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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1902
Page
4
Poem in New Orleans Times Democrat by Charles C Loomis recalling a carefree summer with Love. The speaker wanders fields, clover, ivy and vines with Love, cherishing togetherness through warm weather, birdsong, and clear skies, dismissing worldly concerns.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat columnist critiqued dining table architecture as restrictive and argued for roomier tables that permit crossing legs during meals. He framed leg crossing as an inalienable right and urged a revolution in table design to improve comfort and posture at the table.
A French scientist reports astonishing endurance in animals akin to dogs and in fox terriers as they trail humans on bicycles or carriages. Wolves and arctic foxes can run fifty to sixty miles in a night, Eskimo harness dogs forty five miles in five hours, and hound breeds reach high speeds, with greyhounds among the swiftest equaling carrier pigeons.
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts George Washington's use of a cream and gilt English coach drawn by six horses on inaugurations and state drives. It notes the 1789 New York inauguration, Federal Hall years, and long urban drives, contrasting 18th century routes with modern Manhattan changes.
The article outlines Volta s discovery that two or more metals are needed for electricity and details the voltaic pile s development and later refinements. It also covers the Gulf Stream discovery by Ponce de Leon and the whalers, with Benjamin Franklin publishing a chart for mail packets, and his suppression of the chart during British colonial tensions.
A physician declares celery a cure for rheumatism and gout. He advises boiling celery in water, consuming the liquid, and serving with milk flour nutmeg toast and potatoes. He claims success in numerous trials and links the disease to acid blood while asserting alkaline blood prevents rheumatism and gout.
A soapmaker and a banker attend a Wagner concert and voice opinions that the programme fails to please. The banker comments that people want to do more than their own work, while the soapmaker notes his soapmaking but desire to be a banker and the banker admits success yet longs to write a book as Wagner is praised for music despite building parlor cars.
The gupti or sword stick from East India includes a chief's form with a crutch shaped hilt used as a cushion of victory when the owner rests on his divan. A second concealed sword variant was made flexible to be worn around the waist like a girdle.
The Behistun rock in Persia, also called the Sacred Rock, rises 1,700 feet with inscriptions in Persian, Babylonian, and Scythic. Carved under Darius I about 500 B.C., the face was smoothed and sealed with silica to preserve text visible after 24 centuries. Translated by James Watson Dawson and Sir Henry Rawlinson, the inscriptions recount eight generations of Darius Hystaspis, empire provinces, and bold exploits, illustrated with figures including Darius with a bow over a prostrate man while nine chained figures stand before him.
On leaving for England due to frail health after long service, a famed general bids farewell to friends. A bishop asks for a memento. he receives the general’s stock of impudence. The bishop thanks him, while his wife remarks she’s glad the legacy arrived so soon.
In Para families sleep in rede canopied beds, often with mosquito netting and sham pillows. Each person may have their own rede, easily moved if needed, with many redes white and washable. Girls in one room swing their redes side by side and chat until fatigue ends the restless pendulum motion.
The text contrasts people who forget everything with those who remember only pleasures and coarse details. It notes memory can miss virtues or dwell on wrongs, while experience aids only some. It highlights large classes of forgetfulness and selective memory among humans.
A tale about Giuseppe Verdi shows a visitor seeing a room filled with barrel organs. The composer explains the devices troubled him with Miserere melodies, and he declares the organs will never annoy him again.
The Eskimos adore theatrical entertainments and famed for mimicry. A skilled performer imitates animals, often a bear, while others chase him. The hunt typically ends with the bear or seal being killed, a ritual woven into their dramatic entertainments.
Mexicans practice frequent handshakes and cheek kissing in daily life. Foreigners adapt, returning to more formal climates where such warmth seems unusual. Greetings occur on entering venues, in street meetings, and even on streetcars, with bear hugs and hats tipped as part of the cordial ritual reported by the Mexican Herald.
General William T. Sherman recounted a Georgia tale at Christmas about a slave owner who accused a mulatto of stealing a fat turkey. The slave saved himself by noting the master had less turkey and more trouble, leading the owner to decide not to whip him.
Rice and wheat at weddings are ancient customs with roots in Roman practice. In England wheat greeted the bride at Bristol in 1486, with “Welcome and good luck.” Rice, used in India, has influenced modern substitutions when wheat is scarce.
A historical how to restore a sprain describes wringing six hot flannels from boiling water, placing them on the injured area under a dry towel, and repeating every six to eight hours. After pain eases, rub in witch hazel extract. A shopper critiques fabrics while a store clerk threads through a fitting sales pitch about crepe de chine for graduating attire.
Nan Newton breaks a tea pot in Phill's Chamber. fine 2s 6d. Slightine Knight and Willie Hetherington fined for pride and ing, not pein. Hegg to church three Sundays, 10s. Pho Birdall at Nuneat all day. Ba Cook dead drunk. Anne Adams punished for wantonness. she fled June 29, loses five sheets and five pillow beers. wife collects £1. From Sir Richard Newdigate diary.
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