Clear to the End of the Road
Sheldon, a lonely car dealer, helps Velma Richards after a traffic stop and falls for her. As their friendship grows, they discover Velma’s only luxury is love from a man who believes he is rich. He promises to stay true and vows, “clear to the end of the road.”
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Sheldon
Ife
Shattuck & Co
Velma Richards
Robert Sheldon
Bob
Aston
St. and I
Mr. Moore
Mrs. Moore
Goldfish Train to Ring Dinner Bell at Ridgefield Park
In Ridgefield Park New Jersey a breeder, Otto Gelding, trains goldfish to pull a string and ring a silver dinner bell. After days of feeding with dough and water fleas, the fish learn to tug the string at noon, aligning feeding with town noon whistles, and all gather at noon for their meal per Youth's Companion report.
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Izaak Walton
Bacon
Hawkins
Swammerdam
Abbey of
St. Bernard
Antwerp
Breen
Ridgefield Park
N. 2
Otto Gelding
Gneding
Tea Tasting and the Expert Tea Taster
Tea grading for market is done by tasting. It requires extreme delicacy of taste and can involve tasting up to a thousand samples a day. Tasters do not swallow the tea to keep judgment sharp, yet they suffer headaches and dizziness from the work.
Electric branding of fruits and nuts using wax dies
An early electrical branding method marks fruits and nuts with growers’ trademarks. A belt transports produce onto a heated die system powered by a standard light socket, melting wax in the rind to imprint the brand. Used on oranges melons apples and pecans to deter substitution of inferior goods.
Gentle medical mishap with crimson lozenges
A budding doctor treated a youth for cough with crimson lozenges and a gargle. The patient exclaimed he was bleeding inside after a dose, only to learn the red stain was from the lozenges, causing amusement once he calmed.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Elopement ends Paige family football feud
Milo Paige defies his father by eloping with Marjorie, a poetry loving student, after a season marked by Michigan football hopes and a clash over athletic values. The coach Stafford reveals he is Milo's sister’s husband, easing the rift as both families parse the unexpected romance amid the game day backdrop.
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Seldon ¥. Paige
Aillo
Paige
Milo
Iva
Dad
Phi Beta Kappa
Marjorie
Stafford
Pippin
Lield
Marge
Dusty
Vitamins You Need for Good Health and Nutrition
The article explains the vitamin theory, noting that malnutrition can occur with full meals due to missing vitamins or mineral salts. It outlines vitamins A B C and D sourced from milk and leafy vegetables, with raw consumption boosting content. It lists vegetables rich in each vitamin and stresses regular inclusion for growth, temper, and general health.
Immunity claim noted as officials remove house sign
An elderly Black resident protested as health officers began removing a sign posted on her house after an epidemic. She urged that the sign should remain, saying no collector has been near her home since the sign went up.
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People's Home Journal
Johnny’s Lesson Turns Into Humorous Mistake
A child is instructed to say a word with a tricky spelling, then makes a playful mispronunciation. The next day he recites poetry and repeats the lesson, transforming the line “Up, up, my love, the sun is shining” into “Double up, my love, the sun is shining.”
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Johnny
Observatory to Move from Greenwich to Holmbury Hill
The famed Greenwich Observatory will be relocated to Holmbury Hill due to electrification of a nearby railway line. Established in 1675 for navigation and nautical astronomy, Greenwich time has long served as the world standard.
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Greenwich Observatory
Greenwich
Holmbury Hill
Made a Difference by the Ancient Beau
A playful exchange features an aged suitor declaring vitality while a young companion comments on feeling young. The scene contrasts age and youth with witty banter and a light, humorous tone.
Pupils Smoked In Lessons In 18th Century England
About 250 years ago children in England carried pipes in their satchels and schoolmasters paused lessons so everyone could smoke.
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England
An Old Custom About Midsummer Day Practices
An old custom held that unmarried girls would fast on Midsummer day, place a meal on the table at midnight, leave the door open, and await their future husband to enter and eat.
Like Father Like Son in a Quiet Family Moment
A humorous exchange hints at parental remarriage and family dynamics. The dialogue captures a child's curiosity about why a father married the mother, with a witty, gentle punchline about beginnings and bonds within a household.
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Jenne
Smcclure
Columbia
M. K. Newnam
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H.ss. Burns
Denton
Hammond’s Old Stand
Cor
R. C. Jackson
Greensboro
Maryland
Ernest G. Cooper
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Preat
J. Frank Wright
THE
Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Ford Farm Viner
Burrsville Viner
Gj. T. Redden & Company
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
See’y Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Delaware
L. Irving Juanes
Agt
Keensbero
Joan T. Carter
Denton, Ald
John W. Payne
Preston, Md
Fruits and Nuts
H. Louis Raybold
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Papa
Mamma
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