Little Miss Mayo's Adventure
A shy office worker in New York, Miss Mayo, seeks life beyond loneliness through the fiction in Youth magazine. She writes to Harold Trefusis, signs as Abs, and the editor inadvertently facilitates a real meeting. Harry Leeson returns, confusion fades, and Miss Mayo discovers her mystery correspondent is her lost lover, leading to an impending marriage.
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Miss Mayo
Harry Leeson
Leeson
Ennui
Harold Trefusts
Hit
Elarald Trefusis
Cuba
Lonely Key
Trefuasis
West Indies
Maso
Balone
Turgenlert
Thackeray
Flaubert
Abs, Hany Leeson
Harold Trefusis
Mr. Bernard
Mr. Trefusis
Bernard
Trefusis
Trefusts
Npa
Harry
Drop in Temperature Beneficial to Health
Ellsworth Huntington of Yale discusses in Scribner's Magazine that cool weather is generally stimulating and healthful across seasons. He notes a winter temperature drop can be unhealthy when followed by excessive heating as people adjust indoors, suggesting moderate cooling aids well being.
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Ellsworth Huntington
Yale
Scribner’s Magazine
Doctor Huntington
Notorious Line Hale Holden Tells a Banquet Tale
In New York the railroad magnate recounts a humorous story about a 12 mile line famed for discomfort and dirt. A late arriving train at the terminus prompts a passenger to remark that the worst part of the journey is over as a conductor quips about Madagascar.
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Hale Holden
New York
Home Brew of Abyssinia Tej Drink Ferments in Beeswax Basket
A description explains Abyssinian honey consumed domestically. Bees place honey in a suspended cylindrical basket, then bees fill it. Honey is squeezed from comb and fermented in coats. It is a home brew with essential local character and technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Caged Birds Warned Against Sun Exposure Dangers
A London Press correspondent warns caged bird owners about heat risks and cruelty from sun, noting heart trouble signs like nasal coloration. He urges keeping birds in shade from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. to prevent fatal sun exposure.
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London Bost
Wreaths on Statues Barred in London
Five Americans of Scottish descent tried to lay a bay leaf wreath before the Robert Burns statue in London’s Embankment gardens for his death anniversary but had no permission. A park ranger stopped them and they removed the wreath, then placed it before a Lincoln bust at the Savoy. The incident raises questions about permissions to honor statues.
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London
Robert Burns
Embankment Gardens
Burns
Lincoln
Savoy
Danger to the Eyes in Major Industries
An official report by the Prevention of Blindness committee cites insurance records showing 1,049 permanent eye injuries over 3.5 years and 82 eyes lost across industries including merchandising and farming. Metal manufacturing tops national eye injury, while Pennsylvania coal mining and Wisconsin hand tours lead in regional causes. A shipyard recorded over 4,800 eye cases in one year. The panel urges detailed record keeping to guide prevention efforts.
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America
Ordenal
Penn-sylsania
Wisconsin
Infant Mortality in the Good Old Days
Chambers' Journal recounts high infant mortality among notable families and poets, noting numerous children who died young despite status and wealth. It cites examples from the Bridce Water and Nelson lines, Ebenezer Erskine, and others, attributing deaths to poverty, sanitation, and disease rather than mere poverty alone.
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Philp Doddridge
Philp
Thorn Dirty
Chilldren
Bridce Water
Milton
Dye
London
Ebenezer Erskine
Willian Watson
Chambers’ Journal
Jealousy and Self-Assurance Across Genders
A reflecting excerpt suggests jealousy stems from personal insecurity. It argues jealousy signals dependence and ego concerns, asserting a confident partner is secure in loyalty and mutual reliability. The passage cites male and female perspectives and cites Hearst International.
Dark to light smoke color with distance from stack
A description explains how smoke near a stack appears dark at close range and becomes lighter as distance increases. At one foot radius, smoke particles block light, making smoke appear black. At two feet, particles are farther apart, more light passes, and smoke lightens until interference ceases and smoke vanishes beyond a certain distance.
Weighing the Past Weights and Measures Found
Archaeologists report ancient Egyptian weights and measures dating back to 3000 BC. The findings include standard stone weights and cubit-based rulers used in trade and construction. Researchers note implications for understanding early commerce and administration.
