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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1890
Page
1
Gallery of Clouds: A Poetic Vision of Heaven
The speaker longs for the world’s beauty as night departs. He cherishes matchless skies and mountain clouds, fearing loss but hoping to glimpse them again in an eternal gallery beyond earthly bounds.
Juvenile Attendant Cavaliers and Modern Social Roles
A survey of the fashionable use of juvenile attendants in New York society, detailing their duties from aiding with cloaks and opera glasses to guiding chaperoned outings, shopping, meals, and carriage finds, and the social perks and reputation they gain as symbols of luxury and status. Also includes sketches of two women composing telegrams at Willard's and a toadlike hotel wakeup tale.
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New York
Fourteenth street
Willard’s
Willard's
Western Union
Carrie
Washington Critic
Sharks Eat Heat-Seared Prisoner in Water Trial
A large brick heated red in the galley tire was wrapped in asbestos and pork, tossed overboard to be consumed by sharks. The shark swam in pain before dying after intense distress, while fellow sharks devoured him, witnessed by sailors. Quote from Thomas W. Knox.
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Thomas W. Knox
Naming kittens a lesson in responsibility and wit
A little girl, instructed in the Episcopal prayer book, receives three kittens from her cat. She and her mother choose names after reflection, deciding on Battle Murder and Sudden Death, a playful yet sober nod to the seriousness of naming pets.
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mamma
Buffalo Commercial
Population doubles in Europe since 1800
Since 1800 Europe’s population has doubled from about 175 million to around 350 million, a growth of roughly 175 million people over two centuries. The figure reflects demography shifts, with ongoing debates about birth rates, mortality, and migration shaping the continent.
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Europe
Spoiled Children Quip From Harper's Bazar Fragment
A fragment from Harper's Bazar jokes about spoiled children with a pun on freshness. The line reflects lighthearted, period voice humor and casual editorial wit.
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Harper’s Bazar
The Quads and the Com Types Aboard a Case
A lively exchange aboard the case and types in the Lawrence American recounts quarrels and insults among printing tools. The quad resists, arguing he has come a long way, while various components exchange jests and threats before the compositor restores order.
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quad
Lawrence American
Unfortunate Marston A Noted Man of Letters
The late Westland Marston, once praised for superior poetry and prose, endured a life of misfortune. Despite great gifts, he never earned a comfortable living and faced repeated bereavements, burying his wife, children, grandchildren, and son-in-law, ending as the solitary last of his line. The Pittsburg Bulletin notes he bore his afflictions with patience and found death a happy relief.
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Marston
Westland Marston
England
Pittsburg Bulletin
Clothes That Made a Man of 17 in New York
A wealthy New York businessman recalls a December morning near Sixth Avenue when his shabby clothes drew a stranger’s kindness. An older man offered help, leading to a successful career. the tale ends with a reflection on poverty to prosperity and gratitude.
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Sixth avenue
New York Times
Gasolius for Beltway Cars in Early Iowa Tests
The Chicago, Burlington and Quin cy road trials gasoline lighting for cars. A circular tank with cotton waste saturated with gasoline feeds lamp generators via funnel openings facing the front. Car speed drives air and vapor to the generators, producing brilliant light. Question if Iowa law permits gasoline illumination under inspection rules.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Iowa
New Orleans
Picayune
Wow Wallstones Formed In High Altitude Storm Process
The San Francisco Chronicle describes hail formation as rising air catching falling drops, which are cooled by cold clouds and acquire successive coats of water and ice. The stones grow large as they are buoyed up and down before finally tumbling to earth with their peers.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Biblical Weights and Measures Summary
The Scranton Truth lists ancient and biblical units with approximate modern values. It converts measures like shekel and talent into gold and silver prices, and provides lengths and capacities such as cubit about 22 inches and an ephah containing 7 gallons 5 pints.
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Ezekiel
bath
Scranton
The Sailor and the City Storm Tale and Royals
A composite snippet from an old paper includes a sea ballad verse about Barzey Bontline and Billy Bowline weathering a hurricane, a sketch of the Prince of Naples as a stoic future king, and a sensational tale of Christian Henry Heinecken, a prodigious child from Lübeck who mastered languages and history before age four, ending with his death in infancy.
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Barzey Bontline
Billy Bowline
Prince
Naples
Italy
Von Moltke
Chicago Herald
Lubeck
Germany
Christian Henry Heinecken
littl Henry
ning
Denmark
St. Louis Republic
How to Stop Bleeding from Mouth and Nose
Practical guidance for stopping bleeding from cuts and dental extractions using chalk plugs and turpentine, with steps to apply, change, and keep in place overnight. Nosebleed remedies include cold water dashes, neck muscle contraction, alum inhalation, and cautions against self plugging to avoid swallowing blood per the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Rules for Old Age as Dr Richardson Stated
Publication of Dr Richardson’s advice on aging outlines nine core guidelines. Emphasizing light nutritious meals centered on milk, four daily meals, warm yet light clothing, regular moderate exercise and cheerful minds, active world engagement, adequate sleep with a 60 degree bedroom in cold weather, and avoidance of passion and luxury. The Herald of Health notes not endorsement.
