24 Apr 1880
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1880
Page
1
The Detroit Free Press quotes a rhymed description of a malnourished, sickly infant with disease symptoms and pale skin. The playful dialect names a small boy and a rosy nurse, ending with a claim of a family belonging to the speaker.
An engine officer recalls a perilous ride and a love tested by jealousy. A young wife Mary and the child become the light of his life after a near disaster. The tale ends with a man choosing duty and seeking redemption rather than surrender to his former life.
Leadville, a prosperous looking mining town, hides a cat death toll caused by lead dust from mining. Cats die from licking their dust covered fur, leaving Leadville depopulated of felines as a grim hidden consequence of the city’s wealth and industry.
The article describes a six to one proportion between the body and feet, a tenth face, a seventh chest to forehead, and a method dividing the hairline to chin for brow and nostril placement. It notes Greek statues followed this standard, with extended arms matching foot-to-head height.
The bill to reorganize the State Board of Health passed both houses. It creates a Secretary three other medical men a Sanitary Engineer and retains the Attorney General and Baltimore City Health Commissioner as members. Likely the Sanitary Engineer will be Mr Archer of Howard County. The board gains extra powers and an epidemic fund of £10000. A Loot in a humorous anecdote notes a countryman ashamed to face a physician.
A city youth asks a modest countryman about a Lay seed in hair and relates that it did not flee from the way the calyea run after him. The fragmentary dialogue hints at rural speech and a humorous exchange with regional phrasing.
The piece ranks New York wealth led by Astor and Vanderbilt, notes English wealth and Rothschild ties, and calls out Jay Gould and Edward N. Green as major fortunes. It also cites Frankfurt am Main as a vast banking hub with Rothschild influence. A contrasting editorial view of spring as a cosmic error ends with a rebuke to poets.
A satirical treatise arguing Spring is a chaos leftover or a manufactured defect that never finishes, causing annual misery. The piece personifies Spring as a misbehaving ancient child, whose perpetual mischief provokes irritation, digestive disruption, and widespread dislike among the populace.
A fragmentary editorial voice contemplates whether Ulysses should run or refrain from seeking power amid party strife. The piece blends imagined rhetoric on term limits with fear of Democratic taunts, scandal, and German influence, and notes Baltimore streetcar fare debates and local foibles.
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