27 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
1
A national shortage of reliable woolens and skilled tailors has left men with scarce access to good clothes this winter. The article urges buyers to question clothiers about quality standards, noting the store’s twenty years of experience and expertise in selecting and selling high quality garments.
Wanda Lambert receives jade earrings from Oliver during travels in Siam China and Japan. She falls ill from a hidden poison in the earrings as Oliver investigates a Burmese ruse by Mong Toy. Wanda survives but Mong Toy dies in transit to France, his revenge failing.
The tale credits George Bancroft and Mrs. Field with birthing the American Beauty rose. Field bought cuttings for 5 dollars, grew them into a prized bloom, selling the plant for 5000 dollars and later turning 3000 dollars into 50000 through Washington, D.C. property investments. The story evokes the luck of a single clever horticultural find.
A hunter near Lake Balkash in Siberia reports a new mineral named balkashite. It resembles dark brown rubber, burns with a strong flame leaving about 2 percent ash, and becomes waxy in water. Johnny, home sick, asks to skip French class due to a sore throat.
The article questions the mosquito as sole malaria carrier citing Dr Rous of St. Louis Hospital who notes malaria can occur without mosquitos. He observes outbreaks align with soil disturbance during planting and suggests bad air or soil emanations may play a role alongside mosquitoes.
Milby, a visitor, helps Azan Betts in a hill country farmhouse as a snowstorm traps them with Betts family. Azan, 19, navigates shifting beauty, class whispers, and a romance with Milby while a bold suitor Joe pushes for a bold advance that Azan refuses, choosing loyalty over desire.
The piece notes blush reactions across animals from horses rabbits and cows to dogs and insects. It observes facial redness in humans mirrors fear responses and claims animals blush in ears tails or antennae. It highlights fright responses and physiological hints rather than analytic science.
The Persian trees named Trees of Sorrow bloom only at night. At first star rise the first flower opens and as evening deepens more buds burst into bloom forming a single fragrant tree. The blossoms fade at dawn leaving no bloom by sunrise.
European demand boosts United States condensed milk exports from 16 million pounds in 1914 to 550 thousand in 1918 with other dairy products also rising. Officials see room to expand beyond prewar levels, given crop growth and inflation in wartime. A separate wartime interview asks a pilot what frightened him most during flight and notes fear of postlanding questions from earthbound people.
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