A Clock Tower Escape Heroine of War Ends in Victory
Russell Andrews a seventeen year old American in World War I joins the army against his widowed mother’s wishes. Captured with others, he tunnels from a church prison using the clock tower weight to signal intelligence. His rescue of prisoners and coded signals help break the siege and earn commendations for bravery.
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Russell Andrews
Russell
France
O1st
Andrews
Himmel
Sexton
Abe
Brooks
Gravity and rifle sights explain bullet trajectory
Two shooters debated bullet flight. The New York Tribune notes gravity acts instantly on any moving body. To compensate, rifles are sighted with the bore angled upward, so bullets rise above the near sight before dropping, delivering a point blank hit at about 200 yards.
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Andrews
James Brooks
Brooks
New York Tribune
The Hungarian Prince and the Emperor’s Pear
An amusing anecdote about late Hungarian statesman Tisza dining with the Austrian emperor. Tisza placed a large pear on his plate at dessert, the emperor warned that cold fruit after a hot dinner injures digestion, and Tisza replied that a Hungarian prince must have a strong stomach.
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Tisza
Hofburg
Dinner Party Comment Sparks Witty Exchange
A Florida Times-Union item recalls a dinner party moment where a fresh young man claims he sat beside a red headed woman and she quips she ate next to nothing, delivering a brisk, humorous exchange about the meal and seating.
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Floorida Times- Union
Government Prepares Self to Lead Family and Nation
A reflective statement from Sir Walter Raleigh on personal governance precedes public duty. It emphasizes that one must master self-control before guiding a family, and that a capable family yields a stable commonwealth. The quotation frames leadership as rooted in personal discipline and societal responsibility.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
The Double A Iman and the Chicago Swindle
On a Maine hotel piazza two men, Richard Pierson and Alexander Lovering, pose as strangers. They plot as partners in a forgery to seize $25,000 from Pierson's own bank, but Pierson discovers the ruse, pretends to be the swindler, exposes Anderson, and reconciles with Virginia Markland after presenting the forged contract and the full confession.
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Iman
Maine
Mr. Pierson
Richard Pierson
Chicago
Mark Anderson
Pierson
Anderson
Lovering
Alexander Lovering
Board of Trade
Markland
Richard G. Pierson
Loverlog
New York
Hhis Pal
Virginia Markland
Aged Soap Bubbles Longevity by Professor Dewar
Professor J. Dewar spoke at the Royal Institution London on making soap bubbles last months. He uses dust-free air, cotton wool filtration, a stopcock, pure aleic acid and ammonium soap, suction to remove sac liquid, and pure air at one atmosphere. Bubbles blown in glass vessels with water at the bottom, kept around 50 degrees F, exhibited decades-long stability.
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J. Dewar
Royal Institution
London
Dewars
Where He Was Weak and Latin Dollar Trick
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip notes a boy who can translate Latin words on a silver dollar instantly if someone lends him the dollar. The gag centers on quick translation skills dependent on the loan of money.
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Mr. Cobbles
Birmingham Age-Herald
Two Canaes Divorce Cited By Unhappiness Causes
A Houston Post note argues that domestic unhappiness drives divorce, blaming the wife’s idle daytime hours and the husband’s excessive downtown nighttime engagements.
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Wouston Post
Counting a Billview By An Expert Money Counter
An expert money counter of the United States Treasury can count 4,000 ad ver dollars an hour or 82,000 a day. At that rate it is figured that it would take him 102 years to count a billion.
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United States Treasury
Land's End Located at Willits By Real Estate Lot
In a terse exchange Puck asks Gill where Land's End lies and Gill replies it is at the lot that the real estate company sold him, marking a compact clue about property location and ownership.
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Willits
Land’s End
Gill
Puck
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Ben
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
U. VO. Smith Co
Carter Block
Deatonrn
MAD
R. F.D
Denton Drug CO
Denton, Hd
M. K. Newnam
Greensboro, Md
Caroline County
Goldsboro Bank
Goldspare
Caroline Bank
Greenaro
Auditor’s Order
Nist
Murray Lloyd Goldsborough
Benjamin C. Redman
Lawrence B. Towers
Lawrence B. Tone
Etk
Thompson Hardware’ & Supply Co
Hillsboro
Maryland
Holt Construction Co
Denton, Maryland
W. A. Smith
Denton
al Ita
G. K. Ebling
U.S
Ridgely
Owsraper
PIAS
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Nuttle Hardware Co
Denton, Md
America
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
Hochschild Kohn— & Company
Howard & Lexington Sts
Baltimore
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
Hochuchila
Baltimore, Md
FORD
J. J. Garris
Preston, Md
Federalsburg
Covey & Williams
Henderson
Clark’s
Greensboro
Caroline County Bank
Temple’s
Thompson’s Imp
Preston
Cox's Store
American Corner
Redman’s
Court House
Tod
Joseph H. Carroll
Home Insurance CO
N. Y
American Eagle Fire Insurance Company
the Grangers’ Mutual OF
Middletown
S.G. Nutilye
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Dhlawarhk
Carter & Deen, Agts
L. Irving Jones
Alex. Noble
Agt
Franiz Bros
Reading Terminal
Philadelphia
Nisi
Clarence Edward Schwaninger
Alonza Rufus Schwaninger
Leonard Taylor
Circuit Court
Equity
Chy
Charles Barriand
W. Brewster Deen
Lawrence B. En Erk
E. H. Hirs
M. H. Downes
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