Mildred Looking for Work on a Pleasant Lake Farm
Professor Langdon Moore, a mathematician retreating near Pleasant Lake, hires Ann Bates, who calls herself Red Wing, to mend his farmhouse and handle simple chores. The pair form a wary companionship as she works for pay, cooks, and shares moments in the cabin, while Moore weighs her true identity and the temptation of companionship.
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Langdon Moore
Pleasant Lake
Ann Bates
Ann
Professor Moore
Moore
Mary Ann
Red Winog
Selitary
Red Wing
Cable
Love at Vernon University Clerk Sparks a Surprise
Langdon Moore confronts Ann Bates after confessing love and asks to marry. Ann reveals her father is Professor Bates of Vernon University and explains she worked to raise funds for Fresh-air children, using camp names and keeping real identities secret.
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Ann
Langdon Moore
Red Wing
Ann Bates
Father
Walt
Bates
Vernon University
Lake Pleasant
Conqueror of Philippines on 8-cent stamp portrait
Stamp buffs note Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, a Spaniard and conqueror of the Philippines, appears on the 8-cent Philippine stamp. Legaspi captured Luzon in 1670, founded Manila as colonial capital, and died in the Augustine chapel of San Fausto after a notable 1672 Manila sortie.
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Philippines
G& Mon
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
Phillippine Islands
United States
Luzon
Legaspi
Manila
San Fausto
Yucatan Cradle of Civilization In Archaeological Thought
Archaeologists believe Yucatan hosts the cradle of the world’s first civilization with ruins likened to Nile mounds. Many sites remain unvisited as superstition kept locals away. Modern inhabitants mix Spanish conquerors with native tribes, famed for cleanliness modesty and courtesy.
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Yucntan
Yucatan
Adam's First Wife and the Lilith Legend
An old Hebrew custom ties four coins to the quartroot at birth with inscriptions naming Adam and Lilith. The text reworks the myth of Eve and Lilith, depicting Lilith as a baleful figure exiled from Eden who haunts newborns. The fragment links lullaby etymology to the ancient inscription and the phrase Late abit.
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Eve
Athim
Eden
Aduwin
Exeo
Love and law intersect in Chicago probation offices
A colored woman bursts into the Chicago adult probation offices seeking help from a probation officer. She complains of marital strain, saying the husband drives her crazy and that they cannot seem to get along. She dismisses the idea of love as mere analysis of the man.
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Chicago
Daughter Succeeds Mother in Devizes Office
Mrs Ferris becomes town maryuress in Devizes Wiltshire England following her mother. The unusual record spans generations as her grandmother, still living, has seen both mother and daughter hold the top office.
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Ferris
Maryuress
Devizes
Wiltshre
England
Central Massachusetts Range Noted By Forestry Magazine
In central Massachusetts east of the Connecticut valley a range of hills extends northward into New Hampshire. The article mentions Mount Monadnock at 3186 feet as a well known peak, with occasional others such as Mount Sunapee, the southern Kearsarge and Mount Cardigan noted in the region.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut Valley
New Hampshire
Mount Monadnock
American Forestry Magazine
Sunupee
Mount
Cardigan
The Flip Flapper Delivers A Quixotic Exchange
A fragment shows Madge and Pai in a sharp dialogue about propriety and appearance. The speaker Tommy characterizes his aunt as needing a gentler display of virtue, while Pai resists cosmetic scrutiny.
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Madge
Tommy
Radio Outgrowth of the War Sparks Wireless Telephony Boom
The article argues war brought vast scientific gains, especially in radio telephony. It notes rapid postwar progress from a niche science to daily use, with affordable receivers and broadcasts from music to news available to many. It predicts continued expansion, simplified gear, and wider range in coming years.
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Es Carcer
Syusie
TWO MONTHS OF DAYLIGHT
A New York Herald article describes polar daylight in Norway and Sweden from late spring to late summer. It notes continuous sun from May to late summer, brief nights, cold air returning as August arrives, leaves turning color, birds migrating south, and the return of long nights with the moon and stars cheered by winter.
