Legend of Linganore and the White Serpent Tale
A fragment from Home Journal retells a Linganore legend set in Western Maryland. From a hilltop lookout a river community watches a white-faced, pale figure approach and a young woman named Tons wanda contemplates the stranger as a white man appears by a secluded pool. The tale blends reverence for nature with fear of “white faces” and the mysterious, dangerous white serpent and eagle. The scene highlights cultural clash and a coming of age moment for the heroine as she encounters the outsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Boos Wilmot
Linganore Bil Ten
Home Journal
New York
Lingacore
Maryland
Tonswanda
Ore
The Linganore Legend Of A White Lover
A woodland romance unfolds as the white trader and Linganore maiden pledge love. She grants aid, sacrifices, and a planned reunion by the Linganore riverbecomes fatal when a serpent bite seals her fate and legend says the lovers’ faces haunt the pools along the gorge.
Carnegie and Cramp ship steel merger talks reported
In New York on April 10 the World reports ongoing negotiations for a possible alliance between the Carnegie company and Cramp Shipbuilding. Charles M. Schwab and Henry C. Frick of Carnegie Steel and William Cramp and Samuel Cramp of Cramp Shipbuilding have met at Atlantic City hotels, denying a steel and shipbuilding trust yet signaling a major industrial coalition. The Carnegie firm heads U.S. steel with about 160 million dollars in capital, while Cramp is a Philadelphia ship and engine builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ping
Carnegie Company
Cramps
New York
New Carnegie Company
Cramp
Atlantic City
Charles M. Schwab
Henry C. Frick
Brighton and
Trasmere
Schwabb
Carnegie Steel Company
William
Samuel Cramp
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Phiadelphia
Traymiere Hotel
Steel and Shipbuilding Trust
New York Steel
Carnegie-Frick
Water power plan for Baltimore from Susquehanna river
Governor Switch has signed a bill enlarging the Susquehanna Power and Paper companys charter to develop water power on the Susquehanna river at Conosenge. The plant would transmit electricity to Baltimore and Wilmington, with a dam and a 300 foot power house proposed. The project follows growing interest in water power, tied to Morgan and a Canadian Niagara project. The report also notes a Chicago labor dispute and other items including a factory fire in Greenpoint and medical remedy endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haltimore
Annapolis
Mil
Switch
Susquehanna Power and Paper Company
Sus- Wiehabia
Pennsylvania
New York
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
Baltimore
Wilmington
J. P. Morgan
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Remarkable Cure of Rheumatism in West Virginia
A, B, Parsons recalls a severe rheumatism attack that confined his wife to bed for over a month and left her unable to walk. After Maddox urged Chamberlains Pain Balm and using it as directed the next morning she walked to breakfast unaided and has not suffered another attack. Sold by A. L. Pearre Triceiat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexna
Jackson
Vo. W. Va
Maddox
Chamberlain
A. B. Parsons
A. L. Pearre
Truceiat
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Limganore
Frederick County
Tale OF
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WHITE
Touswonda
Mrean
Masy Betas
Lingauure
Singanore
Alps
J.R. Keller
Warner
Buster
Walker's
JAS. E. Walker & CO
Geo
A Gilbert
N. Market St
Ebert & Sons
Chicago
Solonists
Uniton
Marshall Field
United Building Contractors
Building Trades Council
Beltizerene Iriab
Cailed Dubin
Arthur Griffiths
the United Irishman
Ramsay Collies
Irish Figaro
Greenpoint
Hert
Wiblion Dollarhire
W. W. Mayhew
Merton, Wis
J.H. Keller
Druceist
Sargent & Co
Buffalo
L W. Harper
Charles N. Hauer
J. Biser
E. Baltibor
Arna Giering
St. Baltimore
COAL
Isabella Gas Works
West
Patrick Street
Gostiaigurent
Centeal Hardware
Candy
Imak
Carty
Carty’s Furniture Store
E. Patrick St
Fred’s, Md
Blackston & Son
North Market Street
B. Rosenour & Sons
N. Market
E. Patrick Sts
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Blocher Bros., Jewelers
South Market Street
2Nd Deer
Square Cernar
Thelmost
Columbia
Sousa
Grand Rapids
Gilad
W. H. B. Etchison
Fred’s
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