A Ghost From the Past Returns to Claim a Lost Wife
Jim Starrett and Naulakha, a mixed heritage settler, face a tangled past as Naulakha tracks Jim to his Oregon ranch. She recalls love in Alaska, hopes for marriage in Nome, and a harsh decline into social peril. Dorothy, Jim’s fiancée, confronts the ghost and vows no help, while Jim admits guilt and resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Alaska
Jim
Naulahha
Hig
Jin
Nome
Naulakha
Saulakha
Two Portraits of Cornelius Vanderbilt Compared
Boston Post contrasts two Vanderbilt portraits. One biographer praises hands on leadership, fleet oversight, fair pay, and loyalty, noting successful ventures and safe voyages. A later writer accuses him of ruthless tactics, long hours for low pay, undercutting rivals, and monopoly pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Hasing
Boston Post
Flashy Clothes Worn in Shakespeare's Time
In Shakespeare era gallants vied in dress with red blue and green selvet crested in gold. Men trimmed beards to points and wore broad toed shoes with slashes and puffs, while women shared ornate Milan bonnets and high perched wigs. The era sparked the phrase Is my latch on straight as mirrors dangled from belts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Frank H. Wisetelly
Standard Dictionary
Franklin as America's First Song Plugger
Franklin, America's first song plugger and music publisher, authored many of his own compositions for statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin. He reportedly sang and hawked tunes in Philadelphia clubs, set songs to type, and performed on harp, guitar, and violin, becoming an early music promoter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Benjamin Franklin
Daper
Piankinn
Junta
Philadelphia
Wranklin
Erenklin
End of the Pattern Department Dream
Tom Roberts pursues Lucy Whitman in the pattern department of a fashion house. After years of monotony and unpromising prospects, a fired-up confrontation with Devoe yields Tom a chance at Brown’s readier job with twenty dollars plus commission. He proposes marriage as they plan to leave together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SNB
Pattern
Tom Roberts
Fashion Realm
Theo
Lucy Whitman
Lucy
Ufe
Lfe
Ife
Tom Nogers
Devoe
Tom
Iseses
Defoe
Lom
Misa Whitway
Tam
Nol
Lave
Sin
Trown
Brown
Devoe War
Mr. Brown
Adam
Ising
Jake
Tain
Blu
Rats Proved Vitamine Factor in Nutrition
A Cambridge physiologist named Hophdlas discovered a new factor in nutrition, later called vitamine. Experiments showed rats cannot thrive on purified diets missing this factor, while in nature they eat impure foods containing essential substances. Scientists now confirm vitamins are definite chemical compounds.
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Cambridge Ling
Hophdlas
London
The Other Kind Voice Interrupts Townsfolk
A radio program interrupts a heated town debate as a narrator cites harsh actions toward a target. A father, recently unsettled, voices a grim reaction while tuning out, reflecting tension in a divided community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Poise and Assurance in Handwriting Lesson
A brief quoted meditation from London Mall advising that inner calm yields outward confidence in work. It notes a child learning to write grips the pen firmly, leaving a print of his hands on the tool. The saying concludes that inward poise manifests as outward assurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinarour
London Mall
Do Not Fitting Car Promises From Old Horse Trader
A man asks for a car that will chase the guarantee once bought from a horse trader. He insists it be perfectly safe for a woman to drive, challenging the salesman with a cryptic demand about a specific kind of vehicle.
Origin of the phrase kicking the bucket explored
An historic linguistic note traces the saying kicking the bucket to a man who stood on a bucket to adjust a noose and kicked away the support, leading to his death. The tale links the phrase to a suicide in a grim, macabre anecdote.
Invention Missed Fame of Italian Road Core Innovator
An inventor and soldier of fortune of Italian descent nearly gained lasting fame for an improved steam core for roads. The advent of tailways rendered the invention valueless and his work largely forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mraness
Maceroniain
Old Amber Ranks as Genuine Antique Material
Note on amber testing: true antiques require age and proven provenance. Fossilized resin contains inclusions of insects and plant matter, some species now extinct or unknown to entomologists, indicating ancient origin and long geological history. These specimens help verify antiquity and rarity in natural history studies.
Pink Jade Found Near Atima Northwest of Pretoria
A fragmentary report notes pink jade discovered about three seas ago at Atima, 100 miles northwest of Pretoria, after remaining unfound for more than YO years.
