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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1888
Page
4
Charles Ellis gives a detailed Chicago Herald account of salt block production. It explains boring to rock, forming a casing, drawing brine, liming to clear iron, settling and heating brine to precipitate gypsum, and the daily cycle of lifting salt through grainers to bins. The piece also portrays workers, heat, and the dramatic chemical changes that yield salt.
A Pittsburg Press excerpt explains how merchants build a social list by consulting a yearly blue book to identify prominent families within 100 miles. Circulars reach people who never dealt with firms, flattering them with attention. Some send jewelry for examination after bank-verified social standing is checked. Prince Bismarck on language learning is noted.
The Globe-Democrat notes essential fevers such as typhus typhoid relapsing and yellow fever are caused by minute vegetable organisms that finish development quickly then perish, making these diseases self limited. Treatment focuses on sustaining strength until recovery occurs as the cause exhausts itself.
A doctor outlines six essentials for a nurse: health, a sound nerve, sharp observation, retentive memory, neat habits, and a calm mind. Training strengthens nerves, while unselfish aid prevents trembling. Organization and punctual prep curb bustle. obedience to the doctor remains vital. Gentle, patient care is nonnegotiable, and no duty is too small. never work on an empty stomach.
The article notes methods from Scotland to the Pacific where oil poured on the sea calms waves to reveal oysters or aids divers. Bermudians, Indians, and Mediterranean divers use oil to smooth surfaces and improve light or visibility under water while fishing or pearl hunting.
A descriptive portrait of Canadian lumber regions detailing rough muscular foresters, the workers’ classes, summer-fishing work, winter shanty life, and spring log drives. Voyageurs are highlighted as leaders, scouts, bosses, and skilled wood workers whose craft earns high regard and who often winter in camps or pursue hunting and trapping journeys with Indians.
An excerpt from London Truth criticizes E V Seebohm for exploiting Mrs Burnett’s Little Lord Fontleroy by using the title and market methods to stage a version he altered beyond the original. The author argues the public view Seebohm’s conduct as shameless and unfair to the author who created the story and hopes to stage it herself.
Dr Thomas J Mays of Philadelphia argues in a paper to the Philadelphia County Medical Society that insufficient expansion of the lungs, especially the apices, drives consumption more than impure air. He cites high altitude benefits, chest expansion, and oxygen use as keys to prevention and treatment, asserting curing depends on mechanical lung expansion rather than air purity.
In the late Tang period Li-tchao and his son Li-ting-Kouei set up an ink manufactory at Chu-tcheon amid fir forests. The son perfected the process and kept it secret, making prized sword and round cake inks. Authentic pieces resist water for a month, proving their genuineness, with three superior qualities and a standard article bearing his name and imperial reward.
The Hemlock Belt covers about fifty miles square across Potter Melxean Cameron Forest and Elk counties. Timber experts say it holds roughly half the timber east of the Rockies, fueling new tanneries near Olean. Lumbermen estimate 15 000 feet of lumber and ten cords per acre, totaling 50 000 000 000 feet of lumber and 10 000 000 cords of bark. Besides hemlock, cherry and other hard woods are found in high quality.
A Saturday Review writer condemns the modern English girl, arguing moral and physical training fail to prevent degeneracy. She says girls seek vanity, charity shows, popularity, or notoriety and aim to be professional beauties, with morals not bad but manners lacking. Mrs M E W Sherwood cites Philadelphia Times.
Kansas City Times reports on Bird Talk Matinees described by The Inter Ocean as new entertainments with lectures and birds on display aimed at young ladies in fine dress. It also details a Central Police Station exhibit where Chief Speers shows greenback fragments from a mutilated $5,000 roll and a slim steel pickpocket knife used to slash pockets.
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