Courageous Life Guard Saves Edith Wayne at Sea Haven
Edith Wayne, ignoring warnings from Marty Dupree, braves rough surf at Sea Haven to prove her daring. A Greek-godlike lifeguard Montford plunges into the waves, fights a shark, and saves her life, prompting a romance as Edith later learns he is General Montford’s son. Edith and Montford’s bond grows as he becomes her savior and suitor.
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Edith Wayne
Marty Dupree
Marty
Edith
Ufe
Mrs. Wayne
Mr. Wayne
Montford
Hio
John Wayne
General Montford
Sophia
Seahaven
Hugh Montford
Hugh
Edith Fends Off Stormy Sea Pursuit
In a perilous scene Edith battles a boiling surge after leaping into the water. She wonders if help is coming as she heads out to sea again, believing Marty Dupree would uncover her plight and send a stranger after her.
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Edith
lfe saving station
Seahtaren
Marty
Marty Dupree
The Potato and the Beetle
The Colorado beetle fed on Solanum rostratum a potato plant in Colorado. Planting potatoes in the district encouraged beetles to migrate eastward leaving the plant widespread. The solanum followed the beetle, becoming common wherever the beetle appeared and largely deserting its original regions.
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Colorado
Communal Ovens In Argentina Describe Gaucho Hospitality
In Argentina’s kampo rural districts communal native ovens endure with gauchos hosting and sharing. Each party heats and bakes in turn while a señora de la casa may oversee multiple families and reserve one large leaf from each batch for her own. Fuel often comes from sun dried bovine chips when wood is scarce. Bakers' Weekly.
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Argentina
kampo
senora de la casa
bunny warren
A Shot That Made Trouble in Danish West Indies
An American marksman visiting Charlotte Amalia boasted he could shoot the fort flagstaff and drop the Danish flag. He fired cutting the halyards and the flag fell, prompting alarm and a swift political fallout as the governor admitted it was a joke. The incident led to the commandant reporting to Copenhagen and the governor’s removal.
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Danish West Indies
Charlotte Amalia
ean
government house
Copenhagen
A Dose of Iron. Anxious Mother
A humorous brief from the New York Sun about a mother worried for her daughter Clara after nine o'clock breakfast. The father suggests toning her system with iron and jokes that a flatiron would do.
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Clara
New York Sun
Naval Torpedoes Way They Work and Differences
Rush M. Hoag explains torpedoes in detail, outlining their three main parts the war head air flask and afterbody. He contrasts Whitehead models used in Europe with Bliss-Leavitt American torpedoes and notes the U S navy operates a torpedo school at Narragansett Bay to train crews and ensure precise firing ranges up to 10 000 yards.
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Europe
Britain
Veymouth
England
United States
Newport
W. I
navy department
Narragansett bay
Rush M. Hoag
Leslie’s Weekly
If It Only Were Little Johnny Sorely Troubled
A verse excerpt from American Boy describes a morning scene where prohibitions block every path. Little Johnny laments the constant no with tears and a wish that no could not be spoken as a swear word.
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Johnny
Admirers Rally To Young Speeder's Notable Car
The Baltimore American notes widespread admiration for a young speedster's car. Readers respond with enthusiasm, saying the vehicle has drawn significant attention and sparked conversation among locals.
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Baltimore American
Carlyle Retort on Theories and The Social Contract
In a dinner retort, Carlyle counters an empty headed duke who says Britons can laugh at theories. He recalls Rousseau and The Social Contract, noting the nobles laughed at theory but were forced to buy the second edition, their skins pressed to bind it.
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Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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DENTON, MARYLAND
of Men’s & Boys
GRIFFONES
LOTHUS
Douglas Oxfords
Oxfords
ALEVER
Rice & Hutchins
J.J. HVERNGAM
DENTON, MD
Dentonational Bank
T. C. WEST
Cashier
HARVEY L. COOPER
SAMUEL G. NUTILISE DENTON, DD
SAMUEL G. NUTTLE
Rroom No
Telephone Building
The Peoples National Bank
ALBERT G. TOWERS, Prest
T. ¥. JOHNSON
ACENSES
rRANTZ BROS
READING TERMINAL
PHILADELPHIA
Seahaven beach
Hfe
agalne
red bathhouse
Morty Dupree
Wayne's cottage
Ellen
Wayne cottage
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