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Norway
Sweden
Southwand
Hehelag Amd
New York Herald
Airplane repair shops in war effort rise rapidly
The article notes extensive use of portable air machine shops by the Proandh and Insenuits units in Europe. These repair sites carry lathes drills forges and equipment to rebuild aircraft, with windows in roofs to observe flights, enabling rapid response to air crashes.
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Proandh
Cleveland News-Leader
A Futile Love and a Boise Dinner Quip
Senator Borah at a Boise dinner laments that love is called peace when no steps are taken to hasten its advent, warning against shallow thinking. A nautical joke follows about sailors debating whether their meal is beef or pork, ending with a playful claim of loving pork.
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Senator Borah
Boise
Ike
New Ant Pest Targets Italian Riviera Flowers
A new large aggressive ant species threatens the flower industry on the Italian Riviera. Hor iculturists must report sightings immediately and implement prescribed destruction measures as outlined in Scientific American. The ants are reportedly introduced from Argentina.
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Riviera
Scientific American
Speed of Elevators in Major Landmarks
The Washington Monument elevator travels 100 feet in five minutes, with a 70 foot shaft. The Woodworth building lifts reach 700 feet in one minute, the highest single rise. The Hotel Tower in Durts uses multiple lifts to reach nearly 1,000 feet, with the top single lift about 400 feet.
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Office of Public Buildings
Washington Monument
Monument
Phantotrs
Woodhwerth
BhTel Tower
Dpurts
Tanlac Restores Man Boosts Weight After Rheumatism
J F Lennon a steam shovel operator in Baltimore says Tanlac cured his long running rheumatism and stomach issues. He reports gaining nine pounds in a month, improved digestion, better sleep, energy, and work performance. Lennon praises Tanlac as a proven remedy and urges others suffering to try it.
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Tanlac
J. F. Lennon
West Rd Street
Ballimore
Edo
Baltimore
Taniac
Taplac Ias
Maryland State Roads Seeks Bids for Greensboro Preston Section
State Roads Commission invites sealed proposals for 0.95 mile concrete section of State Highway along Railroad avenues in Greensboro and Preston Maryland. Bids due June 6, 1922 in Baltimore with $500 bid bond and cash $1 plan fee. Commission may reject all bids.
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Caroline County
Railroad Avenue
Greensboro
Preston
State Roads Commission
Garrett Building
Baltimore
Maryland
Commission
General Assembly of Maryland
N. Mackall
L. H. Steuart
High Grade Leather Top Buggies Offered at Discount
A carload of high grade leather top buggies is to be sold for cash at ten dollars less than last year’s price. The deal emphasizes cash transactions and notable savings for buyers.
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Denton
Broward
Melvin Benj, A. Joanson
Melvin & Joanson, Publishers
Mildred
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Peper
Agnet
Adam's
A. Hyatt Verrill
I. Radio
Midnight Sun
oWell
Lennon
State OF
Auditor's Order
Nisi
T. Pliny Fisher
Daniel J. Patchett
Annie I. Patchett
Circuit Court For
Equity
Chy. No
Geo. A. Deakyne
W. W. Dukes
Concord, Md
Firestone
Oldfield
Nuttle Hardware Co
Denton Auto Co
Preston Motor Co
Preston, Md
A. C. Smith
Goldsboro, Md
Bay Shore
Rock Hall
Leave Bay
Eave Rock Hale
Eastern Shore
Baltimore and Eastern
Shore Ferry Line, Inc
Lexington St. Plaza
Ats Die
Geo. G. Ruppersberger & Sons, Inc
Pennsylvania Ave
Baltimore , Maryland
Save Commission
Dunbar White Hussars
Buckner’s
Dixie Jubilee Singers
Herbert A. Taylor
Mary Agnes Doyle Edmund Vance Cooke
Charles H. Poole
M. P
William C. Redfield
George H. Turner Frank B. Pearson
Chautauqua
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Henry G. Budd, D. D
Dover, Delaware
F. J. Wright Optometrist and Jeweler
Denton, Md
Wsparpk
Mes
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