J C Godwin Co Dream Goods Clothing Carpets Easton
Year by year we have grown our Dry Goods Clothing Notion and Carpet stock. J C Godwin Co offers Percales Piques Dimities Lawns and Ginghams with 1000 yds of Piques to choose from in Easton. Our line includes shirts hosiery Corsets Cluett collars and cuffs tailored men’s clothing and tailor made pants. Visit for low prices and styles at 46 N Washington St.
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JULIUS HINES & SON
Baltimore
Easton
Bentenber
Cat
J.C. GODWIN Co
Washington St
Contractor Thomas Carmine Builds in Caroline Counties
Thomas Carmine, contractor and builder, advertises 33 years of experience and offers plans and specifications. He lists favorable references from Caroline, Talbot, and Dorchester counties and notes contracts taken in Caroline and adjoining counties.
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Caroline
adjoining
Caroline, Talbot
Dorchester
counties
New Proprietor Takes Charge of Choptank Etatel Denton
J F Cohee announces he now runs the Choptank Etatel in Denton Maryland and invites all old customers and friends to visit. He pledges to spare no pains to please patrons and asks inquiries about their needs.
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Denton
questa
J. F, COHEE
Littlewood Phillips Seeks Courage at Mildred Farrington’s Snowy Ride
In a two year romance, Littlewood Phillips musters nerve to ask Mildred Farrington to marry him during a snowy Newington evening. After multiple hesitations and comic misreads, he finally drives to her home in a sleigh, hoping for a decisive moment amid frosty tension and flirtatious signals from Mildred.
Wait for Winter Moonlight Proposals in Sleigh Ride
In a moonlit sleigh ride, Mr Phillips hesitates to declare love to Mildred as she probes his intentions and hints at marriage. He frets over a risky admission, then postpones, fearing her rebuke and the social stakes as they glide past pine woods and tired horses toward her home.
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Wattheavood
Mildred
paticular
Mildred Grank
noen
Mildred wos
Iie
Littlewood
Misa Farrington
Enmity Between Elephants and Camels Described
A narrative details the bitter hostility between elephants and camels. The camel shivers and resists when sensing the elephant, while the elephant, sensing the camel, charges with a trumpet-like snort and tramples the camel into salt fragments.
Finger Tips and Fingerprints in India Crime Identification
The piece explains fingerprint identification in India, noting inked impressions on tin and paper filed in pigeonholes. It describes the 10 digit pattern system, its rapid matching, and astronomical odds against identical prints, followed by an old Latin quip and a Dutch accent anecdote about Shakespeare's powers.
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India
Joop
Parson Opens Bible in Sermon Misread by Deacon
An Atlanta Constitution item recounts a parish preacher announcing a spontaneous sermon from the open book. A sleeping deacon wakes upon hearing open and shuffle words and jokes that the text is opened on Kings causing amusement and laughter among the congregation.
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Atlanta Constitution
Informal Swedish Mail System Lets Passersby Take Letters
In parts of Sweden a loose postal system operates. A mail steamer lands, a man leaves letters in an unlocked pier box. Passersby, expecting a letter, open the box and take their own without challenge. The arrangement relies on public trust and honesty.
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Sweden
Dreaming of work signals burnout says physician
A Washington Star report quotes a well known physician warning that workers who dream of their jobs are likely burned out. He recommends rest, reduced work, nutrition, tonics, and recreation, plus fresh air, to restore health and prevent serious consequences.
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Washington Star
Attorney quarrel over analogy in car damages suit
In a street car damages case the plaintiff’s lawyer likened the opposing argument to a showy fall of snow. The reply mocked the simile noting the snow has already covered the ground quickly, closing with literary humor from Youth's Companion.
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dammages
AILI
Campaign position question quoted by statesman
Washington Star quotes a statesman asking what stance he will take in a campaign and a practical politician replying he would accept almost any vacant position. The remark highlights political pragmatism and opportunism in campaign rhetoric.
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statesman
Washington Star
The Muses and The Task Of Song
A concise verse fragment in Edith M. Thomas style questions muse’s judgment of artists past and present. It contrasts ancient reverence for poets with modern toil and pride, imagining Muses demanding respect yet repeating the refrain that those who serve best may not know how the task was done.
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Wau
Helicon
Edith M. Thomas
A Rare Cure By Science A Tale Of Survival
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recounts a man given weeks to live by doctors. He rejects passive fate, endures months of self care, and within a year recovers fully, praising medical science for occasional missteps and the power of persistence.
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tower Prospect street
neces
George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Sexton and Undertaker in Urban Churches
A long description explains that a sexton in New York churches contracts funerals to wholesale undertakers and earns about 10,000 dollars yearly from funeral business. He also profits from weddings, pew rents, and opening or closing the church, while managing collections carefully to avoid unpaid bills.
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New York
The English royal marriage act and its absurdities
The article notes the 1773 English royal marriage act limited royal marriages to foreign nobility and English women, prompting ridicule. It cites George II’s influence after 1770 1771 events and explains two provisions: consent from the crown for descendants to marry with a key exception for princesses abroad, and a rule allowing marriage at 25 plus against crown will under conditions.
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George II
Duke of
Mourners Sent Up Higher Amid Georgia Camp Meeting
At a Georgia camp meeting a devout brother prayed for mourners to be sent up higher as a hurricane brewed. He added a comic plea that they not be sent through the roof, insisting that would be too high, drawing a wry note from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
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WH. HOPPS & CO
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DENTON, MARYLAND
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HY. T. NUTTH
E. Andersontown
WILLARD C. TODD
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Pearson's Weekly
J. GC. GODWIN CO
Nation Department
HARRY B. MASON
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J. B. K. EMORY
MORY & NEAVITT
LIGHT STREET
DLfarvland
Thomas Carmine
Ridgely, Maryland
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ANDERSONTOWN, MD
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Maryland
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