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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1911
Page
6
A humorous anecdote features Mr Lrvin G. Hughes in New York who tries a Klondike job ad prank and is teased by a host while discussing the advert. The piece includes a poetic river scene by James Buckham about a mighty river’s constant flow and gifts.
Anecdotes recount Irvin Cobb’s journalism days in Paducah Kentucky and a telegraph editor’s firing over a fake story that Cobb claimed was “partly true.” The piece also touches on social pretensions in Chicago and a New York restaurant caper, highlighting quirks of early 20th century reporting.
A chaotic scene as two men nicknamed Hob and Bob are chased by a detective after claiming to buy drinks. They say they chose non alcoholic options, claiming they are on the water wagon and ordered cigar ale and clears.
A cigarette baker arrives by an early train and seeks a smoke. At the station, a newsboy smoking offers makings. the traveler asks him to fix one. He lacks a match, the boy supplies one, and the man jokes that he has nothing but the habit.
Anecdotes depict Horace Greeley defending his copy with sharp wit and stern authority. A misread line triggers a dramatic glare as the editor insists on keeping text as written. A foreman’s report of a page incident prompts a furious dash through the office and a street quarrel over a shoelace mocking remark.
A humorous vignette contrasts a young wife packing fishing papers with her husband’s joke about old papers. A second fragment recalls Yveke Smith’s era as secretary of the interior and Senator Voorhees’s attempts to place Georgian clerks, culminating in claimed successful department appointments.
A St Louis Republic joke recalls a parish laborer in Atlanta federal prison undergoing a major operation. His two former bank presidents, now attendants, quip that they lack business sense and caused setbacks in his recovery by bad checks. The tale mocks financial figures and prison roles in a humorous anecdote.
Pat attends his first meeting and challenges the crowd after a vote shows 42 noes. He refuses to sit, demands to face the audience, joking to see people with more noses than eses. Judge’s quip adds a comic frame to the scene.
A London attache recalls a stranger at North Berwick seeking authority by the name De Neuville. A Scottish official dismisses names as a nuisance and hints at a morning inquiry. Mrs Leslie Milne recounts a Hindu dispensary worker who, while an American missioner was away, took a Shan wife, provoking indignation upon the return. The tale ends with a quip about temporary measures and a gentleman’s anger.
Merchants traders and others in Caroline County must obtain or renew licenses under Maryland law or face penalties. The notice lists license fees by stock value, rider provisions for female vendors, and renewals due by May 1. It also outlines broker and stallion license rates and names several individuals connected to the 1892 act.
In Caroline County Maryland the circuit court orders publication to inform Annie K. Burnite of Newark New Jersey and John H. Hughes Maude Sheppard Hughes of Chicago Illinois to appear by April 19 1911 to show cause why a decree should not pass as prayed in the bill seeking a full construction of paragraphs three and four of the last will and testament of James IL Holmes deceased. The case states questions on life estates and possible perpetuities affecting Carrie H Larrimore Barrow and related heirs. The order is dated March 3 1911 and signed J Kemp Stevens clerk. True copy Teste.
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