18 Dec 1920
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
1
A local sale offers deep cuts on men s shirts and drawers formerly 1 50 now 50 0 with red label high recks. Hanes ribbed items and ribbed union suits reduced to 90 0 to 1050 and 200. Women s underwear marked down to 1 00 1 25 1 25 and 2 4 0. Children s two piece and union suits discounted from 6e 1 0 50e 1 25 60e 1 0 0
Retail ads show large cuts on cotton dress materials with pieces priced at 45¢ to 50¢, Spool Cotton at low rates, and all silk pieces plus gingham and muslin items discounted. Multiple fabrics and widths listed with varied sale prices.
All Queen Quality Walk-Over and Douglas Shoes reduced. Shippenburg and Sweet Orr Corduroy Clothing cut. Sweet Orr suits Norfolk jacket now 21.50. Sweet Orr suits 18.00. Corduroy pants 7.75. Corduroy coats 11.00. Bays corduroy suits 8.75. Bays items listed with multiple price drops across categories.
Prices updated on hosiery items include men's pure thread silk hose now $1.00. Children's ribbed lisle hose formerly 1e now 10c. Children's silk lisle hose down from 5e to 60c. Children's heavy ribbed hose reduced from 35e to 25e. Burson's hose for ladies now 65c, previously 75c, with another Burson's item listed as use now sie. Men's heavy wool socks now 65c.
A clipped price listing shows various grocery items with old style pricing. Items include Monkey and Parrott Yeast Powder, Karo syrup in multiple sizes, Beechnut Peanut Butter, Everyday Milk, Crisco, Baker's Cocoanut, Postum, Puffed Rice and Wheat, Campbell's Soup, Uneeda Biscuit, Lifted Early June Peas and Tomatoes, Lassies flour, and Pat-a-cake flour. Prices range from 1e to 45e, reflecting a historic catalog of everyday goods.
An OCR fragment lists various consumer soap brands and products including Chase & Seaborn's Coffees, Ble Superior, Hhe d0e Choice, Octagon Soap, Clean Easy Soap, Fels Naptha Soap, P&G Naptha Soap, Ge Palin Olive Soap, and related items, reflecting a mid century grocery or catalog page with multiple brand names and product references.
A young woman Phyllis Deane stranded on a night road debates repairs to her roadster. A tall, amiable young man arrives, fixes the car, and they exchange wary conversation about the incident and their surprising meeting.
Phyllis Deane meets John Harbord near Judge Harbord’s home after a long journey from the west. She learns he is ten miles away, plans to introduce him to her father, and she reluctantly agrees to let him ride home as he contemplates the night’s reunion. The pair share a shy, tense moment as they discuss the car’s adjusted carburetor and their mutual hesitation.
A Balthmore Sun report notes J N Tregoe, secretary treasurer of the National Association of Credit Men, and Secretary Morningstar of the Credit Men's Association of Balthmore, urge banning large cash on person. They contend millions or billions are kept out of banks as people pay by cash, inviting crime. they advocate replacing cash with checks to curb theft and protect national credit. The article says both labor and wealthier citizens carry cash, challenging myths about who holds cash and urging cultural shift toward banking.
The Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the Department of Agriculture has assembled a large mango collection through explorers and exchanges with the British East Indian Departments of Agriculture. About twenty varieties fruit at the Miami Florida field station this year, representing selections from more than seventy sorts. Some varieties have minimal fiber and slice easily, with flavors recalling pineapples. the mango tree, when bearing, is a striking sight with golden fruit in clusters on dark green foliage, a premier tropical plant display.
John Wanamaker marked his eighty second birthday with a quiet observance at the cottage of Rodium Wanamaker in Chelsea Pennsylvania. He spoke on birthdays noting they come rapidly as years increase and that one best appreciates friends during aging.
A dialogue shows Mr Meckton and Leonilas discussing women's suffrage. They predict women voters may help elect more men to office, echoing era tensions over gender and political power.
An old Cornish woman who had never traveled by rail sits at a country station for about two hours before the station master informs her the train has gone and another is not soon due. She replies that she thought the whole railway moved.
A fragmentary poetic exchange features a girl declaring affection with a playful line about a daddy and a rain character responding as a rosy affection. The language suggests a whimsical, nostalgic mood with childlike dialogue and decorative phrasing.
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