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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1893
Page
1
The note argues that car makers demand forceful action on corn planting to secure next year's finances. It urges immediate ordering and application of plans, warning that delays will cost money in the coming summer and urging readers to write with their stance.
A playful verse exchange about a broken heart and a wound of pride, centered on a traded fan with a painterly tale. The spoof letter mocks courtly love, fashion, and social mores, ending with a wry jab at mendacity and vanity in Harper's Weekly.
In September the Barbours discuss sheep stealing by Mose and Phyllis and fear Uncle Bob is being hoodwinked. Fritz the German discovers a thief, mistakes Mr Barbour for the culprit, and drags the carcass to the house. The real thief escapes. Barbour rewards Fritz. Uncle Bob reports Mose and Phyllis plan to leave Pine Bayou.
A chase off Port Royal ended when a shark captured by a pursuing ship contained a tin box with missing papers. The box confirmed the slaver was the suspected craft, forcing condemnation despite initial lack of ship papers. The tale echoes John Timbs Curiosities of London.
A central Maine photographer argued that true art reveals reality not illusion. He retouched a 100 year old subject’s wrinkles, then the elder woman demanded accuracy and the wrinkles were restored, likening the tale to Cromwell insisting a wart stay on a portrait.
Dialogue captures a sleepy employee blamed for a 560 minute lateness with a terse exchange about staying awake to recall tasks. The line hints at a workday friction, framed in a period conversational tone.
A south Texas tale of Uriah Lott who built 600 miles of Aransas Pass railroad from San Antonio to Aransas Pass with faith and borrowed money. He used old rails and a wrecked engine, moved from Corpus Christi to San Antonio on a two wheeled cart, and rode to Chicago with nothing in his pocket. Also notes on the common deformity of stooped shoulders and a method to improve posture.
The Bou tree in Amsarapoora Burmeh is claimed as the oldest on earth, planted in 285 B C and now about 2,200 years old. Historic documents credit Sir James Enerson, noting kings dedicated kingdoms in belief it is linked to the fig tree under which Buddha meditated at Una. Pilgrims take fallen leaves as relics, since the tree is too sacred to touch.
The text discusses how soils across Canada and Quebec and from upper California to Oregon foster large, dense trees. It notes soil color density and porosity enable chemical breakdown of fallen foliage and decayed limbs, sustaining vitality of trees and undergrowth.
A reflection on field and woodland birds by Professor S. Trotter from Popular Science Monthly. It notes that different families of birds favor either woods or fields, and that their grouping mirrors the life conditions of their habitats.
A London Tit-Bits quip contrasts Ferg and Chucksley over a long handled queer shaped pen that proves to be a fountain pen still full of ink after a year and a half of use, prompting baffled chatter about language and behavior.
A New York Times remark notes the typewriter backache is gaining status as a common human ills alongside the bicycle stoop. It urges prevention through ergonomic setup, a high chair seat, and a footstool to reduce strain.
Captain White tells how Hiram Bean, once dull, was hurt by a shipyard twisting machine. The accident left him in a fog but later he recovered and thrived, rising from schoolboy to a grocery helper in Hancock. The tale, from Youth’s Companion, compares brains shifting after misfortune.
Edward Eggleston discusses how many early American families trace ancestry to bond servants. He notes the majority of older Americans descended from those sold into bondage to pay passage, often via deceit or kidnapping, with the first habeas corpus excluding such people.
The article explains scissors fabrication from bar steel. Blades are cut from metal with shanks and bows formed, holes punched then expanded, parts filed, rivet bore drilled, handles burnished, and blades tested. After hardening tempering and final assembly the tools are polished for a third time.
In 1889 Mrs K thought of Emma Price of Natchez Mississippi and wrote. Emma replied that she too had thought of Mrs K that same afternoon. The letters crossed in time showing a remarkable mutual coincidence between two women in distant states. Arena.
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