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Pretoria
Not Always Richt One of the curious talladies Uint
An antiquated note discusses a water locating method that uses a taked twice without reasoned basis. It notes that the approach yields correct guesses only occasionally and lacks a sound rational footing.
Assignees Sali Op Valuable Real Estate Sale
Assignees Sali Op valuable real estate under a mortgage, W Brewster Deen and Josiah A Beck as assignees will expose the property in Caroline county Maryland on Tuesday December 4 1926 between 2 and 4 pm in front of the Court House door Denton for the highest bidder The property includes a dwelling and barn on a tract in the Eighth Election District described by bounds along Fowlaye Creek and Harmony to Galpins Point with improvements and is offered with terms one third cash and balance in 1 and 12 months at interest purchaser pays all legal costs
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Hesehaah Wisher
Isabeli
W. Brewster Dean
Josiah A. Beck
W. Brewster Deen
Caroline County
Welockh P.om
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Marsland
Fowliny Creek
James Putter
Harmony
Galpin’s Point
Fowlaye Creech Stream
James Temple
Sale confirmation order in Caroline County court case
In Caroline County Circuit Court Judge Deakynes orders the sale of property by W Brewster Deen and T Alan Goldsborough assignees. The sale report shows 3602500 total, with publication required in a newspaper in Caroline County four consecutive weeks before November 30. Clerk GEO A DEAKYNE authenticates the true copy.
Orphans Court Notice in Caroline County Suit
Mary S Willis and Blarry MM Tallis sue Marion Garvey Laura Garvey in Caroline County Orphans Court to procure a decree for sale of Emma C Shufelt real estate to pay debts to Mary S Willis and funeral costs for Emma C Shufelt Who died in 1926 intestate Letters of Administration granted to Mary S Willis Real estate located in the Eighth Election District of Caroline County Ordered November 16 1926 notice to appear by December 10 1926 before the court to show cause why a decree should not be passed.
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Cacline County
Maryland
Emma C. Shufelt
Mary S. Willis
Harry M. Hollis
Mary S. Wills
Marion Garvey
Laura Garvey
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court of
Sale of Trustees Reported Property Ratified in Caroline County
On October 26 1926 Magegte M Harper Floy Schultz and others were ordered that the sale reported by Trustees J Owen Knotts and John N Wright Jr be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the contrary is shown by December 29 with a newspaper notice in Caroline County once weekly for four weeks before November 29 The report states the sale amount as 1105 dollars.
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J. Owen Knotts
John N. Wright, Jr
Caroline County
Circuit Court
Charles B. Harrison
Glo. A. Deakyne
Geo. A. Deakyne
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W. G. Chapman
Nau- Inkha
Jim Starrett
Dearie
United States
Olitants
Nuulahha
Yale
Oregon
Naulikha
Nuulakha
Nawakha
Jim Naulakha
Naulahhoa
Naulikhea
Ulin
Naulukha
Liis
Portland
City
Dolly
Naulakho
Eoublin
Naulabhna
Naulubha
Wspaper
Franklin
Hushity
Methodist Episcopal Church
Meugin E Wheatley
Jesus
Gideon
F. J. Wright
Melvin E., Jr
Nisi
W. Brewster Deen and
I. Abin Goldsborough
Asupnees, Va
James Bf. Mignutt
T. Alan Goldsborough
Carolin County
West
Geo
U.S. A
Canada
Address Loan Dept
American Bankers Company
Detroit Life Building
Detroit, Mich
Farry Jersey Wakefield
Ulzey
Elzaly
Oxmore
Rhode Island
McWilliams
Automobile For Hire
Co. A. Carroll
Denton, Md
Mary S Willis
Blarry
Tallis
Orphans’ Court
Richard T. West
Elisha H. Harper
William J. Shawn
J. Irwin Harwood
Register of Wills
Magegte M. Harper
Floy Schultz Et al
William J. Seeawn
J. Inwin Hanwoon
Charles BH
Esr
Maryj C. Reade
Jene D. Bradley
Mathet
ITE
Denton National Bank
East Main Street
Holiness Church
Peoples Bank
Journal
J. L. Everngam & Son
Chrysler
Els
Marc Bryant
Caroline Auto Sales Co
F. B. Nuttle
Prop
Denton Auto Co
Wesley Collegiate Institute
CA. Short
Dover, Delaware
Bradley
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