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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1926
Page
3
Irvin S Cobb recounts a New York politician who loved sketching. In Malaga a waiter misunderstood a milk request, prompting the politician to draw a cow and milk maid to explain. The waiter then dashed off and returned with bullfight tickets, not milk, as the punchline.
A veteran’s tale contrasts past campaigns in Cuba the Philippines and the plains with new wars. He recalls wounds at Chateau Thierry and gas shells but says he will not fear the fight and that this World War may be his last. A chaplain asks about well being and the veteran speaks candidly.
In Reno Nevada the late Tom Williams enters a gambling house and loses his roll at roulette. He confronts proprietor Rene Brown, accusing the joint of being crooked. Brown counters that Williams brought himself in and offers eighty dollars, charging twenty percent for all suckers steered in.
The piece lists an All American Directory football team drawn from telephone directory listings with Ends Gustave Annapolis and Quick Charleston, Tackles Swift Solomons and Lively, Guards Bloxam Blocher, Center Rush Whiteford, Quarterback Spry, Halfback Buck, Fullback Buck. It explains what a directory is and how directories are organized into alphabetical and classified sections, noting the vast effort to compile and update some 5,000,000 listing changes annually in the Bell system.
The Bell System expanded from 1876 to October 1925, reaching 16,100,000 telephones. Growth accelerated yearly, with large adds in 1919 and 1922, and leaps of nearly a million in 1923 and 1924. Bell officials emphasize Better Service and long term planning beyond a decade.
In a quirky exchange, Little Marion questions what a marchista is while her neighbor Donald derisively comments on others possessions and hygiene. The dialogue hints at a community misperception as Marion reacts with growing enthusiasm and curiosity.
A maxim from Grit asserts that individual independence is a delusion and a snare, as no one can live alone. It argues mutual dependence governs all life and obligations cannot be ignored.
Dried shrimp caught in Manchuria and dried on June bamboo poles are sold in American markets. On steaming and soaking they enlarge visibly. In the Orient fish and crustaceans are preserved by drying instead of salting.
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