Public Sale Of Valuable Personal Property In Maryland
Under the will of Millard F. Bingham the estate of Talbot county will sell at Chesapeake Farms near Oxford on March 16 1922 at 10 a m. Items include a 1916 White Model 445 automobile a 1919 Buick Roadster a Nash sedan p. Buick truck two pairs of mules a Jersey heifer Guernsey cattle cattle and calves registered Jersey and Guernsey cows and bulls sows hogs ewes and bucks farm tools and crops Credit terms: cash under 10 credits six months deferred payments with interest. Beneficiary executor M Felghaman Johnston. Transers at purchaser expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard F. Bingham
Talbot county
Chesapeake Farms
Oxford
Jersey
Guernsey
Hampshire
Fordson
Dee
eM. FELGHAMAN JOHNSTON
M. FL Gingham
As Plain as an Old Shoe and a Family Intrigue
In a Beechwood Springs social weave, Jane Langhed and Clare Anstey navigate engagements and rival suitors centered on grandmama’s favor. The plot follows Jane’s poised acceptance of a potential match with Edward Forsythe Anstey while Clare pursues Major E Forsythe Anstey’s nephew, stirring tensions over marriage, status, and inheritance.
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Clare
Jane
tran
coushi
danc
Grand Ma Bingham
Clive
wron
Grandma
Dophans
Jaane
seodd
andy ook
bachefor hinger
ahaindoner
lecadse
Elie
apeatel og
Gsmaas
Jekee
Jenrees
foyee
Clora
muntir
qdaelelfal
Chive
Clarissy
sonia
Beechwood Springs
monseutine
grandmiam
Mariar Anstey
E. Forsythe Anstey
BE. Forsythe
June
eversiady
panishig
Anstey
grantdina
Brandan
Edward Forsythe
hmiself
Joe
erarhna
major
Edward Forsythe Anstey
Indians Aid From Bureau Improves Native Pottery
The Bureau of Standards aided American Indian crafts by testing clay used in Arizona and New Mexico pottery. Engineers recommended higher firing temperatures to preserve decorations, and suggested cobalt stains and simpler modern methods. The Interior Department’s Indian Office coordinated the effort to help preserve and modernize the traditional ware.
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America
bureau of standards
Departmet of Commerce
Arizona
New Mexico
Ipollon
Indian office
Department of the Interior
Ceramide
Die In Harness Phrase Origins in Old English
A Rochester Post note explains the idiom die in harness as meaning to work until death. It traces to harness once signifying armor and cites Shakespeare and Macaulay as sources showing the phrase evolving from battle attire to enduring life’s duties.
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Macaulay
Shakespeare
Macbeth
Rene
abbove
Rochester Post
Treating a Cold in a Humorous Exchange
A brief, quirky exchange in which a girl and a boy discuss cold remedies and candy. The girl advocates a colt cure costing one dollar, while the boy questions its effectiveness and muses about choosing candy instead.
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AVILE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Roosevelt 3 a Bird Lover in His Youth
An 1878 New York editorial notes a young Theodore Roosevelt, then Harvard sophomore at 18, discussing sparrows as either beneficial or pests. It cites a Cambridge ornithological club debate and Roosevelt’s early interest in birds later shaping his life.
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Roosevelt
New York
Lovehing Post
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Pheadore Roosevelt
egypt
Roosevelts
Call of Arcady Sparks Escape From Institutional Life
Esther, long weary of institutions, discovers a path out after reading a volume of success articles. She plans a life beyond routine, bonds with Johnny Johns now known as Red, and revisits Arcady the zoo where their childhoods kept promise. Their reunion at the zoo seals a shared future.
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Esther
Johnny Johns
orphan asylum
Johnny
Arcady
the Zoo
Mrs. Spears
Spears
Tommy
Tecumseh Death Mystery at Thames Battle
The article questions Tecumseh's reported death at the Thames in Ontario during the October 5 1813 battle. It cites Col Johnson’s ambiguous claim about killing a tall athletic warrior and notes Hutch’s 1840 canvass uncertainty. A Cincinnati printing hints the local lore of Tecumseh’s fate remains unconfirmed by both Native and white witnesses.
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Tecumseh
the Thames
Ontario
Col
R. A. Johnson
United States
Col. Johnson
Milani Printing and Publishing company
Cincinnati
Willam Stanley Hutch
Johnson
Hatch
Ileve
Thames
Ostriches and Birds Vocal Changes Describe Roars and Breaks
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that ostriches have voices in the wild and roars by day, while hon pilots roars by night. It explains how birds’ voices change with age including buzzards owls and domestic fowls showing vocal breaks and octave shifts as they mature.
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Livingstone
Brooklyn Eagle
Curious Sound Reach Across Water Versus Grass
Reports to the American Physical Society describe experiments on how sound travels differently over water and grass. Under quiet conditions, sound traveled about four times farther over water than over grass, challenging the idea that water perfectly reflects and grass fully absorbs waves. The finding has practical importance for sending sound across grassy terrain.
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Americat Physical society
Sole Skin: Thickest Feet From Evolution Not Walks
Scientists explain the thick skin on the soles did not arise from walking. It is a remnant of early amphibian ancestors like the mud puppy. feet kept thicker bottom skin through evolution, with walking slightly thickening it.
The Merchant and the Parson Golf Tale
In Wayside Tales a merchant and a parson golf together. The parson, often beaten, grows gloomy until the merchant jokes that one day the parson will preach his funeral sermon and take revenge on the final hole.
Is No National Holiday Says Constitution Experts
The document argues that no day in the United States is a true national holiday. It cites that only a statute could declare a day national and that Congress has not acted. Legal scholars contend holiday designation lies with states, not the federal government. The Fourth of July is described as a nationwide observance created by state laws and common usage.
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Washington
United States
congress
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The Wishbone Blue Flame
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L.J. Knotts & Sons
Maine
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Iurvey L. Cooper
LEWIN W. WICKES
GEO
A. DEAKYNE
Orphans’ Court
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HARVEY 1
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Baltimore
G. T. Redden & Co
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McClure
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