unaffected by yolk color, though color impacts cake richness perception. Restaurants prefer white whites. New York pays more for white eggs while Boston favors brown. Massachusetts hens now breed darker brown eggs, which command market favor.
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Government
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
New York
Boston
Massachusetts
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents excerpt
Edmund Burke argues that people are frequently in the right and has reservations about governing bodies. He suggests the presumption leans toward the people in disputes with rulers, though experience may justify extending this view.
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Edmund Burke
Sponges and a Questionnaire Test for Job Hopeful
A humorous exchange from the Birmingham Age-Herald shows a candid job interview. A clerk boasting twenty years’ experience is asked to fill a form, joking that he does not know where their sponges come from.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Sedentary Work Reduces Endurance, Teacher Warns
A college lecturer argues that sedentary work weakens endurance. A witty student counters that sitting more reduces stamina. The lecturer agrees, noting excess sitting erodes standing. The exchange is a concise quip from a humor column.
Deception and a Fateful Offer Mentioned in Legion Weekly
In a brief, hard to parse vignette from the American Legion Weekly two men discuss a deceptive lure. One speaks of passing a home and a supposed invitation to view a “new furnace” in a cellar, implying a trap or crime.
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American Legion Weekly
That’s the Story He Tells
An Indiana manufacturer, disturbed at church by a loud splash overturning a sermon, explains he carried home a harmless bottle of tonic for his wife. The crowd laughed as he hurried from the rear after a downpour foamed around him.
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Indiana
Mending Rubbers Patch with Heated Knife
Old jar rubbers can be heated in a pin until they become soft and smeared on holes in your hot water bottle, your boots, shoes, or anything else that needs mending. The rubber patch should be smoothed down with the heated blade of a knife.
Immense Vanadium Deposits In Peru Highlighted
The article states that 95 percent of the world’s vanadium is found in the famous Minus Rugra deposits in Peru. It estimates about 26 million pounds of metallic content may lie untapped in the ore.
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Peru
Vacation turned into house chores and unexpected move
Herbert, on a rare week off, is pressed by his wife into cleaning and renovating areas of the home. After days of painting, planting, and polishing, the landlord visits and reveals the neighboring couple plans to move in next week, offering their old house as alternative accommodations.
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Herbert
Hind
Hho
Landord
Stage star recalls Kismet mishap in harem pool
Otis Skinner recounts a touring Kismet mishap from Cin cinnati when the stage pool's heat caused harem girls to turn red as beets. He describes throwing the grand vizier, Mr Hatston Revelle, into the pool and the actor’s dramatic cry that followed, sparking surprise rather than cancellation.
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Otis Skinner
Kismet
Hatston Revelle
Crithes
Revelle
Havre Port Undertaking Deepens Outer Harbor
A large project to deepen Le Havre outer harbor involves extensive construction on both sides of the marina. Plans include transshipping berths, wharves, mooring buoys, earthworks, roadways, a petroleum dock, and a full plant for handling general goods, coal, oils, and fuels. Rail links, sheds, tanks, and machinery are also described as part of a major French port expansion to boost shipping capacity.
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Havre
le Ilvre
Who Controls the Back of a Theater Seat
In a New York Sun report a dispute arose over who owns the back of a seat in a movie theater. A woman in front claimed ownership of the chairback where her new spring hat rested, while the woman behind argued the seat belonged to the person seated there. The quarrel escalated to calling an usher. The owner eventually moved, leaving the question unsettled.
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Dack
Cent
New York Sun
Sea Training Ship Aims to Reel In Wayward Boys
Popular Mechanics Magazine discusses establishing a training ship at the port to reform resistant shore youth. The ship would serve as a cooperative educational unit and provide marine training to produce American sailors for merchant vessels.
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Fnre
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Wealth in Hawaii to fuel own needs within two years
The territory of Hawaii expects to produce sufficient motor fuel for local use within two years and could supply army and navy bases if needed. Commercial manufacture of fuel alcohol from sugar molasses has become practicable on a large scale on the island of Maui.
