Misfits and a Blackmailer Des centers on a typing duo
Margaret P Milth, a star typist, excels at dictation and punctuation while Henry J Cummins, a witty but wayward clerk, faces dismissal at Hobson Co. He hopes to marry Margaret as she proposes a new path. She envisions Henry as a traveling salesman and unveils a plan to shift their lives.
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Henry J. Cummins
Margaret P. Bmilth
Margaret
Henry
Mercantile House of Hobson & Co
Hobson & Co
Charlton's firm unions and a wife for sale tale
Henry learns of Margaret's double bargain in a comic office romance. Charlton, HobsonCo junior, pressures Margaret to take over Henry's job while concealing his own failures as a writer. Margaret and Henry plan marriage and a secret career swap, with a bargain that hinges on discretion.
Ancient race of dwarfs near the Mountains of the Moon
The text recounts a legendary dwarf people called Wambutt H in Africa existing before Christ. Hipparchus allegedly located them near the equator by the Mountains of the Moon while Henry Stanley later encountered them. Stanley describes a first interview with dwarfs, their appearance and supposed intelligence, amid savage surroundings and giants.
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Africa
Hipparchus
Tese Plgmiles
Equator
Moon
Henry M. Stanley
Stanley
Avetiko
Sturt River
Zanzibaria
When Man Smiles: Human Joy Beyond Other Creatures
Nogales Herald notes that animals show pleasure through actions like wagging tails or neighing but cannot smile. It claims humans, unlike the rest of the animal kingdom, can truly smile when pleased and even imitate a smile when not. This reflects on human expression as a unique trait.
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Animal Kingdom
Nogales
Playful Exchange on Cards and Pottery Love
A Boston Evening Transcript snippet shows Jack Potts discussing love and card games. Potts notes that knowing a hand's value adds meaning to the game and to the affair.
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Jack Potts
Boston Evening Transcript
Shakespeare in the hearts of all classes today
The London Daily News praises Shakespeare as a universal, living presence not boxed as a niche cult. It argues his works are widely read and enjoyed across social strata, despite modern intellectual pessimism, calling him a blithe prince of philosophers whose view of life remains affirmative.
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Ife
London Daily News
Blackbirds Nest in Farm Rake Head at Devizes
A pair of blackbirds built a line of Ave nests on the head of a drug rake in a Devizes farm building and raised four chicks in the fifth nest, the only one actually used. The others failed as nesting material slipped off the leaning rake until the last nest held. A similar Cambridgeshire case involved nests between ladder rungs.
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Devizes
Cambridgeshire
Man, Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal
Alexander Lauull ton discusses a view on human nature arguing that humans are defined by rational thought rather than instinct. The essay contrasts rational capacity with behavior and explores implications for ethics and society.
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Alexander Lauullton
Mirrorless barber shops spark debate on women’s hair cutting
Newspaper notes a trend toward mirrorless salons for bobbing women's hair, sparked by New York and Boston influence. Critics say mirrors provoke nerves and criticism from clients, while proponents see it as a practical response to the era's cutting craze.
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Hamlet
Dane
New York Sun
Boston
New York
Milady
The Sexes at Middle Age Discussed by W L George
A Harper's Magazine excerpt argues middle aged women resemble children or savages next to practical husbands. It contends women adapt ideas quickly, balance social life and dress, while men focus on money and career. The piece notes women feel edged by careers and love.
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W. L. George
Tom
Harper's Magazine
Must Have Word For Love
The old belief that love needs no words is challenged by London Answers. Engagement requires naming the beloved with terms like betrothed or beloved, as words such as fiancee or sweetheart are debated, and the piece suggests inventing a new term for love.
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London
Journey of a Swallow Between Osthelm and Martinique
An Alsatian resident captured a swallow tethered under a roof gable with a parchment note asking the finder to inform the bird’s summer host of its wintering location. The bird later returned to Osthelm bearing another inscription naming a shoemaker, Joseph Bady, on Martinique who hosts the bird now.
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Osthelm
Alsace
Joseph Bady
Martinique
Unexpected crowd on Twelfth Street in Kansas City
A city cousin notes Kansas City’s population approaching four hundred thousand while a country cousin jokes about the mass of people on Twelfth Street, highlighting the surprising turnout and density in the once-quiet area.
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Kay Lee
Kansas City
Twelfth Street
Kunsnas City Star
The Modern Girl and Her Changing Standards
The Baltimore American argues the modern girl is freer, self possessed, and better informed than earlier generations. She has seen more of the world, challenges old taboos, and seeks standards suited to contemporary life, with little public support for a return to eighteenth or nineteenth century norms.
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Lfe
Sancester
Baltimore
Harrsion and Deen vs McMahan Assignees Case Names
Charles B. Harrison and W. Brewster Deen as assignees sue Harry W. McMahan and Maud G. McMahan in a property related dispute. The record lists the plaintiff and defendant names without additional context or court details.
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Charles B. Harrison
W. Brewster Deen
Harry W. McMahan
Maud G. McMahan
Sale ratified in Caroline County equity case 1922
In the Circuit Court for Caroline County in equity Chy No 2186 W Brewster Deen asignee reports sale of property. sale ratified and confirmed unless cause shown by December 2. copy to run in newspaper in Caroline County four weeks before November 27. report shows sales amount 36500.00. GEO A Deakyne Clerk True Copy Test
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Circuit Court For
Caroline County
Equity
Chy
W. Brewster Deen
Charles B. Hacksins
Geo. A. Deakyne
Ansignee
Charles W. Stone
Elizabeth M. Stone
Henry R. Lewis
J. Qwen Knotts
Circuit Court
True Ie
Notice to Creditors for Estate of Frank P. Covey
Subscribers of Caroline county announce letters testamentary on Frank P. Covey s personal estate from the Orphans Court. All claimants must exhibit claims with vouchers by May 16, 1923 or be barred from estate benefits. Executrices Sallie L. Covey Hattie C. Brown Mary V. C. Ellwanger issued Oct 24, 1922.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Frank P. Covey
Sallie L. Covey
Hattie C. Brown
Mary V.C. Ellwanger
Dee d
George F. Lee
Edward J. Coefield
Union Dairy Company
G. F. Lee
E. J. Coefield
Dentistry Offered At Reasonable Cash Fee
The notice advertises dentistry services with a focus on affordable cash payments. It mentions general and local anesthetics and various gases, and references Novo Cain injected as part of the procedures.
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Novocain
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Melvin & Johbac Purlienzias
H. Irving King
Descevesrorolceschoel
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Mrs. Pettgrew
Bloye of
Vahtek
Charlton
Hobson
Scott
King of Poets
Eastern
Allen “Francee
the Modern Girl
Dr. Whisler
C. A. Whisler
Osteopathic
Wonton
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THE
Denton National Bank
Denton, Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
J. Owen Knotts
Carlton B. Bloxsom
A. Deakyne
Charles Fe Steelman’s Shoe Shop
North Third Street
Denton
Ald
J. Virgil Moore
N. Third Street
James HL. Pollard
the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
New York City
Broadway
W. B. Parker
Special Agent Denton, Md
Thomas & M
W. Balto
Esser CO
Red Rabbit Gift Shop
Law Building
Post Office
Poland
China
W. S. Ames
Denton-Ridgely Road
Bob
Louis C. Hess
Auditor's Order
Calvert C. Merriken
Assignee
Harry J. Burklew
Standard Welding CO
Greenmount Ave
Atorney-at-Law
Denton, Md
Preston Motor Company
John W. Noble
Louis Stevens
Elmer Bowdle
John Arringdale
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Preat
Chevrolet
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