Girl at Wooded Home Dares to Return to Past Life
Robin Page, daughter of John Voge, flees lodging life to reclaim her family home amid demolition. She secretly settles in Arthurs house next door, using salvaged items to create a hidden refuge and preserve a sense of stability while facing discovery risks.
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Robin Page
Mrs
Robin
Leeds
Arthurs
Tommy Arthurs
India
Motors
John Voge
Mgure
Pole No. 14
Waldo Kent
Page
Kent
Tommy
Reunion in the abandoned house with Robin and Tommy
Tom Arthur and Waldo Kent explore a deserted mansion at night and discover Robin inside. The encounter rekindles old ties as Tommy reunites with Robin and slides his mother’s engagement ring onto her finger, while Waldo opts to watch from the moonlit grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin
Waldo
Tommy
Waldo Kent
Tommy Arthurs
Wally
Masked Actress in a Shuttle of Roles
The Christian Science Monitor notes a striking metaphor where an actress, hidden behind a mask that even conceals her eyes, shifts through multiple roles within a single piece. The idea likens her to a forest sprite with one nostril and no back, rendering her identity as elusive as the changing masks themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
No Apartment Houses In Japan Described In Historic Note
Frequent earthquakes and low servant wages lead Japanese families to live in separate houses. No apartment buildings or hotels are cited in Tokyo. Homes are small, wooden or tile structures built light to withstand quakes. The typical house is eight rooms and three stories, deemed the practical size for most families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Narrow escape man recalls dimmed headlights glare
The Kansas City Star quotes a man describing a narrow escape and his response to a driver whose headlights had blinded him. He says he dimmed the lamps after the incident and claims to have given the other man a “noice” pair of black eyes that left him nearly unable to see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Evolved In Brain Of Poet Baying Of Oregon And California Names
The passage discusses how the word Oregon emerged in Bryant's poetry and how California may derive from a mishearing of the tale of an island of women and pearls. It cites Cortez hearing a story of Colina island and selecting a name by combining Cali and fortunata parts, forming California, and notes Calafia as the queen of the island.
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Bryant
Oregon
Pacific
Columbia River
California
Cortez
Santi Cruz
Colina
Calixto
Fortunata
Calafta
Sand Dunes Do Not Prove Sea Origins
The article argues that desert sands have formed locally from rock disintegration and not from an ancient sea. It notes authorities claim desert sands arise in place, matching road dust, and that deserts lie where winds lose moisture after crossing mountains or vast lands before reaching them.
Blind Man’s Buff Ruses to Win a Singer’s Heart
Elise, a dimly sighted usher, guides patrons at a concert hall and forms a bond with Gregory Baldwin, a blind man who cherishes her voice. He reveals love and proposes a future, while she grapples with career vs. romance, deciding whether to marry and balance two worlds.
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Elise
Jenny Sykes
Miahel Mertz
Lttle
Tlne
Elsie
Miss Winthrop
Gregory Baldwin
Vin
Mr. Baldwin
Gregory
Fire’s Hostile Wilds and Man’s Trick to Tame It
Dr Henry Van Dyke contrasts wild creatures fear of fire with humans who befriend and master it. Animals avoid flames and smoke, yet build clever homes to weather cold and floods, lacking only a fireplace. Man alone lights a fire and learns to control it by putting it out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Woodchuck
Elizabethan to Restoration Oaths in English Drama
A summary note from London Tit-Bits notes that common oaths in England before the Reformation appear in Shakespeare plays and later Restoration works. It cites examples such as Strike me speechless Burn me if I do Stab my vitals Split my wind pipe Gods my life and others like QO Jemmy Tl Jay wy fe By the Lord Harry. these phrases have persisted to the present day.
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England
Jay Wyfe
Farquhar
Lord Harry
Congreve
al. A
London
True Philosophy Quote Spreads Dine on Stall Lunch
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a remark about eating a stall lunch and not being able to afford more. The line implies modest meals shaping dinner appetite as a point of view from a public conversation or columnist remark.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Home Seeking Inquiries On Apartment Size
A brief exchange questions if apartments accept children and notes some rooms are too small for a grown person. The dialogue implies concern over suitability for families and space constraints.
Snags in Life and Moving On From a Snag in Love
A grandmother counsels a young woman in a rage with her fiancé to avoid dwelling on a snag in life. The elder recalls nearly 50 years ago choosing to overlook faults, stressing that debris clinging to snags harms more than the snag itself and urging self understanding and moving with the stream.
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Anne Shannon Monroe
Good Housekeeping
Right View of Life and Travel Reflections
The author argues against the belief that comfort is inherent from upbringing while others suffer. Travel exposes that homely virtues exist in all lands and no nation monopolizes virtue. Boastfulness is unbecoming for all people, and credit should be given to others for traits admired in ourselves.
