One of the Smugglers Gang
Minna Graves falls into a creek after a park scene with Rolfe Ditson. Harold Graves accuses Ditson of smuggling with the Black Ribbon gang, while Minna pursues trust in Rolfe and tries to warn him. Rolfe is captured by smugglers as Marold Graves forces him away with a chieftain’s order.
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Minna Graves
Minna
Rolfe Ditson
Kolfe Dison
Graves
Luke
Rolfe
Harold Graves
Erony
Erony One Day. “Ditson
Tarald
Mina
Dltson
Flo
Thiumphtor
Ditson
Black Ribbon
Bottle Palm
Harold
Hentleman
Mr. Ditson
Revenue Service
Goody
Fidel
Miona
Sintgalers
Conadhin
Rolfe Ditson Foils Smugglers and Wins Minna Graves
In a tense cave confrontation Rolfe Ditson disables a revolver, is captured by smugglers, and persuades Harold Graves to escape. After revenue officers rescue Wolfe, Rolfe reveals he was a government agent and prepares to return to Washington. Minna Graves vows to await his return as they become engaged.
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Ris
Rolfe
Siget
Harold Graves
Erlea
Rulfe
Sone
Harold
Lfe
Wolfe
Minna
Rolfe Ditson
Washington
Minna Graves
Creatures of Wild Travel and Home Ranges
The article notes animals such as English hares rabbits and foxes have defined home ranges. Hares stay within a mile or two near their frame center most of the year but can travel up to 30 miles in winter. Rabbits stay within two to three miles of their burrow. Foxes typically range 10 to 70 miles from the center, with mountain foxes traveling farther to hunt pheasants and returning with prey.
Cure for cat-killing dog from Our Four-Footed Friends
A dog addicted to chasing cats is cured by tying a dead cat around its neck for twenty four hours. After the trial, on a walk, the dog avoids cats and never kills one again. The method, though harsh, supposedly breaks the habit.
Jeffersons and Washington on Alliances and Peace
The text contrasts Jefferson with Washington, noting Jefferson praised peace and friendly trade with all nations while avoiding entangling alliances. It cites Washington’s farewell warning against permanent alliances and his remark that preparation for war can preserve peace, highlighting common misquotations surrounding these lines.
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Honms Jefferson
Washington
Congress
Relics of a Medieval Gibbet at Welsh Bank Facade
A carved oaken gibbet from the 1600s hangs over the main entrance of a Stuthin bank in Wales, set into the ruins of the old courthouse. Workmen wove the relic into the bank’s masonry, the wood showing wear from many executions. A dungeon-like strong room completes the grim tableau.
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Stuthin
Wales
English Water Courses The Brouda and The Troads in Norfolk
The Brouda refers to picturesque freshwater lakes mainly in the English county of Norfolk extending into Suffolk. The Troads are great estuaries now largely silted up with some connected to rivers by artificial channels. About a dozen large Broads exist, Hickling being the largest at 400 acres, with 200 miles of navigable water, famed for yeching fishing and fowling.
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Thenglish
Norfolk
Suffolk
Hickling
A Tale of Quiet Aid and a Hidden Love
Ralph Norton awakens in a grim riverside room with a nurse Ottila caring for him after a fall and a broken ankle. His wealthless start, a stingy uncle Galbraith, and poverty mirror his hopes as Ottila’s kindness thaws him. A fortuitous inheritance and a reunion reveal true affection.
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Ralph Norton
Ralph
Fereen
Viltn
Iimbelf
Unele
Gir
Tnere
Ife
Fle
Strudph
Hils
Seraphon
Ottile
Lava Coated Trees in Hawaiian Forest
In a volcanic lava flow on a Hawaiian mountain slope a forest of lava trees formed. The trunks and branches were buried and instantly solidified by contact with cold bark, leaving hollow lava shells that preserve the tree shapes.
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Miny
Small Fortune Paid for Gutenberg Bible
An American dealer paid 220 583 dollars in Vienna for a Gutenberg Bible copy that belonged to an Austrian abbey after authorities cleared its sale. The piece, vellum and one of the first books printed from metal type, set atop historic tales of monks and a proposed royal exchange.
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Vienna
Austria
St. Emereau
Bavuaria
Strimbingee
Europe
Moving Pictures Long Ago in the New York Times Quote
An old New York Times passage notes Ralph Thoresby describing early moving pictures circa 1070. The account details mechanism unseen behind a curtain, ship figures moving, a coach exiting, and horses and dogs following set courses before vanishing from view.
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Ralph Thoresby
New York Times
Simple Cork Removal Method from Old Issue
A Science and Invention tip offers a quirky fix for stuck bottle corks. Wind a heavy cord twice around the bottle neck, leave long ends, grip and pull back and forth. Friction flattens the cork until it releases automatically, a humorous yet practical trick for housewives and housefathers alike.
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Waii
Wealth craze warns of hollow desires in early handwriting
The passage cautions that the love of wealth corrupts effort and joy, as people become oppressed by abundance and despised by others. It questions whether satisfying true needs brings fulfillment, noting the restless chase for more. A wary tone attributes folly to avarice.
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Maankind
Doctor Johnson
Sale of Federalsburg Real Estate by Assignees in Caroline County
Assignees under a 1917 mortgage to Nora S. Lare and Benjamin Lare offer the Federalsburg property at public sale in front of the Denton Court House door between 2 and 4 p.m. This parcel lies on the northeast corner of lot 8, with described boundary lines and improvements, the same land described in a 1907 Noble deed, in Caroline County Maryland.
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Nora S. Lare
Benjamin FP. Lare
Jan. E. Williamson
Caroline County
Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Federalsburg
I F Spicer
J. Purle Noble
Bessie E. Noble
House of Delegates
Harold K. Shults
Lucy May Poore
Joseph FP. Poore
Marion L. Beck
Wesley
Elventon
Nathaniel Horsey
K. S
T. Alan Galesborough
Fuet
Nettie Wooters
J. Calvin Smith
B. T
James Calvin Smith
L. B.T
BE. R. Walraven
Laura Walraven
Ait. Uate
William HH. Laramore
E. BR. Wailraven
William H. Laratore
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Auditor’s Order
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Virginia M. Schlegel
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Bethlehem
Liep
Greenwood
Del
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Sixth and Gay Streets
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Baltimore
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State Road
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YSO Right
Wesley E. Thawley
James Temple
Auct
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Lhlarvey L. Cooper
Blades
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Plaza
Frederick
Fidelity
New Dover
Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
Paramount
Dorothy Gish
Nell Gwyn
Paramount Presents
Raymond Hatton
Wallace Beery
Florida
Clara Bow
Warner Baxter
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carter
Marcel Shoppe
Denton, Maryland
Marcelling
G. T. Redden & Co
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J. Earle Smith
Denton, Md
East Main Street
Holiness Church
Peoples Bank
Charles Nauman
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Standard Oil Company
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