Statement of the People’s Fire Insurance Company of Maryland
Home Office Frederick Maryland at end of 1912 sworn statement filed with Maryland Insurance Commissioner shows assets and liabilities with figures for ledger assets not admitted and total admitted assets. J G Cover as general agent Easton MD reports figures including cash in office real estate and policy-related items at year end.
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Grangers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
PEOPLE’S FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, Home Office
Frederick, Md
W. Mason Shehan
Insurance Commissioner
Maryland
D.D.D. Eczema Cure Promises Instant Itch Relief
A. L. Duffey Drugstore advertises D D D Prescription for eczema claiming the wash stops itching in two seconds. Offers 60 cent trial and a no pay guarantee on the first dollar bottle, with D D D Soap for pore health.
A Promise of Eternal Love in Rome and on the Sea
The narrator recalls meeting Angela in Rowe and a Rome journey where love grows amid ancient ruins. On a Naples voyage home a dying stranger speaks of guiding spirits, then in Virginia spring Angela appears from fog on a beach, suggesting a destiny shaped by unseen beings and a renewed bond beyond death.
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Angela
Rowe
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palace of the Caesars
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arch of Titus
Rome
Naples
Vesuvius
Ansela
tiad
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yelee
Wenning
Florentine Land at the 1913 Chautauqua headline act
Signor Lawrence Pontrelli leads a renowned Florentine troupe at the 1913 Chautauqua. A distinguished cornetist, he has toured with major city bands, shaping audience appeal and showcasing his musicians' potent talents. The Florentines consistently leave crowds in high spirits.
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Lawrence Pontrelli
Habits as Tyrants and Sudden Breaks
The London Mirror notes how sharp habit changes can threaten health. It cites a man who broke a dozen years of yearly bed rest and faced illness, and De Quincey who hunched to a four ounce habit until death. The piece warns abrupt habit disruption risks ruin.
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De Quincey
wilter
London
rior
Hero Buried With Flag After Austrian Battle
During the Austro Prussian war Prussian soldiers found a wounded Austrian officer in a wet ditch. He asked to be left alone as he died after folding his regiment’s flag beneath him to protect it from the enemy. The Prussians buried him with the flag wrapped around his body.
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Old Time Trained Nurses Historic Duties Revealed
A fragment from an 1764 article quoted in a history of nursing outlines eighteenth century nurse responsibilities. Duties include patient care, nourishment, ward cleanliness, assisting surgeons, burying the dead, managing fires, calming patients, and nightly watch, all requiring patience, kindness, and vigilance.
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Norsing
Miss Nuttings
Miss Dock
Lands of Fire and Ice Echoed in Two Polar Realms
The New York Press notes Iceland and Tierra del Fuego as glacier bound lands at opposite ends of the globe. It highlights Icelands vast glacial fields and inland desolation near Thingvallavatn, and points to Reykjavi Ital hot springs while glaciers mark the distant southern Tierra del Fuego.
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Iceland
Tierra del Fuego
Thingvallavatn
Reykjavi Ital
New York Press
How Frostbite Happens In Cold Weather
Frostbite begins with capillary contraction making the skin tense then relaxes as nerves fatigue. Vessels dilate causing redness and then blue skin as lymph thickens. Severe cold can coagulate blood and deepen injury, leading to tissue damage.
Oppressive Politeness In a Massenet Anecdote
Historian M Ernest Lavisse asks why Massenet moved apartments and learns the composer found himself too well known and treated with excessive politeness. A tobacconist’s penny stamp purchase prompts a quip about bending the stamp to the buyer, illustrating social formality.
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Ernest Lavisse
Massenet
Westminster Gazette
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The Peoples National Bank
ALBERT G. TOWERS, Prest
T. F. JOHNSON
The
Penton National Bank
Woodrow Wilson
savings bank
Wilson
T. C. WEST
Cashier
HARVEY L. COOPER
McShane
Gay St
Denton
Elizabeth E. Pippin
East Main St
Hinman
State road
John W. Clark
Fifth Ave
Randolph St
Sixth St
Masonic Building
Court House
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
DENTON, MARYLAND
COMPAS
J. G. COVER
BULLOCK
BULLOCK’S CHEAP STORE
Carter Block
DENTON, MD
A. L. DUFFEY
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ocean
Virginia
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