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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1910
Page
10
A scene at a Chicago station shows an elderly man arguing over a ticket to New York. The clerk insists the fare is twenty dollars, while the man protests he paid ten before. Bystanders urge him to move aside and comply.
Poem fragment by Lurana W. Sheldon contemplates revealing true thoughts about neighbors and a close friend B. The speaker wonders if sharing what they know would spark a revolution or be fair, with a mirror reflecting hungry honesty.
A humorous slice shows Hank Johnson called the homeliest man, Shops tease him with a claim of two more homelier men at the depotfeller. Steve Billings identifies Charles Loomis as the true professional in a lecture setting. Hank grimly leaves for a quiet moment, then questions the notion of giving up.
A collage of light anecdotes from period papers: skeptical talk on Noahs ark, a stubborn attempt to teach literacy with lenses, a card party quip, and a father's blunt verdict on his son. Readers gain a snapshot of social wit and family scenes, with colorful turns of phrase and dated humor.
A bohemian dinner party serves pemmican cake to a guest with polar theme decor. The host explains the recipe begins with beef hung two weeks, then raisins and sugar, finished with tallow cheese. The guest ponders pairing boots with pemmican, reflecting on explorers who eat boots.
A Washington man and his young son attend a Sunday service. A fiery missionary sermon describes nude savages in the tropics. After the offering, the boy asks why the father wore a suspender button on the plate, sparking a quiet exchange on attentiveness and perception.
A judge confronts a habitual offender known as a regular prisoner. After the man resists earlier reprimands, he is offered a choice to take a lifetime pledge or face the house of correction. He jokes that he always takes it for life, prompting a cautious compromise to try a year first.
Senator Frye visited Eastport Maine as a guest of a family that hosted visitors by a lake. A wagons’ cargo of fishing gear amused the elder who doubted the lake held fish. Frye set out unaware it held none and returned sunburned and bitten, muttering about bites.
A Straight Tip recounts Pat and Mike, two Irish guests in a Dublin hotel, sharing a bed and a whisky bottle. Pat, waking to find Mike asleep, quietly empties the bottle while Mike later groggily searches in the dark, asking what he seeks. Pat reveals the missing item is in the bottle.
An advertisement claims rheumatism stems from excess acid in blood and promotes Rheumacide as an internal cure. It touts tablets and bottles at specified prices, offers a booklet by mail, and lists Gruggists and dealers including Duffy's in Denton and Hillsboro, Md.
In equity by Harvey L. Cooper assignee, Circuit Court for Caroline County orders that creditors and claimant heirs file claims to surplus proceeds after mortgage satisfaction from J Frank Jones deceased, on or before July 16, 1910, with publication of this order in a Caroline County weekly newspaper for three consecutive weeks before June 4, 1910.
Ohio Fire Marshal statistics show zero lightning losses for the year on a properly rodded building. The Lightning Rod Committee of the Ohio federation of Mutual Insurance Companies urges mutual associations to roll their buildings and declare copper the optimal conductor. The committee lists six reliable manufacturers, with National Pure Copper Cable among them. National Cable is sold locally by C. Walters in Greensboro Maryland. contact for prices and details.
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