26 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1907
Page
1
Former associate of C C Waskey in furniture and carpet business announces solo venture. Located at the address below he offers a full line including fine medium and cheap furniture, carpets rugs oil cloths and mattings of newest designs at low prices. All Caroline friends invited to visit.
A wagon show rider Ben Bogner defends Bessie from townsmen who kiss her at the lot. After a violent confrontation, Bogner admits love, begs forgiveness, and vows to marry, while Bessie hesitates yet consents to a future together.
A gray headed man notes divinity students rarely discuss shop while college men probe engineering or law. He observes divinity students often meet in small groups preparing for ministry, rarely bore outsiders with classroom talk, and credits their professional reserve to refreshing discretion rather than shyness or aloofness. The quote is attributed to the New York Press.
The Seilly Islands are described as a flower haven where most residents tend plants that fund the economy. Once seafarers and later potato growers, prosperity rose but declined with rising competition, pushing islanders toward narcissi cultivation led by St. Mary’s where about a quarter of arable land is flowers.
The tale recalls a judge and his wife seeking laundry help from a village colored laundress. The judge is described as pompous and very fat, weighing around 300 pounds. The laundress explains she will double the rate for his shirts because she “draws the line on circus tents.”
A visitor in a seaside lodging complains at breakfast that she found a sovereign in her room. The landlady denies ownership, suggesting the guest must have brought it herself, while the visitor insists she counted all her money before leaving home. The anecdote appears in the London Chronicle.
An anxious mother asks what made Wille’s face dirty and Willie explains that he and Johnny Jones fought, with Jones throwing dirt in Wille’s face beyond what he could swallow. The scene reflects a child’s rough play and a concerned parental reaction.
In a 1907 tale set in a Riverview Court bachelor apartment, Paul Laurison and Sylvia Randall meet on the roof while aiding each other and ailing pride. A rooftop flirtation blooms through misread poems, a monogrammed handkerchief, and a rescued wardrobe, leading to romance between the would-be poet and the shy laundress.
An exchange resembling a courtroom banter shows a judge pressing a defendant about jail time with insistence on honesty. The dialogue includes remarks from a captain, a husband, and a judge, reflecting a humorous or satirical clip from a newspaper page.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes a attempted marriage proposal interrupted by a fire. The fragment mentions a woman recounting George’s plan to propose and the blaze that prevented any further moment. The odd closing line references sacred crocodiles of Egypt and buried kings.
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