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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1911
Page
3
A young married couple attended a neighborhood poker session in Cleveland near Collinwood. After returning home the wife accused the Lulls of cheating, noting the chips were overpriced and identical to those sold cheaply at Jones' store, suggesting fraud at the game.
A poet ponders why to repine at passing joys and weathered fates. The speaker notes rainbow and dew moments drift past, resolved to not call them back. He trusts they will reappear in another place and time.
A local tale recalls Tommy, nicknamed Tommy, a quirky resident who faked a fever during a hospital stay. While the doctor momentarily turned away, Tommy swapped the thermometer for hot tea to trick the thermometer, prompting the doctor to exclaim the obvious truth with sudden astonishment.
The account recalls King Leopold II of Belgium and an anecdote about a radical deputy who praised the king’s potential as a president. The king, feigning a lofty air, quips that his physician Dr Thirier will be asked to assess the deputy, joking he would become a veterinary surgeon.
In early suffrage history Horace Greeley repeatedly opposed women voting, while Susan B. Anthony pressed his editors to sign petitions. The NY constitutional struggle sparked editorials and a revealing scene as Curtis presented a petition led by Mrs. Horace Greeley.
Baron Haussmann visits Constantinople and meets the sultan Abdi Agiz with the grand vizier who speaks no French. A long French speech unravels when a relighting servant is summoned. Haussmann, misreading a gesture, offers a handshake and exits as the vizier says goodbye.
The Kansas City Journal recalls Gene Ware, once pension commissioner, who after resigning bragged of a Fourth of July moment in Washington. President Roosevelt jokingly promised cabinet support for Ware, but Ware never spoke as Teddy, cabinet members, and others stayed to hear Noddy deliver a two hour address, preempting Ware.
A gentlemanly impostor dressed as Lord Normanby enters the House of Lords to attend a sitting. After a brief, awkward appearance he departs with a quip about a pressing appointment with the king. Later, at Beefsteak Club, Banister is revealed to have won a $250 bet over the incident.
A corridor exchange between two senators reportedly aligned against Dr Wyhe's pure food and drug standards. One concedes futility, shouting White will last until death. The other imagines Wyhe reviving at a funeral with formaldehyde in the bottles, a macabre quip attributed to the undertaker.
A woman named Vlassie seeks cosmetic help from a specialist for her ugly nose. The expert, noting the nose as her weak point, candidly concedes he cannot guarantee beauty but could improve it by striking it with a mallet.
A humorous tale from Young's Magazine recounts Miss Christie Macdonald, after boxing lessons, confronting a theater heckler. She lands a sharp blow, toppling the offender, and declares she is no longer defenseless. The man retorts with a single word, heightening the moment.
Colonel John I. Carroll, a Burling-ton lawyer, hired a good looking young man from Virginia named Gilbert to travel with him in a private car. The pair journeyed between Washington and New York and Chicago, with Gilbert often at the observation end, until the car was switched to a single track road in Ohio at night, prompting Gilbert to wonder how they would return.
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