22 Aug 1908
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
1
Hart, Shaffner and Marx Clothing claims unequalled quality, style, and workmanship with strictly hand tailored garments, noting they do not use cotton mixtures. The ad invites in-town customers to view the line, with prices ranging from 18 to 25 dollars.
In a flood-threatened Mississippi valley town, Jake Alders worries over his wife Mandy’s postponed spring funeral as floodwaters rise. Miss Josie and parson assist, mortgage, and prepare a makeshift home for the family, while Jake and the parson install a temporary shelter and arrange Mandy’s burial plans before the river reaches the cabin. The story ends with Miss Josie accepting a new marriage role and the community organizing the funeral service as waters recede.
Cleaning a clock is simple with care and benzine. Use good clock oil from a druggist or jeweler and avoid vegetable oils. Remove dirt with a dry brush or bellows, clean spindles and escapement teeth, rinse in benzine, and air dry before reassembling.
The Los Angeles Times recalls an 1880s scheme by Martin Broadfoot to break into the U S Treasury through the Fifteenth Street sewer and float bullion down the Potomac. It details guarded plans, secret service suspicions, and the reforms under Secretary Folger who modernized alarms and time locks to deter such heists.
A narrative on Lowestoft china tracing the 18th century discovery at Warren House near Lowestoft by Henry Luson of Gunton Park. It led to a Lowestoft earthenware and soft paste porcelain factory opened in 1756, reaching peak fame between 1770 and 1800 before decline and closure in 1803 due to clay costs and rising competition.
A western clergyman recalls a New York tailor who refused to make ecclesiastical garments. The tailor said few tailors handle clerical cuts to avoid mistakes and embarrassment for both church figures and craftsmen, guiding clergy to specialists. The Bun cites this as a whim of local tailors.
A western England belief holds that squeezing a mole to death and applying its blood to affected skin cures warts. Proponents claim underground creatures lack feelings, deeming the act not cruel. The piece notes the superstition and its rationales among locals.
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