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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1910
Page
3
A father urges his son Wille to observe carefully. The boy reveals secret household items and hidden possessions after lessons in attentiveness. The piece ends with a Longfellow-inspired meditation on parting and enduring sorrow.
A downtown merchant recounts a humorous bargaining moment over pear wool salts. An old man offered seven to eleven dollars for cue, the merchant briefly raises his price, then settles at nine dollars. The partner questions the honesty and the plan to get change, highlighting the comic miscommunication.
A mixed column offers brief humorous vignettes. A Lithuanian suitor faces a marriage obstacle over a 15 year old bride and ponders returning with her parents. Uncle Chet’s horse sale ends in a wry joke about a horse that trots a smile in three minutes. A New York freight car caper inspires a traveler to seek work on the city streets.
In a rough early-stage contest, fighters Mart y Allen and Tom Morrissey slugged through a bout marred by erratic exchanges. The clash turned when a stray hit dislodged a previously settled $12 bet and Allen urged restraint as Morrissey pressed the attack. A nearby spectator cried out as the exchange continued with both men taking and delivering hard blows, while bets and tensions swirled around the ring.
fragmentary lines speak of gratitude as a growth from the soul and echo a humble measure of human grace. Two names or terms appear, Ebarca Balla and an unnamed speaker, with archaic diction suggesting a devotional or reflective verse form.
Victor Murdock visited Newark to lecture on tariffs and living costs and sought out his boyhood friend Frederick W. Lewis of 900 Ridge Street. Their reunion triggered reminiscences of childhood mischief before Lewis revealed he had become pastor of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. Newark News.
A preacher guides immersion candidates to a Louisiana river where alligators appear. An objector jokes about trusting the Lord as the pastor compares to Jonah. The retort notes a fear of memory loss and danger, with a racial punchline about a Black person.
A farmer’s child Andrew humorously claims being half back from school, prompting family banter about his mind. In another vignette, John Philip Sousa averts a potential panic when lights fail during a St Louis concert, signaling the band to play to reassure the audience.
A North Carolina clergyman preached on He giveth his beloved sleep and paused to gaze at the sleeping audience. He quipped that it is hard to realize the Lord's boundless love for a large portion of his auditor y.
A tale about Emperor Francis Joseph and the veteran Galgotzy recounts a short, witty financial claim. Faced with scarce funds for a Nosnia-Verzegovina road, Galgotzy reports the project as "Road built: 95 000 florins received, 25 000 florins spent, remaining, nothing." The audit demands detail, he replies in blunt fashion, then the emperor asks, "Do you, then, doubt it."
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