Lincoln Birthday Thought Calls for Practice and Purpose
The piece argues Lincoln’s rise from poverty shows merit depends on effort and education. It urges youths to study great minds and apply wisdom to daily life, noting Lincoln’s scant schooling yet access to strong teachers and a personal library. It emphasizes action and judgment alongside inspiration.
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Lincoln
Earth
Frederick
America
Ami
Abraham Lincoln
Alsa Uke
Lut's Day Routine Shared In Quirky Personal Systems
A fragment describes daily life in which each person follows a unique routine from waking, coffee, work, meals, to evening rest. It emphasizes personal habits shaping days and ends with a note that every member has his own method and continues with a signoff from NAL -LUFBURROW.
Readers Debate Road Plans In County g
Willian J Grove argues in a Feb 9 1938 letter that forty five miles of state roads are needed but pace should slow. He suggests cheaper routes to raise mileage and questions equity of one mile tax versus building inferior roads for some communities.
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Predertels
Letter Golf Gives Readers a Par Breaking Challenge
A playful note invites players to tackle a letter golf game with a par fire on today’s hole. The page promises the solution on the last page, offering readers a quick puzzle and a hint of rewarding content.
Word Golf Rules for Letter Change Puzzle
The article explains letter golf: change one word to another in par strokes with valid intermediate words. Only one letter may be changed at a time, each step must be a real word, no slang or abbreviations, and letter order cannot be rearranged. A solution is printed on the last page.
Odd Census Plan of the Chichhi Tribe Described
A historic note recounts how chiefs of the Chichhi mecan tribe organized a census in the Mexican valley. Subjects placed stones for each family member on a porch, stones were counted in heaps, twelve heaps were found by scientists indicating family counts.
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Nepaltzia
Valley
Mexico
Carrere
Twenty Years Ago In Frederick Chronicle Fragments
Local reminiscences from February 1908 note Francis S. Gaither’s new clerking in Frederick’s Commercial Operators and staff shifts at the Frederick Exchange on Carroll Street. Mentions of ground traces 122 by 157 feet and a $2.0 consideration. News of Chief Jacke Glenn J1 Wortingon at Ant Peale, Annapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Gee J. Cramer returning from Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.
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D. Charlies
Frederick Exchange
OT Carroll Street
Bee
Jacke Glenn
Wortington
Ant Peale
Annapolis
Gee J. Cramer
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Frederick Payne a prominent Frederick business leader figure
Frederick Payne, born February 24 in Frederick, rose from John D. Hendrickson dry goods to sales with the C F Telephone Co, later becoming central station manager for multiple towns. He also serves as director of Frederick Hotel Company, is a Rotarian and past Exalted Ruler of Frederick Lodge 684 BPO Elks, and a St James Catholic parish member known for swimming and baseball interests.
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Turnerve
Leasad
Payne
Ox Fibre Brush Company
C. F Telephone Company
Cal Mathaxer
eNorta Haring
Mr. Payne
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Brunswick
Buckeystown
Damascus
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Mt. Aim
Myersville
New Market
Thurmont
Walkersville
Frederick Hotel Company
St. Jaume Catholic Church
Frederick Lodge
St. John’s Council
Knights of Columebus
Ile
Ewimiming
Frederick News Recap Sparks City Pride and Events
A bustling Frederick column tallies a week of banquets, club meetings, and public projects. It highlights Emory Coblentz’s "The New Frederick" address, the Monocacy Club dinner, and local talks on history and development. There’s mention of road plans, theater shows, and civic plans as residents stay active.
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Brunswick
Mackall
Frederick
Emory L. Coblentz
New Frederick
Evangelical Reformed Church
Old Frederick
Coblentz
Maryland Industrial Leaders’ Association
Whitney
Ue Monocacy Battlefield Project
Cresap’s
Hifle Club
Sind
Frederick County
Heig Ling
Jeanne Engels
John Gilbert
Opera House
City
Counpiang
Abendschein
Great Britain’s Coal Supremacy Highlighted in Text
The article extols Britain’s coal resources arguing it has more and better coal than any other nation. It notes coal Btu values and mentions comparisons with France Belgium and the Netherlands as a game of memory or misprint.
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Great Britain
France
Belgiam
Fragmented OCR Note Across Contiges and Fifteenth Initiation
An OCR fragment references Contiges and a fifteenth initiation, mentioning a Fiemi Weieen and images or items described as batpipes found on old Spanish maos¢ti Inik. The readable text is garbled, but hints at historical artifacts or ceremonial elements linked to a fifteenth century or earlier period.
Seeing America By Wi iveery Erceisen
A fragmented travel essay recounts a Western Canada trip from Vancouver to Calgary and Medicine Hat. The author describes scenic distances, railway journeys, and the vast Alberta prairie, noting irrigation efforts and the role of railways in shaping settlement.
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America
Wi. Iveery
Erceisen
Gateway towns mark imperial divide in western transit
Fragmentary notes describe a train stop near Medicine Hat and Moose Jaw while traveling from Moose Jaw to Portal North Dakota. The text calls Medicine Hat mysterious in name and notes Portal as a gateway between the Empire and Republic, with 168 miles between Moose Jaw and Portal.
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Snow Palace
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Portal
North Dakota
Canada
United States
Empire
Republic
Daily Lessons In English by W L Gorpon Presage
Daily English notes from W L Gorpon teach proper usage and pronunciation. The entry defines presage as an indication of something to come and offers guidance on common misspellings and word study.
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W. L. Gorpon
Etiquette Questions and Answers From Life's Niceties
A short Q and A on dining manners. The woman follows the waiter to the table, not directing the order to the waiter herself, and the man should not press selection on his guest. The third answer notes the guest may seem indecisive.
Today in History and Anniversaries Snapshot
Chronology of historical events from 1630 to 1927 including Descartes in Stockholm, the Mackay Bennett cable success, and Japan’s empire constitution. Also notes one year ago senate action on McNary Haugen, and today’s notable births and events such as Edison and Pershing receiving honors and Olympic observances.
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Rene Descartes
Stockholm
Uiés
Massachusetts
Giz
Alexander EL Stephens
Confederate States of America
Crawfordsville
Atlanta
British America
Carrie Winslow
Sandy Hook
San Francisco
New York
Empire of
Japan
United States
Russia
Montana
United States Senate
John J. Pershing
Philadelphia
St. Moritz
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Chicago
Roanoke College
Salem
Vibe
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United States Commissioner of Education
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Erie Canal
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