When Bill Was Left Alone
A widower Bill Bev- Berry Watson, famed for his affable smile and charm with women, endures his wife's cancer illness and jealous scrutiny. After her death he faces social pressure to remarry, while he clings to Sundays by the window, balancing work, fatherhood, and the lure of new companionship amid widowed friends and hopeful suitors.
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Ill
Wiliam Bev- Berry Watson
Virginia
Bill
Bil
Bhi
Bui
Bul
Jim
Bills
Bull
Cala
Bih
Broadway
Sacred Home Memory and a Father’s Grief
A father, Bill, confronts his grief and vows to preserve his home as sacred for his late wife. He admonishes his sons against vice, plans to invite Aunt Margie to live with them, and reflects on love and responsibility while a portrait of his wife gazes down.
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Bil
Bill
Bob
Margie
New York
Halifax Gibbet Law and the Go Hang Phrase
The origin of common sayings is debated. Halifax in England reportedly used a local law where stealing cloth valued at 13 pence halfpenny carried immediate execution by a guillotine. The Halifax gibbet, its knife kept in Wakefield, gave the town a notorious reputation as the last place to visit, and telling someone to go to Halifax equated to “Go hang.”
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Halifax
England
Wakefield
Chicago Journal
Wife After Marriage With Penurious Man
A New York Sun comment describes marrying a penurious man as a path to steady fidelity and shared frugality. The piece notes he will nag over expenses yet not indulge others, stay home with library books, and monitor the gas meter, gradually dulling humor and broadening seriousness.
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New York Sun
Asks Too Much of Life Quote by Gamaliel Bradford
A Harper's Magazine passage quotes Gamaliel Bradford on the saddest pessimist who asks too much of life. It describes a noble yet unattainable ideal and the drift into despair as reality encroaches, prompting retreat to an ivory tower of beauty and dream.
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Ivory Tower
Gamaliel Bradford
Harper's Magazine
Ants and Flies at a College Reunion
A six year old girl named Ruth notes the many aunts at her mother’s college reunion. She humorously distinguishes her aunts as real figures and observes the uncles as plentiful, joking that the ants are her aunts and the uncles are as thick as flies.
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Huth
Ruth
Ruthie
Citybound farming comes full circle as many return
Among the 4,000,000 Americans who left farms for cities from 1900 to 1990, a sizable number are now returning to agricultural life. The trend reflects shifting economic needs and preferences as rural work appeals again to former urban residents.
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United States
Giver of a Merry Run as We Chase Happiness
The piece likens the pursuit of happiness to a kitten chasing a ball, noting the joy in the chase even when the goal eludes grasp. It frames a lighthearted reflection on striving and contentment amid elusive outcomes.
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Hoston
Whine Never Wins Exchange Quip Echoes Dry Wit
A brief quotation notes that some respond to tears or rage, but none fall for whining, calling it a pointless tactic in the exchange.
Rome's Founding Compared to London Origins
A historical note contrasts Rome as a modern city with London claiming a 1108 LB founding and Rome dating from 735 B.C. The comparison highlights Rome's ancient roots against London's medieval inception.
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Rome
London
Red Cross Duty to Aid Veterans Highlighted
Washington reports the Red Cross emphasized individual assistance to ex servicemen and families as crucial as postwar needs persist. In the past year the organization handled 195,246 cases across 3,500 chapters, providing home service, medical support, legal aid, and recreation for disabled veterans and dependents nationwide.
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Washington
Red Cross !S Ag
Red Cross
United States
Congress
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Naval
Phrases That Are Not Household Words From Passing Show
A fragment from Passing Show London presents humorous misquotations and malapropisms on social phrases. It includes lines about tax duty honeymoon and apologies, with playful errors and accidental meanings. The snippet captures light comedy of misused idioms and public speech.
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London
Bank Notice from The Provident State Bank Preston Md 1921
The Provident State Bank of Preston Maryland announces closure on Tuesday November 4 1924 Election Day a legal holiday. All paper payable here maturing that day may be paid on the following day. J A Trazzare cashier.
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the Provident State Bank
Preston
J. A. Trazzare
Notice to Creditors in Caroline County Maryland
The subscriber has letters of administration on the personal estate of Effie L. Davis, Administratrix of James Albert Davis, deceased, issued by the Orphans' Court for Caroline County Maryland.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Effie L. Davis
James Albert Davis
J. Walter Beauchamp
Elizabeth Beauchamp
Election Day Holiday Notice in 1921 Bank Ledger
On November 1st 1921 election day declared a legal holiday. Any paper turning on that date and payable here may be paid on the following day. Robert Jarrell Jr cashier.
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Robert Jarrell, JR
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Denton Journal Page & Broward
Melvin Benj. H. Jobnson
Melvin & Johnson
By G. Were Tyler
Doubleday, Page & Co
Continental Life Insurance CO
Wilmington
Delaware
Franklin Trust Company
Philadelphia
Fifteenth and
Chestnut Streets
Trust Department of Franklin Trust Company
George E. Saulsbury
Baltimore, Maryland
Harvey L. Cooper
Denton, Maryland
Philip Burnet
Continental Life Insurance Company
Continental
Baltimore, Md
William Reddie
the Talbot Bank
Easton Utilities Commission
Easton
Thomas J. Claggett
William T. Williams
Madison B. Bordley
Centreville National Bank
Centreville
Thomas D. Bowers
Third National Bank
Chestertown
A. Fletcher Sisk
Provident Bank
D. Frank Fooks
Deposit & Savings Bank
Sec. & Treas
Worcester Fertilizer Company
Snow Hill
S. Frank Dashiells
Bank of Somerset
Princess Anne
William P. Ward
Farmers & Planters Company
Salisbury
T. Hughlett Henry
Henry Holliday
Easton National Bank
Easton, Md
The
Talbot Bank
Easton Title and Mortgage Guarantee Corporation
Equest
Tur Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
New Dover Opera House
William Fox
Roy Norton
Frank Mayo
Comedy and Review
Paramount
Glenn Hunter
Viola Dana
Merton OF the Movies
James Cruze
Merton
Comedy and News
Paramount Presents
Bebe Daniels
Richard DIX
Clive Arden
Civilization
South Sea
Denton, Md
Caroline
Henderson
Greensboro
Denton
Federalsburg
Hillsboro
West Denton
Ridgely
Baltimore City
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Lee Hignatt
Milton H. Roe
Harry B. Mason
Leslie Walls
Elizabeth Beauchame
Williston
Finder
Journal Office
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle
J. Frank Wright
Westinghouse and Exide A Batteries
Burgess B
Crosley
Zenith
Atwater-Kent
Federal
General Electric
Westinghouse
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