Easton store offers two week bargains on woolen goods and clothing
Easton Maryland merchants promote two week sale of woolen dress goods wash and white goods with 200 dress styles priced 0 65 75 and 1.00 per yard. Men and boys clothing at special prices. Artistic millinery offers at least 25 percent off. Store highlights convenience and a large Shore stock with low prices to attract shoppers from distance.
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Batistes
BALTIMORE
DELINE
Prop
Ridgely
Maryland
Goodbye My Loved One In Woman's Life
A heartfelt verse from Woman's Life bidding farewell to a beloved at sea. The speaker asks for faithfulness and patience as a ship steers toward land, promising reunion and unchanged affection despite long voyages. The poem centers on longing, devotion, and the hope of returning to a loved one.
Death in Hotels Peculiar View by Hotel Proprietors
A hotel boarder recounts an odd New York hotel experience about death and mourning. The clerk objects to mourning emblems on a door, saying it would alarm guests and likening funeral rites to a stigma, while noting guests do die, just not expectedly. The observer agrees deaths in hotels feel culturally jarring.
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New York
Abby and Whittier Share a Playful Dinner Lesson
A young Abby, later a guest in the Whittier home, recalls hating a dish and parsing poetry. Poet John Greenleaf Whittier reassures her, saying she should not hate poets, only wickedness. The exchange reveals his gentle humor and a lesson on poetry.
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Whittier
New England
Abby
The Dog For the Boys
A teacher narrates a story from Pearson's Weekly about two dogs. George's gentle dog sits quietly by him, never harms. Thomas' aggressive dog fights other dogs, chases hens and cats, harms a cow, and bites strangers, prompting the boys to choose Thomas' dog.
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Ife
Thomas
George’s
Tomas
Pearson’s Weekly
Festival of Fools fades after thirteenth century calendar
The festival of fools marked New Year with absurdities and indecencies for days. Parisian custom allowed licensed jesters at court up to Charles I in 1625, but the ancient feast was never revived by the people after that period.
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Charles I
No Buried Pot of Gold as People Bet on the Race
A nostalgic reflection contrasts childish belief in treasure with adult life. The speaker recalls a companion who once chased legends but now joins crowds in betting on horse races, returning home weary with a pale, resigned face. The tone is somber and observational about fading innocence.
Costly Divorce Lesson in Courthouse Dialogue
A Kansas City Star story reveals a conversation between a Black wife and her husband inside a courthouse. They discuss the high cost of divorce, planned legal action, and the idea of a judge granting a divorce with the husband surrendering power, while lamenting the $15 to $20 fee compared with about $2 for marriage. The husband warns against arrogance as the wife seeks relief from an unhappy marriage.
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Shaw
maistah
jedge
Kansas City Star
Belief in charms circulates among Chinese and Shans in Yunnan
The Geographical Journal notes charms among the lower classes in Yunnan. Amulets ward off evil with a prized item conferring invulnerability, while some claim tattooing can grant protection. A dragon's nest and a deer horn are pictured as talismans for safety and endurance, though the tester doubts their efficacy.
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Yunnan
Geographical Journal
Tea Caddies Noted in England Caddy Trial
During the Belton Park club trial in England, defendants accused of illegally employing underage caddies, witnesses testified caddies were fed luncheon and tea. The judge quipped that serving tea makes them tea caddies, highlighting the humorous exchange in court.
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Belton Park club
England
Impressed Citizen and Meandering Mike in Small Loan Quip
A Washington Star quote shows Meandering Mike apologizing for mistakes while explaining a misread philanthropist encounter. The piece notes a farmer debate on planting potatoes after rye to prevent potato scab and how green crops like oats peas or rye plowed under can deter fungi.
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Mike
Washington Star
Poem Fragments Inspire Odd Phrase Echoes
A jumble of quoted lines hints at a debate on what makes a true poet. Distinct phrases touch on writing out of compulsion versus writing to resist restraint, with a Chicago Record flavor in the garbled text.
The Holiday by J. J. Bell in Chambers Journal
A reflective poem where a man gives his senses to nature and wanders beyond life’s limits. He experiences unworldly songs and freedom yet returns home with no joy, having lived for naught.
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J. J. Bell
Chambers’ Journal
The Vanishing Rail Passenger Ghost story
A Londoner traveling north on a night train experiences a mysterious vanished fellow traveler twice within a year. After a hall fright, a sister identifies the phantom as the deaf and dumb owner of Harold Park, whose private station sits on the railway line.
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Wilbert Beale
Mr. A
London
England
Harold park
Lion Baptism in Cape Town Cage Celebration
A lion tamer announced he had become a father and would baptize the infant in the lions cage the next day. The crowd watched as the ceremony unfolded with the clergyman, the mother, godmother, and a giant African godfather present while two lions watched, calm amid flowers and electric lights.
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Cape Town
Leo
Lake Drains in Manzanillo In 1881 Shark Victory
In 1881 a sudden lake breach flooded Manzanillo harbor pouring about 1,000,000 gallons a minute for three days. Alligators and sharks filled the lake and harbor, then fought a water battle that ended with sharks prevailing as the city watched.
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Manzanillo
Mexico
R. Zapparo
Editor Chooses Better Of Two Poems
A long haired man presents two poems to an editor. The editor reads one, shuffles away, and declares the other the better piece, returning to unfinished manuscript work. The exchange captures a quiet moment of literary judgment.
Wind of the south message to her love in verse
A poem by William Ifurdlliliyer printed in New Lippincott uses the wind as a carrier of a lover's message. It images Austral isles palm trees rosy seas and springtime as the speaker asks the south wind to carry his story to the beloved at dusk.
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Austral isles
William Ifurdlliliyer
New Lippincott
Remarkable Danish Surgery Saves Life During Chloroform Anesthesia
A 27 year old laborer undergoing sciatic relief surgery under chloroform stopped breathing. Dr Mang opened the chest, removed rib segments, and thrust his hand to compress the heart while inflating the lungs. The patient survived 11.5 hours but died after a pleural puncture.
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Tenens
Mang
She Needed Them An Amusing Language Mixup in Italy
An American woman touring Italy shares a humorous self made fiasco after mistaking Verdi's servant call for a farewell. In Milan she and two companions visited Signor Verdi who bid them goodbye by shouting Roberto. She echoed the name and learned a lesson, then began Italian lessons.
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Europe
Milan
Signor
Verdi
Roberto
Signor Verdi
Dimensions of the Coliseum in ancient Rome
The Coliseum built by Titus in AD 80 is elliptical. External circumference 57 yards? 57c yards, long diameter 205 yards, short diameter 170 yards. Arena 93 by 98 yards, height 156 feet. Four stories of seats, 87 000 spectators seated, 63 000 standing, total capacity 150 000. Only about one third of the original remains, quarried for ages, foundation would cover two city blocks in length and a width of one and a half.
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Titus
Rome
What Al Means in Shipping Lists
The term Al derives from Lloyds symbols and marks articles of first quality. It designates hull condition, with the number 1 showing excellent anchors cables and stores. 2 signals insufficiency. When a ship or item is said to be Al it is first class in every respect.
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Lloyds
Stationery for farmers and farm cards gain favor
As the years pass farmers adopt printed letter heads and address cards on envelopes. It is no longer restricted to specialists or breeders. Name the farm owner and post office to complete the business. printing costs are small compared to benefits. Lahark Hts.
Transplant cabbage cauliflower as four leaves appear
Onion prices near one dollar per bushel push farmers to allocate a generous area for crops. The note suggests transplant timing and planning for vegetable beds based on current market signals.
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