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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1925
Page
6
Irvin S. Cobb recounts a circus knife throwing act featuring Zeno the Mexican thrower and his wife. When Mrs Zeno falls ill, Zenos mother-in-law volunteers to substitute, stepping behind a blue backdrop as the knife sails narrowly past. A native spectator jokes that he missed her.
Crowded wharf scene as a burly Irish trucker collides with a Black driver. The clash ends with the Black man knocked out, a police officer tending him, and the assailant unnamed. The porter-battle concludes with a quip about finding “the meanest man in New Orleans.”
A Peter Dunne character Mr Dooley sits with two patrons when a phoney journalist asks for a loan. He passes a ten dollar bill but the man notices it is a five. Uncle John explains the odd exchange and that the transaction evens out for both men.
The word stentorian comes from Stentor, a Greek herald at Troy, whose voice, according to Homer, was as loud as the combined voices of fifty men.
Ditmar Smoor believes his name is unique until a magazine uses it in a story. He writes Beverly Strange the author and learns how a Houston post office letter with the unusual name was filed as dead mail. A clerk reveals she kept the letter three years, hinting at a possible reunion with a past love.
A man learns his beloved is placed in Ursuline academy after a misread address. He travels to El Paso, pleads with the Mother Superior, and reunites with Bynsee, revealing the mistake that set their separation in motion. The tale ends with a stormy, comic-tinged reunion and a hint of urgency in their bond.
In Fairbanks Alaska residents mark the ice break by timing a clock linked to the floating ice. A large pool, built on bets, reached over $11 000 in 1923. The ice broke at 2 18 PM on May 9, sending crowds into joy as the torrent flowed toward the Yukon and the Bering Sea.
Lascelles Abercrombie argues that Homer relies solely on ear appeal while Dante and Milton craft verse that pleases both eye and ear. He notes their art rivals Homer in depth, yet offers finer modulations of significance through eye appeal without losing auditory impact.
A woman suing for divorce claims her husband alternated abuse and lavish gifts, describing crude conduct. The Boston Transcript notes the remark that he should have combined the two with a rope of pearls.
English poet William Collins, in fits of melancholic insanity, haunted Chichester Cathedral cloisters in England and uttered eerie howls whenever the organ played during services.
Sir Christopher Hatton, lord chancellor of England under Elizabeth I, earned the nickname the dancing chancellor after it was said he first attracted Queen Elizabeth I's notice with his dancing at a masque.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a Philadelphia native, founded in 1817 at Hartford Connecticut the first institution for deaf mutes in the United States. He served as its first president until resigning in 1830.
A concise reflection quotes Mueter Huck on equity and failing trust as one falsehood multiplies into treachery through many channels. The line contemplates moral boundaries and the fragility of honesty in human conduct.
The explorer Balboa is credited with naming the Pacific Ocean in 1518 during his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama. At that moment the Pacific marked the southern boundary of the Isthmus.
The world’s oldest structure is thought to be a small temple over six millennia old. It sits at Tell-el-Obeid on the Euphrates, about four miles from Ur, suggesting ancient temple construction near Mesopotamian sites.
The text notes praise affects minds differently. It humbles a wise man while inflating a fool, making his already weak brain more arrogant and giddy. It suggests praise can alter judgment and self view depending on the recipient’s nature.
This article urges careful nutrition for children, advocating evaporated milk as safe and digestible, and outlines two simple dishes. It warns of foodborne risk in milk and promotes sterility, proper boiling, and gentle preparation to support growth and health. Features recommendations for evaporated milk use and a fish and potato dish with crackers as a served meal.
A humorous account of Sid Mercer and Franklin P. Adams improvising imaginary boxing round descriptions during the Johnson Jeffries bout. They tease the crowd at Reno while waiting for telegraph dispatches, culminating with Mercer’s punch line that the dispatches did not state who won.
A Shakespearean actor, stranded in a small town in Michigan days of old, seeks board and a remittance to return to Chicago. With no funds, he receives little servant attention. He calls the bellboy for laundry, only to be told the town lacks shirts, prompting a dignified retort about laundry.
An old advertisement urges kidney relief from uric acid trouble with Doan's Pills. Mrs. W. P. Murphey of Den ton reports backache relief after using Ledman's Pharmacy supply, claiming improved kidney function. The notice promotes Doan's Pills as the same trusted remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and lists dealers.
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