Laws Could Add to Personal Comfort
To the Editor a humorous critic imagines Congress notes a series of whimsical reforms for Washington including a committee to judge home team play, Pullman booths in town, cheaper travel perks for presidents, smoking in the Senate, and a mock amendment linking Election Day to prohibition. The piece lampoons political life and public notices with satirical jabs at governance and social norms.
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Congress
White House
Washington
Ouija Board
Apps
Extron
Goy Paree
Buck the
Senate
House
U. S
Hall of Fame
Columbus
Admiral Pears
Maine
Jnst
Chicago
N. Y
Budgs
The
Bell Syndicate. Inc
My Road by Douglas Malloch
A poem about choosing a simpler life over wealth and fame. The speaker contrasts two roads, the high road of public achievement and a personal road leading to home and dream. He seeks a path that ends in a cottage town, a small bridge, and a peaceful future.
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Douglas Malloch
Annual Harvesting of Birds Nests in Siam
The export trade in Siam centers on birds nests gathered April to September from swift species nesting offshore. Nearly 20,000 nests valued over 112,000 dollars are shipped mainly to China Hongkong and Singapore. Nests are harvested before eggs, then rebuilt in about three months with the final nest rearing young. early season nests fetch best quality and believed to have high tonicity by Chinese buyers.
She's Coming Up A Peculiar Domestic Social Exchange
In a New York Sun item a wife whose husband earns 110 a week recalls a friend with a 60 envelope routine. The first woman boasts buying a bridge lamp a rug and two pictures for the library and asks if her friend still does her own washing. The other admits she does not and uses a maid. That night the woman with the 60 envelope tells her husband of a decision she has made.
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New York Sun
Burglary note baffles actress over missing pearls
An actress misplaced her pearl necklace leaving a note claiming the real gems were in a vault. A thief replied with a taunting note stating these are cheap imitations and that the burglar in this district is in prison.
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London
Bride Teases Husband With Tiny Mouth Comment
A wife teases Brute Her husband as he waits to take her out. She jokes about the size of her mouth while admiring herself in the hall mirror, asking if it could hold her tongue. He replies that it does not look large enough.
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George
Proclamation for Constitutional Amendment in Maryland 1928
Governor Albert C. Ritchie proclaims a 1927 act proposing to amend Section 16 Article III of Maryland’s constitution to regulate legislative compensation. The notice directs publication across two counties and three Baltimore newspapers, with election on November 6, 1928, and advocate for voters to approve or reject.
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General Assembly of
Maryland
Legislative Department
Poe
State of Mary
General Assembly
Albert C. Ritchie
Baltimore
Annapolis
David C. Winebrenner
Notice of Administration for Caroline County Estate
The subscriber in Caroline county Maryland announces administration of the estate of a deceased resident. All claimants must present their claims with vouchers to the administrator by April 6 1929 or be barred from benefits. Dated September 18 1928. Tamzie Fearins Administratrix.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
Tamzie Fearins
Fountain Principle Behind Versailles Fountains
The text explains that Versailles fountains operate on a gravity principle. Water fed from Marley reservoirs through a pipe to a lower level orifice will rise to a height just below the reservoir level, driving the fountain spouts.
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Grandes Eaux
Versailles
Marley
Rich Russian Soup Description
Rich Russian soup is described as a stew rather than a soup. It includes sausage cabbage and onions fried before adding stock and often flavored with tarragon vinegar. Other soups common to Russia feature beets in various forms.
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Russia
Alloy improves motion picture screens in Leningrad clubs
A metal alloy for moving picture screens that displays pictures clearly with half the usual electric current has been invented and successfully applied in three workmen's clubs in Leningrad. A special screen shape is said to enhance perspective, making figures stand out in sharp relief against backgrounds.
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Leningrad
Pecan Nut Scrub Reveals Flawed Mehly Furniture Mark
A damaged line suggests rubbing a pecan nut scrap into a scratch on Mehly polished furniture, followed by furniture polish to hide the mark. The fragment hints at a method for concealing damage rather than a complete repair.
FOR STREET WEAR Bolero frock in metal-woven angora cloth
Pictorial Printed Pattern No 4479 offers a fall pattern for a bolero style frock with vestee collar and cuffs in white flat crepe. Back can be made in one piece or cut into two sections. Wristband sleeves, contrasting binding and belts highlight the lines. Suitable fabrics include kasha wool canton tweed damask velvet flannel and novelty worsted. Sizes 14 to 18 years bust 34 to 44. Price 45 cents.
Taxpayers notice lists tax collection hours by location
Notice to taxpayers states the treasurer's office hours and dates for collection at Federalsburg Covey Williams' Store October 6 6 pm Caro county Bank Henderson October 48th 6 pm Stubbs' Store Pa October 20 Covey's Store asa October 24 Thompson's Hardware Store American Corner October 25 Scott's Store Details include partial hours and locations with days in October and evening windows.
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Federalsburg
Covey & Williams
Ket
Caroline County Bank
Henderson
Stubbs
Covey’s
Asa
Thompson’s Hardene
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MY Road
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Eugene Fearins
Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank
Merriken
Attorneys-at-Law
Denton, Maryland
MAY Co
Chesapeake Aircraft Company
Red Star Motor Coaches, Inc
Personal Service Bureau
Department of Accounts
Jones
Howard Pritchett & CO
Greensboro
S. Frank Cole
Denton, Md
Caroline County Farm Bureau Co-op
Ass'n
Wesley Collegiate Institute
Clarence A. Short
Dover, Delaware
R. C. Jackson
Ferguson
Denton Auto Co
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust Building
Elkton
L.B. Towers
T. Fred Towers
Sec
Treas
James J. Ross
Cecil C. Fulton
Sec’y Treas
the Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Hae
J.T. Carter &Son
L. Irving Jones
Denton
Clare N. Payne
Preston, Md
Scott’s
Ridgely
Ridgely Bank
T. Frank Seward
Louise Rice
Eagle Pencil Co
New York City
Ernest G. Cooper
John L. Everngam
Ford
Plaza
Frederick At Law
Fidelity
Baltimore, Maryland
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