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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1911
Page
4
A brief Denton Journal entry references Howard Melvin, Benjamin Johnson and Melvin & Johnson on a Saturday morning labeled September 30, 191.
A Chicago bank teller tells a depositor earning near 100000 yearly that signatures on checks invite forgers. Plain signatures aid imitation, the teller warns, noting that forgers copy distinctive penmanship or female cursive quirks. A banker used a friend’s changed signature to avoid a forged check after a near miss. Chicago News.
A fragmentary, harsh comic piece describes camels as vicious and hateful toward humans with rare exceptions. It recalls a British officer teased by a camel, the beasts resisting riders, and notes camels’ stubbornness, endurance, and discomforts of matinal trekking and rough travel in camp life.
An early account of telephone adoption in Britain and Europe. Nate Field sung Kathleen Mavourneen via the line to Queen Victoria, provoking royal interest. A London exchange with ten wires opened and in 1879 Theodore Wall ordered 100 hand telephones for export. The highest line stretches from Marte Rosa to Queen Margherita in Rome.
The piece argues about instantaneous death from gunshot and other sudden blows, noting physicians say such deaths end life quickly while reflecting on the mind’s activity just before death. It cites an assassination attempt on William of Orange and contemplates whether pain or fear accompanies noninstant fatalities.
John T. McCutcheon comments in Tunting Ad ventures In the Big Game Country that zebras roam Africa railways and suburbs, shocking settlers. He notes zebras damage crops and fences, resisting domestication, and argues some consider extermination while licensing rules shift to allow more zebras under permit.
A sprawling note cites the Presse Medicale and the New York Medical Journal on how soldiers under Napoleon showed remarkable pain indifference, while surgeons enjoyed victory’s soothing effects. Anecdotes recount armory and battlefield feats, including leg and knee injuries amid harsh campaigns and rapid medical actions.
A garbled fragment references a Professor and a London zooilucist figure and hints at a scene involving fish, a campus, and a theory about behavior. The text is fragmentary with many unreadable phrases, making a concrete event or outcome unclear.
A garbled passage presents names like Loe and Stephen Crene along with phrases about first appearance and literary criticism. The text resembles a distorted historical excerpt with unclear context and several misread terms. It mentions trees heavy with fruit and references to possibly spoken remarks by figures such as Grane and Altonywn.
A rustic note describes flora and fauna with notes on castor oil plants and flowering beds. It mentions the intimacy of trees, hedges, and ornamental arrangements. Snakes are rare and harmless sights include several inch lizards in the area.
The Tonston Post cites jokes on a hostesses child and quotes Bacon on danger. It critiques Thackeray for common errors such as different to versus different from and misusing compared to. It also lampoons pluralizing titles like Mrs Potters and misplacing Misses Potter in The New Comes.
Reading from the Toledo Blade item, a playful fragment recalls fatigue and mishap with a boilin water joke. The exchange mentions Phillip and Walter in a humorous, cartoonish tone, suggesting a light local gag or humorous want of a column.
A fragmented utterance from a Toledo source shows sharp wit on rules and fairness with a dismissive tone. The short quip challenges rigidity while hinting at practical limits of any rule.
The J E Baker Co and the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experimental Stations endorse finely ground Limestone as the best soil lime. It does not burn crops, stores indefinitely, and can be applied anytime. It reduces labor, cuts cost, and matches air slaked lime in fertilizer effect without harming manure. Victor brand is highlighted as the purest finely ground limestone.
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