Chicken Dinners and a Hidden Mine Wedding
Mining engineer Nick Ferriss arrives in Peter Valley to find Ah Sing the cook supplying his meals with chicken. A land dispute over poultry leads Nick to a hidden valley where he meets John Ferriss’s daughter. She and Nick uncover the Wizard Mine clue and agree to marry, celebrating with Ah Sing as the joyful groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Rogers
Peter Valley
Ah Sing
Nick
Hastier
Civilization
Blue Hills
Billy Ware
Imness
Sup
Little Peter Creek
Ab Sing
John Ferriss & Con
John Ferriss
Ferriss Camp
Barry
Ian
Clatchee
Turning Sewage Into Power From Australia to Britain plan
Australian proposal to generate septic gas from town sewage attracts British investigation. Gas analysis shows methane 60 percent, nitrogen 17 percent, hydrogen 8 percent, carbon monoxide 14 percent, oxygen 1 percent. Experts see potential in septic tank bacteriological action and engine tests show promising horsepower. Also a fiction snippet shows a young man asking Miss Blanche for her indigestion recipe.
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Australia
Popular Science Monthly
Mary Higginson Announces Engagement to Poet Cecil Stone
Mary Higginson informs Judge Graves she will marry Cecil Stone the Poet. The judge quips about finding a new stenographer and Higginson replies she will request a substantial wage increase.
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Mary Higginson
Judge Graves
Cecil Stone
Los Angeles Times
Mirror or Window Initiates Translucent Reflective Glass
Inventors devised a mirror that can become translucent, used in shop windows. It initially reflects passersby, then turns transparent so viewers see the window display beyond. A thin film on the back reflects when the background is dark and clears when illuminated.
Nature fond of freaks syndactyly and heredity in humans
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt explains syndactyly webbed feet as a hereditary trait. It notes the pattern of transmission through generations in a New England family and suggests nature perpetuates freaks or sports as experiments leading to new varieties. The piece touches on broader speculations about human origins.
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Magazine
Tleredity
New England
Nature
Philadelphia Ledger
The Artist's Choice by Filson Young
A reflection on how style shapes meaning and the artist’s path. It argues the essence of art over self, noting the moment an artist must choose between serving art or self. True artists continue serving and learning, regardless of fame or applause.
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Filson Young
Fruit jelly marking process patent by Johmson
The process concentrates juice by freezing out water then heats to coagulate suspended matter without harming flavor. After coagulated matter is removed the juice is sterilized below coagulation temperature and refined after sugar addition. Sloe or sugar addition before coagulation may improve clarification.
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M. O. Johmson
How to Check Accounts with Returned Checks
How to check accounts by pasting returned checks on stubs. The returner check serves as a receipt. Large checkbooks with three stubs per page are easier to handle than small books. A rubber band around the returned checks prevents them from the blank book area.
Outdone Jones-Gotrox Earns First Dollar
Brown-That's nothing. BI Bluf funn , the lawyer, still fins the firet ecase he was ever retained on.
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Jones—Gotrox
Brown
BI Bluffunn
Plan Ahead for Old Age with a Savings Account
This notice urges readers to set aside a definite portion of income each year and open a savings account with the bank to provide for retirement and rainy days. It emphasizes early planning and financial preparation.
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Denton Journal
McClure
Newspaper Syndicate
Miss Blanche
MR. B. D. Ackley
Billy Sunday
MR. I. H. Mack
of the Hall-Mack Music Company
Sunday School Convention
Ridgely Methodist Episcopal~church
Telephone
R. C. Harris
Chesapeake & Potomac
Hillsboro Theatre
Hillsboro, Maryland
Clara Kimball Young
Charles Ray
The
Marguerite Clark
Luckin
Arnold Bennett
Denton Bridge
C. C. Wilson
Nola R. Coburn
Baby Shop
Goldsboro St
Our Savings Department
the Farmers & Merchants
State Bank
Denton, Maryland
Themor Senvile
Rom. A. Panvis 911 Market
St. Wilmington, del
H. E. Ramsdell
Ridgely
Denton
U.S
Walter Sparks
New York
Life Man
Patent Office
U. S
United States
United States Tires
United States @ Rubber Company
Bullock’s Garage
Denton, Md
Denton Auto Co
E. H. Hirs
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