Public Farm Sale At Williamson Farm Harmony Md
Discontinuing farming sale set for Wednesday September 18 1929 at 1 pm on the Williamson farm one mile west of Harmony toward Ganey's Wharf. Auction lists mules cows wagon tools harness plows implements and household items with cash or 12 month credit on larger sums. Terms include security note and bank payment. Auctioneers Leonard Covey with clerk E T Moore.
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John Williamson
Harmony
Ganey’s Wharf
Provident State Bank
Preston
Evergreen facts span warm and cold zones in botany
This brief compiles evergreen traits across climates, noting conifer relationships, historical name origins, and examples like spruce fir holly rhododendron and cedar. It explains evergreen leaves persist year round, contrasts with deciduous trees, and mentions tropical evergreens and decorative uses.
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Prussia
Chistmas
Spanish Sailor First to Discover Australis
A historic note recounts Captain Pedro Fernando de Quiros, a Spanish sailor, leading an early voyage to the southern lands of the South Pacific. It mentions Gaspar de Gay and Amanel Nolte as masters of ships Pedro and San Pedro y Pablo, and Quiros death from fever on reaching Punuma after storms and resumed support from Spain.
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South America
Rosenbach
Phiiladelphia
saii
Australia
Pedro Fernando de Quiros
Gaspar de Gay
Amanel Nolte
Sa Pedro
San Pedro y Pablo
austral
South sea
Lima
Callao
Quiros
Jim
Austrath
Spain
Punuma
Plucked Tea Duel on the Green
In a quirky Los Angeles Times note a villain with a book nose and club feet entices a green girl to tea. She taunts him, hints at truth, and resists rough play as the hero arrives in a caddied car. He clubs the villain, the line about birdies and divot leads to a diamond ring ending.
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vilain
Los Angeles Times
Busy Heart Feeds Itself With Tiny Drawer Pails
Doctors explain the heart’s nonstop work with small disk like drawer pails between muscle fibers. These pails collect nutrients from the blood and pass them to heart muscles to sustain the 108000 beats daily. Prof Y Kato of Okayama Medical College notes this mechanism in Popular Science Monthly.
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Y. Kato
Okayama Medical college
Japan
Popular Science Monthly
nature
Slippery Thief Steals From New York Subway Sheds
A mysterious thief in New York City has for years targeted electric light bulbs in subway stations. Passengers recall glimpses of the thief exiting cars with two or three bulbs tucked away. He roams from station to station collecting hundreds or thousands of dollars in bulbs by day’s end, baffling authorities and readers of Capper’s Weekly.
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New York city
po Hee
Little Anita and the seven year wish on her birthday
A short autobiographical-esque vignette about a young girl named Anita in her first year of school who has learned numbers up to seven. On her birthday her mother arrives with birthday wishes, and Anita humorously wishes for seven more years for her mother. The passage ends with Anita hoping for seven more years.
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Anita
mifestone
Ufe
Ancient Irish brooch found by workmen in Creenagho Ireland
Workmen quarrying at Hime klins at Creenagho Ireland discovered an ancient Irish brooch two feet below ground in a soft rock crevice. Dating to the seventh century the bronze piece features a ring and pin with enamel on the back in pale green and on the front in dark green.
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Hime klins
Creenagho
Ireland
Two Carter sisters welcome wealthy cousin and dog
Margaret and Angeline Carter, summer vacation bored and restless, prepare for Cousin Fanny Pringle and her fussy companion Darling. The girls juggle meals and chores as Darling naps, while curiosity grows about a possible continental tour for Fanny and a lasting change to their quiet home life.
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Margaret
Angeline Carter
white house
Carter
Cora Blaine
Angeline
Fanny Pringle
Darling
Spencer
Cousin Fanny
Fanny
Angelne
Cousin Lanny
Aargaret
Pringle
Angelina
Fannie
Carters
Cunnie
Danling
Audience Before Him Sways Public Speaker
James Warnack argues that public speaking is both an art and a necessary evil with audiences and speakers sharing responsibility for boredom. The speaker becomes a mouthpiece of the audience, absorbed by collective emotion, while the audience merges with the speaker's voice and ego.
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James Warnack
the
Cincinnati Enquirer
Language Notes on Portuguese Roots and Features
The text explains that Portuguese is a Romance language similar to Spanish and heavily borrowed from French. It counts 11 vowel sounds and about 26 consonants. It notes the loss of intervocalic I and N, giving examples like quaes from quales and pessoa from persone, and mentions a personal inflected infinitive enabling concise constructions.
Prankish Lightning Burns Mark Middletown Man
A Middletown New York resident was struck by forked lightning leaving bright pink lines on his skin. The pattern faded after a day or two, a rare electrical freak noted by Robert E. Martin in Popular Science Monthly.
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Middletown
N. Y
Robert E. Martin
Popular Science Monthly
De Soto Oak Landmark in Tampa Bay Park
A large spreading oak in Tampa Bay park is reputed as the resting place of De Soto on his first Florida voyage. The tree, known as the De Soto Oak, served as General Nelson A. Ailes headquarter site during the war with Spain for a period.
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Florida
Tampa Bay park
De Soto
Nelson A. Ailes
Spalp
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MR. WOOTERS
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Atwater Kent
R. D. WILLIAMSON
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ROD LA ROCQUE
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr
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Australis
De Soto Oak
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