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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1919
Page
6
In a brisk tale Brill recounts a misadventure in Jersey slipping from a quiet domestic trip to a chaotic encounter. A young tobacco shop attendant, a money collector, and a furious gray haired man chase him, ending with a brawl and the man demanding his daughter amid the uproar.
A chaotic social gathering spirals from a door clash to a wild chase through a sanitarium scene. Harold finally aids a couple planning to marry while dodging a cigar collector and an imminent exit, resolving with a solitary exit toward the railway.
The Blue Anchor at Front and Dock streets Philadelphia, claimed oldest tavern in Pennsylvania, closed as prohibition rises. Founded 1682, rebuilt c1789, it stood as a city landmark known for fish dinners and chronicled in Dock Street lore. A war correspondent described a heroic preacher tending wounded under shellfire in a hillside cave, aided by a Red Cross magazine account.
The cereal crops of the United States were worth over 7 billion dollars to farmers in 1918. Total value rose by more than 250 million dollars despite some price declines, as some cereals fetched higher prices than in 1917.
The Manchester Union recalls Ly man Stearns and New Hampshire players as it notes checkers once filled kitchens taverns and stores with keen minds debating center and side attacks. Now baseball dominates but some still study the game and its philosophy revealing a cautious, pugnacious, strategic temperament among past and present players.
A historical account outlines the origin of foot binding in China. An empress allegedly triggered a fashion by deforming her feet to appease the emperor and avoid punishment. The custom began with severe early-age binding, causing weeks of agony before the child learned to totter on stumps. It notes the practice was abolished by royal edict years ago.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note mocks the idea that a double chin signals disloyalty to conservation. An investigator counters, saying chin control is possible through posture, urging readers to look up and keep an upright pose to defy grease and fat ridges.
Dependability gathers the flowers of virtue in the human soul and brings their essence into daily use. It makes the watch dog a spiritual companion and colors the humble heart with new beauty.
The Canadian press notes a New York paper faces a lawsuit over an obituary line claiming "May he roast in peace." The Fourth Estate flags the dispute as a clash over obituary wording and editorial standards.
A guidance note explains patching worn shoes by applying fresh mucklage to scarred areas and pressing with a finger after polishing to conceal the flaw, though the effect of the final polish is implied rather than stated.
Classified notice lists numerous automotive businesses and garages across Maryland Delaware and Virginia with locations including Easton Queen Anne Preston Salisbury Federalsburg Berlin Pocomoke City Lewes Townsend Snow Hill and others. Names include Shannahann & Wrightson Kennedyville Hart Buckson Dean Reed and many more.
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