19 Apr 1890
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1890
Page
1
Poem contrasts twin villages across the river with starry nights, idle halls, and longings of the weary for a lost home, featuring Rose Terry Coola. The text shifts to a feature on veneer making and a discussion of New York Times notes on funerals in the White House and curious London names, plus an odd funeral tale from a Minneapolis paper.
A piece contrasts dwindling church attendance with sustained Protestant worship aims. It notes churches risk becoming entertainment venues and cites Roman Catholics drawing crowds through worship, urging a return to reverent practice. Once a Week.
In 1679 Danish forces attacked Tlambure. after a long struggle they withdrew. The Tlamburgers minted a commemorative coin with the inscription on one side noting the Denmark expedition and its outcome. the reverse side was blank, a curiosity remembered by Youth's Companion.
The Astor family owns a premier sevies dinner set in New York. It comprises 206 pieces, bought by John Jacob Astor at $5,000 and now valued by connoisseurs at about $95,000. The decoration is anil with a turquoise border edged in gold, noted as very effective.
A New York Tribune summary notes that Japan now has 475 newspapers, with 16 published daily. Every government officer must subscribe to Kwampo, the official organ. In 1896 the 403 newspapers covered political, military, scientific, trade, governmental, court, religious, medical, and literary topics.
The Electrical Engineer describes a triturator for grinding drugs powered by an electric motor. Mortars rotate by the motor and a heavy porcelain pestle hangs inside, grinding materials by friction as the pestle turns against the mortar interior.
A weather prophet from a New York Weekly cartoon caption where a sea captain's panicking orders reveal an impending gale. The exchange mocks a seasoned meteorologist who can predict storms by sailors’ behavior and the captain’s frenzied signaling.
A Boston Herald summary notes that healthy children are rare in public schools with most having defects. Germans and Bohemians stand out for health, Irish parents follow. Observations link dress, recess, and long recitations to physical and facial development, citing Willard on fashion’s impact. Common defects include posture, spine, and abdominal weakness. boys’ and girls’ bodies show uneven development, with exercise suggested to improve endurance and alignment.
In France there are 877 employers, 891 workers and 507 farmer associations. Workingmen groups have shifted to mutual benefit societies, while agricultural bodies aim at cooperation and technicalism. The Fontainebleau Farmers' association runs a slaughter house where members’ cattle are killed at low prices, illustrating practical co-op devices that challenge the view of French peasants as passive.
A Sunday morning accident drew a group of Browns together in Dawson. LB 1E Brown greeted three men named Brown, then Dav Brown introduced more Browns including Will Brown. Medgar and Charlie Brown approached as the largest family tie appeared, with Peter Brown nearby as a distant bystander.
The Detroit News describes an Amazon valley city near Para as a growing administrative hub. It notes 40,060 miles of navigable water routes, new rubber farms, magistrates empowered for local governance, and a metropolis of about 50,000 inhabitants with significant commercial activity under the equator.
Miss Clara requests ground pine from Patrick after opening a package. Patrick reveals the florist sent sawdust instead, noting the shopkeeper said it was all the ground pine available.
A fragment includes Riley verse about evening shadows and memory, then ad copy noting Strad violin myths. It claims Berlin factory origins for Strads, selling ordinary violins for low prices and high end models like Magini, Guarnerius, Caspar da Saton with prices from 17s to 18s 6d, in a London gossip style column.
In the third year of the revolution Britain proposed peace with colonial privileges if the costs of the war were repaid. Franklin likened it to a London incident. A Frenchman heated a poker and threatened a man with a joke about inches before being pressed to pay for heating.
In Christian art saints are depicted with symbols: Matthews with an angel dictating the Gospel, Mark with a winged animal, Luke with an ox, John writing or bearing a chalice with a serpent, Paul with a sword and open book, Peter with a book, James with a sword, Andrew with a cross, Philip with a cross or loaves, Jude with a club or carpenter’s square, Thomas with a builder’s square, Bartholomew with a knife, and Simon with a sword.
