19 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1919
Page
1
A local display markets baby needs including embroidered dresses, blankets, hats, socks, crib sets, and safety items alongside footwear such as Havana Brown Oxfords and Black Kid Oxfords. Prices shown list $8.00 for Sweet Sally Luna slippers and $6.00 for Sea Brown Calf Skin and Black Kid Oxfords.
Traders report strong demand for silk fabrics this spring with orders rising in several shops. Vendors note steady sales across colors and patterns, reflecting preference for luxury textiles as seasonal shoppers look for fabric and apparel updates.
In 1919 McClure News Syndicate story, Mrs Truesdale digs from a relic trunk a blue satin valentine and a tale about her son Buster. She and Judge Truesdale reflect on Jerome and Jerry Truesdale, praise and parental guidance, and the need for the younger generation to have room to grow.
A playfully dramatic scene centers on a judge and his wife plotting a Valentine gift that nudges their son Jerome toward marriage and a change of life. The family banter blends humor about retirement, grandkids, and a son’s budding romance as a comical lilt runs through the domestic audience.
A New York correspondent notes four houses where former U S presidents wed and lived James Monroe at Prince Street near Lafayette, Grant on Fifty sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, Arthur at Lexington Avenue, and Roosevelt on East Twentieth Street near Fifth Avenue. The Roosevelt house now houses a dealer a magazine and an office, yet may be saved. Also mentions a new plant Chinese jujube Ziziphus jujuba being grown in California and the Southwest with fruits used fresh or as candies.
A coworker wearing a loud shirt with orange and purple stripes visits friends with a five year old girl. The child, touching the shirt, asks what flag it represents, highlighting the eye catching attire in a light anecdotal piece.
A novel lightship carries a bell powered by a clever gas driven mechanism. The device automatically strikes the bell as gas moves from tanks to the lantern, while not interfering with the light. The bell activates only in very foggy weather when grit is hard to discern at distance.
The fragment outlines Jerusalem’s history from the early Roman era under a Judean dependency of Rome to its 1st century capture by Titus and destruction. It notes later rebuilds and control shifts by Persians, Muslims, Crusaders, and Turks, culminating in British capture in 1516.
A schoolmaster and others in Squire Marrs office discuss sleep aids and a nursery rhyme that soothes the mind. Sumner Shaw notes insomnia while a tale recalls a Belgian relief gift tied to a five dollar debt, interest, and remorse. The piece includes a jingle aside and a humorous moral about reckoning and conscience.
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