Britain Free From Wolves and the Wolf Curse
In England the wolf ceased to be a danger by the early Fifteenth century and was finally eradicated in Scotland with the last heard of wolf slain during Charles II’s reign by Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel. France faced ongoing migrations from Central Europe, with wolves crossing the Pyrenees and Alps to join the gray wolf of France, a situation unlikely to end soon, as noted by Egerton Castle in the Youth's Companion.
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British Isles
England
Scotland
Ewen Cameron of
Lochiel
Charles II
France
Europe
Russia
Siberia
Atlantic
Pyrenees
Alps
Egerton Castle
Lifesaving Cylinder Floats Rescue at Pablo Beach
A lifeguard at Pablo Beach, Florida, claims invention of a three foot long thin steel float, six pounds, attached to a belt. The cylinder floats behind the rescuer with rope handgrips for the swimmer to grab, and a long shore line pulls the exhausted to shore. Despite small size it can support six men.
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Pablo Beach
Minor quips on driving speed spark scene laughs
A small town vignette shows Mrs Passy angrily arriving after a motor trip as a thundercloud speakers tease that her escort drove at lightning speed. The exchange highlights local humor about fast driving and temper.
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Passy
Assignee's Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Caroline County
W Brewster Deen, assignee, will publicly sell at the Denton Court House door in Caroline County Maryland the tract of land described as lying along the Two Johns to Federalsburp road with boundaries to W P Willis Burton Parker Charles W Hobbs Jacob Towers Samuel Faulkner Hutchinson Trice and John Howard. The sale occurs between 2 and 4 p m. The property was conveyed to Manlius S Trice by James H Cavey and wife on February 12 1906 and assigned to Deen on April 18 1921.
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Manlius Trice
James H. Cavey
W. Brewster Deen
Court House
Denton
Caroline County
Maryland
Two Johns
Federalsburpy
W. P. Willis
Burton Parker
Charles W. Hobbs
Jacob Towers
Samuel Faulkner
Hutchinson Trice
John Howard
Manlius S. Trice
John I. Collins
Bessie N. Collins
Oscar Nichols
Charles B. Morrison
Liber J. K. S
John W. Davis
Sarah {. Davis
Harvey L. Cooper
Maynard Murray
Minnie A. Murray
Harry RR. Merriken
Calvert C. Merriken
Liber L. HB. T
Improvements and Terms of Sale by Aucts Assignee
Improvements consist of a dwelling, barn, carriage house and all other necessary outbuildings in good repair. Terms of sale are one third cash on day of sale one third in six months and one third in twelve months deferred payments bear interest from day of sale secured to the satisfac tion of the undersigned or all cash at the option of the purchaser line papers at the expense of purchaser W Briewstee Deen James Temple Auct Assignee
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W. Briewstee Deen
James Temple
Harvey L. Cooper
Calvert C. Merriken
Leonard Covey
America
Private Sale Of Family Estate In Preston Maryland
By order of the Orphans Court the administrators of Jerome A. Cox announce a private sale at the deceased’s late Preston Maryland home. Items include a 1920 Ford Touring Car a 1919 Old Touring Car a 1917 Maxwell Touring Car an Overland Truck and a large stock of General Merchandise sold wholesale or less. The merchandise stock features farm implements nails wire hardware tinware seed paint roofing rope drugs dry goods wooden ware glassware alabastine and more.
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Orphans’ Court
Jerome A. Cox
Preston
Maryland
Notice to Creditors for Florence H. Bradley Estate
The subscriber in Caroline County Maryland has letters of administration from the Orphans Court for the personal estate of Florence H. Bradley, deceased. All persons with claims must present them with vouchers by November 15, 1921, or be excluded from the estate by law. Dated April 26, 1921.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Florence H. Bradley
Land Transfer of Davis Farm With Various Buildings
The record describes land conveying to John W. Davis on April 28, 1912, in Caro line County. Improvements include a barn with attached corn shed, granary, shop and carriage house, implement shed, two chicken houses, and a separate 12 by 16 foot broad house not part of the sale. Seventy acres are cleared and well cultivated, with ten acres in timber and fruit available for farm use.
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John W. Davis
Liber J. K
Caroline County
Real Estate Auction in Caroline County Maryland
Between 2 and 4 p m the following described real estate to wit all that tract or parcel of land in the Eighth Action District Caroline County Maryland adjoining lands of James I Cooper and 4eb Smith and others containing .
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American Corners
Caroline County
Maryland
Laurel Grove
Fred Beauchamp
Aaron Willoughby
Anthony
James I. Cooper
Smith
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Denton Journal
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H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson
Haslismers
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Blind Men’s Buff
Britain
FREE
New Life
Saver
Luhcia
Canning House
John HE. Collins
Charles B. Harrison
L. P F. Covey
Assigneier
OF Validanle
Harry R. Merriken
THE
Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Federal Reserve System
Behind
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle
Prest
Shannahan & Wrightson Hardware Co
Twin City Tractors
Easton, Maryland
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