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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
6
An American traveler recalls a strange country story told by a woman in a village home about a boarder who greedily ate boiled eggs. He ate the yolk with relish and discarded the whites, joking the yolk is the bird while the white is feathers and asking if she would make a bolster of himself.
Poem-like lines urging generosity friendship and love to others. Emphasizes giving as a path to reciprocal blessings and strengthened faith. Ends with assurances that kindness returns as honor and joy.
A spoof from Henry Watterson recalls printing slips in a New York paper where captions misprinted the Marine head. A West of Euclid village resident repeatedly returns to a house he wrongly believes is his, asking a pajama-clad homeowner about his sick house and wife in a humorous miscommunication.
A Scot who traded in old horses drifts between labor and heavy drinking then studies the Bible, prompting his wife to fetch the minister. Mark Twain and Chauncey Depew share a Europe voyage and a speech joke, followed by a feigned misspeech and a sly rebuke from an English spectator about Depew’s eloquence.
A February morning roll call in English at Michigan features instructor Moses Coit Tyler misnaming a student as “Robbins.” He then realizes it is too early for robins, lifting the mood of a gray, cheerless hour. The scene foreshadows Tyler’s later career as a Cornell history professor.
A Kansas tale from Great Bend: a pastor, merchant, banker and lawyer who faced a deceitful jew elry sale. A bank draft bounced, a postmaster checked on the merchant, and the minister answered with a pointed letter tying together his many roles.
An extensive advertisement urges readers to quit work and attend a sale staged by W. R Wright promising goods priced far below market. It boasts 15 days of bargains, claims recent city purchases, and pledges honest, advertised prices with instructions to save and bring the ad.
A traveler mocks a Dublin sight in a small cart as a driver halts for a milestone, prompting Pat to remark that two milestones are rare. Philander Knox, a future secretary of state, once boasted of lucrative railroad legal work in a humorous exchange recounted by the New York Tribune.
Fall stock closeouts from reliable makers priced at 10 to 40 dollars. New overcoats include single and double breasted models with convertible collars up to 35 dollars. Velvet and plain collar coats 10 to 20 dollars, fur lined and fur collar styles 30 to 100 dollars. Standard goods offered at moderate prices with guaranteed satisfaction.
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