The Mysterious Signature at Meadow Manor
Harriet and Pierce Elkins rent a bungalow where landlady Muriel Markwell hides as Mike Murphy. A comic series of misunderstandings leads to romantic entanglement after a broken arm is nursed and a rooftop leak saga reveals the landlord’s true identity. Pierce’s injury and the pursuit of a romance unfold amid suburban chatter.
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Harriet
Pierce Elkins
Meadow Manor
Sam Rogers
Pierce
Keven
Pleste
Merce
M. M
Mike Murphy
Maple Avenue
Vieree
Elkins
Pierce Elkine
New Street
Markwell
Elkina
Miss Markwell
Minea
Dieree
Muriel Markwell
al. M
Muriel
Miss Elkins
Morris
Mr. Elkins
Snowdrift Dilemma Over Shoveling Cost
In a blizzard the town endures piled snow on sidewalks. Mr Hipperty considers hiring help but balks at the price. A laborer offers to shovel for a dollar, prompting a playful household moment and a decision to pay the man.
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Mr. Hipperly
Mr. Hipperty
Admonished Fight Ends In Humorous Domestic Row
On a Saturday night Mat Dougherty proposed calling on a sick friend and left after giving money to his wife. A late return found him battered with bandaged head and a swollen eye, claiming a dispute at Plannigan's with Chris Schultz. The exchange includes sharp slang and a rebuke to disrespect the dead.
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Mat Dougherty
St. Pathrick
Douguery
Chris Schultz
Plannigan's
A Sponge Garden Wealth Claim From Mediterranean Beds
A New York Press excerpt quotes a foreigner boasting about a sponge garden in the Mediterranean. He says the garden yields about $90,000 in sponges annually, with beds extending a great distance and maturation taking three years.
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Mediterranean
Chesapeake Bay
New York Press
Lamson Pride: A broken engagement and a house crisis
Pauline Lamson and Bob Seymour drift apart after a quarrel over a dining room and library. Pauline overhears plans for a joint future with Linda Burton decorating the house, but she returns at the last moment to assert her role and salvage their engagement.
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Seymour
Lauline
Miss Lamson
Mr. Seymour
Pauline
Polly
Bo Seymour
Pauline Lamson
Bob
Samson
Bob Seymour
Emilie Raymond
Miss Raymond
Flnflre
Pally Lamson
Linda Horton
Linda
Emilie
Linda Burton
Jove Wandelser
Bol Seymour
A Note on Dramatists Secrets and a Cow Ode
A brief essay contrasts dramatic secrecy with novel narration, arguing plays must reveal a rogue at once while audiences follow the action. It then presents Apostrophe to a Champion Cow praising cows, milk production, and simple, uncomplaining animal life over human ambition, citing Collier's Weekly prose.
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Beatrice
Benedick
Ingo
Desdermoua
Othello
Homer
Collier’s Weekly
Sermon In Rhyme By A Shortened Sunday Service
An English sporting parson, seeking to shorten the Sunday morning service, delivers a brief and weary sermon on Life. He outlines three parts: man's ingress to life, progress through life, and egress after departure, noting toil, trouble, and mystery.
Special Rates to Birmingham for Confederate Reunion
Seaboard announces low round trip rates to Birmingham for the Confederate Reunion. Fares from Raleigh 12.05, Durham 11.95, Henderson 12.80, Oxford 12.80, Hamlet 10.10, Wilmington 12.30, Charlotte 8.95, Wadesboro 9.60, with tickets sold June 6 7 8 and final return June 20. Stopovers allowed within final limit at Athens Atlanta Cedartown and Borden Springs. Special trains and extra Pullman cars arranged from Durham and Charlotte to Birmingham with connections from Raleigh Monroe Hamlet and Wilmington areas. For details contact C. H. Gattis Raleigh NC June 5.
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Seaboard
Birmingham
Raleigh
Durham
Henderson
Oxford
Hamlet
Wilmingston
Charlotte
Wadesboro
Athens
Atlanta
Cedartown
Borden Springs
Julian S. Carr
Mecklenburg
Wilmington
Monroe
C. H. Gattis
N. C
N.C
Greensboro
Danville
Richmond
Salisbury
Columbia
Savannah
Charleston
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Asheville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Nashville
Selma
Goldsboro
Pullman
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Norfolk
Fayetteville
Florence
U. S
Lynchburg
Washington
Southern Railway
Jeffries
Keysville
Steamcoat
Baltimore
New York
Boston
All Points
Winston-Salem
Memphis
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Charlottesville
H.B. Spencer
D. C
H. Hardwick
W. H. Tayce
1. C
R.L. Vernon
Trav
F.W. Woodward
Union
Notice of Administration for Osborn Lees Estate
Qualified as administrator of Osborn Lees late of Durham county this notice requires all debtors to pay immediately and all claims to be presented by April 28 1909 or be barred This notice dated 1908 and issued by The Fidelity Bank as Adm r of Osborn Green dec d
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Osborn Lees
Durham County
THE
Fidelity Bank
Adm
Osborn Green
Norfolk Westen Schedule 1908 Dulkham Division Times
Schedule in effect May 17 1908 shows trains from Ly Durham to Lynchburg and back with arrival and departure times. Advertises travel quotations and map folders from M F Bragg and W B Bevin Roanoke offices.
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Dulkham Division
Southern Railway Trains Schedule Effective January 6 1907
Train times and connections for Southern Railway from Durham to Greensboro Salisbury Raleigh Selma Goldsboro and beyond include sleeper service Greensboro Raleigh, key east and west connections, and listed agents for information.
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Southern Railway
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Associated Literary Press
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Lamson Pride
Norfolk Westen
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Pass
Agi
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BEVIN
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Durham, N. C
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