30 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1901
Page
1
The notice markets newest groceries and fashion items with wide price cuts across departments. It highlights 17 tc table linens at 29 cents and soft goods from 25 cents to 1.25, Eclipse shirts at 1.00, and 50 cent to 25 cent handkerchiefs. It touts shoes from 1.00 to 3.75, Haas and Queen Quality lines, suits 1 to 15, overcoats 2 to 7.50, carpets 18 cents to 1.25, and new queensware in room formerly owned by A. D. Cook.
A broad stock highlights men's and boys clothing with knee pants suits in grays blues browns and vests for boys. New boy outfits ready for school trips include light and dark gray tints. Gentlemen accessories like hats gloves shirts and neckwear in blue oxblood lavender white and varied prices. Underwear popular with cold weather ahead, boys fleece-lined 25 cents sizes 15 18 fits. Douglass Shoes new in stock from the department of Ladies Wear Fur Scarfs and Coats feature notable furs five to six dollars. Cloth dress goods in Venetian Melrose Henrietta Venetian Mixture Storm Serge Poplin and Broadcloths in light and dark tan steel black.
Harold Caughen describes his business ventures and sly slang as he pursues a “dead pen” game with a trained nurse and Madeline. Jane, the proper wife, discovers letters and a five hundred dollar draft, plans a divorce, and reveals a fracture in a once-quiet marriage. The note from Jane ends with her leaving, while Harold boasts of a race winnings and the nurse’s role.
An Adirondack guide recalls a Buffalo man who hunted a bear for a rug. After three weeks in the woods he abandoned the quest, but faced a bear on the trail. He fled, then realized the bear was exactly what he sought, observing tracks showing the bear’s speed.
To Speak Distinctily. Practice by breaking difficult words into syllables and pronouncing each syllable clearly. Focus on lip movement to bring tones forward and improve voice enunciation for rich speech. Regular practice builds habit of giving full value and meaning to every word spoken.
In an English village a top player was sidelined by a sprained wrist. The fresh curate stood in and delivered brilliant cricket, guiding the local side to victory. The squire praised the curate’s cricket, saying they must keep him even at double pay.
A story from the London season recounts Joachim the violinist joking about Lord R during a Saint James Hall concert. Lord R, famed for hating music, misheard the mood and quipped he did not recognize Joachim at first under a "negro mask" before revealing his error at a floor mix up with musicians.
Isaac W. Van Schaick a Milwaukee native who died at eighty four is praised as a colorful figure famed for singing Baby Mine to Polish voters and at public meetings. He served as alderman from 1870 and twice won Congress, renowned for house to house canvassing and flour distributions rather than speeches.
A Catholic World travel sketch praises Cologne’s Street Market as a democratically lively scene where Rhine land peasants mingle with shoppers. They bargain shrewdly yet kindly, wearing traditional costume and offering mountain straw berries fresh cheese and cream to weary travelers. The scene frames tiled houses and the cathedral spire above the market, inspiring a sense of historic beauty.
A simple home method uses a tied cord to pull the bottle neck over the stopper. By pulling swiftly while the glass heats, the stopper expands and loosens, allowing it to fall free in under two minutes.
The article claims the fruit cure as a simple popular remedy. It classifies fruits into five groups astringent mealy oily acid and sweet. Grapes are the king cure advised for consumptives anemics dyspeptics gout and liver issues. Daily grape portions range from a half to a pound and a half rising to nine or ten pounds as health improves.
A Miss Nellie Dot Ranche cooking lecture presents a boiled coffee method. Use coarse ground coffee, one tablespoon per cup and one for the pot, add an eggshell to settle grounds, soak overnight, then boil two minutes and finish with a splash of cold water.
A river ferryman employs ponies attached by bellybands to tow a clumsy boat on the Oxus. The animals swim beside the craft, their heads visible while they pull with powerful strokes. Two to three ponies can move a ten ton load, and their webbed-like feet in shallow water amaze observers.
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