09 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1901
Page
1
An advertisement announces deep discounts on towels handkerchiefs shirts neckties and gloves. It highlights Turkish towels priced at 10c and 40c for bulk buys and $1 Eclipse shirts. 50c shirts claim top value. full neckties at 25c. a large assortment of comforts and blankets is advertised.
The Hat and Cap Department displays the choicest season goods with new styles at low prices. Highlights include 50c caps now 25c and hats for children not previously kept in Easton, purchased in New York.
Our Shoe Department offers $1 shoes and Hess Shoes at 3.75 while others charge 5 for no better. Ladies shoes STIRS LC HROURITy priced at 3 with no equal under 5. Free shine with purchase. Call for catalogue and ask for a ticket.
Our Clothing Department boasts the best stock yet with men’s boys’ and children’s suits and overcoats. Tailor made pants offer the largest assortment and best styles, with prices from 25c up to 7.50. Great overcoat season ahead. drop in to see the selection.
We offer carpets from cheapest to velvet and invite you to compare before buying. Specie Churches and Lodges feature. Overstocked on matting with unbelievable prices. 35 cent curtains now 25 cents and 15 cent curtains now 10 cents. Call to see us and visit our new stock at the old stand.
Jim Harrison wrestles with loving two girls May and Lucy Thompson both adored by him. Bertie Thompson engineers a picnic day where Jim discovers May crying shyly, revealing she fears Jim loves Lucy, while Jim quietly realizes May is the one.
Dr Nachtigal the famed explorer visits a rich Hambure merchant. The merchant's son longs to ride a camel and learns from Nachtigal a vivid metaphor. An office chair in a springless wagon on rough ground in hot July or August after fasting conveys the desert ride's poetry.
Saturday Review recalls Signor Bagagiolo the long admired bass of Covent Garden. He refused to show fear in a kingly role saying dignity demanded composure. The piece points out many opera singers lack character interpretation, leading to opera-goers missing plot details.
A discussion defines perpetual motion as a machine self powered with no external input and rejects systems driven by tides magnetism wind heat or external forces. It notes many early devices attempted to use weight imbalance or material exhaustion to continue motion, but these fail as perpetual motion.
A physician tells a stenographer about patients seeking opposite goals fatness and leanness. The regimen is consistent: rise at seven, hour of exercise with chest weights and Indian clubs, cold baths, no coffee, a two hour walk, and nine hours sleep. The doctor asserts exercise, properly applied, balances body weight and is the sole reliable remedy.
About 20 000 people vanish in London each year with fewer than 4 000 later accounted for. Many vanish to travel abroad or to other parts of the city under assumed names and with changed identities, remaining “missing” to those who seek them.
A concise history of perfume from ancient incense rituals to modern scent artistry. It traces incense in worship from Hebrews to Roman Catholic churches, notes druidic and Greek influences, and highlights the prophets devotion to oriental perfumes as luxury evolved over time.
Lord Kitchener was wounded in 1888 when a bullet struck his face near Sua Kim. He was treated in Cairo but surgeons could not locate the bullet. Later the major suspected the bullet had been swallowed with a beefsteak and felt it go down his throat.
A microscope reveals how a fly foot defies gravity with two hairy pads and curved hooks. Tiny fluid-filled bags behind each pad release squid gum, enabling the insect to cling to walls and ceilings and walk on glass.
Birds display ventriloquism to mislead predators, often unconsciously, with species like the pinnated grouse and Maryland yellow throat showing remarkable voice projection. Ground birds such as blue winged and Tennessee warblers cue voices upward, while the wren provides an illustrative contrast.
A Dunedin man visits Wellington where an Irish host lavishly entertains him for a month. On departure they agree to settle with a toss of the coin. The tale, recounted by Free Lance, reflects spirited hospitality and comic self deprecation.
The term cash derives from Italian cassa meaning chest and is misused in ledger entries as cash Dr. The chest, not money, is debtor for what is put in and creditor for what is removed. In bankrupt trials this misnomer causes large deficiencies. the ledger should use chest account instead of cash.
Seeds called Job's tears are used in Siam and among the Naga and Assam tribes to craft jewelry and adornments. Angame Nagas make elegant earrings with seeds forming a ring around a green beetle wing. The seeds may expand in Europe for artificial flowers, laces, and rosaries.
A distressed child, unable to eat despite appealing food, explains to a mother that only her eyes prevent swallowing. The scene portrays sorrow and parental concern as the meal remains uneaten.
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