Old Gretna Green passing threatens historic smithy
The Gretna Green smithy, famed for civil marriages by the blacksmith registrar, may be demolished as it blocks motor traffic though its traditions endure. Visitors still seek the medieval forge and a coach display, while cordite works close and registration duties dwindle.
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Gretna Green
England
Marquess of Queensberry
Frances Lovell
Marin Grant
Richard Sheridan
Scotland
Black Sea Light Restored at Serpent's Land Lighthouse
The rebuilt Serpent’s Island lighthouse in the Black Sea resumed regular operation December 1. Formerly destroyed by Russians in 1810 and bombarded in 1917, it has been rebuilt by the European Commission of the Danube with a three-flash, 15 minute cycle visible for 20 miles.
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Sland
Black Sea
Bucharest
London Times
Paris
Turkey
European Commission of the Danube
Breslau
Washington prospector cites metric woes and Bolshevik fears
In New York the well known prospector and promoter anderlip warns that Bolshevism will not penetrate the masses. He recalls a Moscow anecdote about a moujik who measures with a meter rule, then adds vodka, illicit ruble notes, and a thumb span. The tale underscores skepticism toward modernizing reform and global change.
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Washington
Anderlip
New York
Moscow
J C Penney Raises Life Policy as Golden Rule Stores Grow
J C Penney of New York carries 3 million on his life and recently added 1.5 million more, bringing annual premiums to 120000. Rodman Wanamaker and Pierre du Pont hold 4.6 and 4 million respectively, while John Wanamaker died with 3 million in coverage. Penney’s namesake corporation operates 871 Golden Rule stores in 29 states with last year’s business near 50 million.
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J. C. Penney
New York
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Pierre du Pont
John Wanamaker
J. O. Penney
Mr. Penney
Boy Observes Seat Etiquette On Crowded Ride
An observer recalls a downtown trip with a boy who notes women must stand as seats fill. The child hopes men will relinquish seats to allow the ladies to sit, provoking laughter from nearby women and the speaker's embarrassment.
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Edward
Chicago Tribune
Foolish plan leads to failed grand piano purchase
Tobe recalls Mose’s cotton crop profits spent on a grand piano ordered without measurements. Bystander calls it foolish as the piano won’t fit through the cabin door, illustrating impracticality.
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Tobe
Mose
Self-nude man hires pricey architect for lordly pleasure house
A provocative tale features a self nude man with a tainted fortune hiring an expensive architect to build a grand house. The planner suggests a southern exposure, prompting the man of money to redden and shuffle, warning to keep the contract.
What People Glory In.
A compact reflection on human morals noting that what people take pride in reveals both belief and conduct. The remark suggests character is shaped by cherished aims, with Martineau’s stance implied in the source text.
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Martineau
Lord Beaverbrook on Shorthand Masters at Albert Hall
Lord Beaverbrook spoke at Pitman’s prize-giving in London’s Royal Albert Hall noting that great ability does not guarantee shorthand mastery. He cited Lord Carson and a present prime minister as examples, praising Bonar Law’s memory and recounting his practice of dictating drafts to his secretary before public speeches. Healy, then T. D. Healy, used shorthand in debates for the New York Tribune.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Pitman
Royal Albert Hall
London Morning Post
Lord Carson
Bonar Law
Conservative
House of Commons
House
T. M. Healy
Inca Land and Peruvian Guinea Pigs Compared
Hiram Bingham, Connecticut’s new lieutenant governor, has published Inca Land about the Yale Peru expedition he directed. He notes Peruvians keep guinea pigs in kitchens as staples, calling a guinea pie mainly rabbit like and valued as food for thousands of years in the Andes, and he questions why North American guinea pigs are kept only as pets or laboratory subjects. The meat, he says, is delicious and similar to squab.
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Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Yale
Peru
Andes
New England
Ellis Parker Butler
Guinea
Mystery on the Pittsburgh Detroit Sleeper
A Pittsburgh to Detroit sleeper tale unfolds aboard a night trip. A porter ignores a $5 bill in a white coat, while two women in a mink coat and a seal jacket share a pink wrapped package as a small poodle causes constant barking.
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Pittsburgh
Preventing Hydrophobia After Mad Dog Bites
Health Builder reports that hydrophobia in humans and rabies in dogs can be prevented with injections of dried spinal cord from rabbits that died of experimental rabies. The treatment is widely available and ordered by telegraph from the state board of health. If bitten, track the dog for observation without killing it, and seek anti rabies treatment via a family physician if symptoms appear.
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United States
State Board of Health
Board of Health Laboratory
Harold L. Amoss
Florence’s Historic Oil Roots and Apple Orchards
Florence is famed as the mother of oil and of apple orchards in Colorado and the West. The oil field began in 1802 with the first well drilled in 1864 by James Frazer who hauled apple trees to the plains and planted them near Florence. From those trees grew the Colorado orange apples and a noted Florence Canon City orchard heritage. Florence now hosts 60 producing oil wells and remains Colorado’s only developed oil field.
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Florence
Colorado
West
James Frazer
Canon City
Bible Outlay Increased for 1928 Budget
The American Bible Society approved a 1928 budget of 1,160,000 dollars for translation publication and distribution, up 40,000 from 1922. General secretary Frank H. Munn announced the plan, with estimated needs at 1,405,244 but a 244,487 cut due to incomplete income. Funds will furnish Scriptures in over 150 languages in nearly every country.
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American Bible Society
Frank H. Munn
Parisian art dealer values painting at twenty five thousand
In a Paris scene an art dealer visits an artist who proudly presents a painting and discusses its price. The artist valuates the work at 25000 dollars and the dealer agrees. The dealer adds he believes he can fetch 40000 elsewhere, and the artist agrees to the sale.
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Sas
Cedly
Annapolis Carpenter Praises Tanlac in Testimonial
James W. Cadle a carpenter and president of Union No. 1125 of Annapolis testifies that Tanlac relieved his severe stomach troubles. He describes gas bloating chest pressure and back pain before the medicine and says he now sleeps well feels strong and ready for work. The ad notes Tanlac is sold by druggists with over 35 million bottles sold.
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James W. Cadle
Union No. 1125
Brewer Ave
Annapolis
Tanlac
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Conkeys
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Conkey’s
Conkey’s Poultry Book Free
Summit Poultry Farm
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Simpson
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W. A. Simpson Company
Baltimore, MD
New
Mullin's Home Store
Wilmington
U. S. Army
Munson
Gee
Albert Angell, Jr
Rosenbaum Paes
Chicago
U.S.A
Farmers’ Supply Co
Denton
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Albert Angell
National Bay State Shoe Company
Broadway
New York, N. Y
Nisi
Harvey L. Cooper
Isaac L. Mills
Blanche
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the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle
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T. FB. Johnson
M Wade
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Circuit Court
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True
J. Virgil Moore
N. Third Street
James H, Pollard
Denton, Md
Walter Sparks
Life Man
M. K. Newnan
Puneral Director
Lucas PF
Toe
Thomas
W. Bulto
Esser CO
Orphans’ Court
S. Emma Redden
Frank A. Redden
State Road
Enton
W. G. Wooters
Ceme
Tery
James H. Nichols & Company
Denton Lane & Lang
Charles H. Statum’s
Howard
Charles H. Statum
WM. Pepper
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Elkton
ST. Paul
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
Sec’y-Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover, Delaware
John T. Carter
Irving Jones
Greensboro
John W. Payne
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Denton, Ma
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Eastern Shore Gas & Electric Co
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