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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
4
The Denton Journal issue dated Saturday morning June 6 1903 notes Howard Melvin and Melvin Johnson as publishers. The readable fragment confirms publication details and the names of the publishing team.
The article explains how detectives identify wanted men by studying facial features and mannerisms. It discusses conscious and unconscious recognition, memory anchors, and comparing faces to descriptions, photos, and personal acquaintances. It notes errors from lookalikes and the use of Bertillon measurements for proof.
A column recalls a sign on a country yard stone telling children to cry it out at the crying stone. It then shifts to a note on Earth’s size and a light humorous exchange about a minister and grace at a family meal, with social mores of the era.
A well dressed young man accompanied by a bright girl approaches a Chicago theater box office and insists he has already seen every play in town. After listing numerous cities and shows, the ticket seller offers to arrange a vaudeville outing if the lady agrees. The man pays $3 and follows into the theater, thwarted by a persistent companion who insists they will attend.
In a backyard studio a boy molds mud pies naming family members while Dobbins courts Clara. The sculptor jokes his pride in making “the family” as the boy assigns pies to pap mam sister Sue and sister Clara, then asks where he fits in.
The article discusses early 20th century theories on gold nugget growth, citing Popular Mechanics and placer geology. It notes iron sand grains at nugget centers as a possible nucleus and mentions earth currents and electroplating analogies in forming gold deposits. It also includes a light anecdote about the name Peggy, linking Peg as Peg as Pegasus as an immortal nag.
Dr Edward Everett Hale criticizes eager young writers who boast of work "thrown off last night" and urges editors to favor seasoned pieces. He argues magazines serving million readers prefer material that has aged in a table drawer for one to three years rather than hastily produced drafts.
A motivational note contrasts ambition with health costs, warning that success can become torment if nature’s warnings are ignored. It cites indigestion dizziness and heart palpitations as signs of weakness and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. Testimonial claims a Toronto man recovered after long failure and urges readers to request the Common Sense Medical Adviser by sending stamps to Dr. R. Pierce in Buffalo.
Mortgagee will sell at public sale in front of the Court House door in Denton Maryland. The sale follows a mortgage dated March 7 1901 by James M Knotts and Julia E Knotts to Robert W Knotts and recorded in Caroline County Maryland. The property location is adjoining Bridgetown.
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