24 Mar 1906
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
1
For sale a 10 3 as Engine and Boiler. Three process kettles with crates. One combination process kettle new. One St. P. gasoline marine engine with wheel and shaft. All in tip top order at a bargain to quick buyers.
Caroline county notices warn merchants traders and hawkers to obtain or renew licenses under Maryland law. It details license fees by stock value for general traders, females vending millinery, hawkers, peddlers, brokers, and stallion or jack owners, plus oath requirements and how to file stallion service statements with county clerks. Sheriff T. Prank Seward signs the notice.
Miss Wesley schemes to help the older colonel win her heart by staging a ghostly ruse at a southern plantation. After a dramatic reveal the pair embrace as the ghost is blamed for her snowy white hair and feigned youth. The tale mixes romance with wartime recollections from Fontenoy.
A Louisville judge notes southern fondness for titles and cites a Kentucky man who earned the rank of colonel in a tale from Cincinnati. The man never served in the Confederate or Union armies or state militia, and reportedly gained the title by drawing a sword at a church fair.
A collage of quotes from Catholic Standard and Times, Milwaukee Sentinel, and London Tit-Bits features snipe at a public figure described as homely, jokes about recognition by umbrella, and a humorous savings tale. References poke at public life, caricatures, and clever quips from early press chatter.
Miss Laura Alton Payne explains in the Independent that surnames evolved from given names and places, with examples from Thomas Whitehorse to Peter Snooks. The piece covers origins, reformations, and the spread of hereditary names across England after 1060, plus how nicknames and affixes expanded the naming pool.
In a light exchange Mrs. X recounts telling her husband she would stop speaking if he smoked again. She notes the consequence: the cigar bill doubled the following month.
The quote notes that true friendship rests on virtue, while closeness among the unprincipled devolves into faction. It frames friendship as a moral bond among good people and a perilous alliance among the corrupt.
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