04 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1917
Page
1
A dense list of sale prices covers dress fabrics, lace trims, ribbons, and lace remnants. including 25c to 35c yardage reduced to 19c, ginghams at 8c to 18c, pongee and madras at 19c, and lace at 5c. Also featured are dresses, shirts, hats, shoes, menswear, and household items with substantial markdowns such as shoes at 98c, dresses 89c, and men's suits deeply discount.
A wealthy young man, Jack Aborn, tries to buy Dr. Egerton’s lakeside estate after a dating misread involving a secretary. A firm reply and a reveal expose Egerton as Cornelia Egerton Ph. D, heiress and sociologist, who offers the house for $20,000. A year later the doctor gives him the property.
A Kansas City Journal snippet shows a man puzzled by his life insurance policy. He fears the terms and believes only someone else will bear the burden when it settles. The quip underscores complexities of coverage and the stress of facing policy details.
A fragment shows dialogue about shifting affections and pride, noting a change in attitude after a father buys a limousine. It hints at social snobbery and evolving relationships without providing a full event or clear context.
A Galveston News item riffs on marriage and manners quoting a model wife who guards a husband from folly. It adds a Don Quixote line affirming preparation as half the battle and vigilance as prudent.
A man recounts a mysterious voyage through mist on a seashore and a bay with a maiden bearing a rose leaf birthmark. They share a dreamlike ascent to a clouded summit then part. he awakens amid Alpine tourists and, after pursuing the woman in Interlaken and Lucerne, wins her regard in real life, concluding with a confession of a dreamt romance.
A local pawnbroker's shop catches fire and a distraught spectator, an elderly woman, laments aloud that her late husband’s suit is pawned there. She cries that he would never know it is tied to the blaze, drawing sympathy from onlookers as firefighters battle the flames.
The British Isles host seven distinct languages besides English Welsh is spoken in Wales Erse in Ireland Manx on the Isle of Man Gaelic in Scotland Irish in the Channel Islands and Cornish in Cornwall. Recent notes indicate Manx church services were stopped but have seen renewed attention.
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