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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1903
Page
6
A Times-Democrat reprint recounts a Mississippi legislator’s attempt to exempt loans under 6 percent from taxes. An old farmer warned against the proposal, noting he would borrow at 11 percent to run against him, illustrating how politics and cant hinder progressive measures.
A parish beadle recalls an odd church scene in which an elderly man, about to speak, produced an ear trumpet in two pieces and began assembling it. The beadle, wary of disruption, whispered that he must not play it in the church or risk being expelled.
The article describes the noon start of an Anglo Saxon banquet with guests entering unarmed, leaving arms with the porter outside. After the meal the tables were cleared and diners progressed to their cups, a long standing English custom noted by chroniclers.
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