01 Aug 1908
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
1
A brief notice promotes a work titled The Taking of Lorena by Anne Heilman from Associated Literary Press. The item references copyright and authorship, suggesting a literary release or feature in a periodical.
In a northern valley Floyd Jordan returns to Lorena Farrell after a quarrel, amid a looming blizzard. Lorena chases him through wind and snow, nearly loses her life to a wolf, then Floyd shoots the predator. He vows to build a cabin on his claim as they head home through lifting winds.
The article traces Billingsgate's decline from an open landing and storage area for fish and groceries under Queen Elizabeth to later eras. It notes Stow's fuller inventories of goods once sold there, the shift in Willam III’s time to a free market for all fish, and how the market’s reputation influenced literature such as Pope's remark on Billingsgate.
The article notes that much church plate was hidden across England during the dissolution of the monasteries. In Worcestershire two legends endure: silver bells buried by Abbot Lichfield in a passage between Cresham Abbey and a riverside house, and another tale of bells buried at Abbots Morton near Evesham.
In Pizzo Calabria, Braccala awoke from a dream of his 20 year old son being attacked by two men. While discussing the dream, a commotion occurred outside. Mme Braccala opened the door to find her son in her arms, having been stabbed and dying shortly after.
Local note from Lotieville Courter Journal depicts a scene with a man seeking work and a street vendor advising him to buy a newspaper. The exchange highlights economic hardship and a callous casualness in street creatures toward poverty.
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