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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1911
Page
3
A brief notice notes copyright held by the American Press Association in 1911 for a work titled Donkey Engine. No further details on author or publication context accompany the claim.
Margaret Lee faces a choice between Armstrong and Brown in a marriage test built on a coin flip. Armstrong touts security and wealth while Brown argues love and risk. Brown secretly uses loaded coins to ensure a win, risking exposure to win Margaret’s hand.
Margaret and Armstrong socialize with Brown, spinning a silver half dollar in a staged contest to win a prize. Brown reveals a hidden coin trick that lets him control outcomes, filing the edge to force favorable results. Armstrong realizes the deception, withdraws, and Margaret vows to stay with the man she wants. Brown remains proud, detailing his wife as his engineer.
In India a Hindu prince Shajee vowed to give the poor the weight of his elephant in silver. Rather than weigh the beast, Jenzth Sharee devised a simple boat weighing trick. The elephant stood on a boat with water marked, then stones replaced the weight to reveal the true heft.
A London critique notes a South African tribe curbs long speeches by obliging the orator to stand on one leg while addressing an audience. If he shifts the other leg to ground, the speech ends. The writer hints at the value of such restraint for Western speakers.
A New York Times quip recalls Patrick's stingy boss and a wageish friend who jokes about a "brand new suit" given to an employee. Vat clarifies the gift was only part of a suit, the sleeves like the vest, highlighting the humorous misership.
National Geographic recounts a brutal Igorrotes sport where two men compete on a bench. One man strikes the other’s tightened thigh with a full arm swing, aiming to draw blood. the judge confirms by blood beneath the skin, ending when a red mark appears on the rival.
A chemistry lecturer argues that widespread tooth decay shows lime starvation in the nation. He claims dentists ignore that the root cause is lime deficiency, criticizes tooth washes and sugar-focused treatments, and urges diets rich in lime and low in sugar to protect enamel and pulp.
In Singapore gardens kept ponds stocked with fighting fish. Two fish near each other or even a single mirror provoke shows of color as they charge and display. The combatants flash from gray greens to vivid reds and blues when irritated.
The New York Sun reports that news photographers face pressures when hired to provide legal photographs for lawsuits. They often receive $3 to $5 per picture, then must participate in subpoenas to prove authorship and employment status, a process that wastes court time and poses professional conflict.
The Darjeeling Limalayas railway uses two foot gauge with tight loops and steep gradients. A special Garratt locomotive was built for Saint Manchester to handle reverse curves with large radii and limited tangent length. The engine frame carries bogies at each end, with the boiler atop between them.
A Wilde magazine account describes Bororo burial rites with wives tearfully scattering base on the corpse, kissing the brow, lamenting life, and fire-like ceremonies. Relatives anoint the body with urueu ointment, decorate with feathers, wrap in straw matting, and later blood offerings mark the feet. The body rests three days on a central Bahyto mound as a Buie guards the soul.
The Atlantic reports that dreaming reflects an intermediate brain blood volume between deep sleep and wakefulness. Increased circulation results from sensory stimulation affecting the vasomotor center, returning blood to the head and raising consciousness. Dreams do not cause light sleep. fatigue comes from the sleep level and incomplete cell restoration rather to dreams themselves.
A London Idea recounts a young woman who refused glasses until a painful misstep taught her. She rushed to an optician declaring she needed strong glasses immediately after mistaking a bumblebee for a blackberry during a country outing. The humorous tale emphasizes lessons learned from experience.
Dr Sven Uedin recounts a land journey to India across the Persian desert. He describes oases where palm shade invites camps, birds sing by day but the desert sings at night through jackal songs, with dangers including a deadly snake, scorpions, and a poisonous orange spider drawn to campfires.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote contrasts gossip about self sacrifice. It notes a woman stayed home from church to care for a sick neighbor yet was judged by critics for wearing new gown and hat arriving Saturday night. The exchange highlights social snobbery and misplaced virtue judgments.
A Washington Star quip contrasts publics with ingratitude noting a party of friends often mocks a breakdown during an automobile ride. The exchange features a ready writer and Mr Chuggins as the cited characters in a witty dialogue.
At a club meeting the Literary Club fined Mrs. Chillion-Kearney five dollars for accusing Mrs. Highmus of cheating at bridge. The incident was reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Sandy and his master arrive at a station as a special train arrives. The master insists the train is not the one he travels by, while Sandy notes both are wrong. The clever boy proclaims that it is the road that has gone by them, not their trains or speech.
A fragmentary dialogue recounts a child asking if Anna can see in the dark like a cat. The response notes curiosity about hidden conversations and a remark about Carl shaving more often, implying secrets and tension within familiar circles.
A Toledo Blade quote asks if a wife lost her voice and humorously answers that she found her senses, reflecting a wry local voice in a brief remark.
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