04 May 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1901
Page
1
The ad proclaims two week specials on woolen dress goods wash and white goods with 200 styles including dimities batistes and foulards offered at 50c 65c 75c and 1.00 per yard. Men and boys clothing also on sale with extraordinary bargains urging long distance drivers to save money and get prompt attention.
The store proclaims a special focus on artistic millinery with at least 25 percent savings. Located in Easton, it offers a roomy, welcoming space for customers, including ladies and children, and pledges to prioritize price and quality with a large Shore stock and low prices.
Brie Dorset grows from a struggling New England farm girl to a craftwoman who turns fir balsam into pillows. Miss Mary Morgan brings orders and hope, enabling Brie to fund her family, launch a small business, and sustain memory of the fir grove that started it all.
Alice Morse Earle recounts the turnspit dogs used to power roasting wheels in early kitchens. One 1809 Newcastle anecdote describes a dog placed on a wheel with a burning coal, risking burns if he stopped, practicing for hours on large joints. The piece notes their grim training, aging shrewdness, and a New York tavern dog named Jesse who waited for roast meat daily.
An authority notes that even Arkwright and Newton once believed perpetual motion possible but all claimed machines have failed. From thirteenth century infant devices to modern hydraulic and lever schemes, no true motion has ever been achieved. no successful model or discovery exists to date.
A party of American tourists visiting Italy paused before a cathedral lamp claimed to have burned for six centuries. One man puffed with a boast, blew out the lamp, and declared it extinguished, prompting laughter and applause from the group and their guide.
A fragment from the St. Louis Republic extols loyalty and bold friendship. It praises a fearless journeying spirit, steadfast love, and a brave road ahead with humor and song as charms against fate. The devotional voice frames loyalty as protection and courage as guiding light.
A fat young woman riding a Madison Avenue streetcar behaved with vanity and rude interruptions. She bumped and spoke to air as men and women watched. A man offered his seat, she expressed mock gratitude and insulted him. The crowd found humor in the episode as the car reached its stop.
An island in the Gulf of Mexico, a day from New Orleans, changes color daily from yellow to purple due to millions of purple snails that crawl up the beach with the receding tide and retreat as it rises. The mystery of the beach’s color has been solved as a natural phenomenon.
The passage recalls eight year old George Bidder who answered instantly how many farthings in sums under 868 million, and Zerah Colburn noted as another rapid calculator. It cites his quick square of 999999, its subsequent multiplications, power of eight to the sixteenth, and swift factorization of 941 and 263 plus cube root of 413,993,348,677.
David Belasco recalls a playwright trick to test managers. He mailed a roll of blank paper tied with a red ribbon. The manager said he read the play but the blank pages proved otherwise, creating a comic irony about reading.
A book agent visited claiming to offer etiquette and good behavior in six lessons. The real head dismisses it as humbug and notes 15 years of failed teaching, reflecting skepticism about quick lessons in moral conduct.
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