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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
3
Ferrol, ship Alfrida, battles a gale toward Indian Bay to meet Miss Annette Morley. A midnight telegram from Wanona Beach arrives implying a dramatic, unrevealed rendezvous as he contemplates flight from heartbreak. Nearby, a social gathering features a comically misread psychoanalytic show.
A Chicago newspaper in 1882 printed the entire revised New Testament in a single issue nine years after its preparation, totaling 16 pages of the twenty page issue. The NT's 27 books, 260 chapters and 7,950 verses span about 190,000 words, a record telegraphic feat.
Sherlock Holmes notes that corner laborers are colliers, identified by their seated squatting posture. He explains miners' habit of working on their heels due to space in tunnels and their comfort in this position. The Buffalo Express quote underscores the miners’ distinctive stance and bowleggedness as identifying traits.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shows two servant girls discussing gaming the system at employment agencies. One pretends to be green to prompt better offers, noting managers often exploit hopeful new arrivals while kind ones help with initial placements, labeling it a lucrative strategy.
A New York Herald note recalls a kind man who saw a girl drooping her gaze at bakery cakes and promptly bought her an eight inch pastry. After she finished it she asked for more but he refused, saying it might make her sick while she insisted she could get medicine for free at the dispensary.
Two tramps named Wiggins and Higgins fear shelter lodging houses. They discuss fleeing to avoid capture and worry a fire could endanger them, noting lodging houses are unsafe and would prompt authorities to respond quickly.
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