26 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1919
Page
1
New stock includes georgette crepe chiffon and Gandies net in dark patterns. Prices range 25c 50c 65c 75c per yard and 36 or 40 inches wide. Colors and color blends available. Come and see the selection today.
Packard presents Sweet Sally Luna Slippers designed for comfort and style. The footwear promises a snug fit and fashionable look, making everyday wear feel easy and relaxed.
Sergeant Lafferty seeks Marie Lemaire, finds only her sister Toinette in a Fifth Avenue hideout. The search reveals Marie sent a gift and later married a French captain, leaving the sergeant with bittersweet closure and a deeper ache.
In New York and at the Lemaire home, a sergeant learns of a shy romance and battles over a keepsake gift while Toinette wrestles with honor and choice. He warns of risk if he keeps visiting, then earns an invitation to share meals as he presses for a change in the decoration.
Report describes a Native American home remedy for influenza on Montana’s Flathead Reservation. A patient drinks a fir resin brew with liquor, then sweats in a tepee over hot stones, followed by plunging into a cold creek to “cure.” Funerals often follow.
A quoted passage outlines ancient and medieval campaigns through Palestine from Thutmose III to Napoleon, tracing a “great historical chain” of conquerors in the Holy Land and noting General Allenby’s recent addition to the sequence. The piece also mentions Chicago’s negro population, labor, and housing changes, drawn from period sources and editorials.
The Gerrans face a tense dilemma as they must resort to wireless fighting. Tilo explains, asking if Foch has ordered them to stop stringing the Poles, hinting at broader wartime communications and alliance strains.
A Washington official appeals to every farm grange to back the Victory Liberty Loan starting April 21 with a six billion dollar bond sale. The letter emphasizes farmer sacrifice in the war, urges readiness to meet obligations, and frames bond purchases as a safe, patriotic return to American prosperity and democracy.
The canal commission says Caribbean mean sea level at Colon matches Panama Bay on the Pacific side, yet tides differ. Colon sees nine inches above and below mean level while Panama rises ten feet at high tide and drops ten feet at low tide. Floods from the Chagres River have surged up to 25.2 feet in 24 hours, informing the need for a lock system five feet above sea level.
A granite block weighing about seventy five tons, quarried at North Concord, was installed on the old Mark Baker farm as a memorial to Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church. The monument, anchored on a Bow place base overlooking the Merrimac valley, rises seven feet nine inches high with a ten by ten foot base, four bronze tablets on each face, and exact orientation. The piece is said to be the largest ever cut and was formerly over 100 tons in the rough.
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