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Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1901

Page

1

J C Godwin Co New Department Store Opens

The J C Godwin Co announces a new department store stocked with fresh season goods. Shoppers are invited to find the latest styles at the lowest prices and experience pleasing service.

Special bargains on aprons and table linens in Easton

Special prices on ginghams and unbleached pieces. Bleached and damask linens offered at deep discounts. Calicos, hats, caps, gloves, comforts, and blankets advertised with new styles and low prices. Shoppers urged to visit the department with the widest assortment and latest fashions.

New Dress Goods Offerings in Easton Store Display

Store advertises loaded assortment of dress fabrics including black goods from 26 cents to 125 per yard and rich selections. Highlights crepe de chine at 75 cents, new shades and French flannels for waists at 60 and 75 cents, Velvets and Silks in multiple colors at 60 to 85 cents. Call and view before buying a dress.

Easton

Hosiery and winter underwear sale at low prices

Try our Ladies' Children's and Gent's 10 15 and 25 cent Husiery None better made for the money Remember we can give you Winter Underwear for men women and children at 25c 10c $1.00 and $1.25 but it can not get the same goods nowhere but here for the same money.

Turkiye Towels Shirts and Haberdashery Sale List

An assorted sale notice advertises bleached Turkish towels at 16 and 12 cents, linen handkerchiefs and embroidered variants at various low prices, Eclipse Shirts at 1 dollar each, and Fall Neck Ties at 25 cents. It touts value items including a 60 cent shirt claim and mentions a bulk purchase reference of 160 dollars for gods.

Eston Clothing Department Showcases Broad Suit Range

Our Clothing Department announces the best apparel stock yet with men's boys and children's suits and overcoats. The store touts unmatched style fit and low prices, including tailor-made pants and a wide overcoat season, inviting customers to come view the selection.

Our Carpet and Curtain Stock at Bargain Prices

Overstocked on matting and curtains with deep discounts. Special prices for churches and lodges. Curtains offered at 36 cents and 15 cents, now 25 and 10 cents respectively. Visit our store to see the new stock and deal.

Express Robbery and Stage to Logtown Romance

A Wells and Targo express box robbery on a stage from Bokey to Logtown sparks a chase in Scar's Hole and Loyeown. Frank Downey, a California girl, pursues the trail eight miles through canyons to warn Charlie Mottry, who believes ten thousand dollars is in sight. The caper ends with a rescue of a false fortune and a marriage plan.

Black Pete Pete Bart Logtown Wells & Targo Scar’s Hole insane asylum Frances Goldsmith Charlie Frank Bonn hesten darting Chanis Mottry Frances Tom Motley Frank Downey express Bokey Downey California Loycown Toor Frank

A Persian Refusal to Fight in Apology Tale

A Persian official in Tabreez refuses to fight after being told to apologize for calling an Englishman a liar. He finally agrees to say he lied when he called him a liar, prompting a chorus of satire on Persia and Persians. The exchange unfolds as he questions the meaning of apology and asserts his lineage of liars.

Tabreez

Deep Earthquake Felt Across Virginia City Mines

The 1879 quake largely escaped miners below the surface in the Comstock mines while the 1874 event cracked city buildings but was only faintly noted by upper level miners. Station workers, including the man at the 900 foot level, reported a subtle pulsation like a distant blast. Some shafts did not feel the shock at all.

Virginia City Nev Comstock

Tea Tale with a Borrowed Brew in Chinese Folklore

A man asks a friend to stay for tea but finds no tea at home. A servant goes to fetch tea while water boils repeatedly, leading to overflow. Before tea arrives, the wife suggests offering “a ath,” a noted quip from A. Giles History of Chinese Literature illustrating a futile quest for tea.

A. Giles

Costs of a Pan American Exposition Trip

A guide lays out expected expenses for Buffalo visits during the Pan American Exposition. It covers round trip train fares, two week stays, lodging from 30 cents to 1 dollar per night, breakfasts, meals, and daily living costs around 2 to 2.50 dollars. Admission is 50 cents, with the Exposition grounds, Stadium, Midway, and 50 shows priced 10 to 50 cents. The piece then shifts to Old English tavern customs with a note on room naming and tiny windows for interchamber courtesies and a sugared confection exchange between rooms.

Buffalo Mane Bexnirt Boar's Head Jack Falstaff Francis Anon Chambers’ Journal

The Origin of Pin Money and Hamlin’s Nominating Moment

The piece traces pin money from its 17th century origin when pins were scarce and costly, to its modern meaning for a woman’s personal expenses. It then recounts Hannin Hamlin’s first meeting with Lincoln after their 1860 nominations at Tremont House Chicago, where Coltex interrupted his euchre game urging him to speak.

Hamlin Abraham Lincoln old Tremont House Chicago Wamlin Tremont Schuyler Coltex

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J.C. GODWIN CO Our Domestic Department Hat and Cap Department Ash tescour New York Our Shoe Department Our Dress Goods Department Our Nation Department our Clothing Department N. WASHINGTON STREET The Denton J. G. GODWIN CO CAY STS DENTON, MARYLAND T. FRED. GAREY J. H. MEDFORD W. H. FT. WILSON NEW IDEA anp N. Howard St C. C. WASKEY BALTIMORE, MARYLAND JAMES T. COOPER Undertaker Cooper Main street atoro TaH. Evans & Company, Frurr and Produce Commission MERCHANTS Light Street Baltimore Maryland sparpErhiir DELINE RIDGELY FEEMING SEA Theodosia Garrison Ainslee HUGHES LUMBER and COAL CO Bokey’s Pilot Knob J. A. Spence JAVA J. H. Spence DENTON JOHN W. CAUSSY, Pris WM. DENNEY, Lec'y and Treas Kent County Mutual Insurance Co DOVER DELAWARE Imswur JOHN T. CARTER, Jr Deoton, Md ance PLUMMER Greensboro ALEX. NOBLE Prenton, Md OLSTON'SE R. J. COLSTON Walter H. Lord Lord
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