Maryland Voter Removal and Registry Law of 1904
A 1904 Maryland act details removal certificates for voters changing residence, affidavit requirements, and deletion from precinct rolls. It establishes registry procedures, lists disqualified or removed voters, and outlines notices and repeal of inconsistent laws, with officials to issue certificates and erase names accordingly. The governor and senate leaders are named as endorsing officials.
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Board of Supervisors
Board of Registry
Frederick City
Iist
Board of Supervisors of Election
Supervisors of Election
Otty
Sabatance
Vrederick Otty
Frederick Otty
Edwin Warfield
Spencer O. Jonas
Senate
George Y. Everhart
House of Delegates
General Assembly of
Maryland
Robert Moss
The
Jewish shoe ceremony in widow’s levirate rite described
An account from the Jewish Encyclopedia details the yabam rite in which a widow of a childless brother invokes levirate marriage. The procedure includes foot washing, a walk in court, a recited exchange about names in Israel, and the ritual removal and casting of the shoe as a symbolic rebuke.
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Israel
Poison Inhaled Taint Found In Ward Will Item
A fragment from an Exchange report notes poison detected in a plaster in a Paris hospital ward will. The text describes ether or similar irritant inhalation effects and symptoms from exposure in unventilated rooms. It cites Faidinson explaining irritation of nose and throat and dangerous systemic saturation from inhalation.
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Walia
Paris
FaiJdinson
Waiting for Repairs Aboard the Old Abe Ferry
Marian Ardsley and Alonzo Allen ride the unstable lake boat run by Old Abe the ferryman. A broken paddle wheel forces a delay amid rain while Marian and Allen reconcile after a quarrel over a ring and drift into a gentle romance as Abe jokes about his failed launch yet helps them find a path back to each other.
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St Acton
Old Abe
Marian Ardsley
Kean
Abe
Alonzo Allen
New York
Allen
Ife
Marian
Uere
Bac
Sud Sant
Arlen
Agua
Marvin
Alien
Manan
Aden
Musain
Ren
Martian
Mr. Allen
Maarlan
Reminiscences of Sydney Smith and Pedestrian Writers
An anecdote shows Sydney Smith nicknaming Monckton Milnes Cool of the Evening at a London dinner and Milnes’s comic retort about Lambeth palace. The piece then notes authors famed for long walks, including Wilson’s forty miles in eight hours, Wordsworth’s twenty mile strolls, Dickens’s four hour twenty mile trek, and Fawcett’s thirty mile days on Cambridge roads.
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Smith
Milnes
Lambeth Palace
Sydney Smith
Bowley
Piteougs
Christopher North
Professor John Wilson
Liverpool
Dilerny
Wordeworth
Wilson
Charles Dickens
Professor Fawcett
Cambridge
Westminster Gazette
The Wrong Torn Dreamer Mothers Odd Mistake
A memoir tells of a dreamy mother of a young American author who lights a match under a water faucet in darkness. Her son finds her after she admits lighting five other matches while thinking of something else. She explains she needed to turn something before she could light the gas. She reflects on being a queer mistake.
Synopsis Questions Prompt Third Installment
A fragmented reader voices frustration at reprinting a synopsis. The speaker notes confusion over the third part, mentions Penelope and Les, and complains that the synopsis reveals the ending. The tone is critical and dismissive about the publication's approach.
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Perdita
Penelope -Les
The Friends Effle Question Edwin’s Dilemma Over Money
The speaker recalls Edwin saying he would not take money over a loved one. May questions Edwin’s resolve as they discuss the temptation and his moral stance. The dialogue hints at personal loyalty versus wealth.
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Edwin
May
Advertising Drives Business Says Uncle Eben
In a Baltimore American snippet, Uncle Eben quips that money keeps the mule moving but needs a sensible driver to prevent mishaps, while noting that advertising makes business.
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Eben
Baltimore
Private O Days Humiliation and Flight from Fort Sclerumo
Private O Day of the Tenth shows pluck in fighting Indians but is humiliated by a court of officers. He falls for Kitty Cline, major's daughter, and, after a sequence of shaming acts, escapes on a horse with a loaded confection and is pursued. He ends by rescuing the girl from a canyon flood and is released from arrest with no further charges.
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O'Day
Tie
Ile
Kitty Cline
Mintor
Fort Sclerumuo
T Major
Lebrid
Old Ereland
Patrick O'Day
Darling
Patrick
Company B
Ble
Pevil's Canyon
Secon
Gerk Canyon
Goree
Adirondack Thief Spooked by Moonlit Coon Standoff
In a Adirondack cottage last season a series of depredations drew attention as a masked thief, later seen by women of the family, roamed the property. On a moonlit night the bait suet was set, a big coon approached, and a single shotgun shot ended the theft with the culprit escaping into the woods.
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Avenger
Mr. Coon
Honeymoon Advice on Spending and Communication
A fragment from a Boston Traveler column warns newlyweds to pack wisely for the honeymoon, avoid overspending, and maintain contact with loved ones left behind. It underscores that public attentions are only conventional and stresses writing to family and friends as a key soon after marriage.
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Trousseau
Boston Traveler
Tying Horse To Hole Myth From Desert Indians
A London Magazine piece claims desert Indians tie horses to holes by kneeling on hot sands, digging two foot holes, dropping a knotted rope end, filling and stamping until the knot is buried as hard as sand stone. The tale mocks them as clever yet improbable, reflecting colonial stereotypes about indigenous peoples.
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Ondon Magazine
Cata and Cattle Cats Boost Clover and Beef in California
In southern California, farmers find cats essential to cattle. Cats control field mice that harm clover by spreading pollen, boosting seed growth. A farmer with many tabby cats saw dense clover, leading to widespread adoption of cats on farms.
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California
Practical Economy in a Shrewd Loan Request
A man in poverty asks an acquaintance for five dollars for a moment and is advised to wait a minute to save it. The exchange highlights frugality over impulse borrowing with a wry, comic tone. The narrator notes the man’s impecunious condition and the acquaintance’s clever retort.
Poe and the Camel Across Shared Pages
Poe cherished Richmond above all places and found family, friends, and success there. The piece notes his editor stint at the Southern Literary Messenger and his happiest year with Virginia Clemm. It then surveys camels in many regions, their Arabic roots, and the rarity of scriptural references due to Holy Land topography. It ends with a guidance about letters of introduction advising mutual interest.
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Humoriata
Francis C. Burnand
Punch
George Augustus Sala
Sala
London
Burnand
Turnand
Isabel F. Hapgood
Tulstui
Vaul
Taul Liusecif
Tolstoi
Paul
Talstol
Lfe
John Allan
Helen
Baltimore
Virginia Clemm
Southern Literary Messenger
Charles Marshall Graves
Century
Arabia
Persia
Asia Minor
Afghanistan
Baluchistan
Mongolia
China
India
Syria
Turkey
North Africa
Spain
Hammer Purgstall
Holy Land
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T C. McClore
Poe
Richmond
Earth
Happy
Chile
Ots
Franklin
Co. S. Howard
Frederick ,MD
Peerless
TOE
Great Southern Pty. & Mfg. Co
Frederick, MD
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