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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1890
Page
4
The excerpt describes a brutal jungle campaign with perilous terrain and hostile natives. It recalls 1887 actions as Stanley’s column advances, detailing fears, climate, and the dense forest as soldiers push toward uncharted regions while facing ambushes and heavy logistical loads.
The text recounts the final phase of the Zanzibari march from the forest to the plains and lake, detailing Stanleys lieutenants Jephson and Stairs as they burn villages, cross streams, and press north. It covers the 1887 1889 expedition ending at Zanzibar, with praise for brave fugitives, then shifts to a lighter note about a dog in an organ loft at Park Avenue Presbyterian church causing playful chaos during a service.
An article from the New York Commercial Advertiser argues that death in fire or violent death is often painless after the initial moments. It notes that observers commonly overestimate pain, as the body tends to slip into oblivion, with victims sometimes soothed by shock or unconsciousness.
A beam of sunlight through a lens onto lampblack or colored fibers in a glass vessel creates sounds when a slitted disk spins in the light. The rapid flashes of light and shadow produce audible tones heard by listening near the vessel.
A New York Commercial Advertiser description outlines a flexible airtight envelope for preserving the dead. The device fits a body on a supporting rack, seals airtight, and uses a nozzle with a pump to push embalming vapor through tissues, aided by initial air exhaustion. It can be used aboard ship, where the sack doubles as a casket until port arrival.
The Osages are described as the richest people on earth with about 1,600 members owning 1.5 million acres of land in their territory and large cattle herds. They lease land to cattlemen and gain 20,000 dollars annually to fund their government, while most wealth rests in cash in treasury vaults. The 1866 treaty price and current credits total around 8 million dollars, with idle interest nearing a million due to unreceived earnings.
A Glasgow style tale recalls the laziest man in Scotland. After repeated firings, his shopmates coffin him as a prank. On the funeral route a farmer asks if he is dead, then jokes about feeding him boiled tatties unpeeled before resuming the procession.
Mrs Alfred Robisson of Bath Maine owns a silk handkerchief printed with President Jeffersons inaugural address from March 4 1805. The relics were sold in Washington during the inauguration period and this one was bought by Mrs Robisons father. The print is in old style but legible.
A Costly Drug notes hyoscine hydrobromate crystals priced at 31,166.66 for an ounce and 94 ounces of hyoscyamine alkaloid valued at 1,406 dollars. These henbane preparations are described as excellent hypnotics with effects similar to atropine but without such dangerous symptoms.
When F O Seald settled on the Machado ranch near San Diego and began Elsinore a naming puzzle followed. Post office officials trimmed the long proposed lake city to one word Elsinore and Heald told Machado’s Senor the chosen name. The elder joked asking which Senor was meant Your self, of course. Machados still believe Elsinore is a gringo corruption of EL Senor who owned the land.
A London Telegraph comment notes a shift in how school dunces are treated. It recalls twenty or thirty years ago pupils were made to stand on a bench with a paper extinguisher on their heads as a sign of disgrace. The piece cites scientific principles guiding modern attitudes toward discipline.
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