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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1904

Page

4

Among the Kaifirs Grunting As Sentiment Expressed

An excerpt recalls Kaifirs greeting with I see you and Yes, grunting as the main expression of feeling. It notes how a Kaffir chief responds to a blanket offering, signals approval, and ends with the indaba closing line about binding the talk with sinew thread.

Dudley Kidd

Ill legible handwriting inspires clever note reply

A Columbus club woman, annoyed by a friend's poor handwriting, pretends a hard to decipher note invited her to dinner. She replies promising to attend, then learns via phone the note actually asked for subscribing to the home fund. The tale, from the Columbus Dispatch, mocks misread handwriting.

Columbus Club Columbus Dispatch

Albert and the doctor diagnose jav.cice in family

The ill Albert is taken to a doctor who calls the illness jav.cice based on the patient’s yellowish appearance. His younger sister Bessie explains the doctor’s judgment to a caller, saying it can be seen in the eyes, as she repeats the phrase yvaller landers.

Albert Cice Bessie Besie Jes

Medicinal Water Proves Palatable Yet Believed Untrue

An analytical chemist reports the water as a splendid medicinal product. The owner counters that the only flaw is its taste. He notes the taste is pleasant, yet doubts linger that a medicinal water would be trusted if it did not taste unpleasant.

Philadelphia Ledger

Objection to poets by Uncle Gabe riles crowd

In a New Orleans Times-Democrat note the crowd is told that men in Uncle Gabe’s family are men who do not write poetry. A Young Gentleman Poet asks the objector to explain. Uncle Gabe dismisses poetry as perfume peddling compared to plowing.

Gabe New Orleans Times-Democrat Wilmington WLIOS Beacom LE Sth Street Del

One He Didn’t Want

A brief anecdote follows Bromley and Darringer over a misused dollar. Bromley realizes the dollar he received from Darringer was bad, prompting a lighthearted exchange about a dollar that one didn’t want. Rpgeaa

Darringer Bromley Rpgeaa

Excited Angler Drops Into Five Foot Lake Deep

A tale from Forest and Stream describes a thirty five year old woman who, while fishing with two customers near pine woods, is startled by a heavy bite. The line tears, the reel screams, and she and her companions fall from the boat into five feet of water. She steadies herself, fights the fish, and lands a two and a half pound maskinone. The scene ends with the two friends laughing as they reveal corn cob pipes and admire the catch.

Thas

Light cures and medical discoveries touted at Buffalo clinic

An advertisement extols sunlight as a purifier and germ killer, cites Dr. Taree of the Invids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York, and notes Dr. Roy Pierce's earlier work. It promotes Finsen light therapy with X rays, Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and a medical handbook offered for 31 cents plus stamps.

Jess Invids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo Ncy Taree Finsen Roy Pierce Baffalo Mearh Pierce S Golden RV Pierce Buffalo N.Y

The Family Spoons

Mrs Wimberling finds a bundle of letters in her daughter Ve like to know era. the daughter explains the letters are old notes her husband wrote to Mrs Wimberling when she was younger. The exchange shows family frictions over discovered correspondence from the past.

Baldeidash

Tramp Receives Food and Sharp Banter at Door

Miss Graham feeds the wandering man at her kitchen door and scolds his awkward eating. The tramp jokes about Pim being out of practice as he hones his bite on bread and cold potatoes.

Graham Ima

Fire Proofing for Sale by Multiple Firms

For sale fire proofing materials and supplies listed by Richards, Smith and Richards. Kidgely. H M Thompson. Hillsboro. Green and Mitchell. Greensboro. W T Jarman and Brothers, Goldsboro. Substantial options offered by several regional suppliers.

Richards, Smith & Richards Kidgely H. M. Thompson Hillsboro Green & Mitchell Greensboro W. T. Jarman & Bro Goldsboro

Johnny’s Worldly Mother Sparks Boy’s Square Story

In a Pittsburg Gazette item a boy named Johnny defies his mother’s warning to stay home. His father brings him back after the child explains he could not resist because his mother talks so much. The humor centers on a child’s blunt admission and domestic scene.

Johnny John Pittsburg

A Cookkeeping Triumph

A light exchange shows Mrs Newlywed boasting that keeping accounts reduces bills while her husband notes abundant meat and milk. She explains purchases from the grocer explain the bills, implying thrift through budget tracking rather than fewer necessities.

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