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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1913

Page

3

Maltese Cross Joke Baffles English Girl at College

A humorous prank among college friends targets Evelyn who cannot grasp the joke about making a Maltese cross from a pullet's tail. The exchange ends with Evelyn’s puzzled smile and her friends’ gentle insistence on the misdirected pun. The clipping also includes a poem reflecting on youth and loss by Richard Henry Stoddard.

Evelyn Clara Maud

Insulted His Patron and the Bacon King’s Quarrel

A London Tit-Bits anecdote about portrait painter Phil Morris who, while toiling on a £700 commission for a merchant’s wife and baby, faces a sharp rebuke over a proposed pose. The patron, known as the "bacon king" for his pork fortunes, threatens to cancel the order after the artist’s suggested staging.

Phil Morris Hia Sir Morris London

Boomerang Speech and a Train Delusion

A Detroit News Tribune item notes Colonel C. W. Bolen on a delayed train during Bryan campaigning causing townsfolk to mistake him for Bryan. Bolen used a short speech to sway the crowd, and a later remark from a stranger claimed the town shifted to Bryan after a demo on a car platform.

Wiliam Jennings Bryen C. W. Bolen Michigan Bolen Bryan Detroit News- Tribune

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