The Panout Station Heliograph Romance
In a Panout mine camp tale, three telegraph workers rival for Miss Bradley’s favor using improvised signaling. A rival ranger Beals sabotages a heliograph, Miss Bradley learns Bennetts’s love, and a blue rocket signals a wedding plan between Bennett and Bradley as Leavitt reveals himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Morrisey
utiity manu
Myrie Bennett
Bennett
Panout
North Star
th station
Leavitt
Morrisey
Nate Beats
Beats
Miss Bradley
Beals
guper
Learitt
lody
Panout station
Misa Bradley
Antelope Springs
Benig
Winchester
aerous
Nita
Minas Bradley
Mr. Leavitt
Denver
ailver
Morocco Cup Inscription Turns Out Arabic For Numbers
A New Orleans Times Democrat item notes a tourist bragging of a Moroccan cup with an Arabic inscription. His friend reveals the inscription is just the number 1003, illustrating that numerals in Arabic notation are still Arabic. The collector laughs at the trick and loses interest in the souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Deaf patient outwits doctor with deafness cure
An elderly man consults Sir William Gull about stomach complaints but is deaf. The doctor shouts his questions and the man responds with long delays about meals and age. The patient then offers a fake prescription claiming it cured his deafness, prompting Gull to shake his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gull
Sir William
William
London Graphic
Steam schooner cargo habits and harbor tale
A Pacific steam schooner loads cargo with a deckload of lumber placed high to ride seas while the skipper keeps weather from breaking. On Seattle’s waterfront a passenger mistakes a deck hatch for a gangway as talk turns to a tall ship tackle. An English storyteller recalls oxen and plows, with a stubborn plowman snagged by a coat tail as the stump is pulled free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Seattle
Ohio
Engishman
England
The Peculiar System of Roman Nomenclature
The article explains Roman naming structure with praenomen nomen cognomen and optional agnomen. Praenomen identifies individuals, nomen denotes clan, cognomen marks the family line, and agnomen honors notable deeds. Female names relied on gentilicial endings, with distinctions like Major and Minor for multiple daughters and numeric ordinals for additional siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aulus
Appius
Servius
Beipto
Africanus
Carthage
Germanicus
Tullia
Marcus Tullius
Cicero
Octaviae
Octavius Caesar
Major
Cornelia Major
Cornelia Minor
Ancient Greek coins tested for purity by early methods
In Croesus era Greece began stamping ingots to guarantee value. Tests included jabbing with a sharp tool, touchstone analysis using a Lydian stone, polishing and breathing on the coin, and heating on red-hot iron to observe color changes. These methods revealed plating or alloy content and helped affirm authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croesus
Folk Sayings and Plant Lore From A Rainy Morning
A collection of brief musings on experience and politics, then a nature observation about chickens in rain. It includes notes on love and promised actions, social patience, and a short etymology on Daffodil and Asphodel with old spelling ideas.
Brothers and Sisters Benefit of Siblings Says Queen
A London Queen article extols brothers and sisters, arguing a boy gains breadth and manliness through a sister who offers counsel and gentleness. It asserts girls also benefit from brothers by moderating traits and guiding behavior. The piece frames sibling bonds as mutual uplift, praising mutual society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
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The People N ational Bank
Denton, Marpland
JOSEPH H. BERNARD
FRED. R. OWENS
ORMOND W. DOWNES
BENNETT TODD
Telfer
WILLIAM H. NUTTLE
Joseph H. Dermam
Greensboro
R. Owens
Denton
ALbert W. Sisk
Preston
ROBERT JARRET
Goldsboro
TuHomas L. Day
Ridgely
Aobert G. Towers
Frank P. Covey
Paul Housincen
Henry T. Nutture
Andersontown
Willard C. Topp
Williston
H. Cray Honns
Hobbs
B. F. Jackson
HE-PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK
Caroline
Lady Irving
Centonational Bank
ROBERT G. STEWART
REDDEN & DOWNES
OPPOSITE JOURNAL OFFICE
Maryland
Burrsville Hardware Store
Washington College
CHESTERTOWN, MD
JAS. W. CAIN
LL. D
Maryland hoste Da
Grammar School
CHAS. W. ELY
Frederick, Md
C. LESLIE WALLS
WILLIAM D. UHLER
THE
DENTON NATIONAL
DENTON, MARYLAND
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
T. C, WEST
BOX
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
HARVEY
COOPER
A. R. WRIGHT
ERNEST G. COOPER
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
Law Building
Organiz
North British and Mercantile Insurance Co
Insurance Company of North America
Farmers’ Fire Insurance Co
German Alliance Insurance Co
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Phoenix Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
Union Fire Insurance Co
Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Citizens’ Insurance Co
Missouri
CURNAL
Fowling Creek
G. LACEY BUTLER
Preston, Md
J. C. Collins
Concord
M. K. FRANTZ
TERMINAL
PHILADELPHIA
Ridgely, Md
OSCAR CLARK
Denton, Md
J. FLETCHER CLARK
Easton, Md
WIRELESS
William Wallace Cook
Arizona
Hassayampa
Gene Leavitt
THEEUPEE
Atchiron Globe
Ted
Edward
fenneil
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