14 Mar 1908
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
1
On Monday March 28 1908 starting at 11 o clock a m the following personal property is offered for sale Live stock and related items listed by WV Shabe as trustee Pliny Fisher F P Covey is the auctioneer.
In a Kansas cowtown a landlord tells of Ike Kern and Ab Case once fierce enemies who spent years shooting at each other. After a long and comical feud they lay down arms, both become ill, Ab nurses Joe Kern through smallpox, and the pair end as unlikely best friends who stick together and live peacefully, like twin brothers.
The article explains how wild pigeons were trapped in former times using concealed nets and a tame stool pigeon as a lure. It details net dimensions, deployment, and the mechanism that startled flocks into entrapment, noting hundreds could be captured in a single haul. Amateur Sports.
Cincinnati Enquirer catalog of theft types in libraries. The librarian divides thieves into four classes: umbrella wielders who steal with an unrolled umbrella, weekly roulettes stolen in sleeves, instalment thieves taking pages gradually, and the open bold thief who exits with a stolen book under the arm. He cites about two books stolen per hundred.
A humorous tale from Youth's Companion recounts a man named Jenkinson who buys a $100 typewriter and learns his neighbor Yankinson paid $759 for his. The two share a comic chain of exchanges from an automobile to a swampy fot to a horse and buggy, a gold watch, a bicycle, and finally a secondhand typewriter.
In a Washington Post observation the scene at a large athletic club shows a mural above a clerk’s desk as two men discuss a running posture. They note the finish line pose with the left leg forward and the left arm extended opposite for balance, a detail often misunderstood by non specialists.
A struggling author believes his friends will buy his autographed book and make him rich. He prints the book and waits for orders, but the friends do not purchase, leaving him with nothing and no friends. The tale from Success Magazine ends with the author’s realization.
Dr Sundermann from Mayence notes in a Wochenschrift that cathedral pavement consists of stones engraved with Hebrew letters. He records these stones came from a Jewish cemetery, were removed for building material during shortages, and laid in the cathedral where some inscriptions remain well preserved.
A Frenchman sneers at an English soldier with a Waterloo medal claiming it cost the English government nothing. The soldier replies it did not cost England three francs, but it cost the French a Napoleon.
An omnibus ride on Negent Street sees an old lady annoy others with remarks. The conductor tells her in public transport style to behave properly. The quip reflects social etiquette concerns in a transit setting. Separate quotes from London Spectator and Harper's Weekly appear, noting family prayers and economic liberty.
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