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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1913
Page
4
A blind yacht builder John I Herreshoff visits a Bristol party. He touches a cabinet from New York and, after a whispered secret, reveals its origin by tracing a drawer edge. The moment ends with a wry smile and a quiet farewell, followed by a poem excerpt about saying goodbye.
Two Silesians in a music hall argued over Wagner. The younger challenged the older to a duel. The elder refused, citing unequal stakes because the younger was a bachelor. Three years later the challenger returns with wife and three children, seeking victory, but the elder again delays, saying he now has five children.
A female traveler at a famed Cairo hotel calls for help with a gown. An Arab porter offers service and, upon clarification, jokes about "shutting her up" as he unbuttons or secures the dress. The exchange ends with a bow and humorous misunderstanding.
A Paris paper cites a duelist expert who loathes pistols after a shoulder wound during a duel attempt. He explains he became a second and vowed to avoid such affairs, even agreeing to climb a tree during shooting. The anecdote shifts to Dorothy Nevill and a humorous reminiscence of a generous but financially strained relative and a motor-less season.
A quaint young Swede visits a dentist at his wife s urging to fix his mouth. Several teeth are beyond filling and must be extracted. A follow up appointment is set for further work, but Olaf lingers seeking nitrous gas he believes will ease the process.
A humorous yet tame recounting from Youth’s Companion about a new Indian agent who, after asking a Sioux girl to uncover her face, is unwittingly engaged to marry her. The tale notes tribal customs where a man can gain a wife by prompting a girl to reveal her face, and the agent’s costly exit from the match. Also included is a Lowell anecdote and a barber and preacher joke from Macon and Kansas City.
A Kentucky district once solid for Whigs elected a Democrat to Congress. On arrival in Washington the new member was praised for personal popularity that helped overturn the Whig majority. He modestly noted he had beaten two Whigs and could have beaten three if they had run.
A Kansas City mother visiting her husband’s kin in a small Kansas town saw her two young daughters on an errand to the depot return proudly chewing gum. With no money, the older child explained they obtained pennies by asking the agent at the slot machine.
Baltimore American quotes a witticism noting one is a feast while the other is a funeral. The line contrasts edible mushrooms with poisonous toadstools, framed as a humorous distinction in a published quip.
Fragmented dialogue discusses why heroines in novels often wed poorer men. A mother and daughter debate realism and detlon in storytelling. The excerpt includes a quote attributed to Carlyle about what one can do for the soul.
Witty exchanges reveal domestic life as a maid and mistress clash over tasks and tone. The dialogue hints at social roles and a humorous tension as a wife asserts command while a servant balances etiquette and duty within a bustling home.
A Boston Tran script line presents a clipped dialogue about a character’s transformation under pressure. The fragment hints at ambiguity in motive or emotion, leaving whether the shift is caused by rage or range as an open question.
A Wide World Magazine spoof details German post offices as sprawling, complex queuing hubs with multi tiered windows and clerks juggling stamps. The piece humorously notes long waits, scattered departments, and the ritual of chasing stamps from one window to another amid a family lunch break.
Fluorin is described as a rabid gas that bonds with all metals causing intense heating and even dissolves glass when combined with hydrogen. The piece notes its isolation history, its tendency to tear apart compounds, and its violent reactivity with calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, aluminium, manganese, and even noble metals. It also mentions formation of hydrofluoric acid and ozone in certain reactions.
The New York Sun reports the Alaska mirage of a suspended city near Mull glacier first told by prospector Willoughby who claimed to photograph the sight. He guided natives by canoe to the spot and, though no humans were seen, tall buildings and churches appeared in the clear atmosphere before fading.
The excerpt recalls Jenny Lind blaming Americans for idolization, calling herself a mere show for the showman. She contrasts being worshiped in childhood with her later disenchantment, insisting she was driven by others’ design rather than personal agency.
Figures from Wayne Dinsmore of the Percheron Society of America show a material rise in Percheron breeding in the United States over the last two years. Illinois and Iowa lead breeding districts, contributing 50 percent of Percherons recorded, with Ohio Kansas Nebraska and Indiana adding 22.8 percent. Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri follow as Percherons become the world’s most popular draft breed in the United States.
Law excerpts cover paternal support duty and earnings, highway fee policies, and buyer rights. It cites Bradley versus Crane, Cohen versus Weinstein, Billmeyver versus Queen Manufacturing, and Columbia Tower Packers Association versus Springfield Grocer Company with notes on reasonable time to rescind or reject goods not conforming to representations or grade.
The piece outlines early rabies symptoms in dogs such as mood changes irritability and unusual friendliness followed by restlessness and nervous running. It notes that owners can prevent spread by isolating the dog and cites Pasteur Institute data claiming treatment prevents disease with very low mortality. Walter Peet cites Ammer’s Weekly.
The piece recounts Sir Jeffrey Hudson born in 1619 Rutlandshire England and famed as a dwarf in Charles I's court. At eight he was shown to Queen Henrietta Maria in a cold pie. He grew from eighteen inches to three feet two inches by age thirty, with an oversized head and hands and a poised, handsome face.
The 1120 White Ship carried England’s Norman royal heir and accompanying crew. The vessel sank after most aboard perished in the catastrophe, with only a lone butcher surviving by clinging to the mast while attempting to rescue others.
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