American Tourist Courted by Italian Fisher Village Girl
In Sorrento a young American traveler, Seymour Wilcox, frequenting a fishermen’s quarter, falls for Marie, a 15 year old girl. After a midnight threat by a hired assailant, Marie aids him by delivering money from a hidden messenger. He later funds her schooling and she later marries and emigrates to America.
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Sorrento
Italy
Oshermen’s
Seymour Wilcox
Wilcox
Marie
Marlen
America
Wilces
Wil Cox
Marle
Whicox
Benoral
Senora
Viclor
Wicox
Signor
Glace
Giovanni
Madle
Yuying
Wiicos
Asparagus Confusion At Party Toast Misunderstanding
A writer recounts a humorous miscommunication as a woman asks what grows up straight and is served on toast. Family members suggest greens then jam and eggs, finally realizing the item was asparagus seen in a store for 15 cents a bunch.
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Atchison Globe
Truth Will Out Ladies' conversation hints at household tensions
A fragment shows a marital exchange where the wife accuses the husband of misunderstanding and jokes about remnants of wigments, reflecting gendered humor and domestic frictions. The snippet suggests a domestic vignette with irritation and playful sarcasm between spouses.
Curious Color Names From Flea Puce To Marathon Blue
A historical account traces how the term puce, from the French flea, sparked a run of named colors. The list includes Marathon blue, drooping poppy, robe of Venus, Cinderella russet, dissolving pearl, Cupid's feather, rose of Eden, and many others once popular among fashionable circles, reflecting a playful culture around hues.
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France
Marathon
Aspasia
Venus
Ennars
Laughing at Errors in Newsroom Writing on Staten Island Fire
A New York World account lists humorous reporter slips from a Staten Island dog scare story. Misheard words and typos show how haste in edition time led to funny misstatements about a dog scare, a director’s remark, a lawsuit verdict, and a fire blaze description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
Porleemnon Jones
Wall Street
Jn Tehing
Carmini Carasini
Eric Railroad Company
Brooklyn
Long Island
Wired
George K. Blink
New York World
A Bathless Age Reignited by Ancient Hygiene Talk
An article reflects on Europe’s 1000 year bathless era, citing Michelet and ancient Greece and Rome to argue bathing was once a civic and religious duty. It links neglect of cleanliness to plagues, epidemics, and social decay, noting the shift toward sanitation spurred by historical precedent.
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Egypt
Greece
Rome
Europe
Michelet
Island of Black Cats Echoes in Galapagos Tale
An Island of Black Cats refers to Chatham Island in the Galapagos, located roughly 730 miles west of Ecuador. The island is described as overrun with black cats living in coastal crevices, feeding on fish and crabs. other wild animals there include horses, cattle, dogs, goats and chickens.
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Chatham Island
Galapagos
Pacific Ocean
Ecuador
Larn Foundation
Startling reply to bridge interruption at talk time
A witty anecdote from The Confessions of a Bridge Player. A gentleman greets Mrs So-and-so while she corrects her score and asks about her children. She replies with a humorous count, “Sixteen above and twenty-four below,” highlighting bridge culture and social wit.
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Lndy
Quilon
Lucky One Way and the Daughter Plays Seven Instruments
A humorous Chicago News note contrasts a father boasting of his daughter who plays seven instruments with Grouche remarking on the myriad instruments one considers. The exchange highlights family musical talent and light banter.
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Jackson
Chicago News
Not Always. A quip from Chicago Record Herald
A brief humorous exchange notes that talking to a husband while shaving is not constant and that the speaker sometimes shaves alone when his wife is away, reflecting a light column or caption style from the Chicago Record Herald.
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Deea
Chicago Record- Herald
Fragmentary Boston note quotes strangers and quotes authors
A fragment from a Boston item notes a stranger asking for a place to stop and mentions a Cleveland Leader quote about adversity and a reference to George Sand. The text presents scattered lines from newspapers or period sources with names and partial quotes.
