19 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1899
Page
1
A rustic poem depicts a poor family facing hardship as a stay at home mother Nan and the children cope with money scarcity. The narrator laments rising costs of books pencils and ink while Nan reads, writes, and sketches on the floor, loving her family and finding contentment despite poverty.
In a Chicago Times-Herald vignette, Alamima berates herself for sobbing at her wedding as Alicia Saint Chaire and George wed. The distressed mother explains she grieved not for loss but because she would now be B George’s mother-in-law, prompting dialogue on affection and duty.
A compact shop notice touts rock bottom prices on a wide range of goods including men and ladies underwear as a specialty. It notes a greatly expanded stock of notions and a good line of porch rockers and hammocks for sale.
C Percy Dunning is listed as a constable and collector for Denton in March Feland records. The entry names Dunning and the roles held within the Denton jurisdiction.
A Western woman recalls a Washington hostess, a refined young woman praised for European poise. The icon resists leaving a reception, declaring she will go downstairs for more feed, embodying a clash between American and European cultural ideals in high society.
The Brashear shop in Baltimore faced a challenge to make a glass straight edge 36 inches long with extreme accuracy. The instrument maker said no perfect edge exists but a limit of error a fraction of a wavelength of light could be approached, costing about $10,000 for the 36 inch item. The customer needed it for a scraper, where a 1/64 inch error would be imperceptible.
A department store's morgue or lost and found section handles items from shoppers. A floor walker recalls dogs, cats, canaries and even babies recovered there. The keeper notes loss spikes during bargain hunts and that most items are claimed within a month.
A simple fountain pen idea uses two matching steel pens in a shared holder with ink between them. The inner pen becomes the writing nib while the outer one holds the ink supply and can write several pages after dipping. If ink flow is slow, bring the points closer with a thread or small rubber band.
When ink is spilled begin by blotting with a damp cloth to remove excess liquid. Next, sponge the stain with milk using a clean rag each time. To cut grease from the milk residue, apply a little benzine or ammonia with a fresh cloth.
A public school scene has a teacher fainting and falling. Amid confusion a small boy Peter maintains composure, stands on a bench, and asks to run home to tell his father, who makes coffins, to come. The incident highlights quick public concern.
Balzac promised Lirieux a five act drama The Springs of Quinola He reads four acts because the final act is unwritten Balzac explains he has the fifth act and two alternate endings clearly in his head The manager is enthusiastic but puzzled by the missing final page details.
A village churchyard tombstone at Bickenhill Warwickshire cites age 70S as the deceased, dated 1701, and a Conquest preface and Queen Anne era. At Chave Priory Worcestershire a rude forefather age JUD appears. engraver’s habit misleads readers with 70 plus 8 or 30 plus 9 readings.
A fragment from a Dublin surgeon Dr Colles who died in 1813 notes candid fees in his account book. Entries include charges for deafness advice one guinea drawing a tooth stump one guinea and a quip about being underpaid also one guinea.
The passage notes that Japanese dentists perform all operations in tooth drawing using the thumb and forefinger of one hand. It says the skill is learned after long practice and enables the operator to extract about six teeth in roughly ten seconds without removing fingers from the patient’s mouth.
A brief humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune about a husband who goes out often and a wife who notes they always have seats beside the central aisle, implying it never disturbs others.
A special agent will observe cereals in the west and investigate grain imports from Russia and Siberia. The goal is to introduce hard wheats in New Mexico and Arizona suitable for macaroni production matching genuine Italian macaroni.
Carrara marble, famed worldwide, draws visitors along the Rome to Genoa route but few stop to see its surface quarries. Workers endure dangerous, poorly paid labor with no modern machinery as trains haul massive blocks amid choking dust and a tradition stretching back to Roman times.
A chaperone at a youth summer tour to Europe unexpectedly connects a painting to a missing aunt, leading a daughter to trace lineage and reunite with her father in Liverpool. The tale intertwines accidental recognition, a dead relative, and a long‑lost family link.
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