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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1918
Page
6
By Florence Lillian Henderson Walter Davia rises from bank messenger to favored insider in Millville while Bruce Lowell eyes his ascent and Viola Merton, the bank president’s daughter, remains central. Walter helps a blind man toward Clyde, offering money for travel, revealing character and tension in the town.
Walter Davis, a bank clerk, receives aid from a blind mendicant after a donation. When a bank robbery triggers suspicion toward Walter due to holding a key, he faces temporary resignation and legal advice. A late twist reveals the mendicant as an ally guiding Walter toward a resolution.
In a moonless night a mendicant identifies Bruce Lowell as one of two men who robbed the Millville bank. The witness, who can see at night, helps expose Lowell, whose accomplice with a wooden leg is found by a relative ex convict. Lowell flees after being exposed. Walter gains popularity and Viola reveals reciprocated love.
The National Society of Agriculture of France reports that coal tar or pitch-based marks harm wool during cleansing, lowering value. Aniline colors worsen by dyeing fleece. Alternatives proposed include ear tattooing, a small ear plate used in Africa to show vaccination against rot or scab, and a linseed oil turpentine dye with Prussian blue for marking nose, forehead, or neck.
A busy school principal is approached by a keen boy who asks an odd science question. The boy wonders if fleas would die from an electric shock strong enough to kill a person. The principal encourages him to think and asks him to figure it out.
The article recounts Alexander Graham Bell’s rise from modest means, noting his father’s scholarly background and Bell’s education. It recalls his poverty in early manhood, the troubled effort to prove his telephone, and the historic first message to Watson on March 10, 1876. It also mentions patent filing on February 14 and the Centennial Exhibition debut.
David Prescott sacrifices his two year reclamation project salary to fund Randal Burton’s legal education while Randal wastes his chance, blame shifts as Prescott earns respect for riverbed work, and Dorothy Vance eyes the brave cousin in a village tale of duty and ambition.
Dorothy navigates romance with David Prescott and criticizes Randal Burton as he schemes with Miss Vance and recounts cousin Seth Burton. David’s sacrifice paves the path to marriage and a hopeful future for one of its future engineers, while Miss Burnaby in London leads a quiet, eccentric life with many cats.
A Chicago Journal excerpt praises Balkan women's patriotism during the war with Turkey. It notes women fill roles traditionally held by men, driving cabs, cleaning streets, operating streetcars, and handling clerical and agricultural work as men 18 to 45 vanish to the front. Athens, Belgrade, and Sofia are described as cities of women, children, and old men.
A New York Sun editorial surveys unusual foods from snails and dog steaks to bear flesh and locusts. It notes Colonel Roosevelt’s Africa expedition meals and polar bear meat as examples, questioning universal taste while highlighting regional cravings and the saying there is no accounting for tastes.
A fragmentary opinion on stoic duty cites Robert Louis Stevenson urging perseverance in life and sport. The text extols unity among brothers, urging endurance against fear and ruin as the race of humanity continues.
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