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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1913
Page
4
A nostalgic scrap highlights a London Paris joke about a pearl necklace vanished during a dinner, with guests jokingly blamed for a light outage. Also featured are poems by Paul Hamilton Hayne and a quip about timekeeping from Henry van Dyke during a patent hearing, illustrating literary and cultural snippets.
A proverb advising to inflate neighborly virtues by 50 percent and deflate one’s own unseen faults by 50 percent to gauge a fair assessment of character. The quote attributed to Lorcrimer emphasizes balanced judgment of others and self.
The memoir by Chevalier de Pentibaud recounts General Lafayette's expedition with Washington’s commission to France for more troops and funds. Sailing from Boston aboard the Alliance, the frigate battled ice and a violent storm off the Newfoundland banks as Lafayette suffered seasickness and lamented glory and peril.
Former major leaguer Jesse Stovall recalls a 2004 game where he pitched against his brother George Stovall, then a Cleveland first baseman. He walked Lajoie to face his sibling, who hit a home run that cleared the bases and ended Stovall’s chance in the big leagues, illustrating that brotherly love can backfire in baseball.
In Detroit, Patti and Nicolini with Albani and Ernest Gye stay at the same hotel. Albani spots the couple leaving and urges her husband to leave cards. Patti later learns Albani and Gye went to rehearsal and notes they have gone to the theater as a sign to return the social call.
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