Just Opened at Dunnock's Store in Denton
Mr Dunnock invites Denton residents to inspect his new stock of dry goods notions white goods boots shoes and more at very low prices. Full line of dress goods cashmeres and silks samples available with delivery by steamship after order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunnock
Denton
Vicinity
N. B
WM. E. Dunnock
Iias
Dadea
W. Tr. Tunis & Bro
Monarch
Union Soluble
Lam
Washington correspondents and the news business in flux
A study of the Washington press scene describes how major papers rely on correspondents who feed many outlets with telegraphic material. It notes pay scales, the temptations to farm out stories, and the relative ease and high income of the field, with comparisons among papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Sun
Ierald
Tribune and Times
Boston Traveler
Cincinnati Enquirer
Baltimore Sun
Philadelphia Press
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Boston Trevald
Chicago ‘Tribune
St.ds
United States
Max
Chicago News
Washington correspondents and the perils of newHo
A veteran observer details the harsh realities for new Western reporters in Washington. He notes many lack practical training, rely on reprint copy from New York and other papers, and fearlessly trade material within cliques while boasting of connections.
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Washington
Himm
America
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Wild West
Chicago
Cincinnati
Associated Press
Signers of the Declaration of Independence by birthplaces
The article recounts the fifty six signers with origins across states and nations. Massachusetts led with ten natives, Virginia nine, Pennsylvania five, Maryland five, Connecticut four, New Jersey four, South Carolina four, New York three, Delaware two, Rhode Island one. Foreign-born signers included Ireland three and Scotland two. The text notes ages, lifespans, and notable descendants, including Adams and Jefferson’s death on the fiftieth anniversary and Carrollton’s Charles Carroll dying in 1832, with many descendants rising to national prominence.
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Massachusetts
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
New Jersey
South Carolina
New York
Delaware
Rhode Island
Ireland
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
James Smith
George Taylor
Scotland
James Wilson
John Witherspoon
Princeton College
England
Wales
Quy
Boston
North Colony
Lyman Stall
Georgia
John Nancock
Samuel Chase
William Williams
Benjamin Rush
George Clymer
Elbridge Gerry
Robert Treat Paine
Thomas McKeon
Willian Ellery
W. Ir. Channing
William Floyd
Adams
Jefferson
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
U.S. Senate
Lord Coleridge to Wed American Heiress in Society Stir
London society buzzes as Lord Chief Justice Coleridge plans to marry an American lady he met on a return voyage three years ago. Reports say he sought release from the engagement but faced a breach of promise threat. Society eyes the impending match with keen interest.
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Lord Coleridge
London
Coleridge
United States
Genius and repetition in classic and modern voices
A meditation on originality and the reuse of ideas across speakers from Solomon to Webster and Lincoln. The author notes how all writers reinvent familiar thoughts, citing political orations and literary influences, then shifts to a New Hampshire youth asking whether law or medicine requires more study and why hard work matters for lasting success.
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Solomon
Cleveland
Clay
Lexington
Jackson
John Adams
Henry
New England
Adams
Adam
Lincoln
Webster
National Capitol
Byron
Scott
Shakespeare
Milton
Virgil
Liomer
Demosthenes
Pericles
Chatham
Barrow
Burke
Cicero
Ienry
Davies
Waddell
Yankees
New Hampshire
New York Sun
Surviving Civil War Generals Face Each Other Again
Philadelphia Times notes only two great Civil War commanders living who faced each other in major battles are Gen. Winfield Scott Sherman and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. It recalls Grant Lee Meade and other fallen leaders, with Johnston and Beauregard as the last surviving Confederate field commanders.
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Gen. Win
T. Sherman
Joseph i. Johnston
Grant
Lee
Joseph
Sidney Johnston
Beaurezard
Buckner
Bragg
Pemberton
Joseph II. Johnston
Beauregard
Meade
Gettysburg
City of the Silent
Thomas
Naad
Nashville
Sherman
Johnston
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Army of the Potomac
Gen. McClellan
Scott
McDowell
Burnside
Looker
Longstreet
Jackson
Will
Towell
Stuart
Army of
Virginia
Arlington
Wg.t. Beauregard
Philadelphia Times
Severe heat and drought across Europe through centuries
The record lists extreme heat and drought events from 1303 to 1793 across France and Bologna. It notes rivers drying in 1303 and 130!, heat like glass furnace in 1705, sun cooked meat, closed theatres in 1718, six months without rain, 1773 118 degree heat, 1779 Bologna heat causing many to seek air underground, and 1793 heat turning vegetables and fruit, cracking wood, and sparking fires as a remedy.
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Rhine
Loire
Seine
Bologna
Time, If Thou Could Make Time Stand Still for Mother
Poem laments time's passing as mother cherishes her growing sons. She imagines the day the children fly the nest and the home becomes quiet and neat. Despite clutter and fatigue, she resolves to treasure each happy day and hopes her boys remember a loving, joyful home.
Grants Final Public Appearance At Ocean Grove Meeting
General Grant’s believed last public appearance occurred at Ocean Grove New Jersey in August during a chaplains’ meeting of Northern and Southern armies. Rev A J Palmer welcomed the gathering and Grant, leaning on a crutch, spoke briefly tears forming as he expressed gratitude for the chaplains’ welfare work.
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Wall Street
Grant
General Grant
Ife
Long Branch
Farmer laments hiring help in amusing rural tale
An old farmer recalls a string of hired hands who proved unsuitable for farm labor. One rigged an umbrella to shade the plow, another dressed for town and refused family meals, a third demanded a planner and shaved daily, and a fourth wanted stained glass in a bedroom and a parlor hog pen, ending with a poetry-writing escape to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inbor
Ife
Winder
A Tallow Tree From China Is Described In Detail
The article explains the native Chinese tree from Chusan and outlines how oil and tallow are extracted from its fruit. Twigs with fruit are cut, wood stripped, and the box is placed in a kettle with boiling water. Steam softens seeds to release tallow while domestic pursuits are humorously noted.
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China
Chusan
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Light Street Wharf
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Thos. S. Kinnamon
Goldsborough, MD
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Purear W. Downes
Downes & Mutchler
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Denton, Mid
Caroline
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Dunton, Maryland
Grance T
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Eos
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Hobbs
Denton, MD
George VM. Russum
Henry T. Lewis
Russum & Lewis
Drenton, Mp
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
LD W. Tilgiman
Aston, Mp
E. Inwin & Son
Maupin’s University School
Ellicott City
Chapman Marvin
M. A
Oswald Tilgiman
Euston
van Ausdaldl & Dowden, Poor's
Wilmington
ATES
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Alfred
Tay
ATEN
J. 5. Johnson & CO
South St
Urs
Baltimore Twine and Net CO
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Lymn
Lynn
Texas
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