The Story of Our States Vermont origins and history
Vermont derives its name from the French verts montagnes meaning green mountains. Champlain’s 1609 voyage, Brattleboro’s 1724 settlement, and the “Big Green Mountain Boys” helped shape the state. Vermont outlawed slavery by constitutional provision and joined the Union in 1791 as the first new state. it covers 90,564 square miles and has four congressional votes.
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Vermont
Monts
Green Mountains
Champlain
Brattleboro
Massachusetts
Dartford
Yale College
New York
Lake Champlain
New Hampshire
Ethan Allen
Big Green Mountain
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Rescue Home Beacons Of Hope
The Salvation Army runs twenty six Rescue and Maternity Homes across the United States aiding about two thousand girls yearly. It offers protection, medical and prenatal care, convalescence, and job help while placing emphasis on rehabilitation and a hopeful future for each resident.
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New York
Salvation Army
United States
Butterfly Ghost Seen in British Guiana by Naturalist
An American naturalist recounts sighting Hoetera ptera in British Guiana. A nearly invisible butterfly becomes visible only in sunlight, its three azure spots along wing margins, as it hovers on a scarlet flower and green leaf, described in vivid detail.
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British Guiana
Vanity and age spark risky gym antics in village tale
An elderly horse doctor and a self styled strongman recall past feats to prove they are not old. The doctor injures his back showing off, a boxing hopeful spars and a boxing ghost fights back. Humorous reflection ends with plans to avoid more stunts.
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Graybeard
Freisinger
Freis
Muldoon
Whistler
Market Money Remedies For Lost Appetite Noted
In a brief economy themed exchange from the Boston Transcript a wife laments her husband’s loss of appetite and jokes that a tonic could quickly restore it while noting she has managed her market money well since his appetite waned. The quip frames household finance amid domestic concern and humor.
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Boston Transcript
The Compromise in a Golf Household
A joke about a husband who may play golf, but his wife demands silence on the topic after he returns home. The exchange hinges on a supposed compromise where he can play but must refrain from discussing it afterward.
British Merchants Plan Exhibitions in Chinese Cities
British merchants foresee exhibitions in major Chinese cities to regain market share lost during the war, aiming to restore commercial presence and influence in postwar trade.
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China
Be Ready for Opportunity Savings Ad
A Denton Maryland bank urges preparations for opportunities through a savings account. It promises 4 percent interest compounded quarterly and allows withdrawals anytime. The ad emphasizes being prepared to grasp future chances and invites readers to open an account.
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benj. H
Johnson Melvin & Johnaon Publigh
Rescue Home
Beacons of Hope
Cata- Una
Big Ben
Mary
San Shy
Los Angeles Times
Uncle Walt
Wan
Denton, Maryland
C. A. Whisler
Osteopathic
Denton
U.S. Shipping Board
Admiral Line
Scate Street
N. Y
Munson Steam Ship Line
Beaver Street
New York, N.Y
New York and
Porto Rico
S. S. Co
Broadway, New York, N. Y
Pacific Mail S. S. Co
Broadway
U. S. Mail
N.Y
Ward Line
Cuba
Matt S. S.C
Shipping Board
H. Lane
Information Bureau
F Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
US Shipping Board
Washington, D.C
Nisi
John W. Greenlee
Emmit W. Greenlee
Margaret Greenlee
Edith K. Greenlee
Robert Earl Greenlee
Ruth Greenlee
Susan Grace Greenlee
Edith M. Greenlee
Lawrence Paul Greenlee
Caroline County
Oscar Clark
Lawrence B. Towers
Palm Beach
Mullin's Home Store
Wilmington
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
William Edward Boone
Ella Boone
William E. Boone
Ridgely
Wilkinson Land Agency
Sun Building
Ridgely, Md
U. S. Usco Tread
U. S
U.S
Bullock’s
Denton Auto Co
E. H. Hirs
J. Virgil Moore
Walter Sparks
The
Life Man
Sallie L. Stevens
John Stevens
Dee’d
Charles B. Harrison
John H. Collins
Bessie N. Collins
Circuit Court
Awrence B. Towers
Ekdmer Servile
Rost. A. Parvis
Market St
Wilmington, del
Jersey
Felton, Felton, Dal
Lowe Brothers
S. E. Douglas Preston, Md
Gladding Express Co
Baltimore
Centreville
Church Hill
Roberts Station
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Federalsburg
Cambridge
Ingleside
Wye Mills
Longwoods
Easton
St. Michaels
Preston
Hurlock
G. Hignutt & CO
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