08 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1921
Page
1
Sweet Orr suits discounted to 21.50 and 18.00 from 28.50 and 24.00. Corduroy coats 11.00, pants 7.75, jackets 21.50, boys suits 8.75. Corduroy pants priced 7.75, coats 11.00, suits reduced across the board. Deals apply to Sweet Orr and Norfolk jacket items.
A catalog of discounted goods including Queen Quality and Walk-Over shoes and Douglas Shoes with reduced prices, plus Monkey & Parrott yeast powder, Karo syrup, Beechnut peanut butter, Everyday Milk, Crisco, Postum, puffed rice and wheat, Campbell’s Soup, Uneeda Biscuit, Lassies flour, and Chase & Sanborn coffee with varied price points and sizes.
Betty and Peter share a precarious creek crossing and banter about love and marriage as they drift toward a festive Easter proposal. Their flirtation unfolds beside Bellew relatives, with Betty testing Peter’s devotion after a near drowning and playful dare. The tale blends rural imagery with romantic tension in a late March setting.
Jimmy Gilmore lurks in a quaint tearoom and discovers Fay McBane, an artist, handling a photograph he hopes to return. A flirtation begins as he admires her, but his eyes fix on the idea of meeting the photographer's best girl, whom he believes to be Fay herself. The moment deepens when Fay invitations him to see the model, hinting at a new romance.
Historical note explains christening practices where male figures receive female names from godmothers and saints. Examples include Anne de Montmorency, Lord Anne Hamilton, and actress George Anne Bellamy. It cites Roman Catholic customs adding Mary or Maria as middle names to protect saints’ names across genders.
The disappearance of sea gulls from New York rivers is tied to high living costs. An ornithologist notes gulls left the Hudson and bay area to feed where ships travel and farther at sea where rations are less constrained. He links scarcity to market waste controls and hunger.
The article argues flying fish truly fly not just leap and glide. It notes rapid wing fanning, turns at angles, and 150 to 200 yard flights often rising to sea crests and occasionally reaching heights seen from ships. It also mentions fish landing on steamers but failing to fly away.
Barbados in the Lesser Antilles is 21 miles long and 14% miles wide with about 100,360 acres of cultivated land. The population is largely agricultural with a small urban center in Bridgetown, while many workers travel from the city to sugar estates and factories.
A Honolulu scene narrator recounts a sugar planter entertaining a friend at a historic volcano. He quips that the crater is 70 004 years old and explains the four year gap by saying he has been there four years, implying the crater was 70 000 when he arrived.
Schenectady mayor promotes a two page ad praising a mental gymnastics correspondence school. He cites a unnamed man who became a millionaire after a three month course and claims the man did not lose his money since taking it. The exchange with a reporter highlights skepticism about such programs.
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