21 Sep 1912
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1912
Page
1
New dress fabrics announced include serges whipcords diagonals and Scotch mixtures. Local retailers promote fresh arrivals in the latest textile lines for seasonable wardrobe updates and tailored outfits.
A historical note attempts to sketch Nancy Hanks Lincoln's ancestry, tracing the Hanks line from Gloucester Virginia to Orange Rockingham Shenandoah and Kentucky, linking Peter and James Hanks to the Lincoln era and noting their roles in the Tippecanoe era militia. The piece questions standard histories and asserts a broader lineage.
A Grand Central subway car scene contrasts a shabby man with a bejeweled woman. She rebuffs him after he helps her, then a passerby helps a sleepy child, and the man rises with dignity to lead the child upstairs, leaving witnesses moved by the act.
Men s neglige shirts offered at special prices before material cost rise. Fancy percale and white madras options in light and dark colors with cuffs, plus muslin body and plaited cambric shirts. Special at 50c to 1.60 for various styles and fabrics.
Sailors face daily punishments for infractions as described by London papers. Methods include carrying hammocks on shoulders for hours, bailing water with a spoon between buckets, walking backward with a heavy load, forced laughter on the forebridge, and spitting on deck punished by strapped tubs. Such penalties deter repeated offenses.
In 1SY8 Balzac hid in Passy Paris avoiding duns, renting a plain white two story house on Rue Raspe. Behind a garden doorway lies one of the world’s oldest lines, where Balzac worked in a tiny pavilion while overdue bills loomed, dreaming of wealth.
History notes strange perpetual flames and long kept fires from a Siam temple blaze burning for two centuries to Sarbad in honor of a tumbling Persian trader, plus Arctic fires for fuel scarcity. It also recalls vendetta flames on Sicily and a New York sailors home founded from a Staten Island apple orchard now worth millions.
A compact exchange notes the speaker’s fondness for money versus the other’s preference for others possessions. The cautious friend contrasts personal wealth with Whitaker’s interest in others’ riches.
A garbled Tribune clipping describes Pink Eno and a character named Chlengu in a slang filled exchange about a tire brush and a ten dollar bill. The fragmentary text hints at a local humorous or oddball scene but provides few concrete details or identifiable facts.
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