09 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1901
Page
1
ENTIRE stock of dry goods notions and clothing must be sold by March 20. Local store states no room to quote prices but highlights special closing-out deals across departments.
Reader notices a chaotic list of fabric types and discounts across many fabrics. Dimities, Organdies, Lawne, Canton Flannel, Calicoes, Ginghams, Percale, Lawns, Piques, Dress Goods, Velvets, Velveteens, and Embroideries are offered at deep cuts with many items marking down to single or low double digits. Ready-made pillow cases and Fleeced Union Suits are advertised, along with men’s and children’s clothing options and a special white bedspread sale.
In Graytown a young tinkerer Rodney Galvin discovers a bank robber entangled in a church clock shaft. After using the clock mechanism to trap the thief, he escalates to dramatic measures with sulfur fumes to subdue and capture the man. He then delivers the captured robber and bag of money to the bank, earning his father’s pride and earning a place at the Institute of Technology.
A nighttime Salisbury to London coach story recounts a lioness escaped from a traveling show attacking a leading horse. The guard aimed to shoot but a pursual party with a mastiff confronted the beast. The lioness killed the mastiff and fled after a barricade was erected, injuring the seized horse but the animal recovered.
A reader recalls staying in Birmingham where trams and the London and Northwestern railway overhead create around the clock clamor. Expresses how nightly freight and buffer clacks interrupt sleep, with early morning trains resuming before dawn sedates. Westminster Review describes the relentless soundscape and its impact on a light sleeper.
The text recounts Clement XII's 1738 bull condemning Freemasonry and calling for suppression. It notes Paris opposed registration, limiting effect outside papal states, and an 1739 edict in Spain imposing death for members and promoters, with a French author of a Masonry book reportedly as the victim.
A government surveyor recalls a moonshine inn tale in South Carolina about a supposed law against moonshine manufacture. Debates over validity reveal conflicting memories from Juba, Jim Truman, and others, illustrating rumor and oath ambiguity. A Baltimore dentist converts to a comic miscommunication as his helper Chocolate jokes about Mount Vernon and visiting a boy with a trick question.
A fragmentary recall from the Chicago Tribune describes a tense street scene near a bank. A man offers a flower and a quarter while debating the bank’s directors and their remuneration, hinting at a confrontation over payments to Chicago.
The readable lines depict a quarrel between a wife and a speaker named Yora, with cryptic phrases about towers and brave articulation. The text appears from Harper's Bazar style but is largely garbled and fragmentary.
A critique of regulated meals and siestas argues that noonday sleep fits nature, preserves health, and historically aided work. It contrasts modern schedules with older three-meal etiquette, noting traditions in Spain and Latin countries and urging a return to midday rest for well being.
A medical discussion notes warts often vanish under suggestion and recounts Dr. Dibble Staple's case of a 15 year old girl with 94 warts. After revaccination on June 1, the warts gradually disappeared by late August, leaving white spots but no remaining lesions. This London Hospital report underscores psychological influence on physical conditions.
A Detroit Free Press humor piece recounts a Woodward Avenue merchant who visits a Bush Street lunchroom run by a German. He describes the place, the clock, and a quirk about “compromise dimes” used to settle whether to pay standard or compromised coins, with locals debating the fair timing and the humor of the situation.
A reflection drawn from the St Louis Globe-Democrat on forgetting failures to escape the blues. It argues that lingering memories of past defeats deepen gloom while recalling happier times can lift mood. Forgetting mistakes is urged as a path to future success and resilience.
A Hyde Park clergyman trips over words during a Sunday evening service while quoting a text about large places. The anecdote amuses younger members as a mistimed prayer turns into a humorous misquote. A separate note urges inner growth over outward status for young men.
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