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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
4
Runaway Train Murder and a Traitor on the Wire
A telegrapher recounts the murder of Dick Ramsey during a train robbery attempt and a station chief’s confession years later. The killer reveals a guilt-haunted, repentant President Greydon, who admits his role in the scheme, choosing imprisonment over execution. The piece ends with a classical newspaper aside about printers and ministers misprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greydon
Irish Soldier's Capture Parable From Dallas Skirmish
An old veteran recalls an Irishman of the Thirty-sixth Indiana on the Dallas skirmish line who captured a Confederate. While escorting the prisoner to the rear another soldier asks to take the man to General Gross. Pat answers that a million more are back over the hill and tells the other to fetch one of the lads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-sixth
Indiana
Dallas
Pat
There’s a Sigh In the Heart Song Mixed With Mock Diagnosis
A young man sent a song titled There’s a Sigh In the Heart to a young lady. The girl’s father, a stern physician, mocked it as unscientific and inscribed on the envelope that the diagnosis was mistaken, insisting sighs come from the lungs and diaphragm.
Sequoia Gigantia: A Muir Atlantic Reverie on Giants
John Muir praises Sequoia gigantea as nature’s forest masterpiece on the Pacific coast. He extols their vast size, ancient lineage, and enduring permanence, noting trees up to 300 feet tall and 30 feet in diameter while comparing their longevity to the era of Columbus and ancient sages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Spain
John Muir
Atlantic
Early Electric Phenomena with Silks and Woolens
An Englishman tested warm woolen stockings over silk on a cold day, then removed them without separating. He saw crackling noises and sparks as the stockings attracted each other, especially when silk was dark and woolen light. When colors matched, no electricity appeared. The fad spread in Singland with Leyden jars charged by the stocking method, shocking people and animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Greydon
Lakeville and Laska Tailway
Dick Ramsey
Singland
Too Busy to Spell Correctly Articulate Quote
A wry quip on spelling and public life. The piece cites eighteenth century statesmen, Napoleon era focus, and the Duchess of Gordon’s rule about drawing under misspelled words to avoid embarrassment. It highlights humor in orthography and political discourse of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Duchess of Gordon
Waverly Magazine
Origin of an Old Saying About Spiders and Gold
In sixteenth century belief spiders foretold vast gold, sparked by a mariner who brought home a stone claimed as gold. The craze led ships to search for riches. Trobisher’s 1577 voyage noted many spiders on an island where he landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathay
Trobisher
Cornhill Magazine
Cut Glass With Shears Underwater Technique
A sheet of glass such as a window pane can be cut as easily as cardboard when the glass, the shears, and the hands stay submerged in water. Water dampens vibrations, allowing straight or curved cuts without breaks. any part of the shears leaving the water risks ruining the cut.
The Highest Climb Mount Everest Challenge
A Pearson's Magazine extract discusses Everest as an impossible peak, noting 29,000 feet as unreachable with current human limits. It details past ascents to 23,393 feet by Zurbriggen and Vines in 1897, contrasts earlier records, and cites medical effects of high altitude. It argues two main hurdles are politics and finance, needing Nepal and India cooperation, about 50,000 dollars, a large team, and multi-year effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Everest
Aconcagua
Cordillera
Mattias Zurbriggen
Vines
EB. A. Fitzgerald
Sir William Martin Conway
Martin Conway
Everest
India
Nepal
Alpine Club
Pearson
Red Bill Kirkland’s Dismissive Retort on Navy Marriage
The tale recounts Rear Admiral William Kirkland nicknamed Red Bill denying a young ensign’s wish to marry his daughter. The admiral cites lack of means, insisting the man wait until promoted. The ensign recalls the admiral’s own early marriage and support from his father-in-law, prompting a sharp rebuttal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kirkland
Navy
Red Bill
Speeratiney
Kirkland
New York Times
The Inn in Literature and Its Rise in English Writing
The inn and tavern hold a central place in classic English verse and prose. Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales at an inn named Tabard, tying the inn to the birth of English poetry. Elizabethan times mark the tavern’s permanent literary role reflecting its social importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaucer
St.homas
Talbot Or Tabard
Siberia Size Compared With United States
National Geographic Magazine notes that Siberia spans over 4,900,000 square miles and, if the 45 U.S. states were moved there, all of Europe except Russia could be placed within a surrounding border of land, leaving 300,000 square miles unoccupied, twice Germany’s area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Europe
Russia
Germany
National Geographic Magazine
Up In a Balloon Peculiarities of Balloon Travel
The piece describes balloon travel as silent and swift, with the rider feeling still yet moving with the wind. It emphasizes how a balloon ride makes you part of the wind, traveling as fast as it moves and being carried in its gentle embrace.
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Srimanzse Sbiete
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Mu Man
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N. Howard St
C.C. Waskey
C.D. Bennett
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Milton Bradley
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