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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1904
Page
4
A light anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts John Greenleaf Whittier and Lucy Larcom strolling when two admirers approach. Whittier teases Larcom with parasol clues, prompting her to adjust the shade as the two women peep from above. The prank exposes Whittier's humor and admiration.
The scene ends with a cautious woman steering talk to her father as a suitor boasts he lent him money, a maneuver revealing a genuine financier wedding the wary heroine. The exchange hints at social pressures and clever match making in a New York Press context.
When Wilson, the English actor, appeared in the role once played by Shuter, the audience cried for Shuter. He answered with a staged misdirection shouting Shoot her and praised the female performer, eliciting renewed applause throughout the show.
John J. Gott of Morris Illinois age thirteen began shorthand last June and earned a graduation diploma from Sonn Goff local school in December. He recently helped take depositions in a court case with rapid fire witness examination.
A critique of shrinking deference to women and the changing etiquette in public life. The piece cites shifting customs from giving up seats to women and avoiding direct chivalry, arguing that true manners persist in respecting women and adhering to higher ideals, via a Saturday Evening Post reflection.
A young local lawyer humorously recounts a tale about a forgetful Louisville judge. At a dinner the hostess says she hasn’t seen her son Frank since 10 a.m. The lawyer recalls seeing Frank fall into a cistern in the yard about 10 o'clock, noting the judge’s absent mindedness.
A clergyman recounts an incident inside a crowded New York church during a prayer reading. A rough stranger, new to ecclesiastical settings, entered the doors, stared at the kneeling congregation, then told the sexton, "Well, this beats the old boy!" The sexton remained serene.
Two young women pay an aged gypsy in the woods to glimpse their future husbands’ faces in a brook. They instead see their own reflections, prompting the fortune teller to reveal the faces will belong to their husbands when married.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt, discussions turn to forming a home mending society to arbitrate family disputes. The conversation jokes about broadening aims to cover Delia’s broken dishes and the family’s domestic repairs, highlighting social humor.
A discussion on marriage rates contrasts with claims that many unhappy homes stem from a spouse or child illness. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is touted as curing female ailments without alcohol, promising to treat leucorrhhea and related conditions with a $500 reward if uncurable.
The Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad timetable lists south and north routes with station stops from Washington to Philadelphia and beyond. It shows arrival and departure times at major points including Baltimore Wilmington Claytons Rag Hardys Marydel Henderson Goldsboro Greensboro Ridgely Queen Anne Cordova and more with morning and afternoon services.
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