Ruth and Aunt Ann Love Entanglement in Courtship
In a city courtyard a shy Aunt Ann and her sister Grace watch George Carter, a novelist, court Ruth who minds prayers and candy. Ruth’s innocent play grows closer to George while Ann’s nerves and vanity collide with desire. Crossed signals, a fateful night prayer, and a kiss seal a tense, comic romance.
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D. J. Walsh
George Garter
Grandma
Ann
George
Aunt Ann
Ruth
Georg
Aunt A Nn
Carrie
Magsie
Grace
Jim
Daddy
Mother
Ancient Chinese flood control method praised by Li-ping
A Minneapolis Tribune excerpt notes Li-ping, a Chinese engineer, and his sons developed flood control works for the Milo river in Szechwan that remain in operation after 2100 years. The Chengtu plain spans about 100 by 60 miles with the Min river branched across eight channels. The temple inscription urges digging the bed deep and keeping banks low.
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Li-ping
Milo
Szechwan
Chengtu
Min
Yangtze
Gorzes
Li- Ping
Kuan-hsien
Minneapolis Tribune
Syrian wedding rite echoed as newlyweds assume royal status
An ancient Syrian custom places a throne on the village threshing floor for seven days after marriage. The couple sit daily while songs, hymns, and poems celebrate their beauty. Some scholars divide the Song of Solomon into seven sonnets to fit the seven days of the king's week.
Fair of the Iron Horse centenary exhibition at Halethorpe
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces the Fair of the Iron Horse a centenary exhibition in Halethorpe Maryland from September 24 to October 8 1927 open daily from 10 am to 6 pm with free grandstand seats by application. The pageant a prominent feature will be held in the afternoon. Highlights include Traffic Building with a Locust Point grain elevator model and cooperative railroad activities and Allied Services Building with telegraph telephone and express displays. The Morse telegraph instrument and a London cable link are shown, along with the first U S switchboard and railway mail and express exhibits by federal and private carriers.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Maryland
Hall of Transportation
Locust Point
Rnec
Relief Department
Allied Services Building
Western Union Telegraph Company
S. F. B. Morse
America
Washington
Ohio
London
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Federal Post Office Department
Rnid
American Railway Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio Exposition Displays Center on Rail and Sea Travel
The exhibit features a grain handling plant with eight minute unloading per car, 150000 bushels per hour, and full electrical operation. Space highlights agricultural and industrial progress in Baltimore and Ohio, farmer and employer literature, ticket and tire tables, and exhibits from major steamship lines including Aquitania and Majestic, plus models of Fulton’s Clermont and Hudson River Day Line boats.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Hudson River Day Line
United States Shipping Board
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Language of Diplomacy in Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Europe
French language used widely in Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. French literature flourished and spread as scholars studied the language to read the literature. Many foreign students joined the University of Paris, aiding its spread and making French the language of treaties and diplomacy in that era.
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Europe
University of Paris
Spectators Warned After Dangerous Display At Ayling Event
A garbled report describes a risky aerobatic display by two performers on sticks and horses, witnessed by about five hundred in Ayling. A loudspeaker urged spectators to stop standing on seats to avoid danger and protect participants.
Bagpipes Traced in Persia From Early Times
Antiquities expert Jacques de Morgan notes eighth century B C terra cotta figures showing a pipe instrument. He cites later Persian depictions in Takht-i-Bostan from the sixth century A D. The finds suggest bagpipes in use across 14 centuries between these periods.
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Jacques de Morgan
Durliy i
Persia
Takit-i-Bostan
de Morgan
Takht-i-Restan
Novel electric coin sorter in London bank
In London the Bank of Fugland uses a new electric machine to sort and count silver coins and bag them. It automatically allocates amounts from £5 to £100 to proper receptacles and can measure out the equivalent of $7,500 in one hour, according to Popular Science Monthly.
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Bank of Fugland
London
Popular Science Monthly
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James J. Ross
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Sec’y-Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
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