11 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
1
Short list of fabrics including percales Outing cloth gingham muslin and yellow muslin prints. Mentions 32 inch and 27 inch widths, spools of cotton and silk priced at 9 cents, with all silk piece goods cut from stock.
All Queen Quality Walk-Over and Douglas Shoes reduced. Shippenburg and Sweet Orr corduroy clothing cut. Sweet Orr suits discounted to 18 21 or 28.50 jackets. Corduroy pants and coats marked down. Boys corduroy suits on sale. Includes Norfolk jacket price cut.
Older stock lists show Monkey and Parrott Yeast Powder, Red Label Karo in multiple sizes, Beechnut Peanut Butter, Eversday Milk, Crisco, and various hosiery items with significant price cuts. Men's Pure Thread Silk Hose drop to 1.00, children's ribbed and silk hose see sizable reductions, and Burson's hose for lathe and ladies priced down.
A fragmented advertisement lists canned coconut coffee products and pantry staples including Baker’s Canned Cocoanut Postum in large and small sizes, cereals like Early Jn and Le Campbell’s Sou, Uneeda Biscuit, and various prices such as 10¢ tomatoes and 22¢ flour. The text preserves brand names and prices but is partially garbled.
Jessup and Prue live through a tangled family plot as Prue plots, Jessup swears, and Susan Rose helps mend a broken stall. Mother's wealth reshapes romance when Rose charms Jessup, leading to a vow and a playful prophecy.
In World Outlook, Christian Leden recounts a Napsangoak feast where men cut raw meat from a seal carcass with butcher knives. Hosts display courtesy as guests hesitate to eat, while dogs eye the meat and the host offers more scent to entice the observer.
In World Outlook a missionary recounts a pupil's description of smell and nasal anatomy. He notes the nose as an organ with two small windows, a dividing partition, olfactory nerves passing through bone and tiny holes to the membrane. He warns against tobacco and alcohol for students, stating cold weather hinders smell and suggesting hot-water nasal washes. Youth's Companion.
The text describes Afghan greeting rituals as reported by A. C. Jewett in Asia magazine. It details phrases like Salaam alakun and Wa ba allakunt salaam, and humorous replies such as Manda nna bash and Zindia ao bashi. It notes the ceremonial nature and exchanges of compliments lasting up to five minutes.
In Sheridan Wye the bachelors of Sheridan hosted a dance for married friends with stylish attire and well timed refreshments. A misfortune occurred when Dr Newell tore his pants while bowing to Rodadys, leaving him without a partner for the next number.
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