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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
3
Anty Drudge and Mrs. Rawler discuss a social visit next week. Mrs. Rawler notes washing will occupy the day with soap suds, while Anty Drudge agrees to arrive early with Fels Naptha soap and see the wash on the line before noon and ironing by night.
In addition to a general line of Dry Goods No tions Boots Shoes and a full line of fresh Gro ceries, the proprietor announces a new Hardware section aimed at farmers.
Wetmore speaks Latin to a woman in a strange dress who thinks him a god. He explains Pompeii before the eruption and a modern world of long distance communications and air travel. The scene blends ancient myth with a futuristic vision as the woman pleads for Apollo’s mercy.
A narrator recounts Wetmore’s encounter with a heathen maiden in ancient Pompeii who questions his claim of one God. The dialogue contrasts polytheistic myth with monotheistic belief as Wetmore reveals his celestial purpose, struggles with love, and his eventual removal by guardians as he recovers from the surreal ordeal.
An English naturalist in Ceylon contends cobras are not as deadly as common belief. In two cases a crow harassed a cobra from a nest high in a tree, driving the snake down and to a large limb. The crow pecked the snake near the tail and neck, tearing skin until the cobra died after about fifteen minutes.
The painter of The Angelus, Millet, had a standing agreement with a firm of art dealers who took all his work in exchange for regular payments of ten pounds monthly. He could have sold a single painting for up to two thousand pounds but accepted the arrangement, saying he did not mind what they earned for his pictures as long as he was fed and could paint what he pleased.
A quirky line echoes a theme of surviving joy after upheaval. The speaker muses on happiness as the sole bliss remaining that persists beyond a fall, framing a paradoxical view of contentment in a disrupted world.
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