Linda Haverhill at Sixty Years of Life and Death
Linda, at sixteen, owns fine salories and skirts poverty’s chill. She lives in Cousin Amy’s house but uses servants’ sheets and a basement caretaker. Amy hovers over her, plotting dances while mourning Jim Haverhill’s death, and Linda’s keen mind and poised beauty shape a wary future.
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Red Sea
Linda
Amy
Amy Ralston
Amerter
Haverhill
Paris
Jim Haverhill
Ike
Lind
Fortune Teller Out of the Ordinary
A Kansas City Times column recounts a reader’s curiosity visit to a fortune teller. The seer claims the writer will gain fame as a writer, travel by train or boat next year, and marry a tall dark man with gray brown eyes like Fred, with marriage anticipated soon. The piece notes skepticism about fortune telling.
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Betty
Fred
Kansas City Times
Goa stones of Goa Jewelers Described in Tit Bits
An article in London Tit-Bits discusses Goa on Mala's west coast as a Portuguese possession, the Jesuits founding a monastery and producing Goa stones from unknown drugs. Each stone is silver filigree set, used historically for indigestion relief, now rare and prized in antique collections.
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Goa
Mala
London
Why We Do What We Do by M. K. Thomson
A reflective essay by M. K. Thomson on why misfortune bonds people. It argues misery unites rather than fortune, citing the Titanic survivors and war as examples. Shared suffering reduces personal blame and increases sympathy while smugness invites condescension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Thomson
Ph. D
Death Valley in Java Exudes Poison Gases
A Java volcanic valley dubbed the death valley vents carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Dutch East Indies chemists report vents seeping deadly gas up to ten percent in air, posing immediate danger to anyone nearby.
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Death Valley
Java
Tangkoban Praho
Volcanological Survey
Dutch East Indies
Java Valley
Java Valley, Says Dr
E. E. Free
Pathfader Magazine
Artie Weighs Political Graft For Quick Cash
In a sunlit street scene Artie and Miller discuss a possible political gambit. Artie considers backing a ward boss Jimmy Landon for votes in exchange for a lucrative hall job, while Miller condemns graft and cautions against involvement. Artie resolves to withdraw, sensing the scheme risks moral and legal trouble.
Enigma The Psalm of the Woodsman Continued
A fragmentary OCR item titled Enigma The Psalm of the Woodsman continues with scattered numbers and words such as a preposition and protection. The text offers no coherent narrative or identifiable facts, rendering a concise summary unattainable.
Advice on Sleep From London Physician Dr Stella Churchill
At the Institute of Hygiene in London Dr Stella Churchill urges eight to nine hours of sleep for an average person and says children should sleep on a hard mattress with the bed away from walls. She notes daylight sleep loss after age three is unnecessary except Sundays when overeating causes drowsiness. She warns lack of sleep impairs judgment and cites marriages affected by sleepless nights.
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Stella Churchill
Institute of Hygiene
London
Finger bowls vanish then return in royal Toasts
The Detroit News recounts how after James II’s exile the Jacobites used finger bowls to toast the king over the water, lifting glasses over the finger bowls to signal loyalty. Finger bowls disappeared for centuries until Edward VII’s 1901 reign saw their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
James the Old Pretender
Jacobiites
Edward VII
Detroit News
Anne Arundell County Named for Lady Anne Arundell
The Maryland Filatorical society states that Anne Arundell county derives its name from Lady Anne Arundell daughter of Sir Thomas Arundell Lora Arundell of Wardour Castle who married Cecil Calvert second Lord Baltimore founder of Maryland.
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Maryland
Anne Arundell County
Anne Arundell
Thomas Arundell
Lora Arundell
Wardour Castle
Cecil Calvert
Lord Baltimore
Beginning of the End Capper's Weekly saying on fortune and prospects
A pithy Capper's Weekly line notes that a man may be down yet not out unless he prefers discussing his fortune to his future prospects. The quip reflects survive mindset and pragmatic optimism in adversity.
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Artie
Miller
Jimmy
Brazil
Jim
Mle
Ted
Ure City Hall
Mount Ararat and its geography and history
Mount Ararat lies near Armenia and Persia, south of the Caucasus. The highest summit is under 17,000 feet, though the peak is modest in height, and the mountain is of volcanic origin. Lower slopes are inhabited and summits have been climbed. Noahs ark resting there has no Hebrew basis.
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Ararat
Armenia
Persia
Caucasus Range
Mount
Eastern Superstition Faces Baubles in India and Persia
The piece notes beliefs in washing faces of charms in holly bark soaked liquid to ward off evil spirits, a practice linked to India and Persia and the belief in protective amulets.
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India
Persia
Good Little Frocks for Little Girls Pattern Ads
Two dress patterns advertised for children, noting easy care frocks for girls. First model 4615 fits sizes 34 to 3 years at 30 cents, second model 3500 for ages 2, 4, 6 at 35 cents with yellow transfer design.
Circuit Court equity sale order in Caroline county
In Equity No 2842 Chy the Circuit Court for Caroline county ordered the sale of the property described in these proceedings as reported by the appropriate official on May 29 1930, under the authority of the court and pending further action.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Edward M. Noble
T. Pliny Fisher
T. Clayton Horsey
Epa Ee
Clayton Horsey
Tes
T. Layton Horsey
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc Publishers
Evelyn Campbell
WIU Service
George Ade
Arie
Allster
Jim Landon
Hoover’s
Jkn
Lsten
Hammy
Phillips
Nisi
William W. Noble
Josephine Bernard
Woodsman
Retain
Denton Motor CO
Ford Finance Plan
Orleans’ Court
Harriet E. Murphy
Lady C. Murphy
Elizabeth M. Todd
Orphans’ Court
William H. Miley
Mary E. Miley
Executrix
J. Virgil Moore
Denton
Green Point
Choptank
State Road
Ira Y. Wheatley
P. P. Payne
Cambridge
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Catarogue
Clarence A. Short
Dover, Delaware
W. E. Andrew Auctioneer
Williston, Md
Feerages
Calvin Trice
W. Hamilton Spedden
Emma C. Spedden
Jacob H. Waller
Maggie M. Waller
W. Calvin Trice
Ernest G. Cooper
M. A. Brackett
Dentist Market St
Denton Auto Co
U.S
American Industries Library
American Industrial Library
Eoglineering Building
Chicago
Ilinois
Ewsparren Abe
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