Swiss Foot Journey and a Secret on the Sea
The narrator recalls a Swiss walking tour from Interlaken to Thun with a young educated companion. In Meiringen they lunch and discuss America, then travel to Mentone where General A. is assassinated. On a Genoa to Mentone voyage a mysterious girl reappears, revealing she is a fugitive and the tale hints at a grave secret the narrator cannot disclose.
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Switzerland
Interlakes
Wilk
Thun
Lake Thun
Thunderlake
Interlaken
Germany
Meiringen
America
The
Riviera
Nice
Mentone
Genoa
United States
Kursaal
Paris
Siberia
Russia
Zeneral A
Lkely
General A
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Madeira
Azores
Motion Picture Novelty Statues That Dance and Fly
Popular Science Monthly notes a new animation method where statues are sculpted in clay then posed and photographed frame by frame. Each figure requires 16 poses per 1000 feet of film, with multiple figures per scene, producing jerky yet realistic movement and high labor intensity.
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Popular Science Monthly
Salad Ships of the Desert Course
A recipe describes a lettuce base built with central compact leaves, filled with dates and cream cheese, seasoned with paprika, and served with French dressing. The decorative ships are arranged on a platter and garnished with celery or parsley for a decorative salad course.
Thrifts campaign tied to national conservation
The piece urges a thrift movement to curb extravagance and save money nationwide. It links personal saving to broader conservation of natural resources, noting scarce public lands, energy development, and the need for capital to boost commerce. It argues savings ease borrowing and strengthen economic stability.
Clothes on the Line Ride Through City Interurban Cars
A Manila style vignette celebrates turning laundry into a daily triumph. The piece recalls fresh air on a sunny line, praising washing as honest work that yields visible, wholesome results and pride in a cleaner world.
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Indianapolis News
Handmade chains dominate in the United States
The Scientific American notes that large chains are still primarily made by hand labor rather than machinery. While tools exist, production remains personal and controlled. The saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link highlights the need for careful, conscientious workmanship in the old time blacksmith tradition.
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United States
CAREFUL SPEECH AND CLEAR THINKING EXPRESSED
CAREFUL SPEECH Aids Clear Thinking and the Expression of Ideas. The Irish World notes that careful speech helps reveal logic gaps. Many with sympathy are dumb in sorrow, while intelligent people remain silent, depriving others of their ideas. Language is the main tool to connect humans, though it often fails for deep life thoughts.
Judge Links Neglected Children to Crime Reduction
A St. Louis judge told a local bar association that allocating one-fourth as much to aid neglected city children could lower crime, arguing early life conditions shape future outcomes and that a benevolent public should invest in young lives to prevent crime. The Knoxville Journal and Tribune echoes the sentiment.
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St. Louis
Ufe
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Cultivate Enthusiasm to Unlock Personal Power
The passage argues enthusiasm fuels personality and action. It claims knowledge and judgment stay dormant without heart given to thought and work. Cultivating enthusiasm makes you likable, escapes dull routine, and helps you lead in any setting, as urged by J. O. Jen Amour in Leslie's.
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J. QgJen Amour
Leslie’s
Assignee's Sale of Valuable Mill Property in Maryland
Assignee will offer at public sale the mill property located in Caroline County Maryland on the south side of the county road from Denton Bridge to Denton Cemetery with 75 feet frontage and 86 feet depth. The sale follows a 1905 mortgage from Hulda R. Sewell and William Sewell to William J. Neal, later assigned to Harvey L. Cooper, and described in Liber T L D No 8 folio 282. Improvements consist of a structure on the parcel and adjacent land, with the property formerly of James H. Nichols referenced in prior deeds. Sale to be held at the Denton Maryland Court House door between 2 and 4 p.m. on a date to be announced.
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Court House
Denton
Maryland
Caroline County
State of
Denton Bridge
Denton Cemetery
Proerty
James H. Nichols
Harvey E. Sewell
Hulda R. Sewell
Liber T. L. D
Two Story Frame Grist Mill Seeks Sale in Caroline County
Two story frame grist mill with capacity 40 barrels and up-to-date equipment including 8 double stand rails 9x16 one double stand reels one separator one smut er one meal sifter one homing mill 40 inch buhr bran scalper shelter crusher thirty horse power oil engine elevator pulleys belting and shafting in good repair. Cash on day of sale title papers at purchaser’s expense Harvey L Cooper James Temple assignees Auctioneer.
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Caroline County
Harvey L. ‘Cooper
James Temple
Executors Sale of Real Estate in Caroline County
Executors of Ellen Hignatt's will announce a public sale at the Denton Court House Maryland under probate records. The sale aims to liquidate real estate per last will and testament, with executors duly qualified to conduct the proceedings.
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Ellen Hignatt
Caroline County
Office of the Register of Wills
Maryland
Court House
Denton
Real Estate Auction of Ellen Hignutt Estate
On Tuesday March 3 1917 between 2 and 4 pm the real estate of Ellen Hignutt late of Caroline county deceased will be sold. The property lies in Hickman village in the Third Election District bounded by the Maryland Delaware State line a county road to Hickman and lands once owned by Dr J W Hignutt. It includes improvements and is the same land conveyed to Sarah A Hignutt and Ellen A Hignutt by J W Peters and wife in a 1904 deed.
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Ellen Hignutt
Caroline County
Hickman
Maryland and
Delaware
Andersontown
J. W. Hignutt
Sarah A. Hignutt
Ellen A. Hignutt
J. W. Peters
Sale terms for frame dwelling with half cash option
The sale offers one half cash on day of sale with the balance due in six months. The purchaser must give a note with interest from day of sale. Alternatively, purchaser may pay all cash. Title papers to be provided at the purchaser's expense.
Ordinance Regulating Parking on Main Street Denton
An 1917 Denton ordinance prohibits leaving automobiles on Main Street between First and Fifth streets longer than fifteen minutes, with a parking exception on the north side between First and Second streets. Violations incur misdemeanor charges, fines from one to five dollars, and possible jail until paid. Effective March 1, 1917. Passed February 7, 1917. J. B. Colgaitn, president. W. S. Crouse, clerk. Also notice seeking female dry goods clerks and equipment for G and Beal Denton Maryland with listed farm implements and prices.
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Main Street
First Street
Fifth Street
Town OF
Denton
Commissioners of
Second Street
J. B. Colgain
W. S. Crouse
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Motion
Picture Novelty
West Denton
George W. Hignutt
Lee Hignutt
Dee
D. L. F. Covey
Henry R. Lewis
Denton, Md
Federalsburg
G & Beal Denton
Dearborn
Oliver
W. T. Thawley
Hobbs, Md
Maxwell
Den-Mar ‘Mobile Company
F. O. B. Detroit
Nuttle Milling CO
Denton, Maryland
Housewives
Maplehurst Poultry Farm
G. L. Jopp
Hobbs
W. G. Wooters
R. F.D
P. D
Ounty Commissioners
J. Oscar Plummer
IRS
C. E. Collins
P. O. Preston
Harmony, Md
L. B. Towers & Bro
G. T. Redden & CO
Wm. Pepper
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Hikton
Goldsboro Bank
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Standard Motor Company
Cadillac
North Egton Street
Baltimore, MD
Eastern Shore
West Street
Easton, Md
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