County News Brevities from a Maryland County
A Lanconing man tried to pay 20 cents for a 25 cent dinner to tip a waiter in Corberland. A new lodge of Select Friends will start in Vale Sannit. Commentary on juries and public affairs mixes with notes on Washington and a Hanna Grigges exchange over a stand near Lafayette Square. Cumberland benefits from county favors as Georges Creek stays in supply.
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Corberland
Vale Sannit
Perseus
Lonaconing
Judie McSherry
Frederick
Allegany County
New York
Washington
Department of Justice
White House
Lafayette Square Theatre
Inauguration Committee
Grigges
Hanna
Cumberland
Georges Creek
Open the Door of the Soul and Heart
British Weekly presents a devotional poem urging the reader to open the door to the soul and heart. It extols welcoming air light sun and divine thoughts, transforming tears to diadems and fostering sympathy for strangers and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela
The Persian lamb cape and the pawnshop bargain
A husband buys a Persian lamb cape for his wife at a pawnshop for $50 thinking it a bargain. The cape, later claimed by a woman as hers, triggers a public dispute at a restaurant. The truth emerges when the husband confesses he bought it to cover a bill, ending the acquaintance and leaving both couples reconciled only briefly. The tale ends with the husbands and wives blaming each other as they part ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Noth
Caroline
Sle
C.D
Caroline Drake
Sellers
Cape
Drake
Hammond
Callie
Mrs. Drake
New York Herald
King’s Error and the Honey-Bird Tale
A Persian king seeks a fabled honey-making bird, questions a peasant who reveals a trick. The king learns the birds are bumblebees, nearly harms himself, and the peasant suggests a circus to reveal the riddle, which the king proceeds to stage with great success. Also brief notes on interplanetary calls and long distance humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cailiff
M. Quap
Local Newspaper Role in Community Life and Advertising
A discussion on the local newspaper as a public service, reflecting community sentiment, guiding local welfare, and balancing editorial content with advertising. It emphasizes independence, reader trust, and the advertiser’s role in supporting a useful paper. Also includes sample notices and quotes on advertising ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LK. PL Harrison
Fox evades highway by cautious pace in hunting club district
Anxious fox crosses a busy road while confessing to Puck that a nearby hunting club’s scent lures danger. He notes his anise-like odor demands careful behavior to avoid detection.
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Puck
Quotations About Barbers and City Scenery
The excerpt compiles satirical remarks on Boston women and barbers. It contrasts a Boston girl’s poised retreat with a barber’s talkativeness and a playful quip about sharing a man and a chin.
Heated iron used on wild beasts and a charity dinner tale
An old circus man asserts that red hot iron can tame lions and tigers without cruelty, while a Washington Star report notes how keepers use the iron in handling cages and passageways. A New York Sun charity tale describes a newsboy spared turkey and plum pudding by a kind waitress who learns he cannot swallow more.
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Sears
Washington Star
New York Sun
Dining and duchesses spark casual chat in society notes
Lord Rathmore recalls taking Ouida to dinner and failing to engage her with topics beyond dishes. A society chronicler jokes about discussing duchesses, while notes touch on language quirks and a domestic humor exchange.
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Baltimore
Ohia
Philadel
New York Express
Nolegcs
Baltimore and Way
Sleaves
Grafton and Way
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Way
Pittsburg Division
Con'isville
Limited Express
Pittsburg Limited
Chicago Express
Hicago Limited
M. C0. Clarke
B.D. Unperwoop
D. B. Makin
County News
British Weekly
Rattlesnake
Pete
Colorado Springs Gazette
Birda
C. B. Lewis
Persia
Brooks
Mercury
Mars
Chicago Tribune
Advertiser
Carpenter
Business New
Lldlyoke
Mass
Holyoke
Flushing (XI. Y
Thomas Tracy Bouve
McClure’s
Parliament
John BL. Brown & CO
Front Sr
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Passeni Pt
Sie
Beertehae
Bersiyes
Peoh Brees
Reissi
GER
WSUS
POA
Hay Street
L. M. Hamilton
Jane W. T. Parker
J.N. Benson
Frostburg
Mining Journal
Tor
Bowery Street
George
Neville
Lowndes & Seaver
Wats Building
Cumberland, Mo
Powery
East Side
George C. Neville
J. Clarke
St Michael's Church
Frostburg, Md
Boston
Philadelphia Press
Willie Frog
New York Journal
Ouida and the Duchesses
China
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