J. C. Godwin Co Offers Wide Dress Goods and Clothing Selection
Easton department store promotes skirts jackets silks and linings in black dress goods and mohair. Hosiery shirts and corsets priced 6, 10, 15, 25c with bold claims of best value. Tailor-made pants and department added, children and youth suits, carpets mats and oil cloths emphasized. Call to compare prices and styles at No. 86 N. Washington St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Werene
J.C.GODWIN Co
Washington St
New Denton Choptank Hotel Now Open for Guests
Roonee announces he has charge of the Choptank Hotel in Denton Maryland and invites all former customers and the public to visit. He pledges to spare no pains to please guests and welcomes visitors from any place.
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Choptank
Denton
wROONEE
Wilmington
Philadelphia
New York
Fragmented poetic lines on a cobweb case and childhood
The text presents dimmed images of an old case marked by anxious scars. It contrasts strings pricked by little hands with a shift from laughter to tears, hinting at lost innocence and faded memories.
The Conspirators and a Father’s Quiet Dilemma
Captain Hanson returns from voyage to find Lucy choosing between two suitors Whitman a bank clerk and Jack Darrow a sea captain hopefuls. He grants Lucy freedom to marry the man she loves, easing into a tender scene of approval and shared joy as Lucy embraces her father.
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Hanson
Lucy
Jack Darrow
Jack
cap
papa
onry Whitman
Papal Lucy
Whitman
Jack Darraw
young Whitman
Captain Hanson
Conspirators plot wedding night caper ends in clash
A staged plot to thwart a date escalates when Captain Hanson confronts Whitman at 7:15 and again at 7:45. The conspirators watch as Whitman and Lucy’s betrothal chance an angry, crowded scuffle, ending with apologies and a hastened wedding. In Detroit a Scottish pride note fades into witty banter about famed Brits.
Indians and tobacco origins from early smoke rites
The article cites Dr. Daniel G Brinton noting centuries of Indian smoking before Columbus, as a religious ceremony tied to the medicine man. It describes how various plants were smoked, with tobacco likely arising from selecting the fittest.
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Daniel G. Brinton
They All Knew Teacher and the Bank at Monte Carlo
A classroom exchange features a puzzled teacher prompting for Columbus while students recall the phrase broke the bank at Monte Carlo. London Judy note hints at a historic nickname.
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Columbus
Monte Carlo
London
Judy
I Want to Go Home Amid War Parade Echoes
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a hospital leave and a man in uniform aching to return to the States. Parrot on a barracks window repeats “I want to go home” as soldiers endure Manzanillo duty and a Sunday dress parade. A convalescent solider longs for West Virginia and love, while officers urge restraint. The narrator notes how others share homesickness, seeking relief from garrison life.
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Polly
Manzanillo
States
D company
West Virginia
Spain
congress
dreas
Manganillo
Cuba
peo
Washington
steffin
Salvation Army
department
United States
cern
ganilla
R. HL
Chicago Tribune
Great Unknown Identity Revealed In Scott’s Waverley Era
Early readers pursued the mystery of the Great Unknown behind Sir Walter Scott’s works. The lay of the Last Minstrel Marmion Lady of the Lake and Waverley fueled curiosity. Scott maintained secrecy while hosting guests at Abbotsford and producing volumes rapidly before publishers’ embarrassment exposed him.
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Galveston
Lake
Waverley
England
Scott
Walter’ Scott
bia
Abbotsford
Nenes
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Columbia
Sam
H. M. THOMPSON
Hillsboro, Md
BICYCLE DEPARTMENT
J. N. RICKARDS
Rincety
W.H. GOLT
P. H. DENNY
W. F. PENNINGTON
EUGENE LYNCH
W.H. ANDERSON, H. C. HOBBS
W. BR. PETERS, M. L. BLANCHARD
LORD
J. CULVER
CUSTIS BURTON, B.W. INGRAM
Wryce Station
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
Lewes
Q. A
Queenstown
WILLIAM M. CONN
QUEENSTOWN, MD
WM. HOPPS & CO
BALTIMORE, MD
PEERLESS TRACTION ENGINES
G. M. MINCARD
MARYLAND
Jos
FRED. R. OWENS
CAI
GHO. L. WALLACH
PITAL
Peoples NATIONAL BANK
DENTON, MARYLAND
ALBERT W. SILK
Preston
FLA. PORTER
Durtsville
J. FRANK LEDNUM
HY. T. NUTITLE
Andersontown
WILLARD C. TODD
Williston
HB. P, COVEY
Federalsburg
ty Denton
J. G. GODWIN GO
Euston
Nation Department
CONGRESS & LACE
VICI AND
KID
JAMES Hf. NICHOLS
Denton, Md
ena
C.A.SNOW& CO
WASHINGTON, D.C
HARRY B. MASON
SIULIUS HINES & SON
Baltimore
Josephing Peabody
Miss Hanson
Henry Whitman
Chicago News
Detroit
Burns
Wallace
Bruce
Ion Maclaren
Scotland
Gladstone
Lincoln
Dewey
Jamie
Jaddie
Free Presa
earth
H. Nesbit
Pennsylvani avenue
Dixie land
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