What Would Neighbors Say About Roderick Page
Claudia travels to Sea View to learn what neighbors think of Roderick Page and Lydia his wife. Through gossip at the luncheon and sketches on the balcony she weighs love, intuition, and rumors, seeking truth before a telegram confirms her fate.
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Roderick
Lfe
Olympic Mountains
Roderick Page
Claudia
Lacey
Mrs. Robinson
Tommy
Gate Post
Nicky
Lydia
Sea View
Lydia Page
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Mrs. Brill
High Riggers Work Too Risky For Insurance
A Liberty magazine excerpt explains that in Pacific Northwest lumber camps the high rigger climbs dangerous trees with a steel cord rope and leather belt to cap and topple limbs. He secures a spar for dragging timber, making the job the riskiest in the woods and always unbroken.
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Wallace Smith
Liberty
Pacific Northwest
Two Ways Dr Joan Moach Straton at Banquet Debate
The eloquent New York fundamentalist Dr Joan Moach Straton clashed with a modernist at a recent banquet. He warned that the modernist side tends to be the popular one and quipped about a preacher named Steenthly, saying his failure stemmed from trying to alter the Bible rather than align his flock with it.
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Joan Moach Straton
New York
Doctor Steenthly
Holy Trinity
Long-worn garments spark claims of age and pride
Interest grows in a Scottish farmer who wears trousers for 52 years prompting claims of other long-wear garments. A London news dealer touts an Edinburgh made overcoat from 1870, Border tweed still weatherproof after 67 years. A Dartmoor innkeeper recalls a coat from his grandfather worn as Sunday best for two generations.
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London News
Edinburgh
Dartmoor
Corn Famine and Hidden Silver Coins Mystery at Green Hill
The discovery of three old silver dollars at Green Hill New Hampshire prompts speculation they are part of a treasure linked to Mrs. James Hayes from over a century ago. In 1810 a corn famine led Hayes to sell grain for silver and stash funds in a trunk before burying them.
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Green Hill
N. H
James Hayes
Dover
First Canned Foods History Traced from Appert to Kensett
The Christian Science Monitor notes Francis Appert won a 2500 prize in 1804 for preserving food in a way that tasted fresh. He used wide mouthed bottles corked and sealed. Peter Durand later used a tin can. In America William Underwood and Charles Mitchell first preserved with glass containers. Thomas Kensett patent for a tin can came in 1826. Early cans were hand-cut and could yield 60 daily. modern machines produce about 1500 cans per worker with superior quality.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Christian Science Monitor
Francis Appert
Peter Durand
America
England
William Underwood
Charles Mitchell
Thomas Kensett
Braking by electricity in railways gains traction
The article describes using electric braking to reduce car accidents. Railways retrofit cars with magnetic shoe devices that drop onto the rail to rapidly stop a coach in emergencies, cutting stopping distance to about one third of air brake performance.
History hides the Interesting Details in Methuselah’s Tale
A New York Telegram item questions what details history omits about Methuselah’s long life and the supposed keeping of ton sils across ages.
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Methuselah
New York Telegram
Birds as Alaster Builders Of Nature’s Busy Nests
Birds are praised as master builders and the most complete craftsmen of the animal world. The piece catalogs diverse avian trades from tunnelers like sand martin and kingfisher to plasterers like the house swallow and thrush, noting materials and construction quality across species.
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Tunnelers
The Giants of Intellect Theories Proved by Giants of Intellect
Kansas City Star outlines three key figures Copernicus Kepler and Newton and the pivotal ideas they established The Earth moves around the Sun Kepler shows elliptical planetary orbits and laws of motion Newton publishes Principia and Gravitation proving the force behind celestial motion The article reflects on the long pursuit of understanding planetary movement and gravity.
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Copernicus
Kepler
Newton
Kansas City Star
Little Reminder About Wet Sidewalk Etiquette
A Maln street merchant returned home to find a blue ribbon decorated rolling pin on his front door. His wife, called by his ring, explained the gesture as a reminder that until sidewalks dry he must remove his rubbers before entering the house. She then showed a dustpan with sand swept from the hall as the night’s accumulation.
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Tiskey
Dearie
Attorney's Sale of Real Estate in Caroline County
Assignee Fred R. Owens auctions mortgaged lands of Harry G. Crouse and Amanda Crouse in Denton Maryland. Two parcels totaling about 64 acres with various reservations and encumbrances described. sale set with staged payments one third cash, six and twelve months, interest on deferred portions, title at purchaser cost. auctioneer Leonard I. Covey.
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Fred R. Owens
Leonard I. Covey
Public sale of valuable real estate in Ridgely Maryland
Pursuant to an Orphans Court order in Caroline county the administrator of Margaret Cecil will auction two parcels in Ridgely on July 23 1927 at 1 o clock. Parcel 1 a two story frame dwelling with outbuildings on Second Avenue West and First Street. Parcel 2 Lot No 7 Block 8 with 50 foot frontage on Third Avenue West and 180 foot depth. Terms: one third cash day of sale balance in two equal installments or all cash. Also on the same day household goods to be sold on premises with cash terms. Auctioneer J Elmer Anthony. George E Sullivan administrator.
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Caroline County
Wesley E. Thawley
T. Clayton Horsey
Ron T. Clayton Horsey
Calvert C. Merriken
Maryland
Denton
Greensboro
R. C. Carter
J. J. Fisher
Thomas F. Garey
Sheppard
George W. Sheppard, Jr
Harriet M. Sheppard
Harvey L. Cooper
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Margaret Cecil
Ridgely Hotel
Ridgely
Second Avenue
First Street
Jos. W. Gibson
Third Avenue
Thomas B. Starkey
Thomas A. Smith
Liber T. L. D
Charles E. Cecil
George E. Sullivan
J. Elmer Anthony
Orphans’ Court
W. Brewster Deen
Chancery
Clayton Horsey
N. W
Maryland Avenue
Preston
Wright Street
Thomas L. Hubbard
Mary E. Hubbard
Wm. T. Turr
CiAs
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Fred R. Owens
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Baltimore
Assignee's Sale of 20 Acre Maryland Land in Denton
Assignee W Brewster Deen offers at public sale 20 acres in Caroline county on Goldsboro to Melville road. Property links to multiple deeds from Harvey L Cooper and Thomas A Emerson, with improvements and appurtenances. Sale terms: one third cash, two equal installments at six and twelve months, balance optional. Title papers at purchaser expense.
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Denton
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Caroline County
Goldsboro
Melville
Lillyiard R. Jones
Joseph DeNight
W. Brewster Deen
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