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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1913
Page
4
Rob Dwyer fresh from college opens a real estate office in a dusty suburban neighborhood. He greets a potential buyer, arranging a cash sale of fifteen thousand tomorrow and a thirty thousand ten-year mortgage, then asks the visitor about connecting his telephone.
Poem fragment by James R. Gilmore reflects impending struggle and effort. The speaker notes much to do, with anxious lines about debt, confiled conflicts, and a hopeful vision of victory and a bright tomorrow after toil.
A careful hostess watches guests bite into ham sandwiches then witness a guest hide his bite, followed by others. After all guests depart, a mystery is solved: a child stole ham from the sandwiches and replaced portions with pieces cut from an old red flannel garment.
A reflective line by Marble DD Babcock encourages unexpected kindness to brighten someone’s day and wonders if such moments can feel like a shared, sunnier world.
A fragmentary tale recalls Count Montrond chiding Alexandre de Giaudim over a rising youth Girardin fails to value. A valet’s morning haste ends poorly as Montrand boasts his indispensability and entertains with sharp wit about waiting on him and the staff.
Gilbert Parker narrates of a English visitor in California who expects game and carries guns. A delayed San Bernardino train prompts him to ask about an accident and a freight caboose on the track. He grips his weapon and demands to be shown the train car, believing danger lurks.
A traveler visits Applegate in Warwick England where the custom says the mayor owns the best. He pays for a fine after claiming he had the best dinner in the country except the mayor. He then pays the £10 fine and proclaims he is the biggest fool in town except the mayor.
The narrator recalls Alice Clement in a Chicago cafe scene. A police raid on a second hand shop yields loot worth about twenty thousand dollars and leads to the arrest of several men including a figure named Mitchel. The confrontation ends with Clement asserting revenge and leaving the cell. The mood frames a femme fatale narrative amid cabaret music.
A Denton Maryland resident C K Evans on Sixth St credits Doan's Kidney Pills with preventing kidney trouble and backache. He says after two years of use his kidneys stay normal and attacks of back pain disappear. The notice urges buyers to ask for Doan's, price 50 cents, Foster Milling Co Buffalo NY as sale agents.
County Commissioners and Road Engineer warn that the Denton Bridge over the Choptank River is unstable. Persons are forbidden to cross with traction engines and loads over one ton and two horses or drive over the bridge faster than a walk. Signed by William H. Anderson, Clerk, Denton Md, June 6 1911.
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