I Saw War in Belgium and Became an Aviator
A Hampshire boy recounts enlisting to see Europe’s fighting, serving in Belgium during winter, and volunteering as a bomb dropper with airships. He describes the tactical plan to destroy a German munitions factory, the flight over a town, twilight timing, and the moment of releasing the first bomb, carried by Lieutenant Meeker’s command and their airborne crew.
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Europe
Hampshire
Hood
New Hampshire
Union
Germany
Canada
England
Belgium
Ffeet
Meeker
Escape From a Downed British Plane Over No Man’s Land
A British aviator recounts a crash in Belgium while dodging German pursuit. With Lieutenant Meeker, he navigates snow, seeks shelter with Belgians, evades capture, and is rescued by a British reconnaissance plane after crossing enemy lines to reach British trenches.
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Meeker
Lie
Leutenant
Lnes
Belgium
Kelglins
Risling
Personal note persuades debtor to settle debt
A Lawrence Massachusetts businessman, long unpaid on a debt, read religious notices and drafted a pointed note to the debtor. He referenced the debtor's upcoming Y M C A address titled The Sinner's Balanced Account. He closed with a check arriving at the next mail, signaling settlement.
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Lawrence
Mass
New Ways of Saying It From Old Sayings
A quote nostalgic note cites altered proverbs from a Woman's Home Companion piece. It contrasts strained phrases like a goat and camel with playful twists such as gug at a straw and hay, and describes a girl’s smile as frog like and rag carpet like, ending with a reflection on grinning teeth.
Dixie Songwriter Dan Emmet Timeline and Associations
Daniel Emmet born in Ohio in 1815 wrote Dixie in 1859. An American songwriter and minstrel, he toured many U S cities and England and at one time was associated with Dan Bryant.
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Dan Emmet
Dixie
Daniel Emmet
Ohio
England
Dan Bryant
Golf Row Over Drive Claim Sparks Heated Exchange
A Detroit Free Press report quotes a woman boasting about a seventy mile drive yesterday. A golf player sharply dismisses the claim, replying there is no such thing.
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Detroit Free Press
Something Like It Autocrat Punchlines in Wit
Quip about a husband loving a new auto leads to a pun on autocrat as a joke. The Hartimoore American notes playful banter and suggests a lighthearted social moment around dating and cars. No serious event or names beyond publication source.
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New Auto
Follower Scandal Echoes In Exchange Jeer At Tailor
A caller jokes about a minister's son following a spendthrift path while a second quips that the tailor is merely chasing unpaid bills. The exchange mirrors small town gossip and social judgment.
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Prim
Expelled From College Sparks a Hidden Marriage Pact
A family dispute over inherited title leads Edmond Stanhope to plot a union between Dick Carrington and Gladys Stanhope. After a campus scandal at Meredith Hall and Hart University, the couple accept an offer from the Earl of Cumberwald to marry and share the title and estates, causing a campus uproar as the pair are expelled and proclaimed to wed.
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England
Edmond Stanhope
Earl of
Charles
Cumberwald
Edgar
Edmond
Alice
Richard Carrington
United States
Hugh Stanhope
Gladys
Stanhope
Carrington
Dick Carrington
Gladys Stanhope
America
Mr. Carrington
Meredith Hall
Women's College
Hart University
Miss Stanhope
Men's College
Women’s College
Meredith Tall
Meredith Ball
Earl of Cumberwald
Uinz
Where is the family and how are they faring
A Judge laments the apparent decline of the traditional family, blaming generations of social changes from log cabins to poverty and simple living. The piece warns of dwindling family presence and urges the family to return to society without scrutiny.
No Such Person in Dialogue Over Housework Allegations
An exchange from the New York American features a wife insisting she was raised to be a lady and knows nothing of housework, while her husband sneers that she makes mountains out of molehills. The quarrel centers on her claimed helplessness in the kitchen.
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New York American
Pepper and Pepper in Antiquity
A brief note recalls pepper’s valued past from ancient Rome where Alaric demanded 8000 pounds of pepper as ransom around the year 400, and cites Hippocrates who used pepper in medicine applied to the skin.
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Rome
Alaric
Hippocrates
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Holyland
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Auto Company, Inc
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Roman Auto Co., Inc
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Baltimore, MD
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Hurlock Automobile
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Bet
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M.K. Newnam
Greensboro, MD
Fred Garey
Denton, Md
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Hobbs, Md
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Garris & Brother
Preston, Maryland
Howard and
Lexington Streets
Hochschild, Kohn & Co’s
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
the. Dulany-Vernay
N. Charles St
Mark Cross
the Prices
Atom Works
The
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Maryland
Christian
S. Cardoso de Silva
Henry G. Budd
Dover
Delaware
Frantz Bros
M. K. Frantz
Reading Terminal
J. Virgil Moor
Hillsboro
Harrivilesh
Wm. Pepper
Maryland Trust
Bikton
Continental Life Insurance Co
Clifton L. Jarrell
Chestertown, Md
Bliss Native Herbs
Oscar Clark
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