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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
6
The piece humorously defines weddings as two people in love who endure a social maze to signal relatives tradespeople and presents. It contrasts house and church weddings with scenes of elaborate preparations, gifts, and a farcical clockwork around the ceremony. The tone mocks pretensions and payments, ending with Reno as a punchline.
The piece describes wartime fashion camouflages such as belts sewn on overcoats to resemble soldiers. It notes some wearers, including a Siritorial Ulysses, and warns against ostentatious display while arguing true zeal lies in action. It contrasts real commitment with flashy displays amid wartime attitudes.
The Danube stretch between Rusia and Dulearing near Reet mania hosts two grand works. Tragan's wall extends from river to Roumaniva Brick sea port Con Stanza. Below, the Trauube crosses by the Bucharest-Constanza dine bridge a modern engineering triumph over 21 percent milestony with a 200 sasas cat level and piers in 100 feet deep water.
The London Globe notes officials define offal to include tongue, kidneys, oxtail, sweetbreads, heart, liver, tripe, and calves feet. It argues the term is unpalatable and suggests a more euphonious label be adopted for public taste.
The trade commissioner of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce says American shoes will gain in Japan over the next ten to fifteen years. He notes few shops offer modern footwear and urges commercial patriotism to keep American shoes in the market despite limited early adoption by Japanese women, who favor traditional dress.
In South Australia a vast salt lake on York Peninsula forms a thick crystalline crust each winter. The sun drives evaporation in summer, leaving pyramids of salt that are carted to nearby works for refining. Workers endure heat and glare, wearing coloured glasses to protect their eyes. The lake spans several square miles and yields several thousand tons annually, making it a highly valuable natural property.
A tour through an insane asylum reveals three inmates with unusual delusions. One man believes he is Napoleon, another imagines a torpedo-proof submarine hull honeycombed with holes, and a third proclaims himself an expert on income tax legislation while denying others’ authority.
The article discusses cedar trees growing from rock crevices in arid New Mexico. It explains how roots push against rock, forcing cracks to widen and eventually split large stones. Time matters little as spring sap powers ongoing root growth in a one sided battle.
A woman writer urges parents to provide private space for children to reduce bickering. She notes that personal rooms or at least labeled shelves and drawers protect belongings and foster respectful behavior, improving temperaments and happiness.
Rumors about Kipling joining propaganda in Uneland and Phallis Bottome marrying, while Henry Bennett’s journalist venture “The Rolling Stone” is demolished for a telephone building. John Galsworthy published Five Tales, and James Barrie weighs in on authors and collectors.
Autobiographical snippet recalls Benjamin Franklin describing his father guiding family meals with sensible conversation. He notes a steady focus on virtue over food quality, shaping his indifference to dinner offerings and memory of what was eaten.
The origin of the word cigar traces to Spanish terms for the clende and cigara tied to gardens and summer houses. After the New World discovery, Spaniards who planted tobacco described it as a flower from their elgarral. The phrase evolved into the familiar name cigar.
Fragmentary OCR text recounts a Sunday Philadelphia incident involving a housebreaker and phrases about a man named Meek or Meech. The dialogue hints at statements made after an arrest or charging event, with confusion about who spoke and the timeline. The piece lacks clear facts or a coherent narrative.
A fragmented OCR style note references letters and a board, mentioning Denied and a request for aid. It suggests a cipherlike message with names and dates obscured, hinting at a misdirected communication or puzzle. The tone implies a mysterious historical correspondent or registrar voice.
An OCR fragment discusses Arabian desert life noting primitive practices akin to biblical times. It mentions common names used by Arabs, divorce formula Ent telek, beliefs in the evil eye, cautions about pointing at people, and legends of curses affecting birds, camels, and children. It contrasts Arabs with lower classes and praises Arab wit and allegorical speech.
The article notes rats, now widespread nationwide, cause massive losses of food and crops. It cites annual direct losses of at least 200 million dollars across rail depots, grain storage, warehouses, mills, and urban and rural settings, with indirect costs from disease spread and control efforts.
The piece discusses cancer not as a microbe cause but from excessive excretion of substances in the blood. It cites unverified French Academy of Medicine reports and claims about tangoesin levels and large-dose administration by Professor Pabard with ongoing results in many cancer cases, noting no solid support for the theory.
A call to conserve food supplies urges reduced meat and bread consumption to support the military effort against the Hun. The message emphasizes frugality and saving resources for soldiers.
A deaf mute cobbler earns public sympathy after a hostile customer learns the man’s skill and fairness. The tale follows repeated attempts to exploit him, the crowd’s support, and a dramatic end showing communal regard for the tradesman’s dignity.
A chaotic Broadway incident left two civilians and a sailor clashing in a street fight that drew bystanders and ended with a salute as the crowd cheered. One combatant removed his hat, and a Salvation Army member intervened to calm the scene. The fight outcome and full identities remain unclear from the fragment.
An unnamed trooper delivered flowers to Queen Mary as she rode in her carriage. The guard paused, then stepped aside while the bouquet was accepted. The scene prompted the queen to praise the sender’s courage and beauty before the moment ended.
An American filmmaker in London posted an ad seeking Mayflower descendants to meet at a hotel. Photographers and reporters gathered but no Mayflower descendants appeared, sparking disappointment and speculation that descendants might exist in London after all.
A Berlin congress on rejuvenating the shuttered Germanie population discusses medical and public health roles in repopulation. Eminent physicians urge liberal social legislation and cheaper education and living costs to ease child rearing, plus housing reform and access to food-producing land for the lower and middle classes.
General Booth C L, aged sixty two, embraces a strict dietary regime praised by the London Chronicle. Once deemed near death at fourteen and nearly unable to walk at seventeen, he defied doctors with perseverance and hard work. Now in vigorous health amid wartime Salvation Army service, he credits restraint and discipline.
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