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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1929
Page
6
A brief catalog note lists AIG Ethel Heston with illustrations by toin Myers and copyright held by Bobbs Merrill Co. W.N.U. Service. The fragment suggests a publishable brief entry for a library or catalog record without narrative context.
In Red Thrash Iowa Rev Tolliver a Methodist minister endures eye strain from church rebuilding while his daughters Helen Miriam and Eden Ginger back Marjory for a beauty pageant. Marjory with Eddy Jackson and Tub Andrews wins the prize and fifty dollars in gold, donated to aid her father’s eye treatment.
Ginger clashes with Miriam over courting Tob Andrews while the Tolliver family faces mounting medical and financial strain as pastor Mr Tolliver battles blindness. The sisters plan care for their father, pursue schooling or work, and scramble to keep Red Thrush afloat amid vows, visitors, and evolving temptations.
The sun tells a fairy tale about a luncheon with the King of the Clouds. People long for rainy days and variety, so the clouds' king contemplates stepping in to cry instead of shine all day, a tale of change and balance in the weather and imagination.
A playful hoop game describes players forming a circle as the leader trots in a circular path. The leader swerves and makes a big sweep, then the ring twists and turns as the followers imitate the leader in any direction.
A playful passage lists three tongue twisters repeated aloud. It mentions the challenge of saying Giants grow gigantic green grapes Lovely Lily Lane likes Uttle lambs and Fairy Fay flourishes four fine feathers Mabel Macey might mince more meat and warns not to destroy Dora's dear Dutch dolls.
The text lists weights for ordinary domestic Pin at .0247875 ounces the two cent stamp at .01207324 ounces and .03505 ounces for the Mall stamp. It also notes a human finger measures one inch and weighs 00002 geranis or 000007808 ounces.
A two and a half year old named Bobble shows early literacy by recognizing letters and forming words. While spelling a simple word he mispronounces and renames the letters in a playful way. The family car is noted as inspiring the middle letters of the attempted word.
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