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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1902
Page
4
A brief masthead noting Melvin Steele and Johnson as editors and proprietors for the Saturday morning edition dated April 12, 1902. It identifies the newspaper’s leadership and publication day without additional article content.
Experiments by the department of agriculture compare graham whole wheat and patent roller flours. Findings show patent flour yields the most digestible protein per digestion, despite lower total protein due to finer grinding. Graham and whole wheat pass more unaltered through the body because bran and germ resist digestion. Blending hard and soft wheats offers the best breadmaking balance.
Description of the Demologos the first steam warship with details from Fulton and Madison. Launch in New York Oct 29 1814. Construction notes include two keels canal cannons and protection. She blew up near Brooklyn Navy Yard June 4 1829 with 25 killed. Also a Midland assizes judge jokes about kleptomania and justice.
In a curious note, a description of chameleons creeping upward along window frames and panes shows their patient persistence as they search for grasping points on woodwork. The passage ends with an abrupt label newspaper PERHAGHIY suggesting a garbled source.
A proclamation on age and mindset argues that aging is a result of thought. It cites Oliver Wendell Holmes at Harvard as an exemplar of sustained youthfulness and vitality. The piece claims beliefs shape the body and that a buoyant spirit can keep one lively and influential.
A correspondent notes experiments showing the greyhound as the fastest four footed creature. At full gallop it reaches about twenty yards per second, roughly a mile in less than 1 minute 28 seconds, rivaling carrier pigeons. Foxhounds run four miles in six and a half minutes, wolves a mile in three minutes, Siberian dogs forty five miles on ice in five hours.
A compact reminiscence contrasts 18th century fashion in new hats described by Stubbs with velvet and beaver trends among gilded youth. It then shifts to a Revolutionary War tale of Count Pulaski, famed for horsemanship and swordplay, reportedly firing and catching a pistol in full gallop and repositioning to restore line.
A French medical journal reports nurses at Sunday balls in Paris routinely leave infants in the cloakroom. Each baby receives a numbered counter ticket and the same number is pinned to the child's frock. After the event the nurse reclaims the infant claiming a long walk in place of care.
A humorous reply to a London Times ad for a classics teacher claims to teach Homer and Virgil only up to Hammersmith Turnham Green or Brentford, noting friends in London and uncertainty on distance. The letter playfully moderates the teaching scope and location constraints.
Parisians show deep homage before burial as a funeral march moves through the city. Men uncover their heads and women cross themselves while the hearse passes. Even drivers and maids in service observe the solemn custom established for the departed.
A NY Times report quotes a drugstore man on soap buying habits. He says women dominate purchases, choosing by ornate packaging and perfume, not purity or ingredients, while men typically ask about composition and purity before buying.
Two idle men on Stockholm’s quays hatched a plan to steal from a spirit vault by filling a keg with water, passing it off as brandy from a captain’s account. After the clerk demanded payment, they admitted the joke and emptied half the keg to flee with their ruse.
A tale about the French poet Saint Foix known for debt pays a barber shop visit where a creditor interrupts. The poet asks to wait for repayment until shaving is finished, the barber witnesses the agreement, and Saint Foix leaves with a towel in hand and a beard for life.
The article notes coffee’s rise in Christendom from 1600 and Venice arrival by 1615, with Burton mentioning it in 1621 as a valued, unseen commodity and Crispe opening London’s first coffee house in 1652. It then describes Persia’s harsh three-step punishment for theft and ends with a wry Baltimore American remark about a red rooster decor on a young man.
The truffle is described as a rootless underground fungus found in France. It lacks roots stems leaves flowers or seeds and is discovered with help from swine attracted by its strong odor. Dogs are trained to search for it.
A mishmash of 19th century observations describes Chinese music from New Year crowds to mandarin banquets and street hawkers. It notes instruments from gongs to fiddles and the ritual use of music for exorcism and announcements, with a Cantonese beggar relief law and a tangential tale of marriage compliments and money.
The article lists the national home for disabled volunteer soldiers with branches in Dayton Milwaukee Togus Hampton Leavenworth Santa Monica Marion and Danville and notes state homes in California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Vermont Washington and Wyoming. It states that disability preventing earnings is a common admission rule and that a veteran receiving more than $16 monthly pension is ineligible under normal conditions with variations elsewhere.
A New England housekeeper’s neatness is praised, but a New York report of dialogue reveals a darker undertone. Martha answers Josiah’s question about the sink as he contemplates waiting until morning for a drink.
A mixed dish note describes scalded onions baked in white sauce with crumbs and butter. The piece also recounts a traveler’s misadventure learning Chinese and a brief look at soldier death rates in peaceful times versus military danger.
In Caroline county all persons and bodies corporate or politic exercising or pursuing any business, or occupying any house or place for any purpose requiring a license by Maryland law, are warned to obtain or renew the license before the specified deadline.
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