20 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
1
A drugstore ad claims to stop eczema itch in two seconds with D.D.D Prescription wash. It offers a 60 cent trial and a no pay guarantee on the first dollar bottle. D. D. Soap is pitched as keeping pores healthy, with A. L. Duffey, Druggist, urging customers to ask about it.
Abner Burton and Billy stumble from a wreck on Long Island road to seek shelter in a gloomy country house. They encounter locked doors and eerie cries from an upstairs hall before meeting Jean Prindle and Henrietta Prindle who explain the house owner Mary Maloney is demented and needs care.
A passage from Atlantic Monthly describes how rain freezes on trees during pruning by rain, creating crystal encrusted trunks and branches. The author recalls a rare, dazzling scene where oaks, hickories, and willows glisten like fairy crystal parks, a memory that rivals auroras and uplifts despite the cold.
An amusing tale from Crimea recounts tailor Khafm Kurichkess of Sluiferopol being summoned by a cloaked imperial general to Yalta to tailor a Crimean dragoon uniform for the czar. The czar commends the work, Kurichkess receives 50 rubles and later a gold watch engraved To Khalm Ko richkess for Zeal, with 800 rubies offered to settle debts.
A foreigner meets an American friend and hears How are you Out of sight. He later tries the line You don t see me to a friend, proudly using the reply to How are you. The joke reflects language mistranslation and comic wordplay from the New York Globe.
A four year old girl, Mabel, runs downhill with her dress held tight. Her mother warns to be careful or she will fall. The child reassures that she will stay upright by holding her dress firmly herself.
A customer worries about a goldfish showing a white spot and is reassured by the seller that the fish has simply shed a scale, easing concerns that the plating might be coming off.
A quirky dialogue shows Ted seeking a trusted acquaintance to guard a note while Tom advises finding someone who does not know him. The exchange hinges on caution versus familiarity, highlighting trust and risk in handling sensitive material.
Fragmentary verse and random capitalized phrases appear to reference sorrow and memory with no clear news event or identifiable entities. The text lacks coherent facts, dates, places, or persons to form a proper summary.
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