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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
4
The Scrap Book notes Mr and Mrs Aschenbrenner touring Europe. At Pisa they reach the leaning tower and Mrs Aschenbrenner climbs the spiral stairs. She leans out waving a scarf while he fears she may topple the structure. He cries for her to return for safety.
A playful verse urges taking a transfer from gloom to sunshine and hints at a cheerful journey. It includes a humorous tale of Sam T Lewis, famed Broadway songwriter, lashed with Brooklyn misdirection and a cab driver. It ends with a quip about Bret Harte and a political deferral.
A fragment from A. Brayley Hodgetts' The House of Hohenzolern frames Prussian discipline as thorough but unpopular among conquered peoples. A Hanoverian farmer joke depicts the gendarme demanding obedience while noting locals’ stubborn pride and enduring Hanoverian traits.
The London Chronicle notes eccentric English toponymy in Cornwall with villages like Drunkards All and London Apprentice. It highlights Grumbia Bounds, St. Eval mispronounced as San deval, and a bishop’s quip about canonized saints unknown to the calendar.
A dramatic tale recounts Napoleon awarding three swords of honor in 1793. Ney received one in 1802 and later faced arrest and execution on December 7, 1815, just months after Murat met a similar fate. The story links the fate of these swords to Ney, Murat, and Napoleon, detailing betrayals, loyalties, and the ultimate deaths hounded by imperial politics.
A prominent banker explains why he borrows large sums despite ample cash, to keep credit lines alive. He notes banks prefer lending when asked and that established credit is a key asset, while he normally pays cash. He recalls a later loan requiring bonded collateral, highlighting contrasts in lending flexibility.
A Prague bridge saga follows a circle of jurisdiction as rabbits threaten Liebner Brücke. The Burgomaster forms a committee, then debates which authority should act before rabbits depart. A separate scene shows teachers toasting and a humorous exchange about hindering Jay Gould via a New York Central directorship joke.
In a dramatic 1 to 0 finish on Sept 9 1908 New Orleans and Nashville fought a tense Southern League final. Vedder Sitton stood up after Litton’s heroic plate collision and two injuries to pitch the last innings, securing New Orleans the pennant by one run as Litton barely recovered.
Visitors to Yellowstone Park note rapid changes in the Minerva terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs as water flow alters. Basins rise with chalky deposits and vivid colors fade to white when flow stops, then return when water resumes. Changes tied to conditions in heated rocks beneath the terraces.
A Chicago lawyer recounted a German legal case where a tailor refused a student who owed money the use of a suit for an examination. The student missed the exam, later found to have spent his father’s money on a dinner. The tailor was fined 600 marks for causing the failure and for disrespect to the university and government. The judge praised the punishment as defending patriotism.
A 1451 Nuremberg sundial found at Innsbruck shows the needle's declination at its creation and marks later directional changes. The question of who first noted the needle’s deviation remains unsettled as sources debate Columbus’s role.
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