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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1922
Page
8
In a New York burglary, thief Lefty Joe evades finger and toe prints by using gloves while robbing the Phipps home. Inspector Faurot uncovers the crime, photographing dusted floor traces and matching toe prints to identify the suspect, leading to Joe’s exposure and capture plan failure.
The text notes that while about 105 boys are born for every 100 girls, after the first year the surviving sexes favor girls, leading to a long term excess of females. It credits primitive man with discovering this balance without mortality tables, mentioning drastic practices like drowning, slavery, and polygamy as rough methods used historically.
Bob Rogers, seeking water, is mistaken for a college student and forced to scrub the Fulton back porch. Matilda Fulton misreads the encounter, but a luncheon leads to a shared conversation and a budding connection. Jenny the housekeeper meddles with humor as plans shift toward a possible Fulton Rogers alliance.
Corot aimed to provoke public reaction with a work in the Louvre Salon of 1851. Most visitors passed without notice as the scene failed to attract attention. A young couple debated the piece, one calling it frightful, the other saying it wasn’t bad, while Corot mused on public taste. The painting later sold for twelve thousand francs to a buyer who celebrated the purchase with a fete.
A New York inventor patents a universal metal peg for ukuleles of any size or shape. The peg accepts a cel loid button and holds strings at high tension without slipping thanks to its construction. It can be manufactured at a very low price, according to the inventor.
A Georgia couple is described in a folksy tale where Uncle Zeke spends days fishing while Aunt Mary careaks at home and faces neighborly questions about laziness. Aunt Mary defends him saying his ideas about science and college explain his idleness, but the dialogue hints at humor and community judgment.
In a readable fragment a group comments on Professor Jenks entering a grocery. Uncle Si and Kats Po speculate on his letters and genius while Ben Carker warns about trust. Yor Lima notes a well made by his father aiding spelling Nebuchadnezzar.
A fragment discusses round white nodules found on bamboo joints in Java and on coconut and teak trees. Claimed to be pure oyster pearls from abroad, the text notes these “pearls” are analyzed as a nontraditional oyster product and mentions a donation of Hime associated with the concept.
An English lady rears a kitten and a puppy together then moves their nursery multiple times seeking a better spot. She asks a dog to fetch the kittens and relocate them upstairs, only for the cat to relocate the brood again and again. The process continues with the dog’s growing cooperation and repeated shifts.
A banquet scene unfolds as a woman complains about old jokes while the host insists she speak. Mrs. manages to address the crowd, admitting she has little prepared yet expresses gladness to be there and praises the organization’s clever members. Indianapolis News.
In a Chicago Tribune item a quiet patron recounts frequent visits to a local print shop where a stern man with a white mustache stared menacingly. A stranger notes the man’s identity, revealing the clerk had just shaved his mustache that morning.
A Chicago Journal piece presents a fourth grade teacher discussing literature and a curious thesis on a lamb. The dialogue covers steps from sheep to wool, cooking, butchering, and dyeing, ending with a claim about how lamb is transformed into stock, ink, stockings, and salt, framed as a child’s school reading.
Gabriel Davidson, general manager, notes the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society aims to build a substantial progressive rented farming class in the country. From 216 farm families at inception to over 60,000 today, and land holdings rising from 12,020 acres to more than 2.7 million acres with real estate and personal value above 27 million dollars.
A Los Angeles Times item describes a Fullerton scene where a woman imitates a hen to simulate a rival. She sits on a nest with two fake eggs, provoking jealousy as she lays another egg to outdo the imagined competition.
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