A Box of Books for the Library
Philip Cross travels to a prairie outpost to donate a large shipment of books to Lavinia Hill, the district librarian and teacher. He hopes the visit reveals romance and a home, but meets Lavinia herself who juggles teaching, library duties, and local duties with humor and practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilip Cross
Philip Cross
Philip
Ralph Donaldsson
Ralph
Lavinia Hill
Lavinia Shea
Agato Philp
Phillip
Pho
Lavinia
Philp
Miss Hill
Lavinia UN
Miss Lavinola Hill
Lavinia bin
A Chance To Leave What Keeps Lavinia Hills Bound
Lavinia Hill expresses frustration over delayed salary and modest pay of $35 a month while men in charge show disinterest. Philip Cross, uneasy yet protective, quiets his own eagerness as he carries a box of books. He senses Lavinia’s days in town are numbered, fearing his influence may hasten her departure.
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Lavinia Hill
Philip Cross
Eccentric Aunt of Emerson Amid Gravewardrobe Tales
In Concord, Mary Moody Emerson’s eccentric aunt Miss Emerson drew notice for her bizarre graveyard attire and sharp wit. She rode in public in a scarlet shawl, spoke with a fierce creed of Calvinist piety, and disdained polite society with biting remarks and fearless pen.
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Concord
Mary Moody Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
van Wyck Brooks
Scribner’s Magazine
Miss Emerson
John Calvin
Sibil
Gard
Magellan First Circumnavigator Debate Captured
Pathfinder Magazine argues Magellan deserves credit as first circumnavigator for his voyage ending with 31 survivors to Spain aboard the Vittorio while Del Cano completed the circumnavigation after Magellan's death on Mactan Island April 27, 1521.
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Magellan
Globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Juan Sebnantian del Cano
Spain
Vittorio
Mactan
Portugal
Banda Island
Greenwich
del Cano
Pathfinder Magazine
Winthrop and the Fifth Parlor Maid Joke
Winthrop arrives late to a dance and brags of dismissing his second footman. An acquaintance reveals dismissing his fifth parlor maid since July, prompting Winthrop to disbelief about the claim in this London Answers joke.
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Winthrop
London
Vociferous Driver Echoes Antique Car Noise
A vivid scene captures a loud motor driver responding to a friend amid a noisy antique car. The friend shouts, asking for clarification as engine sound dominates the moment and messages are exchanged across the din.
Tea Drinking Now Good Business in American Offices
New York report shows Manhattan offices adopt tea at work as a profit boosting perk. A Ten Association bulletin notes tea on premises replaces trips to tea rooms, giving executives a morale lift and a refined touch to daily business.
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New York
Manhattan
Flim
The
Ten Association of the United States
America
Pest destroyer aids housewives in insect war
Science reinforces the American housewife in fighting disease spreading insects by a chemical pest destroyer that kills fleas mosquitoes and other non-lung insects by penetrating their nervous systems through breathing pores in their bodies. Millions of housewives have found this destroyer highly effective in ridding homes of dangerous insect visitors.
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American Research Foundation
World Book Encyclopedia drawn from 250 savants
Chicago report reveals the World Book Encyclopedia drawing on more than 250 authors from the Hoover cabinet to foreign dignitaries. Prof M O Shea presents a ten year, million dollar effort with 14 000 illustrations across twelve volumes to present modern discovery in an accessible form.
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Hoover
M. ¥. O’shea
University of Wisconsin
Interior
Ray Lymon Wilbur
Cardinal Mundelein
Albert Eugene de Ligne
Belgium
Jects
O'Shea
Gordon Saint Malr
One Per Cent Monthly Fair Carrying Charge
Advice on prudent home financing stresses planning ahead for land, materials, running costs, and budgeting. It warns against overextending beyond three times yearly income, and advises consulting a trusted expert to save money and worry.
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Witl
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Order Nisi in Equity In Caroline County
In the Circuit Court for Caroline County equity matter No 2836 Chy, order to ratify and confirm the property report unless opposed by July 3 1940 with publication once weekly in Caroline County newspapers until June 2 1940. Reported sale amount listed as 700 dollars. Clerk T Clayton Horsey. True Copy.
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
T. Alan Goldsborough
T. Clayton Horsey
Notice to Creditors for John P. Moore Estate
Notice by Caroline county Maryland Orphans Court receivers of administration on the personal estate of John P. Moore deceased. Creditors must exhibit claims with vouchers by November 17, 1930 or be barred from benefits. Debtors must promptly settle. Given under our hands April 25, 1930.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Notice to Creditors Ellenora Pinkine Estate
Creditors of Ellenora Pinkine deceased are warned to exhibit their claims with vouchers authenticated to the subscriber on or before November 17, 1920 or be barred from all benefit of the estate by law. Settlement urged for timely payments. Admin Samuel G. Nutile signs April 29, 1930.
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Ellenora Pinkine
Caroline County
Umber Ny
Samuel G. Nutile
AGENT Wounted for open debit in Car oline county
OH HOME FRIENDLY INS. CO. Easton, Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
OH Home Friendly Ins. Co
Easton, Md
For Rent and Jobs and Miscellany on Maryland Farms
Rental notice for the Whiteleysburg farm known as the Jonathan Longfellow home, plus help wanted for a middle aged woman on a farm with board and wages offered. Advertisements include fruit plants at farm prices, a Hampshire ram, and a John Deere sulky plow in good condition from Denton Maryland with multiple names and locations listed.
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Whiteleysburg
Jonathan Longfellow
George IF. Stafford
Glasgow Street
Cambridge
Walter Anthony, Harrington
Del
Frank D. Zeigler
Denton
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
D. J. Walsh
Rich
Chicago
Ray Lyman Wilbur
of Interior
Nisi
Margaret N. Hackett
John P. Moore
Denton National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Alfred S. Marine
Race St
J. H. Gdarnees
P.Q. Denton
A. G. Gelletly
Denton, Ma
Charles E. Carroll
Democratic
Canvaisers
Charles Ss
Ballimore
MR. Wooters
I. S. Royster Guano Co
Denton Bridge
W. G. Wooters
Market Street
Savage
Roland Thomas
Delco Light Sales and Service
Denton, Md
Satley New Way
B. Blough
Walton Owens
Bridgeville
John A McKenna
Franklin St
Benton, Mil
FB. Pickering
Wy-Har Country Farr
Leonard
BH. Johnson
Fifth Avenue
WY. GC
Collison
Burraville
Diogenes
I.G.A
Rumford’s
Jor
Van
P & G Naphtha
Eagle
Pkge
Iorge
Sanitary Market
Denton, Claymatlt
Ivory
Blue
Maryland Pipe & Steel Corp
Ostend & Scott Sts
Baltimore, Md
Ridgely, Maryland
ATA
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Joseph B. Blough
Srachive
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