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Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1931

Page

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Better Things Are Cheaper Not Cheap Better Things Are Cheaper Not Cheap

Advertising text promotes buying cheaper in the long run by offering better quality products. It emphasizes superior fashion, wear, service, and satisfaction. The piece asserts Americans demand higher standards, improved homes, work, wages, and living conditions for greater happiness.

America Long & Short’s

The Fashionable Life of Anna Tessault in Hollywood

Anna Tessault rose from dressmaker to legendary Hollywood couturier guiding fashion for stars. After decades shaping screen wardrobes she marries tobacco magnate Stenning Wyland in a publicized twilight romance. Now near seventy she dresses flamboyantly, drawing attention as a local spectacle shared with her devoted husband.

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Quality Store Promise On Better Wear And Service

A store emphasizes high quality merchandise and superior service rather than underselling. It notes customers sometimes question price, but upon recognizing quality, they understand the value. The aim is to offer better wear, better goods, and better satisfaction.

Modest humor at entrance exam tale from John Haynes Holmes

The essay recounts a NY Community Church figure John Haynes Holmes telling a favorite story. A student faced a seminary entrance test asking to name major and minor prophets. He wrote on the blank sheet Who ame to make distinctions inspiring a noted stroke.

John Haynes Holmes Community Church New York Elere

Fruits and Vegetables Definitions Misleading in Use

A discussion distinguishes popular from scientific definitions of fruits and vegetables. Cucumbers tomatoes peas beans squash pumpkins eggplant are called vegetables by common use, while rhubarb is a true vegetable yet called a fruit in popular terms. Bears are also treated as vegetables in popular usage.

Confederate Banner Description

The Confederate flag was a red flag with a blue stripe from the upper left to lower right and from the upper right to the lower left crossing above the crossed framework, bearing white stars.

Clouds and Fog Near Newfoundland Distinction

A Washington Star note states fog near Newfoundland can rise to 8,000 feet and defines fog as a low, unbroken cloud formation. The essential difference lies in height and continuity, with low unbroken clouds termed fog.

Newfoundland Washington Star

London Mansion Facade Shipped to Isleworth Lawn

The facade of London's first mansion house designed by Sir Christopher Wren, built in 1609, was bought by two Fulham firms and the entire facade assembled on a lawn at Isleworth, several miles away.

London Christopher Wren Isleworth

Emancipation through Service Redeems a Waiter Hero

Carrie-Lee recalls her father Walter Mason's long years as a hotel waiter. She builds a life to free him from servility with a bungalow, savings, and a car, only to realize that his return to waiting tables is a reaffirmation of service and dignity.

Carrie-Lee Walter Mason Walter Carrie-Lea Crrrie-Lee Carrie Lee Alee Clay Charrie-Lee Lfe New Jersey

Morgan’s Historic Raid Analyzed In Civil War Context

Lexington opening recalls Gen. John Morgan’s raid from Kentucky into Indiana and Ohio with about 1500 men. The operation crossed rivers, dodged Federal forces, and ended trapped opposite Virginia as river waters rose. Morgan was neither guerrilla nor regular, but an independent Confederate-aligned force.

Lexington John Aunt Morgan Indiana Ohio Morgan Kentucky Ohio River Virginia Kansas City Star North Richmond

Oil for Watches From Porpoise Jawbone Cavity

The article notes watch oil derived from the jawbone cavity of porpoises and blackfish. Cape Cod fishermen supply the oil, tested in Vermont where it remains usable at subzero temperatures. A tiny drop suffices to fabricate a watch.

Vermont

Wash Raw Food For Safe Refrigeration Practice

Home refrigeration guidance recommends washing raw foods thoroughly then soaking for five minutes in a fresh chlorine lime solution. Use a stone jar with two gallons of water, half an ounce of lime per batch. This method aims to preserve flavor while destroying germs.

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