08 Apr 1882
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1882
Page
1
A bold exhortation urges readers to resist deception and avoid overpriced options while noting a 20 percent sale that makes purchases more affordable. The message emphasizes prudence in spending and staying vigilant against misleading claims.
The passage opens with a loud bargain cry At cost at cost at cost signaling a stock push to move inventory. Interwoven are stray poetic lines about fatigue weariness and a longing for rest describing a weary speaker seeking quiet relief from effort and labor.
A first person reminiscence from 1859 narrates a panic on a steamboat journey to Huntsville Alabama to attend a bridal. The writer fears a presage of death after a snapped satchel chain and a whispered omen. The voyage ends with a catastrophic near wreck but she survives with her children.
Late Kent County Delaware report notes individuals and firms engaged in wholesale and retail trade. Summary highlights include listings of dealers, locations, and possible regulatory notices common to public commerce listings in the period.
Rates reduced to 3.00 and 2.50 per day by room location for all Parlor floor rooms with extra charges for Parlors Bath and Double Rooms based on size. The most convenient and latest built hotel in the city with elevator running to all floors. All city passenger cars pass its doors.
An exhausted nurse sleeps beside a dying man who recalls Company G and a roll call. The clock names fallen soldiers from Manassas to Spotsylvania as the sergeant confirms graves and absences. The vigil ends with the clock and the dead guarding the living.
The ideal Sabbath is home centered with rest for all workers, fostering sober thought and fam ily togetherness. A true Sabbath means calm contemplation, aspiration, and resolve for a better future, making a Sabbath keeping home more virtuous and productive.
A list of maxims guiding polite conduct and self restraint. Encourages humility punctuality kindness, civility to ladies, avoiding boasting, not pry into others affairs, speaking kindly, and choosing good company while avoiding harsh reminders of faults or personal flaws.
A narrator describes a boastful man who struggles to raise a window on a train for a pretty girl. He endures jeers from others as he wrestles the window, hat, and suspenders in a comic display, finally retreating with dignity intact while the crowd mocks. The piece ends with the line that he may or may not be happy, but sympathy would be misplaced.
The piece argues for gentle bedtimes for children, warning that scolding at night harms their memory of childhood. It urges kissing and blessing at sleep, insisting rosy youth should be preserved from excessive indulgence and from overbearing discipline.
A fragment suggests cooking lemon pie by sitting on a stove and stirring constantly. The phrasing questions feasibility of sitting anywhere on a stove without continuous stirring. The remark playfully comments on absurd kitchen instructions.
A historical editorial urges teaching boys the harmful impact of alcohol. It argues alcohol adds nothing to vital tissues, disturbs the brain, inflames baser passions, fosters an appetite that harms health and character, and links drinking to crime and poverty, threatening fortunes and souls.
A brief, lighthearted saying reflects a shift in affection from romantic nickname to financial role after marriage. It notes how a girl may call her fiancé treasure before wedding and view him as treasurer as her husband.
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