26 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1921
Page
1
Kemp Newnam stresses that there is only one VICPROLA and that Victrolas of the same style are identical regardless of seller, but warns that future treatment from the dealer varies. He urges buyers to choose dealers they can trust for dependable service and support.
A frantic search for Alexander Potts, heir to a Warwick, Australia estate, ends in a comic mix up as a blond impostor spots a personal ad and convinces Fenwick Brown and clerk Geary he is the rightful heir. The twist: the real estate agent misreads the description, prompting a humorous pursuit and chase through Manhattan streets.
Mrs Youngbride buys windfalls after a farmer explains apples fell to the ground. A week later she scolds the farmer’s wife on the telephone for sending windfall cucumbers she deems dirty, insisting the mix up shows dirt on the produce.
A conversation notes a musician Mr Pedalbass offering pipe organ recitals and Mr Proudfather mentioning his son who plays the mouth organ in vaudeville seeking possible collaboration with agonists at Columbia State.
A fragmentary dialogue mentions Mary and Marty praising Mary's beauty against a wise but homely remark. The text references Cornell and a widow, lacking clear context or event.
A brief history of London theaters from the 16th to early 19th century. The Theater at Shoreditch opened 1576 followed by the Curzon, Globe, Blackfriars, Whitefriars and Fortune. The Fortune cost about £1,920 including the land, with candle glare as the sole nomination during performances.
A famed surgeon hosted 14 unexpected guests at his model farm near Chicago with no plan for dinner. The cook suggested using pigeons from the barn. The wife insisted, and the squabs were served, costing $25 each, a discovery that stunned the guests and the surgeon alike.
Benjamin Franklin, first U.S. ambassador, is credited with bringing poker to Paris. The club Franklin founded persists at Tavern Royale where white-haired Frenchmen meet nightly at six, including two millionaires, a dress firm head, a senator, and a socialist author. They wager with sons as chips and a 50 centimes stake, about seven cents, and commonly play flush over full house as Franklin favored.
French experts describe mangrove wood from French Guiana as rot resistant due to dense grain and high tannin content. Experiments by the French railway service failing to break its fiber in four years. The wood is noted for moisture exclusion, high density, strong flexural resistance, and durability against insects and damp.
A Detroit Free Press joke quotes a tired druggist who says selling postage stamps has no profit but customers rarely return them for exchanges, highlighting stamps as a simple, nonrefundable product in a shopper’s market.
Dr Heory Gamnes Hawn lectures at the chamber of commerce on the Kansans side asserting that observing a man’s actions reveals his inner thoughts as clearly as reading print A boyhood dream shapes character and tastes and courtroom behavior betrays confidence or fear in a case.
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