Tales of Old Maryland by J H W K Shannahan Jr
Meyer and Thalheimer plan to publish Tales of Old Maryland around May 36. The dainty cloth bound volume will feature fine half tone engravings and reproduce sketches first published in the Baltimore Sunday Sun under The Romance of the Eastern Shore. It highlights life in Colonial Maryland, includes Patty Cannon sketches, rare maps, and colonial relics. The book is not a history but a collection of entertaining sketches.
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Patty Cannon
Real Estate Matters in Ellen Poor Estate
In the Orphans Court of Caroline County the matter of the Real Estate of Ellen Poor, deceased, is heard. Proceedings address disposition, debts, and distribution under applicable probate law.
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Ellen Poor
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
HARVEY L. COOPER
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Carohine county
JOHN F. DAWSON
J.CLAN CLARK
WM. H. DEEN
Orphans’ Court of
Lizzie Corkell
Jacks Lil Boy and the Missing Worker
In a tense scene a tough boss argues with Jock over taking on new labor as Jock clings to a trusted foreman. Jock defends a long time with a beloved doctor who cared for him, recounting loyalty, hardship, and the pull of duty. The mood is strained as the boss weighs next steps and possible replacements.
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Terrebonne
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Thibedean
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Florida
I Want Men Who Will Stand By Me Story of Jock
A framed reminiscence follows Jock, a strong Black laborer who dedicates years to caring for a fever-stricken town and a doctor who dies. After fostering a sick boy, Jock finances his care and musical promise while dreaming of reclaiming the home and building a life for his mammy. The tale ends with the boy prospering and Jock vowing to restore family wealth through labor and to care for his community.
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Halton
Jock
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Euphemisms for Death Through the Ages
The passage traces how death euphemisms evolved from Latin ancestors like decessus departures to gentle phrases such as passed away departed gone expire no more demise and the fate. It notes Roman usage and the broad linguistic trend of softening the idea of death across languages and cultures.
A Reflection on Trust and Admiration in Society
The speaker recalls youth in toy shops and notes mixed admiration and skepticism toward others. They observe that trust is fragile, believing nothing is certain from friendships to a writer’s genius, highlighting a wary view of human nature.
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An Experienced View from a Baltimore American piece
A witty dialogue contrasts a bride and a matron over the idea of a wife’s allowance, with the matron delivering a sharp joke about pins and clothes, reflecting era attitudes toward women and money.
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Bride
Baltimore
Mountain Love and a Moonshiner Spy in Laurel Cove
Abe Goodman's daughter Tilda confronts Arthur Griggs a Harvard botanist posing as a spy. Griggs faces a moral choice between duty to the revenue service and love for Tilda on the Cumberland Mountains. He chooses love but departs after a harsh farewell as town rumor and frontier suspicion linger.
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Cumberland mountains
Laurel Cove
Abe Goodman
Tilda
Saul Markham
Nashville
Tida
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Arthur Griggs
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crass
Harvard
Griggs
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Jim
Abel Goodman
revenue force
Beaver Cove
Walfway Cove
Halpin
Learning to Shoot With Moving Targets
Practical guide from Outer's Book on training with moving targets. Use half a dozen barrel heads as rolling targets on a slope to teach timing and aim. Place a partner at hilltop to roll targets, start at fifty to seventy five yards, adjust for caliber, and shoot when aim is secured rather than as the target passes.
Brave and treacherous tribesmen in jungle warfare noted
A quotation from Lynn Tew Sprague in Outing Magazine extols Native fighters as cunning, patient, and deadly in the jungle, while describing whites as suffering more in forest clashes. in direct combat, the “Bred man” loses steadfastness after initial charge and is unsettled by reversals.
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Lynn Tew Sprague
Outing Magazine
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Cor. Light
BALTIMORE, MD
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Undertaker
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FRUIT AND Proprce Commission
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ROBT. J. JUMP
Register of Wills
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Circuit Court
CHARLES R. NEAL
THOMAS L. DAY
Harvey L. pra
Lewis Slaughter
Minnie L. Slaughter
I. BAYNARD
F. BAYNARD
DENTON, MARYLAND
HUNT’S
Douglass Drug Store
DENTON
Austin
ELMER AUSTIN
Jack
Key West
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