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Sach
Sooo BO
It Takes Forty Pounds Of Beef To Make One Pound Extract
A historical note states that forty pounds of beef yield one pound of meat extract illustrating scale and processing efficiency in meat production.
Public Sale Of Valuable Personalty On Dunning Farm
Intending to discontinue farming I will sell at public sale on the Dunning farm one mile from Denton Bridge on Wednesday September 15 1926 at 10 a m. The sale lists a bay mare and bay horse, pair of horses, cows, brood sows and pigs, seed wheat, multiple farm implements, tools, and 54 acres of soy beans plus household items. Terms: cash on $10 and under. six month credit on larger sums with approved notes payable at bank. W W DILE.
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Dunning
Denton Bridge
Ontario
Oliver
Syracuse
W. W. Dile
Neal
Denton
Tuckahoe Bridge Road
Marion H. Downes
Covey & Temple
Jd. Boon Jarrell
Billy Hopkins
Burrsville
Lesding
Whiteleysburg
Mortgagees' Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Caroline County
Mortgagees act under a 1928 deed by George W. Haynes and Amy V. Haynes to Calvert C. Merriken and Wilbert L. Merriken offer property at public sale in front of Denton Court House at 2 to 4 PM on sale day. Parcels include two tracts with a small house and outbuildings, located in the Eighth District, with described boundaries and a deeded chain of title. Terms require half cash at sale, balance on sale confirmation or all cash, with deferred payments secured by purchaser note and approved security, buyer covers papers.
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George W. Haynes
Amy V. Haynes
Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
George W. Hynes
LSU
Harvey Lo Cooper
Circuit Court
William H. Cheezum
Willam U. Cheezum
Attorney's Sale Of A Denton Maryland Property
The attorney for Mrs. Lona G. Clark offers a parcel on Market Street Denton Caroline County Maryland at the courthouse door to the highest bidder. The lot lies on the south side of Market Street near Eighth Street with improvements including a house bath town water and sewer electric lights a cellar porches a barn and fruit trees. Terms offer one third cash day of sale and balance in two equal instalments up to eighteen months secured by a purchase money mortgage or all cash.
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Caroline County
State of
Maryland
James Friend
Solomon Dungeins
Orang
Stephin Stanford
Lona G. Clark
Court House
Denton
Ali
Market Street
Mighth Street
Joe
Gertrude Pree
Wolramn Thomas
Willianm Thomas
Eighth Street
J. M. Clark
Lonn G. Clark
Orphans’ Court
J. Owen Knotts
James Femple
Harwood Seeks Reelection To Register of Wills Ticket
J Irwin Harwood announces his candidacy for reelection as Register of Wills on the Republican ticket. He will seek his party's convention or primaries to determine the nomination, having been elected to the office three years ago.
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Sheril
Caroline County
Register of Wills
Joseph J. Carroll
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Little Miss Mayo’s Adventure
W. G. Chapman
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Maya
Darling
Harri
Sassy Burton Hascoe
Hines
Hearst
Ras
Ben Jonsun
J. A. Beck
Jersey
Marshyhope
Hichimiun
Adains Crosga Roads
John Klinker
J. B. Dickeson & Son
Aucta
Nisi
Laura Shively Cahull
Addie M. Sinpson
Wesley E. Thawlay
Carolines County
Richard T. West
Elisha H. Harper
William J. Shawn
J. Tawin Harwoon
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Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro
Robert Jarrell, JR
Cushier
Provident State Bank
Preston
J. A. Trazzare
Calvert C. Merriren
Wilbert L. Merriren
L. B. Covey
Mortyagees
Harlan Borlades
J. J. Stevens
Owen N. Dulin
Mauer Bros
Reade St
New York, N.Y
O. A. Carroll
Denton, Md
Charles B. Herrison
William HH. Cheezum
Martha FE
Cheezum
Mquity
Lewin W. Wickes
Geo, A. Dearyne
New Dover Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
Paramount
Paramount Presents
Zane Grey
Neil Hamilton
Shirley Mason
Adolphe Menjou
Florence Victor
Tom Moore
Bessie Love
Harrison Ford
Motor Express
Philadelphia
Porter’s
New Bridge
Ira Samis
Bates Sister
Sandtown
H. T. Pickering
Frank Dennis
Isaac Henry Morris
Ik. Newnam’s
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