C C Deen's Store Offers Full Line of Farm Im plements
Local retailer announces a broad stock of farm tools and supplies including Oliver Chilled Plows and castings Acme Harrows Harnesses and rollers planters and wagons plus barbed wire paints oils and groceries Prices highlight savings on carriage harnesses and coffee with flour oats yeast powder and sugar listed among goods Aimed at farmers seeking competitive deals and variety in hardware clothing and household items.
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Ganizes Oliver
Oliver
Acme
Tcnn
The Red Coats and the Patriot's Farmyard Encounter
A Civil War era tale recalls 1778 New Jersey where hungry American patriots march past Elizabeth town. A wounded Abner Wicks sits at a farmhouse gate with Lucy Barton and shares a doughnut before leaving to rejoin his regiment. A British general pauses, drawing Lucy’s gaze to the refined officers as she contrasts them with roving Continentals.
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Elizabethtown
N. J
Washington
Valley Forge
France
New Jersey
Abner Wicks
Lacey Horton
Abner
Lucy
Ian
Darton
Barton
Hiis
Lucy Barton
Barton Farmhouse
Arthur Claverly
Gayly
Claverly
United States
England
Yorktown
Philadelphaia
Barton's
Feneral
New York
Offcer
Continental
Uniforms and Hearts in the Yorktown Era Febrile Romance
Lucy Barton watches as a British officer and Abner Wicks woo her during the war. Years pass with changing uniforms and loyalties. Yorktown battles, parole pages, and a dramatic reunion crown a marriage that endures despite the odds. The tale ponders whether romance born of spectacle yields lasting happiness.
Tombs of Sand Cape Cods Treacherous Shoals Revealed
Cape Cod sands continually reveal wrecks buried by tides as storms wash over beaches from Chatham to Provincetown. Vessels buried deep in sand entomb, the Somerset of 1773 resurfacing near Provincetown before being swallowed again by Dead Men’s Hollow.
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Cape Cod
Afonomoy
Chatham
Wood End
Provincetown
Somerset
Lfe
Dead Men's Hollow
Lecston Globe
The Village Handy Man Appeals For an End
A village handy man addresses the remaining audience of a home talent performance of The Miller's Daughter. He urges them to stay for the final act, promising the villain's due and a merciless comeuppance, as narrated by Puck.
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Puck
Wurst Pun In Window Of Brooklyn Delicatessen
A New York Sun writer notes a Brooklyn delicatessen displays a pun in English in its storefront window. The line reads The best you can do is to buy our wurst, highlighting playful marketing in a German proprietorship.
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Brooklyn
Marriage Notice From William Cullen Bryant Letter
A quaint marriage notice quotes a letter from William Cullen Bryant to his mother describing a marriage event in a village home. The account, cited by Professor Chubb, notes Bryant’s admission of being wed to Frances Fairchild and expresses hope to introduce her as daughter-in-law in a few months.
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William Cullen Bryant
Chubb
A Hind
Frances Fairchild
Shielded the Lady A Hotel Waiter Incident Tale
A New York Sun report recounts a discreet hotel uptown scene where a tactful head waiter averts an offensive guest. A geometric diagram illustrates glances, movements, and a roving waiter as the room witnesses quiet tension, ending with the offender leaving in sheepish disgust.
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Walter
Walters
New York Sun
Dead Sea Water and Its Buoyancy Fun Fact
The Dead Sea holds 23 percent solids and is highly buoyant, making swimming feasible though water can irritate eyes. It notes that Palestine under Turkey might have boosted coastal bathing use, with magnesium chloride noted for potential medicinal benefits. The piece compares salt content across seas, placing the Dead Sea at 187 pounds per ton.
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Dead Sea
Jerusalem
Palestine
Turkey
Caspian Sea
Baltic
Black Sea
Atlantic
English Channel
Mediterranean
Red Sea
John Banister English Violinist of 17th Century Fame
The English violinist John Banister rose to fame leading Charles II's twenty four violins and promoting public concerts. Pepys notes court gossip on Banister when a French chief musician arrived. Banister's performances were advertised at his Whitefriars residence and later at Lincoln's Inn Fields, continuing until shortly before his death in 1679.
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John Banister
Baltzar
Charles II
Pepys
Banister
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Avithin
London Graphic
The Peanut A Brief History of a Popular Legume
The peanut likely originated in tropical America and was brought to the United States during colonial times. It belongs to the legume family like beans and peas, but its fruit develops underground. Although called a nut, it is technically a pea and is also known as goober goober pea pindar groundpea and groundnut.
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Tropical
America
United States
A Play Within a Play Delights with Stage Mock Feast
An excerpt from Wille Edoutin's Dreams recounts a lavish nightly stage banquet using canvas chicken props and edible stand-ins. The property man James siphoned funds, while Edouin's household humorously upstaged with a champagne gag and a final confrontation. A separate note recalls Sir John Fisher jokingly agreeing with an admiralty boast as a boatswain insists on a chat.
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Wille Edoutin
James
Edouin
Grandpa
Jim
New York Times
Making It Right on a Southern Railroad Fireman Job
A Black railroad fireman on a southern line takes his first trip and notices the engineer’s gauge hand pointed at him. The engineer jokes about keeping the hand aimed at the fireman. After about fifteen miles the steam fades and the hand shifts toward the fireman’s seat. The fireman asks the engineer to move to the other side.
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Phgh St
Payette St
Cnt Pone
St Pantie May Rund
Courthind
Murderkill River
Philadelphia
Nathan H. Maxeson
Ire Flerca
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Pier Chestnut
Iri Derica
Bea
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Druk
Apm
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Frederic
Burt
Consumers Ike Co
Chester Guing
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Chester
Leas Og Phila
Moan
Phil Delphe
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Prederica
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Nisi
Charles Clarence Deen
Carl Ross Deen
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
W. Brewster Deen
J. Kemp Stevens
C.C. Deen’s
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C. C. Deen
Fowling Creek
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Harvey L. Cooper
T. C. West
Holt Construction Co
WM. A Smith
Denton, Maryland
J. M. Haymaker
DIN Wls
Afail
Ridgely
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Junker
E.fayettest
Charles
Baltimore, MD
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J. Leland Hanna
Equitable
Will Wooters
Hobbs
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C. Leslie Walls
Newspaper
Nabniye
J. Henry Rosh
Likes
Derwanger & CO
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Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Berkshire Pigs
Star Masterpiece
Rich Neck
Clatborne
Talbot County
Bobbitt Chemical Co
Baltimore
Duffey's Pharmacy
Hillsboro
Chackett
Geri
Moth Ates
TCA Hackett
Srg
Isyeery
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Ntsnoro, Mo
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Philadelphia Silo
J. Frank Booth
Denton, MD
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James J. Ross
Kent County Mutual Insurance
Dover
Delaware
TH Mutual JI
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
John T. Carter, Jr
Alex. Noble
Preston MJ
Diamond Telephone
J. W. Wright & Co
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M. Kk. Frantz
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Nal Market
Walloa
Thomas & Messer Co
Karl Sommers
American Press Association
United States Infantry
John Fisher
Fisher
Admiralty
London
Isher
John
Sir John
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