Secrets in the Old Drum
Immy Spence longs for reconciliation with his stubborn grandfather Josiah Spence. A ruined drum hides letters from Tom confessing his apologies, revealing a family history of pride and remorse. Decades of silence melt as Josiah and Tom acknowledge faults, reforge their bond, and share Jimmy’s joy.
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Immy Spence
Josiah Spence
Tom
Josiah
Jimmy
St. Jean
Jeanie
Jean
Father
Grandfather
Sunny Side Way to Happiness by F A Walker
A devotional piece urges choosing the sunny side of life to beat the blues. It extols hope, health, inspiration, and uplift, citing how cheerful, confident living brightens perception and transforms even the demeanor of strangers and oneself.
Like Em and Tease Em At Twenty One
A fragment from a light literary piece describes a flirtatious dynamic. The female protagonist uses charm and coquetry to tease Gavin, while he remains enchanted by her expressions and lines. The narrator notes male gullibility in romantic entanglements and the ritual of declaring love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Gavin
Si, Harrie
Jefferson Bible One of Nation's Treasures
Jefferson began the Jefferson Bible around 1801 during his presidency by abridging the four Gospels into 40 pages for the Indians. By 1819 he added Greek Latin and French Testaments under the title The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. The original is in the National Museum Washington.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
Palestine
National Museum
Washington
Pathfinder Magazine
Thoughts on Silence and Expression in Human Life
A writer argues that silence alone cannot suffice for spiritual life. Mysticism and martyrdom require expressed experience lest they become solitary or judgmental. Words are a blessed ministry but idle, false, or bitter speech harms. silence can also mask indifference, carelessness, or pride, so harmony and beauty need living expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystie
Lfe
Warla
Franklin and the First American Woman in Business
Franklin's life is traced from his political rise to his impact in France. The article notes his age, envoy appointment to France in 1776, and pivotal role in securing recognition and the alliance with the United States. It credits him with inspiring women in business and shaping modern American life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
House of Commons
Irance
France
Frankin
United States
Great Dames
Paris
Old Man in Picture Causes Artistic Mixup
A landscape artist sold a painting to a wealthy woman who found it flat and asked a second artist to add a figure along the road in the scene. The second artist added an old man walking, prompting a dispute when the first artist claimed a road had appeared. The first insists the feature is only a river running through the canvas.
Dye Vats in Pompeii Ruins Show Ancient Dyers Shop
The Pompeii ruins include a Roman dyer's shop with vats utensils and ovens. Dyes were once made from vegetable substances until 1856 when Perkin found how to produce fast dyes from coal tar products.
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Pompeii
Perkin
Jeffersons Silent Plans Shape White House Terraces
Jefferson prepared anonymous designs for the White House but were rejected at the time. Later as president, he personally designed the mansion’s terraces and colonnades that were added during his term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
White House
Eyelid Habits Mark Faults in Conversation
Those who drag their eyelids when speaking are stubborn and easily offended. They are clever but rarely achieve success, especially in Ife, where traits affect social standing and daily interactions.
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Ife
Heavy Coffee Drinkers in Scandinavia Lead Nation
In Scandinavian countries heavy coffee drinkers top the list, consuming coffee at all meals and even between meals, reflecting a strong cultural habit across the region.
Economic Laws Supreme Quote by Lord Sydenham
A historical remark states that a government cannot absolve the community from economic laws any more than it can avert an earthquake. The note frames economic inevitability as a constant of policy and society.
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Lord Sydenham
Ample motor fuel foreseen by U S Bureau of Mines
The U S Bureau of Mines and Chief Petroleum Engineer Harry H Hill state that motor fuel supplies will remain ample for many years. The article outlines recovery methods from oil sands, gas pressure recovery, water and chemical flooding, gas reuse, and shale and coal distillation. It notes ongoing experiments, costs, and the Colorado shale plant funded by Congress, with expectations of 25 to 50 years of supplies under improved techniques.
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U. 8 Bureau of Mines
Harry H. Hill
Bureau
Harr
Federal Oil Corporation Board
Lorraine
Scotland
Kentucky
Ohio
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Wyoming
California
Congress
Rulison
Colorado River
Ben E. Lindsey
Bureau of Mines Experiment Station
Dartlesville
Oklo
Assignee's Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Caroline Co
Calvert C Merriken as assignee offers for public sale in front of Denton Court House a farm of 524 3/4 acres with barn stalls sheds meadow and orchard in First Election District Caroline County Maryland. sale between 2 and 4 pm terms half cash day of sale, balance in four months or all cash. title papers at purchaser expense. Assignee L F Covey Auctioneer Calvert C Merriken. Mortgage chain from Cowgill to Cooper with Wasel Gneisco and Katrina Gneisco interests reserved.
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Charles P. Cowgill
Rebecca A. Cowgill
Harvey L. Cooper
Caroline County
Calvert C. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Castle Hall Schoolhouse
River Bridges
Melville
Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad
George Smith
Smith
Wm. G. Toland
Laura J. Toland
Wasel Gneisco
Katrina Gneisco
Henderson
Goldsboro
Grocers Long Established in English Trade History
The early wholesale grocery business began in England with pepperers and spicers thriving in London by 1180. The term grocer appears in 1910 city records. The Grocers' Company of London was founded in 1845 as guilds formed during the Middle Ages. The trade grew rapidly thereafter.
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England
London
Grocers’ Company of
Temperature measurement error in clinical readings
A thermometer exposed to air after oral use can show a higher reading than the patient’s true temperature. If a patient’s actual temperature is 100 degrees F and the thermometer is later left in 108 degree air, the reading may reach 103 degrees. Hospitals and physicians guard against this known error.
Crazy Marsh built first moon rail to Mount Washington
Sylvester Marsh, once ridiculed New Hampshire farmer, devised a rail line to Mount Washington summit. He opened the road to Jacob's Ladder in 1858 and completed to the summit by 1860, claiming the project cured his dyspepsia after years of illness. The feat stands as an early mark of the Boston and Maine system.
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Sylvester Marsh
New Hampshire
Mount Washington
Boston & Maine
Crazy Marsh
Boston Post
Marsh
Senate
ASSIGNER'S SALE OF SADLER FARM IN TWO STATES
Wesley E Thawley, as assignee, will sell at public auction the farm partly in Caroline County Maryland and partly in Kent County Delaware, on the homestead of Samuel G Sadler deceased. Real estate details include a colonial land description and a 1914 conveyance. One half of the purchase price due day of sale, balance after ratification, title papers at purchaser expense. Auctioneer A J Duve.
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Samuel G. Sudler
Queen M. Sudler
Goldsboro Bank
Wesley E. Thawley
Caroline County
Maryland
Samuel G. Sadler
Josephine Scott
A. J. Duve
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Kent County
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Henry Stubb
Hudson Land
State Line
New Dover Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
Mans Forest
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Man OF the Forest
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Paramount Picture
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James Hall
Ford Sterling
Iris Stuart
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New York
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Potash and Perlmutter
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Melvin E. Wheatley
Poator
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Thomas Baynard
Mabel Duffey
Bertha Bradley
Caroline
C. H. Dean
Queen Anne
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Denton, Md
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DeNecn
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John Irwin
Denton , Maryland
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