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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1905
Page
3
A fragment lists 14 white Wool bed blankets at regular $500 with reducing price $125, 10-4 white wool blankets at $3.50 regular, $275 reducing, 20-3 white mixed blankets at $2.05 regular, $1.75 reducing, 10-4 white cotton blankets at 15c regular, 59c reducing, plus Croton items with varying regular and reduced prices. Also mentions Tarchon Lace.
An item lists various lace lines and stock reductions in multiple currencies and styles. Details include regular close prices and reduced stock prices for numerous items, with colors such as tan brown blue and green.
A man narrates his search for real life through a string of city alleys and women. He finds Femininity and Frou Frou, loses his world, then meets a pure, understanding woman who shows him the real life lies within him. The tale ends with his dawning realization.
A Harvard student’s first year expense report lists S. P. G. Sundries chiefly crusted with humor. The crew aboard reacts as sailors quarrel after a merry predeparture, the first dinner ends with the mate and captain noting the mood has been smoothed by discipline.
A boy declares that breath is air and that staying indoors all day can cause carbonic death, worse than mad dogs because it silently kills. He argues that those confined indoors should wait to go outside to avoid danger.
The employer teases the employee about modesty and then promises to adjust the salary. The employed man confirms modesty, and the employer assures immediate action so the worker has no reason to blush on pay days.
Worry is a common modern plight, arising from nagging nerves, past errors, and fear of future calamities. The piece advises living one day at a time and not taking griefs to bed, citing Sydney Smith and John Wesley as authorities on reducing worry and avoiding sin.
An observer notes that at the North Pole all directions point south and all meridians meet, making every moment a valid hour. The idea defies punctuality and complicates navigation, yet practical implications are limited.
A humorous Baltimore American quotation shows a boy smeared with bright red paint explaining he painted himself to match a newspaper ad seeking a bright colored boy. The exchange captures a child’s misunderstanding of job ads and a mother’s alarm.
In a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt, Miss hoamley accuses Miss Knox of calling her the homeliest girl in their set. Miss Goodley says she defended the remark by arguing about Miss Hoamley’s sensitivity, noting the insult and reactions among peers.
An Afro-American bank failure sparks a tense scene as a depositor demands his funds. The president dismissively asks what the man knows about business, insisting there is no money after the collapse.
A Brooklyn man notes sidewalks incline toward curbstones. He alternates sides of the street on successive days to wear down shoes evenly, a quip highlighted by the New York Press.
A Metropolitan Magazine piece describes a wily sacred bull at Haje Ka on the Indus who begs water from villagers in heat then roams the bazaar for best plantains. A shopkeeper, claiming poverty, trades a rupee for indulgence and lightly chides the holy animal before striking it to drive it away.
The article notes that facial symmetry varies with two sides rarely matching, eyes differ in five cases per ten, one eye often stronger in seven per ten, and the right ear tends to sit higher. It claims one in fifteen have perfect eyes, nails vary in growth with the middle finger fastest, the left leg shorter in fifty four per hundred, and the male skeleton weighs about twenty pounds more than the female.
In Moyobamba Peru a native rain tree grows about fifty feet tall and three feet wide at the base. It absorbs large amounts of humidity from the air and releases it as a shower, soaking the ground into a bog especially in dry seasons. Some suggest planting it in arid Peru to aid farmers.
A northern travel scene depicts Mrs. Potts in alarm as the train speeds over a bridge while Mr. Potts attempts calm reassurance. A Cambridge interaction follows with a Boston girl and a witty Harvard diploma heir, contrasting views of heritage and interest.
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