Strongsville Cannery Boss Demands Social Rank
Jacob Strong, town patriarch and cannery founder, presides with pomp over Strongsville. His daughter Maude and Horace study status, while Horace secretly plans marriage to carpenter’s daughter Nettie Scribner. Aunt Hilda Bascomb moves to broker wealth, status, and love against the strongman’s pride.
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Strongsville
Jacob Strong
Mr. Strong
Horace
Maude
Serlbner
Seribner
Miss Nettle Scribner
Hilda Bascomb
Strongsville Cannery Company
Sorace
Lilda
Seribaers
Mary
Nettie
Moagnate Strong
Hilda
Michigan
Ten Mile Creek
Old Strong
Fiz
The Tomata Cannery Scheme in Scribner County
Mrs Hillda Bascomb negotiates a takeover of the county tomato market as she leverages secret contracts and a threatened rival cannery. Jacob Strong faces pressure, yields, and agrees to assign his contracts after a tense stand‑off. The episode ends with a veiled romance and a calm farewell.
Unpossed Lives And The North Star Of Rectitude
A Success Magazine passage argues that an unbalanced mind strays into crime while a balanced mind leans to good. It likens an inner compass in every person to the North Star, guiding toward truth despite storms of weakness or vice. The quote asserts wrongdoing as repugnant to the poised mind and eternal pull toward right.
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Success Magazine
Sherwin- Williams
Sherwin- Williams Co
A New Part of Pork
A teacher's reading on the Industries of Russia notes pigs are used for food and byproducts, the pupil asks which part is the squeal. The exchange mocks American pork usage with a line about all parts being used except the squeal.
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Russia
America
Pretty Good Fishing on the New York Shore
A sportsman fishing near a New York creek outlet shelves perch with a cane pole after setting aside his gun. He helps a colored boy by adding a dozen perch to the boy’s string, then leaves quietly. Another passerby asks about the catch and hears the boy describe perch that seem to come from the erick and string themselves for breakfast.
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New York State
Erick
Personal intrusions in tipsy exchanges excerpted
The quotation portrays a woman lamenting intrusive questions from others about her finances and lifestyle, followed by a terse exchange where a caller and a man named Shorty McGInd express disdain for animals and imply streetwise humor, reflecting urban conversation in newsprint.
Caution in Wall Street Echoed by Giraffe Investor
A Washington Star quip contrasts investors who buy or sell with a cautious man who refrains from funding. He describes himself as a giraffe who merely rubbernecked, highlighting restraint over risk in market chatter.
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Wall Street
Washington Star
Speaking Trumpets: Alexander the Great’s Supposed Device
The article notes that Alexander the Great is said to have used a speaking trumpet. It discusses ancient communication methods and the claim as part of lore surrounding his military campaigns.
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Alexander the Great
How to Prune Pear Trees for Maximum Yield
The article discusses pruning pears to boost production. It advises starting young with a pyramidal shape and a leader, trimming lower branches to four or five buds and shortening higher limbs. Annual cutbacks and thinning depend on variety and vigor to achieve the best results.
Pruning and Care for Trees and Crops in Old Texts
A compact collection of agricultural tips on pruning, equipment, salt use, and soil health. It explains reviving exhausted trees by cutting back, choosing trim actions with reasons, and notes on shoes, salts, trade balances, cistern capacity, corn-based diets, legume hay nutrition, old leather preservation, sowing vegetable seeds, watering, and measuring an acre with ropes. It preserves period voice and practical farm advice with named measures and practices.
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New England
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement By Dover Man 1903
A Denton reader shares enduring proof of Doan's Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy. John Maaz Jr of Dover confirms the pills cured a severe kidney complaint in 1903 and remains confident in their effectiveness for back pain and related kidney symptoms. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Denton
Donn
John Maaz, Jr
S. Governors Ave
Dover
Del
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan's
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Miss Hilda
Bascomb
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Calljog
New York Press
Shorty McGind
Chicago Tribune
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Washington
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Cecil County
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T. W. Woob & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
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Samuel J. Jackson
Emma J. Jackson
Caroline County
Circuit Court
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EL Adkins
Thomas L. Day
Danton
T. W. Smith Co
Opticians and Jewelers
Greensboro
Brockway
Anager
Denton National Bank Savings Department
Denton National Bank
Board of Directors
D. S&s. Brockway
A. L. Duffey
Denton, Md
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Kelley's
Preston, MD
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Tlarvey L. Leaner
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Sallie C. Davis
Tiomas L. Day
Thomas EL. Day
Elmer W. Deen
William Brewster Deen
Trustees
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Equity
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T.C. Hacket
Hillsboro
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Smith & Walls
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G. L. Jump
Queen Anne
C.H. Redden
LD. Davis
Ridgely
J. P. Holsinger
C. B. Jarman
Moore & Uuneer
Marydel
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Goldsboro
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Stewart & Jarrell
LE. Troffman
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Tuckahoe Neck
Janes
Whiteleysburg
Jack Price
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Price Farm
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Atlanta
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Richmond
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Light and Lee Streets
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Gill
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Moatilway Division
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Jones
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Ridgely, Maryland
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Berwanger & Co
Gee Rae Riggs ON
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I.wrighit
Hotel Kernan
Joseph L. Kernan
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