Family ties blur lines of hereditary offices in early America
The Brunswick Telegraph notes a rare hereditary thread in public roles via Susan Curtis a 97 year old widow of a Revolutionary soldier living in Topsham. She was married three times first to Caleb Curtis. ceremonies linked to John Merrill Abel Merrill and Octavius Merrill preceding Mos Curtis.
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runswick
Susan Curtis
Topsham
Telegraph
Curtis
Octavius Merrill
John Merrill
Mos Curtis
Restore a Faluting Person With Level Head and Brief Ammonia Aid
The guidance advises not raising the head during resuscitation. Level or lower head aids blood circulation and consciousness. Ammonia may help if applied to the nostrils but should not be overused, nor forceful swallowing before breathing.
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Lena Rivers
Peruvians’ Ancient Craft and Warfare Revealed
The Peruvians achieved high architectural art with bas relief temples at Lake Titicaca and skill in stone work. They used slings, war clubs, and javelins, and mined copper. Bronze farming tools, gold and silver smithing, pottery, and weaving were common. Tombs are well preserved due to beliefs about immortality and complete body preservation.
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Lake Titicaca
Pert
Shiladelphia Ledger
Belief in Snake Charming Debunked by Handled Scorpions
A Youth's Companion note recalls Arthur Adams description of taming venomous creatures by removing the sting tip and centipede jaws poison hooks with scissors. The method leaves the creatures harmless to roam on hands and face, debunking supernatural powers.
Howells on preserving ideal form of publications
W D Howells argues in Harper's that no book should be restricted by size or chosen for libraries over minds. He criticizes commercial interests delaying literature and suggests fiction poetry travel and history could be offered first in their ideal publication shape.
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W. D. Howells
Tarper
Ribbon fashion replaces sleeve links in Paris trend
The Philadelphia Times notes a Paris fashion shift using a narrow ribbon tied in a bow through cuff button holes instead of traditional sleeve links. The piece speculates the style began from a charming gesture by Alphonse giving sleeve links to a woman who then tied a ribbon, creating a new cuff decor in a playful, non feminine way.
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Paris
Alphonse
Therese
Elise
Marie
Philadelphia Times
Value of Kangaroo Skins Triggers Leather Trade Change
The article notes that up to 1869 kangaroos in Australia were killed for meat and hides cut into shoestrings. An Englishman named Brown brought thousands of skins to the U.K. where initial buyers shied away. A bookbinder used the hides to make ledger corners, proving the leather's quality and drawing attention from large leather factories.
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Australia
Brown
Safety of Dugouts and the Cyclone Claim
A Forum writer argues a poor man fares better in a crowded city tenement than in a western dugout exposed to cyclones. Mr Quartersection from Kansas counters that wells, cisterns and dugouts are cyclone resistant, and jokes that a dugout is merely a hole in the ground.
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De Science
New York
Quartersection
Kansas
Left Handed Work Brought Into School and Home Training
The article argues for equal left and right handed training for youths to become efficient workers. It cites Roman sword drills and practical tasks such as hoe spade rake pitch fork ax saw and hammer use. It suggests two workers can cooperate better if each uses different hands and that home schooling should emphasize varied handling early in childhood from Youths Companion.
Remarkable West Ninth Street reception features porcelain portraits
Peter Maric hosted a Thursday Evening club event at his old fashioned West Ninth Street residence. The star attraction was porcelain portraits of thirteen club women arranged on ivy backed walls around a four leaf clover centerpiece. Light swans down enhanced the display praised as well conceived and striking by the New York World.
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Peter Maric
West Nineteenth street
New York World
Six Cord Cotton and a Stingy Prairie Squire
A passage explains six cord spool cotton needing finer yarn to match three cord, with No 60 six cord from six strands of No 120 yarn, followed by a vivid anecdote about Squire Springer in Great Forks Prairie known for extreme thrift. The tale contrasts Kansas generosity with his penny pinching.
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St. Louis Republic
Squire Springer
Great Forks Prairie
Kansas
Higgins
Why Barons Become Walter in America
The Philadelphia Times notes that titled foreigners who lose money drift to this country often as waiters. Lacking trades or unwilling to work, they find hotel or club work attractive for meals, possibility to sleep where they work, and contact with congenial people. Conversation with diners can lead to social talk and connections with European families.
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Walter
Europe
Philadelphia Times
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