A Weak Sovereign Princess Lieven on William IV
Princess Lieven’s early 19th century letters portray King William IV as a quaint but weak ruler who meddles in trivial changes, shuns ministers, mocks uniform codes, and frets over audiences and court pageantry. He visits and dines with nobles, ignores the prime minister, and courts public adoration, while Wellington calls his reign a new dynasty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieven
William IV
England
Duke of Wellington
John Bull
Wellington
Care of the Mouth for Children and Ill Adults
Guidance from the Southern California Practitioner on maintaining oral hygiene. Emphasizes daily cleaning, newborn mouth care after feeding, use of a soft brush or cloth, and frequent care during illness. Recommends boracic acid solutions, mouth moisturizers, lubricants for chapped lips, tincture of myrrh for bleeding gums, and careful cleaning of all mouth surfaces.
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Southern
California
Empty House Jumpers and Bold Possession Tactics
A London property agent warns of numerous empty house jumpers who break in seize and hold vacant premises. Examples include a Brixton case where a furnished home was occupied for two years and a similar felon who sold building materials from abandoned houses.
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London
Metropolis
South
Brixton
India
The Pungent Clove A spice with varied uses and history
The clove, a potent spice from Caryophyllus aromaticus, is used in sweets, pickles, meats, and medicines. It yields aroma and keeping qualities, with the flower bud delivering the strongest flavor. The clove tree grows in the East Indian archipelago and other regions, dried buds becoming the familiar brown spice.
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Moluccas
East Indian Archipelago
Africa
West Indies
St. Louis Republic
June Death and Marriage a Paradox in Pessimism
The piece notes June as a peak for personal crises and suicides, alongside holidays like the Fourth of July Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Birth or anniversaries are also linked as triggering dates, reflecting a pattern discussed by the pessimistic thinker.
Puritanical Treatment of Boys Narrated in Puritan New England
A story from Miss Earle’s The Sabbath In Puritan New England describes Dr. Dakin praying in a Quincy church when a red haired boy clutched the gallery railing. The railing collapses as a venerable deacon falls with the boy, and both exit amid swishing sounds and wails near the horse shed.
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Miss Earle
New England
Dakin
Quincy
The Number Two in Legends and Destiny
The article discusses why two witches or medicine women appear in North American Indian legends and connects the number two to superstition. It notes a possible curious coincidence and suggests an old world belief that the number two is unlucky, with many second rulers facing troubled reigns or untimely fates.
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Pierce
United States
Georgia
East End
Palmetto Club
Savannah
Dr. Pierce
Ivo
Jones Street
Susan Williamws
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Mortgagee's Public Sale in Henderson Maryland
Public sale of land in Caroline County at Price's Hotel Henderson between 6 and 5 oclock on Saturday May 9 1908 to satisfy a mortgage from Lena Shelton and husband to Abraham R Wright now assigned to Harvey I Cooper. Property lies in First Election District Henderson town, with described parcel adjoining roads to Melville and M Zion Church. Improvements noted as part of Lena Shelton deeded land and recorded in Liber C W H. Additional deed references appear in Liber 64.
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Lena Shelton
Abraham R. Wright
Caroline County
Harvey I. Cooper
Price’s
Henderson
Maryland
Melville
M. Zion Church
Philip W. Downes
George W. Gibson
Charles H. Gibson
Elizabeth I. Pratt
James M. Knotts
State of
Annie MM. Pippin
Sapp
Louisa Garrett
Burrsville
Greensboro
Hebron Outten
John W. Stephens
Stephens
Public sale of mortgaged property in Denton Maryland
Under a power of sale in a 1901 mortgage James M Knotts and Julia F Knotts to Roberti W Knotts will sell at public sale in front of the Court House door Denton Maryland. Sale date to be fixed by the mortgagee as recorded in Caroline County Liber C. W. H. No. 4 folio 513 et seq.
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James M. Knotts
Julia F. Knotts
Roberti W. Knotts
Caroline County
Maryland
Court House
Denton
Louisa Garrett
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Denton Journal
Johnson II & Johnson, Publishers
Princess Lieven
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SPAP
Ayers
Ayer
A. Cherry
Albay
Jacon Rune
Saratoga
Ind
J.C. Ater CO
Lowell
Masa
Common Sense
N.Y
Harvey L. Cooper
Real Hstath
Bridgetown
Easton
Guldsboro
J.C. Godwin CO
Washington St
Easton, MD
Robert W. Knotts
William H. Deweerse
F. P. Covey
Aurray
Anmars
Real Hstatheh
Whiteleysburg
Edward Burke
Major Stokes
John Russell
T. Pliny Fisher
John W. Clark
Stewart & Company
Howard and
Lexington Streets
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore
Murderhill River
Philadelphia
SECON
Frederica
Nathan H. Maxsorn
Webbs Lands
Bowers
Tunis
Pier 3
Bowar
Tikka
T Pier
Exnvo
Philadelp
Hha
Eav
Ing Philadel
Frederica & Phila. Nav. CO
Frederica del
the Peoples National
Joseph H. Bernard
Fred R. Owens
A. W. Sisk
Preston
Robert Jarrell
Goldsboro
Thomas L. Day
Rilgely
Frank P. Covey
Federalsburg
Paul Holsinger
Ridgely
Francis A. Porter
Henry T. Nuttle
Andersontown
Willard C. Todd
Williston
J. Frank Lednum
George C. Moore
Queen Anne
H. C. Hobbs
Hobbs
Renee Benacy Agroe
the Saturday Evening Post
Curtis Publishing Company
Arch Street
Vienna
Field & Willis
Domo Chemical CO
West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD
Beauchamp
Concord
Elizabeth Beauchamp
William F. Liden
Mary E. Liden
William T. Love
Edwin M. Garey
William C. Andrews
William Willes
Jones' Corner
Two Johns
James E. Dukes
Henry C. Fisher
Jonathan C. Harrington
A.L. Daffey
Hillsboro, Maryland
Sherwin-Williams
Denton National Bank
Misinferhr
Board of Directors
Thos. W. Jones
T. L. Trice’s
Gents
Masonic Building
Davis
H. B. Davis Company
Smith & Walls
P.c. Pure
Ake
Rof. R. Roe Rickards
H. Mason
Em P. Covey
AGNER
R. G. Garrett & CO
Pine St
LAW Building
Summergoods
Mattings
Oliver
WM. A. Stewart
Denton, Md
Cour
Dulany Company
Seast Baltimere Stret
James TT. Cooper
Undertaker
Cooper
Main Street
T. H. Evans & Company
Light Street
Newspaper
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