22 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1923
Page
1
Bargain leather items listed with prices for suit cases overnight bags and cowhide bags. Ivory or amber fittings offered on overnight cases. Prices range from four to thirty dollars across men’s and ladies’ bags.
A local advertisement lists blankets in greys tans pinks and blues bound in silk and priced from 8 75 to 12 50. Cotton wool and down filled comfortables with sateen covers and floral designs range 3 00 to 11 50. Beacon robes in heavy weight with satin trim priced 3 00 to 7 50. Corduroy dressing robes in plain colors 3 75 to 5 00. Satin slippers 1 50. Gloves Lambs wool lined 5 00 and genuine buckskin 3 00. Light brown kid 1 25 to 4 00 gray mechans 2 50. Medium weight fleece lined brown cape gloves 2 25.
The advertisement lists china gifts such as hand painted combs and 8-piece enamelled tea sets with prices from 1.50 to 38, and a range of glass and iron items. It notes a clearance of women’s and children’s coats and dresses in extra large sizes with sale prices varying from 7.95 to 42.75 across multiple styles.
Malcolm, a dedicated bird photographer, trails a redbird and captures a moment that reveals Marcia Allen’s wistful face in a negative. Convinced the image shows a girl, he seeks his friend Dr Miles for interpretation before recognizing Marcia at a rural fence post where she sits with red feathered hat.
The article notes changing crops in England over 15 years, with sugar beet rising from rarity to commercial scale as flax wanes and saffron crocus fades. It highlights tobacco starting to be grown in Hampshire and flax’s return after wartime scarcity, reflecting agricultural fashion shifts.
In a western Indian reservation tale Moonlight Brook and her husband Strong Oak reunite after a perilous journey as a strange wind and snow descend. The rescue leads to the Moonlight Brook learning of the Christ Child and Christmas miracles bringing peace and renewed family ties.
The text notes gray squirrels seek winter food in pine and hemlock cones. They Burrow through snow to tunnel under trees, avoiding other species, and feed on seeds at cone bases. Readers are asked if they have tried extracting the seeds themselves.
The Kaibab white-tailed squirrel, called Kalbab squirrel, draws government Biological Survey attention. Its tiny North American range on the Kaibab plateau in northern Arizona is isolated by the canyon and surrounding deserts. Forest rangers nationwide search for nonregional specimens but have found none. A second variant with white tail traces is common in the South and Southwest and often confused with the Kaibab.
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