Caroline County Election Judges and Clerks Named 1903
The Supervisors of Election for Caroline County Maryland announce appointed judges and clerks for the 1905 election across districts Denton Ridgely Williston and other towns. Names include W B Gravell J Irving A Redhead G Totyers Geo W Totyers and many others with party affiliations noted. Appointments require appearance at Denton Court House for examination by Sept 28 1903.
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Caroline County
Court House
Benton
Phelmets
Said
Judes
Harry W. Temple
William TH. Thawley
William W. Seward
Maryland
Testu
TE Johinson
Fine live stock album sale with credit terms
An album of fine live stock is offered for sale with prices under 310 cash. For sums over that amount a credit of eleven months will be given. Purchasers receive interest-bearing notes with approved security.
Wesley’s Example Shows Wesley Avoided Rigid Moral Rules
C T Winchester notes John Wesley’s influence on English society as a refined, liberal leader who did not impose strict conduct on Methodists. He urged personal conscience on doubtful matters, allowing individuals to decide with their own conference guiding principles. Wesley praised moderation, personal discipline, and compassion over coercive rules.
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John Wesley
Ney
Wesley
Tre
C. T. Winchester
The Secret Of Japanese Serenity In Daily Life
A traveler notes Japanese women's calm and harmony arising from simple dress, spotless houses, and unadorned living. Homes feature bare interiors, easy upkeep, and adaptable spaces with sliding walls that open to the outdoors, reflecting a stage like flexibility.
Presenting the Ring and the Talking Head
A light anecdote opens with a wedding proposal and a whimsical wish to include a ring buyer. The New York Press anecdote follows about a prestidigitator whose act ends with a severed head that supposedly speaks, then a domestic tale in Termantown about boots of differing lengths and a trick of mismatched pairs.
Small Boy Runs Away Over Sealskin Coat Grief
A young boy Jack runs away after his mother complains her worn sealskin coat won’t last another winter. An elderly friend encounters him on a city street and tries to comfort him with gentle questions as Jack sobs over the family worry. The scene captures a moment of innocent distress and parental hardship.
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Jack
Ack
Jackie
Reading Animals Read Cards and Beggars’ Schemes
A collie said to read cards by writing, proving animal wit, while a beggar story in Philadelphia Ledger exposes street con games. A shabby man uses a nickel to buy coffee and plans to swap for beer, aided by a charitable old lady’s coins.
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Sir John~ Lubbock
Sir John Lubbock
Philadelphia Ledger
Lincoln anecdote of James Quarles swearing witness
A Tennessee lawyer James Quarles once faced a witness who testified to defeat his case. After the verdict, a friend asked why he did not win the witness over. Quarles replied he did not know the man and quipped that the fellow makes his living swearing, for one side or the other.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Abraham Lincoln
James Quarles
Tennessee
Quarles
Unlucky Day in a Rent Collector Visit
A London Tit-Bits item recounts a Monday morning scene as a rent collector visits Mrs Landish. Master Landish refuses the request and hints the family plans to move, suggesting Friday as the call day while noting they may be moving on Thursday.
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London
Proper Nourishment Across Ages and Needs
The New York Mail and Express discusses how the Department of Agriculture defines food amounts and meal frequency based on age sex health and activity. It stresses individualized nutrition over fixed meal counts and notes differences between youths adults and the elderly.
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Department of Agriculture
New York Mail and Express
Diagnosing from a Portrait by a Doctor Keen
Robert Henri tells of Dr. W. W. Keen guiding an exhibition when he identified a portrait subject as deceased for months and correctly inferred heart disease as the cause. The artist-medicine insight drew Keen to confirm the original death’s cause in the winter prior.
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Robert Henri
Philadelphia
W. W. Keen
Dr. Keen
Fictionshire duchesses and moral contrasts
The piece humorously contrasts two groups in Fictionshire, the ugly old duchesses with morals and the young immoral ones. It reflects on human interest in sensational rumors, while praising plain folks in Ruritania for whom simple joys and sorrows are believable. Sewell Ford comments in Reader sense.
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Fictionshire
Sewell Ford
Clambering Volcano Inspires Tourist Wonder
A Chicago Tribune aside presents a tourist praising a calm clambering volcano with vineyards and a cornfield on its slope. The guide notes the volcano’s groan is caused by the corn, as the scene blends wonder with a gentle, humorous warning.
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Chicago Tribune
Could Not Tell a Lie Washington at Valley Fargo
A tourist claims to have seen Washington at the valley while an old passerby refuses to confirm or deny. The exchange humorously questions the presence of George Washington in modern times, highlighting the observer’s inability to swear to a falsehood.
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Washington
Valley Fargo
de Valley
York Herald
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Swinney & Company
J. H. Nichols
West Denton
West Denton Department Store
Smith & WalLs
LAW Building
Armour’s Animal Fertilizers
Armour & Co
Armour’s Farm and Garden
C. F. Smith
Denton
J. J. Calvin Smith
Greensboro
John T. Stevenson
Ridgely
Armour Fertilizer Works
Chicago
Ile
Baltimore
Undertaker
Darr, DA
Cooper
Main Street
le. H. Evans & Company
Fruit and Proprce Commission Merchants
Light Street
Nettle Hardware Co
NEW Bownes Building
Main and
Fourth Sts
Coats
Wright’s Big
W. R. Wright
Ongert Msois
Olnton
W. B. Gravell
Henderson
J. S. Lapham
Goldsboro
Preston Purvis
J. A Jackson
Jams
Benjamin House
Carroll. Pippin
J. L. Curry
W. E. Lord
Samuel Griffin
Cleris
Earle Smith
G. L. Stevens
R. W. Wyate
Burrsville
C. Ramsdell
C. Cook
Wm. Stevens
John T. Blades
Chaptank
R. D. Bradley
Linchester
Douglass
Preston
Alex. Noble
A. P. Redhead
Federalsburg
D.R. Flaharty
John H. Wilson
Agner
G. T. Chambers
W. LE. Sylvester
Sillsboro
Paul I Holsinger
George Stewart
Hillsboro
Somers Blake
John Ko Exneh
Ridgele
Elfl Pearsaul
I. IE Roe
Geo UH
Filer
Bishth
Geo. W. Totyers
Pao Johns
Alphonsa Macreditti
Williston
Finotee S Liden
Smithville
Leonard Covey
Pederalsburg
Honday
Deering
Bickford & Huffman
Evans Corn
Courtland
Farr
Terres OF Sale
Sackett T. Morgan
John W Clark
Bethlehem
Newton
William HL. Harding
Port Atoresand
LL Harding
New York Press
the Agricultural Department
England
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