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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1913
Page
6
In this Cleveland Leader excerpt the debate over naming violent storms rages. Tornadoes are described as fast, focused on narrow land strips with propulsive twisting, while cyclones roam wide sea or shore expanses with straighter winds. The public favors cyclone, though experts insist on precise terminology.
A Dallas News report describes a jail cipher created by a forger using narrow paper strips wrapped around an octagon lead pencil. Officials finally deciphered the message by matching letter fragments when the strip was rolled around the pencil, transforming cryptic scrawls into legible text.
A veteran recalls a comrade at Chattacoora who left early in action and reappeared unwounded. Accused of running away, the man claimed he retreated in good order and joked that if he had stayed home his wife would have thought his wife was sick.
In Paul’s Cathedral London the first stone laid by the architect used to be a sarcophagus fragment inscribed with “Resurguin I shall rise again” but failed to predict fate. From those ruins a marble poem emerged instead of a straight prophecy.
A friend admires an umbrella with a gold handle studded with diamonds. The man warns that if someone takes it, it could trigger a charge of grand larceny. A dated good advice vignette contrasts desire and perception in a playful exchange.
A humorous exchange imagines a banker accusing a customer of £100 overdraft while the customer retorts that the bank holds £150 of his. The banter then shifts to a joke about insurance and a contractor ready to cover losings.
Fragmentary OCR yields a muddled item referencing a bank cashier, a fire, and notes. Readable bits mention a lady cashing a check and mentions of gold, Londen Puuck, and PUR TRIER E, with unclear actions or outcomes.
A historical lesson on Joseph’s over years of humiliation leading to prominence in Egypt. The sermon explains God’s sovereignty behind Pharaoh’s dreams, Joseph’s wisdom, and the attitude of humility and faith, urging believers to seize God’s opportunities and trust in divine timing.
A newspaper correspondent recalls asking President Wilson for cabinet news before the inauguration. He jokes about fake cabinet reports and quips that the public is dying for facts, but adds the facts may have to wait. The exchange highlights Wilson’s cautious humor.
Ohio once covered by forests, floods followed after indiscriminate cutting. If a few square miles of carefully tended forests had remained around headwaters, hundreds of lives might have been saved and millions spared. Collier's Weekly commentary on conservation.
State Board of Health of Maryland issues a notice outlining required sanitary standards for canneries. Floors must be watertight and drain linked, no ground seepage. Litter prohibited. separate toilets for male and female workers. wash stations with soap and towels. no smoking or spitting in filling areas. Published April 3, 1913. JOHN S. FULTON and CHAS. CASPARI, Jr. oversee.
The book accounts of The Union Sup ply Co are in the hands of Chas B Harrison Preston. All persons owing said Company please call upon Mr Harrison at once and settle to save costs of suit. These accounts must be closed promptly. T Pliny Fisher Receiver.
The statement reads I will not be liable for any debts unless contracted by el 5-10-11 G. W. Breeding. The wording appears as a formal disclaimer from Breeding regarding financial obligations and responsible parties.
Information for contractors announces sealed EALED proposals to build 2.92 miles of the Preston Grove Road between Preston and Grove in Caroline county Maryland. Bids due May 20 1913 at noon at the county office in Denton. Plans and specs are available from the State Roads Commission in Baltimore.
A fragment lists several shoe brands with prices 9 percent, 500, 400, 350, and 350 dollars for Crossett, Crawford, Zeigler, and American Lady. The text ends with an odd phrase Eats Hats Thats.
Sealed proposals addressed to the Caroline County Commissioners for building a lift bridge on the Denton Willow Pond Road over the Choptank River will be received at the Denton Maryland office until noon May 13 1918. Bids must be for two hundred dollars payable to the County Commissioners and submitted at the Commissioners office 534 N Howard Street. By order of the County Commissioners.
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