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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1911

Page

3

Ruth Grosvenor and Lieutenant Goddard Heroic Escape

Amid Revolutionary intrigue Ruth Grosvenor helps Lieutenant Goddard evade Major Tarrant by concealing notes on troop movements inside a clock. Ruth hides in the clock as Tarrant pleads for her consent, while Goddard awaits a chance to pass information to General Howe through Captain Hamilton.

General Washington Morristown N. J Edwin Goddard Alexander Hamilton Goddard Goldard Captilu Hamilton Grosvenor Elizabethtown Ruth Abel Burton Major Tairrant Casay Major Tarrant Howe Trenton England Tirrant Tathana Tarrant Washington Hamilton Ruth Grosvenor Dominie

New Zealand Glaciers Around Mount Cook Describe Size

The article notes New Zealand glaciers near Mount Cook with the Tasman at eighteen miles long, the Murchison at ten miles, Godley and Mueller at eight miles each, and Hooker at seven miles. Most are moraines with rough surfaces and steep approaches, and the southern Alpine snow line sits a little over 7,000 feet. It contrasts these mountains with central European peaks, noting few glacially polished rocks and distinct differences in geology.

New Zealand Mount Cook Tasman Murchison Godley Mueller Hooker

A Natural Mistake

A humorous quip from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a couple joking about weather on their wedding day. The exchange contrasts stormy memory with a claimed perfect day, highlighting playful misremembering.

Molly Hiram Atlanta Constitution

A Fish Story Sparks Witty Polemic in Fragmented Tale

A brief torn dialogue centers on a fisherman character named Small and his rejected suitor Jenow. The exchange features playful mispronunciations about fish and wealth, with Samuel Lover cited as a voice. The fragment hints at themes of circumstance and social instruments in a poetic, wry tone.

Today and Tomorrow’s Power in Your Hands

A medley of aphorisms and a sports anecdote. The piece opens with a fable style exchange about sight and time, urging action today over tomorrow. It closes with a grouchy minor league shortstop boasting of two large pool balls to threaten an umpire, as recounted by the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.

A. G. Gelletly Dean Denton Daniel R. Cox N. Washington St Easton Doan Foster- Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Doan's Feld Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post

Worrying the Golfer

A golf novice bungles seven swings while a perceptive caddy warns of a man crossing. The beginner, red with effort, asks if the warning applied to him and the caddy replies that he must cry fore when anyone is in the way as the novice questions timing.

Man with the Iron Will Targeted by Walnut Club Prank

Members of a Walnut Street club lured a fellow member who denied intoxication to a banquet at a fashionable hotel. Sparkling wine flowed, he was put to bed, smeared with vaseline, and buried in feathers from ripped pillows while steam heat raged. He woke to feathers and muttered this must be hades and I am a bird.

Walnut Street Will Hades Philageiphia Times

Forgetting Himself and the Three Legged Stool

An elderly Irish habitant who rewrites neighbors wills is awakened by a neighbor’s anxious claim about a will. The tale riffs on Irish wit and legal lore while noting the historical diamond trade from Sumbalpoor to Brazil, Cape Colony, and Transvaal led by Rhodes.

Paddy Flaherty Pat Europe Sumbalpoor Golconda Brazil Cape Colony Transvaal Ceoil Rhodes New York

I am the architect of my own fortune

A boastful trust magnate claims self made fortune in a sarcastic exchange with a critic from Chicago News. The critic quips about lucky timing and absence of inspectors during construction, highlighting a boastful personality and a dubious path to wealth.

Chicago News

Fragmentary OCR Note Hints at Period and Names

The readable bits show scattered phrases like names and dates in an old period style, suggesting a historical news snippet. Limited legibility prevents full detail, but the fragmentary text implies a chronological or event-related mention with potential dates or affiliations.

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