Scotland A Country Of Traditions And Legends
Scotland blends ancient realms with modern nationhood in a portrait of its landscapes, history, and enduring identity. It covers regions from Highlands to Lowlands, notes wars with England, and mentions the 1707 union while acknowledging modern separatist currents and strong parliamentary representation in London.
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Scotland
Mary
MacBeth Robert Bruce
England
Caledonia
Highlands
Lowlands
Uplands
London
Transport Planes Adopt Precision Safety Ideas
The article praises America's new transport planes for advanced safety features and superior workmanship. It highlights thermal anti-icing for wings and windshields, lightened pilot load, supercharged engines, pressurized cabins, and weather avoidance. Reversible pitch propellers offer quick stopping, while stronger valves and pistons ensure reliable performance.
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America
Calcutta Hindu majority and Bengal rural life in flood era
Calcutta stands as India's largest city with a Hindu majority and visible caste marks while cows roam urban streets. Bengal's rural population relies on rivers and canals for livelihood with delta houses on mounds and bumper jute harvests after flood seasons, yet famine and crop failure threaten stability as 1943-44 rice shortages worsened by trade cuts from Japanese-occupied Burma.
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Calcutta
India
Bengal
Sbengai
Burma
Some Dangerous Diets
Research workers at Wellcome Research Laboratories note that host diet can directly affect disease organisms. Poor diets reduce resistance, but healthy diets may contain substances that stimulate infections. So far demonstrated for pneumonia, broader applicability to humans remains unknown.
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Wellcome Research Laboratories
Practice of Forestry Through Medieval Kings and Royalties
The text outlines royal ownership of forests in the middle ages and up to the French Revolution. It notes hunting rights reserved for rulers and timber cutting without consent as a crime, and that modern forestry began later with cities like Zurich, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and Vienna showing how forest practice did not develop until after the tenth century.
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Zurich
Frankfort
Nuremberg
Vienna
Orphans Court Proceedings Record Probate and Estates Action
The Orphans Court met Tuesday led by Chief Judge Jesse T. Dennis with Judges Moore and Coulby. Proved and admitted to probate the will of Ad die L. Wilson, letters testamentary granted to executor K. Thomas Everngam, bond filed, creditors notice ordered. Appraisers appointed. inventories filed for estates of Jopp, Summerfield, Fountain, and others. Orders to sell and guardianship accounts reviewed and finalized.
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Orphans’ Court
Jesse T. Dennis
Charles V. Moore
J. Norris Coulby
Addie L. Wilson
K. Thomas Everngam
J. Roland Chaffinch
John Ricardo
William Henry Jopp
Samuel T. Jopp
C.t.a
Mary Ellen Jopp
Julius Henry Summerfield
Wilbert L. Merriken
Frederick W. Fountain
Debbie E. Fountain
Tribute to Miss Adeline L Wilson of Grace Methodist Church
A tribute recalls Miss Adeline L Wilson, late teacher of the Willing Workers Circle, Grace Methodist Church. The note praises her faithful service, enduring illness with patience, and frames her death as a passage to eternal life.
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Adeline L. Wilson
Willing Workers Circle
Grace Methodist Church
Addie
Vodvarka Wins as Mar Del League Lowers Miles
Vodvarka earns the win with 9 innings pitched allowing 0 runs as Miles takes the loss after 2 innings. Hughes fans 4 while Vodvarka strikes out 4. Vodvarka goes 7 for 4 with 2 innings, Hughes 5 for 1 in 6 innings. Umpires Jackson and Comegys. Time 1 50.
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Miles
Hughes
Vodvarka
Jackson and
Comegys
Card of Thanks from the Stubbs Family
The Stubbs family thanks friends and relatives for their thoughtfulness during a difficult time. They also express gratitude to Rev. Atkins for comforting words and to the choir for their services. Quote from Mary Baker Eddy about education brightening into birth.
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Atkins
W. E. Stubbs
Mary Baker Eddy
Denton Maryland Town Financial Notes and Disbursements
Receipts from the State Comptroller confirm corporate franchise taxes and personal property assessments. 6% tax and bank tax confirmed with Caroline County Treasurer. A survey by an insurance man on Town property coverage is suggested. Exhibits show Balance Sheet June 30, 1947 and Real Estate Taxes Water and Sewer Rents Paid in Advance. Total Operating and Capital Disbursements listed with notes and bonds payable and a new automobile truck.
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Board of Commissioners
Caroline County
Denton
Maryland
Petty Cash
Parkwa
Denton National Bank
Roosevelt Betts
National War Fund
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Caroline County Welfare Board
Alfred Thomas
Donald Crouse
Agnes Crouse
Elizabeth Kibler
Anne M. Bradford
Clarence F. Bullock
Mildred L. Bullock
Denton Journal
Denton, MD
John W. Haycock
Certified Public Accountant
Town of
Illas
Perry
J. W
Wolf
William F
Loto
Harris, Thurman
T. L. Andrews
Frank Dennis
Walter Sparklin
O. Swann
Water Department
Willard Brown
James M. Clark
George W. Beck
William Finn
Sherman L. Tribbitt
William J. Rickards
Abor
Abdor
Denton Bridge
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