The Washington Star argues that George Washington's life and achievements refute claims of a lacking mind. It credits him with conceiving the supreme court as a co ordinate branch of government and foreshadowing western destiny despite pressures over the Mississippi. His common sense is described as genius.
Dr Lucien Howe notes blindness rose in New York state over five years at thirteen times the population growth. State charities commissioners report the insane increase over nine years exceeds four percent. The figures alarm given advances in eye and brain treatments in recent years.
A massive rocking stone on the slope of Tundil hill in southern Buenos Ayres Province measures 90 ft long, 18 ft wide, 24 ft high with a bulk near 5 000 cubic ft and a weight about 25 tons yet can be rocked by a single person in southeast winds. The pyramidal mass sways on a tree like foundation.
A Morat chameleon flower has been discovered on a tree the size of a guava tree at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The bloom shifts color from white in morning to red at noon to blue at night and emits perfume only at noon.
The wife of W. E. Curtis of Washington owns a bizarre necklace formed from human eyes taken from Peruvian mummies. The eyes were polished and set to create the eerie ornament reported by the Chicago Herald.
A New York Sun account tells of Ah Jim living at 16 Mott Street who ate portions of a roast pig placed for the Joss idol. The shrine’s aliment disappeared weekly, prompting the mayor and a single Chinese constable to investigate. They found Ah Jim asleep under the sacrificial table with the remainder of the pig. He resisted capture and was arrested.
A notorious Five Points ward politician’s daughter, once censured for social ties to rough crowds, debuts as an actress. She later appears in a Broadway Shakespearian comedy, delivering dainty, refined performance that critics call ideal gentility. Miss Lookabout’s New York Letter in Boston Herald.
The Italian astronomer Schiaparelli reinterprets Mercury’s rotation showing the planet keeps the same face to the sun as it orbits. He refutes earlier twenty four hour rotation estimates and concludes Mercury completes one rotation every eighty eight days, always presenting the same face to the sun. In New York a wooden pipe from the Black Forest captivates crowds in a Broadway office, carved with hunting scenes and lifelike figures.
Fletcher Wright, resident near Dawson, has carried a bullet in his head for over a quarter century from a Virginia battle. The Minie ball shifts position, causing unease and a rattling memory during field work. Washington university plans and land purchase near Oakview under Bishop Hurst aim to establish a national university with options exercised on property.
A New York Dispatch yarn recalls a 19th century Great Lakes voyage. A mate named Mike Lana gan falls from a doomed steamer Roustabout, knocked unconscious, saved by Jim King who throws a life preserver like a large quoit to land on Mike. Jim wins a $20 bet, captain pays, Mike spends the money in Detroit.
Yesterday morning at Cottage Grove school on Thirty-fifth Grove avenue near Cottage Just the bell rang as gongs announced a fire alarm. Fire engine and marshal’s wagon rushed by. students ran. It was a false alarm. pupils returned to class and resumed recess with little discipline. The incident involved a boastful student named Jerry Quinn and others reacting to the drill.
A tale from the North Saskatchewan journey during deep winter recounts a march to Prince Albert. Amid the cold, travelers transport forage and beefsteaks mistaken as tent pegs. A servant spots a suspicious rattling sack as they proceed through the frozen wilderness.
A historical excerpt recounts a dinner where the narrator nearly tasted human flesh shared by natives who assisted in building a house. A native’s elbow nudge and whispered warning halted the human flesh plate, noting cannibalism had occurred elsewhere and expressing grim amusement at the past.
Garden and Forest editor Count Gleichen reports on New York impressions from London. He notes few southern growers cultivate fruit trees beyond ornaments and urges systematic planting and proper care to boost yields and profits. He also observes London copying cab drivers’ habit of blanketing horses in cold weather.
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