11 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1916
Page
1
Everngam's announces spring fashion ahead with new clothing, shoes, silks, and dry goods from top Baltimore Philadelphia New York manufacturers. Stocks complete around March 15, inviting customers to preview before buying.
Spring offerings feature Eclipse Shirts with wide stripes and plaids in pongees and crepes, plus tailored fits and varying sleeve lengths. R and G Corsets praised for style and fit with prices from 3 to 3.50, while new spring coats in corduroy and chinchilla styles range 5 to 15. Butterick style review available for 25 cents with patterns sold at 10 and 15 cents.
W Cabell Bruck, Democratic U S Senate candidate, outlines Jeffersonian rights, government nonownership of telephones and mail roads, urges local self government, strong national defense, and economy. Public Service Commission of Maryland schedules hearing on Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company franchise petition in Caroline County. notification order requires newspaper publication before March 13, 1916.
Rev Billy Sunday drew twenty thousand to the Baltimore tabernacle for the first night of trail hiters and preached on The Hour Has Come. He attacked timid preachers, defended the Bible, and urged active faith, voting prohibition, and inclusion of women in ballots. He praised soldiers, scholars, and scientists while critiquing modern spiritualism and foreign influx.
A satirical column critiques church social work and hypocrisy, contrasting worldly and spiritual aims. It mocks showy displays, calls for genuine piety, and cites humorous exchanges about reporters and society. The piece ends with proverbs about duty and honor.
A historical note discusses the origin of January's name from the two faced Roman god Janus. It traces Janus as a sun god of beginnings and endings, notes his temple in Hiette, and contrasts peaceful and warlike roles, referencing the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
An ode extols the mule as a tireless, economical work animal superior to horses in daily output and resilience. It praises loyalty in peacetime, steadfastness in war, and a gentle, stubborn spirit, ending with a vision of an afterlife of Ely sian pastures, playful goats, and rugged human companionship.
A Tolling warning from the Itobyole Transcript declares carelessness as a universal menace more powerful than armies. It claims vast losses in wealth, health, and homes across the United States, affecting workers, families, and the young and old alike, with pervasive reach in homes, streets, factories, rails, and ships.
A compact antiquarian note recalls ancient ships from Genesis times mentioning Noah’s era and Ammon constructing long vessels on the Red Sea. It highlights the Argo as the first Greek voyage by stars, and recounts Hiero’s famed ship built under Archimedes with ornate decks, gardens, Venus dining room, ivory doors, and cedar walls.
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