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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
6
Stella senses Arkeld's hidden malice during a dinner with the Listons as two Chinese gods spark a chilling warning. A mailed note reveals another woman and Arkeld’s cold message tests loyalty, culminating in a fragile plea for forgiveness.
A psychologist from Pennsylvania recounts a striking incident where a near misstep in a weed field led to discovering an unseen danger. He notes the eye’s quick perception can reveal hazards the mind does not consciously grasp.
A mother overhears a nurse tell a bedtime terror about a black bear under a child's bed. The lesson backfires as the child is frightened and the nurse is warned she may not be fit to care for children. The piece closes with a proverb from J Q Holland about providence and effort.
David Bourne plots a high risk stock plunge to win Paula Richards, daughter of the financier. Paula offers a moral test and a signal with a rose to reveal true love, leading to her confession that money cannot buy happiness and to a pledged union.
In New York a parent questions twelve year old Molly after she buys three pairs of gloves without permission. Molly replies she needed gloves and charged them, while the parent calls the act wrong for not consulting both parents.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item recalls Helen repeatedly running away from home despite scolding. After a longer absence, her mother asks if conscience troubles her, and Helen replies the inner voice urges her to run faster as her mother pursues.
In Wowai’s Home Companion a discussion centers on a recent engagement with the fair fiancée who had earlier issued three announcements. Friends wonder if she will marry, while others deem it possible yet not customary, as gossip travels through the circle.
An aside exchanges a vow of never speaking to a person again followed by doubt about repeating such promises. The dialogue captures heightened anger and unresolved tension from a Detrait Free Press excerpt.
A brief note from the New York Sun questions the conduct of Biggs Crooke and Diegs Ie as lawyers. It asserts cautious behavior prevents overstepping ethical boundaries in criminal law.
The article notes historians view history as rapid change that passes leaving little lasting impact, citing a St. Louis Post-Dispatch line on how much has occurred versus what endures.
The Philadelphia Press notes debates over dating presidential proclamations from the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It traces early proclamations by Washington dated August 3 1780 and the shift to starting dates from July 4 1776, with later acknowledgments of sovereignty. The piece discusses historical confusion and usage prior to constitutional adoption.
An eastern columnist mocked a New York club exhibition of paintings as kit-cat portraits. He explained the term stems from Sir Godfrey Kneller portraits of prominent figures, identical in pose and frame, parodied by the Kit-Cat Club and linked to Christopher Cat Wittor.
A fragment from William Winter in Century Magazine recounts a tale of theatrical discovery. A man overheard a girl in a London tavern reading aloud a play and, impressed by her voice, funded her rise. The girl, Anne Oldfield, became a noted actress in the late 17th to early 18th century, with a career anchored in classic roles and a shift from early stage names to Judah Marlowe.
The Caroline County Commissioners solicit proposals to build a two mile section of State Aid Highway along the Marydel Templeville road from Marydel to Templeville. Bids due September 21, 1915, at noon in Denton. Plans and specs from State Roads Commission. bid bond of 200.40 dollars required. right to reject all bids reserved.
In Caroline County the Orphans Court on August 17 1915 orders the sale of real estate of William H Faulkner deceased as reported by Samuel C Faulkner and Lemuel M Jones executors. The sale is to be ratified unless a contrary cause is shown by October 18 with four weekly newspaper insertions before September 17. The report lists sale proceeds at 1501.00.
A piece from Athwhile Monthly argues books expand horizons and free readers from daily burdens. Reading transports people into better worlds, offering comfort, virtue, and wisdom through encounters with great minds and enduring human conditions.
The article outlines tobacco dynamics in Europe with notes on India as a large consumer, Mnesia and Austria-Wingery as producers and traders, and Germany exporting none while growing heavily. It also notes France and Spain maintaining import channels and government supervision to sustain tobacco product quality and state monopolies.
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