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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
3
Local shop C C Deens Store announces expansion with a full line of farm implements for farmers and ranchers. The retailer emphasizes quality tools, dependable service, and competitive pricing to support agricultural work in the region.
Emma Archer Osborne presents A Living Memorial, a 1911 piece published by the American Press Association. The work reflects on remembrance and enduring tribute through personal and public memory.
Mrs. Walker and other board members pity Mr. Prentice as his walls fill with keepsakes from a vanished family. Adelaide Gillespie plans a spring outing for the old man and introduces him to her grandfather at a grand Tuxedo estate, where the veteran exclaims “My boy” upon greeting the newcomer.
A recurring town visitor entered a restaurant and ordered a steak. He poured tabasco sauce from a bottle unfamiliar to him onto the meat, attempted to swallow, grimaced, and flung the bite to the floor shouting Blaze-ieturn you blaze. The scene drew amused watchers from Lippincott's.
A law professor spars with a sleepy student who blames back row aid for his hesitation. Wikson Barrett pays workmen to see his production The Lights of London with free tickets, yet their overtime shows on the pay sheet. Booksellers’ English ridicules a catalog entry calling Ignatius Loyola a great soul sexton and mocks religious book notes.
A Long St. Louis Globe-Democrat anecdote recounts LE B Sothern recalling his father’s youth. In a drama, a leap from a tower to a mattress sparked applause but later caused a career-ending pledge. An acrobat improvises a safer leap, rivals the actor’s pride, and delivers a thrilling ascent, leaving the audience roaring.
On a Scottish estate the piper woke residents with weekday music but forgot the day after a rowdy Saturday night. The master cried out about the fourth commandment, and the piper quipped that if the master would whistle it he would try to play it.
A London street scene prompts Lord Chesterfield to purchase a crude Adam and Eve painting labeled “Adam de Stanhope of Eden and Eve, his wife” sent to a proud relative. Also recounted is a father’s tale of a boy who disobeys a lunch table admonition to refuse a second cake, replying with “No, I thank you, I’ve had enough, and don’t you forget it?”
A brief vignette shows the prima donna failing to decide why a man sought her hand, wondering if his motive was love or merely a desire to marry for nothing. The dialogue hints at social satire of romance and practical motives.
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