May Dart Seeks Change From New York To Stonyport Hick Life
May Dart quits Bryant Exchange in Manhattan to live in Stonyport Connecticut. She adapts to a small town but faces a rude shock when her escort Faxon deserts her for a fire, spurring her to reconsider a return to New York. May weighs the lure of change against old urban habits as she reads the local paper.
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Manhattan Island
May Dart
Bryant Exchange
Gladys Stein
Ethel Manning
Stonyport
Wlds
Connecticut
Lilve
May
New York
New England
State Street
Abe
Bank Street
Coney
Doctor MacKintry
Owl
Fred Faron
France
Hfe
Faxon
The
American Legion
Armory
Gladys
Ethel
Bryant Club
Mrs. Hewett
Miss Dart
Hhick
Fred Faxon Hero of Twenty Thousand Dollar Blaze
The fire hero integrity shines as Fred Faxon saves three lives in a dramatic blaze. He is badly burned yet survives and is taken to St. Luke's Hospital. May confronts him with anger and sorrow, then gratitude as he reveals a secured lease that ensures a steady income. May vows to stay despite her self-doubt about their future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Faxon
Northeast Fire Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Legion Ball
May
Fred
Qgee
Faxon
Mausoleum to be Splendid Opens in San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the Holy Cross cemetery mausoleum will be a grand memorial in San Francisco. The 205 by 00 by 3% foot structure will hold 1,150 crypts with 19 private sections and four private rooms, all marble and bronze interior, cost about 300000 dollars plus real estate and landscaping.
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San Francisco
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mausolaus
Artemisia
Augustus Caeesar
Campus Martius
Theodric
Ravenna
Forbidden City
Peklog
Mahmud
Bjijapur
Taj Mahal
Agar
Shah Jehan
Two-Nacre
Franklin Comes to the Rescue in a City Move
A long suffering widow Sophrania confronts moving from a beloved country house to a cramped city apartment. Ed Wallis proposes buying the house, then departs with news of an imminent marriage, leaving Sophrania to face net rents, scarce space, and the loss of cherished keepsakes as she weighs a new life with Franklin the cat beside her.
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Sophrania
Mrs. Cooke
Ed Wallis
Jessie
Franklin
Sopheanta
Toam
Edd
Sophrandt
Hyves
Reat
New Amphibious Airplane Tested On Long Island
A new aircraft is being experimented with on Long Island, designed for land water or air use. It features folding wheels controlled from the pilot’s seat, dropped for land landings and retracted for water or air operations, allowing rapid transition between modes.
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Long Island
Inebriated Man Confesses Cost of Jag in Barbed Exchange
In a Biruinghna Age Herald note from a local scene, a pious elder laments a friend’s drinking. The intoxicated speaker dismisses sympathy and says forgetting the jag would spare him any care, highlighting a blunt, self interested view of alcohol’s cost.
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Biruinghna Age Herald
Boiling Steel Process Used On Record-Size Shaft
In Carthage a massive 80 000 pound hollow bored tumbler shaft for dredging gold in California underwent the boiling method, the largest piece to use the process. The shaft was heated near its melting point then lowered into a large oil bath, producing boiling oil and fumes as it cooled and treated.
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Carthage
California
Puzzle of prehistoric Hon carve intrigues archaeologists
Archeologists puzzling over a pre historic carving of a Hon near Vera Cruz seek origins of this little known relic of pre historic America. Efforts to trace its source have failed and the feature’s similarity to the African Hon, not the mountain Hon, deepens the mystery.
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Vera Cruz
America
Hemisphere
Center of Population Moving Westward Across the Nation
The article notes the U S center of population shifts about fifty miles west every decade. It began in 1790 about three miles east of Baltimore Maryland and by 1860 reached Indiana, totaling roughly 600 miles westward over 180 years per Bors Life.
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United States
Baltimore
Oslo
Indiana
Bors
Real Criticism Through Listening to Musicians
A pointed remark on criticism calling Eugenns relentless, noting his method of listening to musicians discuss one another to inform his judgments. The exchange frames criticism as driven by attentive ear to the industry's internal chatter.
Sophrania's Move to House and Unexpected Proposal
Sophrania asks Ed Wallis to sell the house she cannot move from due to Franklin. Ed refuses, discovering Franklin and four kittens. Jim Cooke proposes to Sophrania, offering marriage and a home, while Mrs. Cooke reveals a plan to move to the city and join them.