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Boston
Cleveland
Caroline County Seeks Bids for $15000 Coupon Bonds
County commissioners of Caroline County invite sealed bids for 15000 in coupon bonds at 5 percent interest payable semiannually through July 1 1922. Bonds dated July 1 1910, bids due November 15 1910 at 2 pm in Denton Maryland. Bids must include 5 percent certified check. bids not below par with accrued interest. County may reject any or all bids.
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Acts of Assembly
Caroline County
Act of Assembly
Denton
Maryland
WM. H. Anderson
Denton land sale near Main and Gay streets
A notice lists an October 25 1910 auction window from 2 to 4 PM for a triangular parcel in Caroline County adjoining Denton at the Main and Gay street junction. The tract covers the site of a former dour mill noted in the description.
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Caroline County
Denton
Main
Gay Streets
Dudley W. Young
Maryland
John R. Young
James B Wright
Abbers
Keefer’s Mill Property Auction Near Denton Tracks
Auction notice for land conveyed to Willan S Keefer by Henry R Lewis and Enoch George Jr. in 1909 near Denton, adjacent to Maryland Delaware & Virginia Railway with a 50 by 70 foot mill frame and 20 foot engine house. Sale requires one third cash now and two equal installments, or all cash. Assignee Jacob E Ellwanger and auctioneer F P Covey announce.
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Willan S. Keefer
Henry R. Lewis
Enoch George, Jr
Liber T. L. D
Caroline County
Denton
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia Railway
Jacob E. Ellwanger
F. P. Covey
Public sale of mortgage property in Denton Maryland
Under two charged liens from 1888 and 1908, recorded in Caroline County Land Records, the assignee will offer the mortgaged property for sale to the highest bidder in front of the Denton Maryland courthouse door due to default on covenants. The sale aims to satisfy the trusts of Luther Griffith Mary E Griffith Sallie Green Thomas Green Alfred W Woul eh in and Etta W Houchin. Proceeding location indicates public auction at courthouse steps.
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William S. Keefer
Emma J. Keefer
Elmer W. Deen
Liber T. L. C
Itolio
Caroline County
Ehner W. Deen
Annie E Todisl
Annie E. Todd
H. Clay Nobbs
P. Roland Fisher
Denton Auto Co
Hobbs and Fisher
Jacob E. Ellwanger
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Luther Grifith
Mary E. Griffith
Sarah A. Neal
Sallie C. Green
Thomas M. Green
Alfred W. Woulehin
Errietta W. Houchin
Liber T. L. D
Dudley W. Young
Federalsburg Bank
Federalsburg
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Centor Journal
Howard Saielvin
AW. Johnson Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Shadow
F. A. Mitchel
American Press Association
Senor
Naples
Wuaylay
Illage
Fishers
Nally
Flandlady
Hohn
Wiccx
George Sand
Heal Estate
Fletcher’s
Preston
J. T. Williams
W- T. Tuff
C. Leslie Walls
LaMoinus
Adelaide Schmitt
Saratoga St
Baltimore
Pleasant Home
Gay and
Third Streets
Pape
el Sb Cc
Cook
Kuppenheimer
Cluett and Peabody
Crossett Shoes
Rairigh
Brumbaugh
Greensboro
Jacon EF. E.twanxcur
Leary C. Culbreth
Long Branch
Assignice
J. P. Covey
Market Street
Thomas O’connell
Wilmington, Delaware
Enry KK. Lewis
Texaco
The
Texas Company
C. H. Stewart
Holt Construction Co
Denton, Md
Sykesville, Md
W. UW. Bennett & CO
Wm. J. Layton
Hickman
Wiebbs
S. G. Nuttle
Virgil Moore
Denton, Ma
West Denton
W. C. Pastorfield
BUY the Best
Smith & Walls
Housewives
Henderson
Clark’s Store
American Corners
Redman’s
Evetohit
Saarciue
Riverview Hotel
Hillsboro
Hillsboro Hotel
Ridgely
Hnotel
Joseph H. Carroll
Tor Sale
Stevens
P. Brown
Carey Farm
Bethe Road
Andersontown
Smithville
York
Peoples National Bank
William Harkins
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