Driven to China After Heartbreak at the Fork
A man travels to a canal with Adele on a village road to mail his letter accepting a counting room post in Hongkong. Adele hides the letter for Wilmarth, her suitor, while the narrator grapples with love, pride, and a promise to sail to China for five years, leaving America behind.
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Adele
Hongkong
Ulegest
Finn
Fers
Wilmarth
Wimarth
China
Amlerica
Hee
Siice
Guietus
Thrustloz
Beaven
Letter Postpone Pact Reveals Rivalry and Selfish Pride
A narrator recounts a staged noble gesture to post Adele's letter to Wilmarth, only to have Adele expose the scheme. The letter ends up addressed to the narrator, who abandons plans to leave for China. Wilmarth remains a measured rival, and the narrator boasts of personal progress while his wife dismisses jealousy as unfounded.
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China
Wilmarth
Husky Dogs of Labrador Threaten Settlements
Wides World Magazine notes husky dogs along Labrador coast and Eskimo camps pull sledges in winter and roam hungry in summer. They attack wildlife and can threaten humans and children when hungry or night falls, as owners rarely feed them in summer.
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Labrador
Hyeyeres
Setttement
Wides World Magazine
A Tramp's Story and a Bright Little Sheet
A former newspaper editor explains his fall from grace in a witty tale about a pear sighted printer who mixed up a welding notice with a murder trial. The humorous misprint leads to a comical confusion as the bride’s costume is described and the condemned man barely survives the pronouncement.
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Indy
Chicago Record;Herald
A Way to Do It and Disputes Over Quiet Neighbors
A reader from Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a neighbor dispute where pounding on the wall interrupts Mamie’s singing in a shared flat. The correspondent toys with ideas to drive out the annoying neighbors while urging a practical, nonconfrontational remedy.
Why the Wind Blows An Essay on Air Currents the Wind
An excerpt from St Nicholas explains wind origins and behavior. It describes air weight, motion, and the sun's heating effect creating rising warm air and cooler inflow. Earth rotation is noted to influence global wind patterns including trade winds and hemispheric flow directions.
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St. Nicholas
The Clown’s Face and the Black Line Tradition
A Chicago Tribune account recounts a comedian’s anecdote about Fat William Gros Guillaume, a 17th century clown whose white face and wounding sorrow sparked a legend. His audience’s laughter at tears traced the origin of the black line on clowns’ whitened faces.
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Louis XIV
Fat William
Gros Guillaume
Rue Favarl
Ijalian
Commedia
Chicago Tribune
Drugs of Antiquity and Ancient Medical Substances
A survey of the Ebers papyrus as the oldest medical text, noting substances from metals to plants and detailed drug preparation methods. Also brief notes on The Lion of St Mark and England’s oldest inns, including the Fighting Cock at St Albans and the Seven Stars in Manchester.
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Ebers
Georg Ebers
Egypt
von Oefele
von Lippmann
St. Mark
St. Mark’s
England
Newark
Manchester
Earl Godwin
Canterbury
St. Albans
F. S. Royster Guano Company
United States
F.S. Royster
South
Baltimore
Royster
Equity Case In Caroline County Circuit Court
Charis H Bartow and others sue Annie K H Burnite Norman B Taylor Flora Taylor John H Hughes Maude Sheppard Hughes Henrietta K Newnam William P Newnam James H Taylor Basil R Taylor Ruth E Taylor Ax ford Barrow Maryland Barrow Thomas H Barrow Mary Barrow and infants in equity No 1462 Chy in the Caroline County Circuit Court.
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Charis H. Bartow
Lilian Barrow
James H. Barrow
May C. Barrow
Carrie H. Larrimore
Dawson Larrimore
Annie K. H. Burnite
Norman B. Taylor
Flora Taylor
John H. Hughes
Maude Sheppard Hughes
Henrietta K. Newnam
William P. Newnam
James H. Taylor
Basil R. Taylor
Ruth E. Taylor
Axford Barrow
Maryland Barrow
Thomas H. Barrow
Mary Barrow
Caroline County
Chy
Will construction sought for Holmes estate in Maryland court
Order of publication seeks full construction of the third and fourth paragraphs of James H. Holmes will. It lists heirs and uncertainties about life estates and perpetuities, notes residents in Maryland Newark and Chicago, and directs notices in Caroline County newspapers before April 3, 1911 and appearance by April 19, 1911.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Chancery No. 1406
W. Brewster Deen
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Denton
Howard
Den
HJ. Jonson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Ethan Armour Bache
American Press Association
T. Avan Go_peneration
James H. Holmes
James II. Holmes
James EH. Holmes
Anah R. Holmes
Annie K. H. Quinite
Holmes) Taylor
Taylor
Charles H. Barrow
Carrie H. (Barrow) Lattimore
Holmes) Barrow
Barrow
John Hl. Hughes
Henrietta K. (Hoghes) Newnam
Holmes-Barrow) Hughes
William Hugher
Annl R. Holmes
Annie K. H. Aurnite
Charles H. Yarrow
Carrie I. Larrimore
Acurietta KC
Hughicas
Newnam
Lillian Barrow
James
Chicago
Illinois
James H Doles
Charles J. Barrow
Norman
Carrie
Larrimore
H. Barrow
Janes H. Barrow
Carrie H. Barrow
Charles H. Harrow
Annie K. H. Durnite
Carrie H Barrow
Norman B Taylor
Annie K H. Burnite
Charles I. Barrow
Norman BI. Taylor
Maryland
Annie K O. Burnite
Broad Street
New Jersey
John W. Hughes
Greenwood, Avenue
J. Kemp Stevens
Delaware Live Stock Co
Smyrna
Kent County
Del
Journal
F.S. Royster Guand Company
Calvert Building
Tarboro
N.C
Columbia
Norfolk
Macon
Spartanburg
S.C
Columbus
Montgomery
Ala
Andersontown Store News
E. T. Orme
Andersontown, Md
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Wheery
W. A. West
Denton, Maryland
Box
The
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
James J. Ross
WM. Denney
Sec
Treas
Kent
John T. Carter, Jr
Mad
Alex. Noble
Preston Md
Nisi
Sarah C. Thomas
Annie M. Butter
Kranz-Smit IL Piano CO
Chickering, Packard, Mehlin & Son
Bradbury
Ey.erltt
Webster
A. Fred Kranz
Mansfield
Harvard
Concord Webster
J.T Moore
Bae
Southesh Sales CO
H. Extaw
Baltiours, Md
Met
C. W. Porter
Matthews, Md
Plymouth Rock
Thos. J. Ellwang
Greensboro
Burrsville Hardware and Furniture Star
Iror
Rangiss
Neperham
H. B. Davis
H. Stafford
Burraville
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