Sandy Clay Finds Riches After a Big Storm
Sandy Clay endures a cyclone like storm on his farm as melons and corn are damaged but a wider river flood reveals a gravel deposit and a potential $20,000 windfall. He hints at a return to university life with improved pay and a renamed role as Professor Sandford Clay.
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Mra. Clay
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Snundy
Prof
Sandford Clay
How Squirrels Help to Promote Forest Growth
The article explains how squirrels aid forest regeneration by burying nuts and seeds, often forgetting some, which sprout into new trees. This natural caching sustains tree growth across seasons and helps renew forests unless disrupted by humans or fire.
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Washington Star
William De Morgan the artist and novelist born in London
William De Morgan born November 16 1830 in London educated at University College and the Academy schools joined Rossetti Morris and Burne Jones circle. He built a kiln and helped develop tile pottery commercially before turning to fiction in 1905. He died in London January 15 1917 of trench fever.
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London
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Wllam Morris
Burne-Jones
Victoria and Albert museum
Joseph Vance
Prices Rising for Gloves Prompt Clerk Admittance
Mrs Lastery complains gloves priced high, noting cleaning charges double what T paid for a dinner gown last week. Clerk concedes that two gloves are involved in the service.
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Lastery
Spoiling the Metaphor Dialogue Between Two Suited Figures
Two characters exchange lines about love and the eyes as windows of the soul. Miss Goldentide remarks on glassy eyes, while Mr. Oldsport questions affection as the metaphor is spoiled. The scene centers on perception and sentiment.
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Mr. Oldsport
Wallpaper Tricks To Add Height In Small Rooms
In low rooms use striped wallpaper that rises toward the ceiling. Run the pattern up to the ceiling and cover the ceiling with a plain color near the wall background. If not too dark, choose a shade that hides the nail-to-ceiling transition.
Woman's Role in Society Cited as Friction Source
The piece quotes E W Howe's Monthly arguing that women do not improve men but bother them, citing biblical passages urging wives to obey husbands and to keep silent in churches, noting early saints faced friction with women.
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E. W. Howe
Responsibilities Of The Editor In A Community Newspaper
The editor bears major duties beyond business profit, publishing truthful news while guiding a community. He educates citizens on conditions, politics, business, and social issues, balancing truth with advertising pressures and defending civic interests against petty hostility.
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America
The Grocer's Dream
A gray grocer shares a Christmas night dream of heaven and hell. An angel guides him toward glory but pauses at a hellish scene where old debtors he never paid burn in torment. The grocer, seeing their fate, prefers heaven and remains content.
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Furniture filled Denton house showroom by Newnam
A Denton Maryland business run by M K Newnam showcases 30 000 square feet of floor space filled with furniture for every room in the house. The display emphasizes a complete home furnishing assortment available to shoppers in the area.
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M. K. Newnam
Denton, Md
Clean Chicks and Clean Ground Boost Poultry Survival
County Extension News reports three years of records from Caroline and Maryland poultry raisers show that clean chicks and clean ground substantially reduce losses in brooding. Clean chicks come from disease free stock and vigorous flocks. clean ground means land unused for brooding for a year. If clean ground is unavailable, wire sun porches are advised.
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Caroline
Maryland
Blakemore Strawberry to be Tested in Caroline County
The Blakemore strawberry, a cross of Premier and Missionary developed by the U S D A, will be tested in Caroline county next season. Growers J Spencer Lapham of Goldsboro Wm H Garey and H A Reinhold of Denton have secured enough plants to observe productivity and quality in 1931. The Blakemore is reported to be an productive early berry with good market qualities.
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Caroline county
Messrs. J. Spencer Lapham
Goldsboro
Wm. H. Garey
H. A. Reinhold
Denton
Culture Bulletins for Peas and Strawberries on the Shore
Two agricultural bulletins offer guidance for strawberry and pea growers. Circular No 79 by L M Goodwin covers practical pea culture for canning, combining farmer canner and investigator experience. Bulletin No 316 reports on strawberry production and marketing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland across Marion Pittsville and Federalsburg, with variety and fertilization data. Copies are available at the County Agricultural Agent's Office, Denton Maryland.
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L. M. Goodwin
Maryland
Marion
Pittsville
Federalsburg
Denton
Spray or Dust Tomato Plants to Prevent Injury
Thorough spraying or dusting of tomato plants in the seed bed protects against insect injury. Flea beetles and potato beetles may appear early. begin treatment as soon as plants emerge. Use Bordeaux mixture or copper-lime-arsenate dust with arsenate of lead, following established proportions.
Business Leaders Meet in Salisbury on May 6
E Dale Adkins, chairman of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association, calls all business interests affected by motor freight service to a meeting in Salisbury on Tuesday evening May 6 at 7 30 in the Assembly Room of the Salisbury Wicomico Chamber of Commerce. The gathering follows hearings for Baltimore Transfer Company and Peninsula Auto Express Company applications, with Pennsylvania Railroad supporting the moves and independent motor truck operators opposing them.
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E. Dale Adkins
Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association
Baltimore Transfer Company
Peninsula Auto Express Company
Eastern Shore
Maryland
Salisbury-Wicomico Chamber of Commerce
Salisbury
Leonard Refrigerator Bargain in Exchange Deal
Used Frigidaire refrigerator porcelain lined, takes in exchange. One season’s use, 75 pound ice capacity, priced at 35 dollars. Suitable for a family without electricity. New name M. K. in Denton Maryland.
Sterling piano sale offered by M K Newnam
Sterling piano in good as new condition offered in trade by M K Newnam. Describes as a bargain at 90 dollars and notes it came from a family with no relatives to play it. Local notice style with emphasis on the price and seller.
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M. K. Newnam
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