12 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1899
Page
1
In dialogue from the Washington Star a weary conspirator named Meandering Mike proposes using velocity to ride a freight train east to west. Tete and Plodding Pete doubt the plan, noting its one way flaw and the impossibility of moving indefinitely in one direction.
A snippet from a 1819 New York Tribune reprinted in an Albany paper mocks florid prose. The piece imitates grand sunset imagery as the sun crosses the autumnal equinox and evokes winter’s cold ghosts, noting the era’s journalism and its evolve.
John Kendrick Bangs argues in Woman's Home Companion that unclehood is thrust upon men and can harm or repel younger relatives. He calls for colleges to teach a fragment of Unclehood and urges individuals to choose their familial roles, stressing personal responsibility in free societies.
A Worcester Gazette item describes a class where a teacher asked pupils to sing. A boy eagerly suggested a song, but the teacher could not hear him clearly. When prompted, another boy relayed that Johnnie said he wants to sing His Country, Its His of Him.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts a young woman describing a near wreck at Prospect and Case with a horse, buggy, and motor coming together. She stood on the curb, nervously eating chocolate creams, as the horse jumped and the buggy was pushed off the track. The scene ends with a dramatic scream while bystanders watched.
The article describes emery from Naxos, its hard beds in the northeast, and the way blocks are mined with fires and levers for shipment. It notes 20,000,000 tons remaining, 3,950 tons exported last year, and about 300 workers. It also mentions a separate caution against hanging canaries in windows and a method to remove ink stains from paper using chlorinated lime.
An English paper notes a hat blown off a shortsighted Eton master provoking a chase as a hen mimics the scene. It recalls episodic anecdotes from public life, including Caspian floods bringing fish, early Chinese glass instruments, and a Sydney horseshoe tale that ends with a shop window incident and a general melee.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece describes cheap oil paintings made by Italian artists on New York's East Side, sold for around $2 with frames, and notes workers averaging about $2.50 daily. It also recounts a Washington anecdote about Senators Quay Elkins Brice and Watterson discussing fundraising strategies involving a $1,000,000 loan to support both parties.
A Philadelphia Press piece recounts two women traveling with a trunk as large as a house. Protests from husbands and friends fail while the trunk’s weight becomes a comic battle between claim and reality as expressmen struggle to move it through a house, illustrating the mischief of a declared light load.
A London Tit-Bits joke cites a spurious ad offering a cure for drinking smoking loud talking gambling and weight gain promising a money back guarantee. Mrs McPherson, seeking the remedy, receives a reply claiming three years confinement to her majesty's prisons as the cure.
In a dispatch from Uyistlon a chief describes a young doctor in his unit who took three days off. He returned with a prewritten certificate signed by himself claiming the patient Umptara Jones had been under his care for three days, which was rejected by the office.
A brief overheard exchange shows Mrs Meekton accusing a man of mismanaging affairs while onlookers clarify the remark. The remark is labeled as a private aside and then clarified as sounding like mismanagement rather than a direct accusation. The Washington Star provides the dialogue with sharp repartee between Mrs Meekton and Mr Meekton.
A Kansas City Independent item notes a comedic performer described as a fat woman living skeleton and the dog faced boy delivering humor with funny bones in a light entertainment feature.
The article extols a refined social code. It urges adapting to company with a natural, charming style, aiming for authenticity and unaffected ease while valuing attentive listening when others speak. It reflects 19th or early 20th century social etiquette.
An anecdote cites Gladstone’s stare at a dinner, described by Blackwood’s as confirming his eaglelike eyes. A professor’s gaze met Gladstone’s, causing confusion as his eyelids widened in a steady glare and he faltered in argument. The writer then urges visiting the zoo to observe such lids on birds.
A city merchant who bought a ranch for dairy farming seeks dairy knowledge from his pastor. The pastor minimizes dairy science to a joke about cream. A second item explains a classroom science experiment claiming to prove the earth’s rotation by observing movement of powder and water in a bowl.
A method using two thirds boiling water held over a splinter deep in tissue is described to draw it out by steam. The article notes Steaming relieves inflammation and removes the splinter with suction and gentle pressure. It then mentions Glove Silver, a medieval Polish custom of paying servants to buy gloves on a holiday.
In India carpenters object to sharpening tools they never set their saws and grindstones are cut into pieces used for other things. A van travels half a distance at four miles per hour and the other half at six. is return time shorter at five miles per hour as discussed by the Christian Advocate.
The exchange features a male asserting a sexist remark and a sharp female rebuttal during a public discussion in Chicago. The heated dialogue highlights gender tensions and calls for equality in the civic arena.
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