Maryland at 300 years rich in land and history
Maryland marks 300th anniversary with March cross unveiling at St Clement's Island near Blakistone. A June Maryland Day at St Marys town recalls Calvert's first settlement and the Ark and the Dove voyage, while coastwise steamers recount colonial trade and frontier life along the Potomac and Chesapeake.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Aryland
Saint Clement's
Blakistone) Island
Potomac River
Leonard Calvert
Maryland
St. Marys City
America
Tidewater
Virginia
Montgomery
Frederick
Kentucky
New York
New England
Big Savage Mountain
Negro Mountain
Keysers Ridge
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Globe
Little St. Marys
Europe
George Washington
John Smith
Chesapeake Bay
Jamestown
Bay
Baltimore
Patapsco
Potomac
Indian Head
England
George Calvert
Lord Baltimore
London
Palatinate
Charles I
Crescentia
Henrietta Maria
Cecil
Chesapeake
Washington
Fort Washington
Piscataway Creek
Piscataways
Port Tobacco
John Hanson
Mulberry Grove
United States
Congress
Thomas Stone
Habre de Venture
James Craik
Braddock
King
Morgantown
Mount Republican
Franklin Weems
Stigs
Blakistone Island
St. Clement's Island
Cecil Calvert
Lord
Christ
Shallops
Calvert
St. Marys
Christendom
Liars, Wounds, and a Lawyer Cross-Examined
A wounded lawyer, under medical care, confronts a doctor who recognizes him as the cross-examiner of a controversial expert witness. The physician refuses to treat the client, declaring moral conflict and a desire to avoid causing death, before departing.
The Tummy Letters Teach D And B Difference
A primary teacher guides children to distinguish the letters d and b. Johnnie answers with a joke that one has its stomach in the front and the other in the back, illustrating the playful lesson.
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Johnnie
Weil
Doctor of Philosophy Confounds Patient in Quip
A witty exchange from Stockholm humorists features a doctor who reveals he is a philosophy doctor, prompting the patient to remark on the oddities of medical names and the quirks of modern medicine.
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Stockholm
Vanishing Act and Family Ironies Prominent in Drama
A Vancouver Province excerpt presents a dialogue about a fire and disappearance prompting a pondering of where people go. The Frankfurter Disdierte snippet adds a wry exchange about a funeral and enduring attachment.
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Vancouver Province
A Dreamer Debates Debtor and Creditor Roles
A brief dialogue imagines a dreamer asking what a debtor is and what a creditor means. The exchanges frame debt as owing money and a creditor as the person who believes they will collect.
Thazity Ball Meeting Sparks Flustered Exchange
A fragmentary note describes a socially awkward moment at a ball with a flustered remark about dancing. The dialogue hints at unexpected decorum and a playful misunderstanding in a Viennese social setting.
Frock Pattern Promises Ease for Busy Housekeepers
Pattern 1625 offers a practical frock with one front and back yoke cut in one, adjustable semi belted waist, and pockets. The tiltable cotton print with self or contrasting ruffles suits daily wear. pattern size 16 requires 31⁄4 yards of 36 inch fabric. Send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York for orders.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Unemploy lays out island plan for men and women
A witty Tit-Bits quip suggests solving unemployment by placing all men on one island and all women on another with both groups busy building boats. The club wag envisions work as the cure for idle hands and imagines the social setup as a humorous, provocative thought experiment.
Primm Family Weighs Diet and Paper Mix
Mr Primm jokes about a literary diet while Mrs Primm suggests wine and reading the newspaper minus the editorial page. He asks for time to finish the comics before deciding.
Gummed It Up Barber Cartoon Exchange
A brief cartoon caption from Pathfinder Magazine where a barber jokes about a mustache and shaving it off after a patron boasts of attempting a kiss while a girl chews gum. The exchange highlights humorous wordplay in a vintage comic panel.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Pre Varicator Quip Sparks Debate Over Truth and Fight
The Signal quotes a exchange about calling someone a pre varicator and the line about readiness to fight. The dialogue highlights a contrast between reputation for truth and linguistic bluntness in a public exchange.
Judge for Yourself Belated Wedding Telegram Failing Spark
A newspaper item notes Morton and his young wife faced a chilly reception as a belated telegram of congratulation arrived a month after their wedding and was refused. The piece conveys social reaction to the couple’s union without graphic detail.
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Morton
Mutual Precaution Inquiring Youth's Serious Intentions
A brief Brooklyn Daily Eagle dialogue notes a belligerent father challenging his son about serious intentions. Ger Lover hesitantly asks if the ex is involved, framing a charged parental probe in a domestic context.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
A Puzzler Son Father Zebra Color Debate
A puzzled query asks whether a zebra is a black animal with white stripes or a white animal with black stripes. The classic question challenges perceptions of coloration and patterning in zebras.
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Wrigley’s Gum
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