Ancient irrigation feats outshine modern skill says Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that ancient peoples built irrigation systems with primitive tools that outstrip modern achievements. It cites British engineers on projects between the Tigris and Euphrates as revealing irrigation concepts as daring and effective as any modern endeavor, despite advances like the Panama Canal and Roosevelt Dam.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Panama
Roosevelt
Arizona
Tieris
Euphrates
Central Asia
Rediscovery of Lost Emerald Mine in Colombia
Rediscovered emerald mine near Bogota named Chivor, located about 100 miles northeast of Bogota in rugged mountains. Ancient mine once worked by Spaniards and Tadinns remains secret after many explorers failed to reveal it. High quality emeralds valued up to 1000 gold go enrat reportedly found by numerous searchers.
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Columbia
South America
Enrat
New York
Hogota
Colombia
Tno
Almeriea
Tadinns
Spain
Bogota
English Ice Cream Cones Scarce in England
The piece notes scarce candy and ice cream cones in England with prices high for the poor. It describes small two and a half inch cones holding a dash of yellow frozen substance, likely ice cream, and the joy of deprived children upon receiving the treat during the Christmas season.
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England
Awa Heatle
Last Word in Dictionary Ends With Zy
The Kansas City Star notes the playful quest for the final dictionary entry. It cites zysomma as the last word in New Standard and zy tham unvaried by other editions, along with odd terms like zyxomma and Zuider Zee, illustrating the quirky end of a lexicon.
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Webster's
New International
Zuider Zee
Kansas City Star
Howes Cave Discovery and Notable Passages
Howes Cave near Albany New York, named for Lester Howe who first explored it in 1842, extends to about four miles for typical visitors though Howe reached 11 to 12 miles. Also called Ostgaragee cave, the rock chambers include Reception room Washington hall the Bridal chamber chapel Harlequin tunnel Cataract hall Ghost room and Music hall.
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Howes
Albany
N.Y
Lester Howe
Howe
Washington Hall
Entrance Examinations for Hopkins College Aid 1920
The registrar announces entrance examinations for the Department of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences at the Civil Engineering Building Homewood June 21 to 27 at 9 a m under the College Entrance Examination Board. Scholarships in engineering funded by Maryland law are awarded based on merit and need with free tuition text books and fees. some include a $200 stipend. Applications and catalogs are available from The Johns Hopkins University. The next session begins September 28, 1920.
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Department of Engineering
College of Arts and Sciences
Civil Engineering
Homewood
College Entrance Examination Board
Maryland
Baltimore City
Cecil
Harford
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Worcester
Act of Assembly
Loyola College
St. John's College
Washington College
Western Maryland College
Maryland Agricultural College
Mt. St. Mary's College
Rock Tl College
Johnas Hopkins University
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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Youing
Pranklin
Pussycat
Sophranta
Jim
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Hickey Freeman
Kuppenheimer
Schloss Bros
Kirschbaum
Shu
Wilmington
Mullin's Home Store
Cardui
N._E. Warner
Hixson
Tenn
Cardus
Devoe
Smith & Walls
Fisher & Roe
Harry Headlight
Ima Keen
Goodyear Service Station
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
William FE. Todd
James B. Todd
Hackett
Gape
Hackett's Gape Cure CO
Bellen Dept
Hillsboro, Md
the Board of Education
Denton, Md
Board of Education of
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Henderson
Bee Tree
Goldsboro
Baltimore Corner
Castle Hall
Moore’s
Lowe’s
Greensboro
Bridgetown
Union
Garey’s
Camp Grove
Burraville
Liden
Central
Caroline High
Denton Primary
Denton Colored
Williamson
Oaks
Williston
Andersontown
Hickman
Harmony
Smithson
Grove
Preston
Poplar Neck
Hubbard’s
Bethlehem
Dover Road
John’s
Jonestown
Federalsbury
Federalsburg
Nabb’s
Hillsboro
Thawley
Saulsbury
Cedar Grove
Tuckahoe
Deep Branch
Ridgely High
Ridgely
Furman’s Grove
Smithville
Concord
Friendship
American Corner
Howard's
Hainesville
W. M. Wright
E. M. Nose
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry
Annapolis
Claiborne
Sa.m
Annapolis Claiborne
C. BR. Howard
Deforel Ya
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
T. F. Johnson
Che Farmers & Merchants
State Bank
Denton
Mary and
John T. Carter
C. C. Deen
Sherman E. Hignutt
Delaware
Jersey
Nancy Hull
L. C. Reid
David M. Cheezum
J. M. Parker
Preston Produce Company
Purity Confectionery CO
W. Mulberry, Sr
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Main St
Bath
J. W. Field
Sue
Lucas
Thomas & Messer CQ
Balto, St
Carmore
WM. Croll, Hickman
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