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Hawaii
Territory of Hawaii
Maul
Woman’s Phone Call Sparks Time and Money Riddle
A woman phones her husband saying she will see who spent five. He wonders if she means dollars or o’clock, then surmises it could be both. The playful remark hints at a punning moment in daily life.
Definition of a Gentleman from Chesterfield
Definition of a Gentleman by Chesterfield states a man should have ease without familiarity respectful without meanness genteel without affectation in sinunting without seeming art.
Stolen Marchovershadows church ceremony in Boston
A Western paper notes the bride and groom entered the church as the organist performed appropriated music, casting a shadow over the wedding scene at the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Dream Love Passages and Performers
A poetic fragment describing dreams of being present at events and gatherings with entertainment and friends. It hints at a performer role, trouble, and quarrel within a social setting.
Jud Tunkins and perspective on friends
Jud Tunkins suggests we overlook friends faults and overvalue their virtues when assessing people. The remark frames social bias as a common, humorous trait among the speaker and peers.
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Jud Tunkins
Real Estate Auction of Wilkerson Property in Caroline County
Real estate under a mortgage from Ashbury D Wilkerson and Annie Wilkerson to Harvey L Cooper will be sold at public auction in Denton Maryland. The two parcels lie in the Second Election District with a small house on site. Cash due on sale day. title papers at purchaser expense.
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Ashbury
D. Wilkerson
Annie Wilkerson
Harvey L. Cooper
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Walter Ross
Fiflie Ross
Ilarvey L. Cooper
Land parcel in Caroline County Maryland sold by assignees
Property description situate in the Second election district Caroline county Maryland begins at a stone near gate post and runs through angles and road corners following lines of the James C Horsey Land to a county road position near Wollingsworths Corner to Goldsboro Ingleside to Greensboro back to the beginning total area more or less. Conveyed to Walter Ross and Hilic oss by John W Matthews and wife. deed of record in Land Records. HARVEY L COOPER JAMES TEMPLE Auct Assignee.
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Caroline County
Maryland
James C. Horsey
Hollingsworth’s Corner
Goldsboro
Ingleside
Greensboro
Sauie
Walter Ross
Asbury
Asbury D. Wilkerson
Thomas H. Draper
Liber J. K. S
Coroline County
Wollingsworth’s Corner
Hilicoss
John W. Matthews
Be Ready for Opportunity Savings Ad Appealing to Preparedness
A bank advertises a savings account with 4 percent interest compounded quarterly. It emphasizes readiness to seize opportunities and notes funds can be accessed anytime. Even if the account is ignored, interest compounds quarterly, growing the balance. The ad invites readers to open an account.
Lost hub cap and license found in Denton area
In Denton or between Denton and Hillsboro a Kissel Kar hub cap and license No 65 074 were found. Finder will please return to this office.
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Denton
Hillsboro
Golden Hill Farm Offered Between Greensboro and Denton
Farm of 3 acres centered between Greensboro and Denton with or without stock and crops. possession at once. Golden Hill Farm, James G. Corkell.
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Greensboro
Denton
Golden Hill Farm
James G. Corkell
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Selling Lane Incorporated
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Tate
Gest City
WIIL
Fair
Pye
Thespian
Chaser
James Temple
P.a
Enaser
Harrington, Delaware
Featuring
Bright Light
Automobile Show
The
Goldsboro Bank
the Farmers & Merchants
State Bank
Denton, Maryland
Bahi
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
John Pawin
Flora Cooper
Spirella Corsetiere
Denton, Md
Aig Rath
C. Leslie Walls’ Hardware
the Peoples Bank
Henry 'T, Nuttle, Prest
Civil Service Examinations
Raymond Terry
Civil Service
Continental
Washington, D.C
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Denton, Ma
W. K. Smit
Ae ¢ Hobbs, Md
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