27 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1887
Page
1
Clara Morris recounts feeding horses sugar and winning a small, moving memory from a cab horse she once sheltered. She recalls a New York cab incident where a neglected horse nearly collided with her, triggering tears and a poignant moment of connection amid a bustling city scene.
On Mount Whitney, at 14,000 feet above sea level in California, a solitary bell shaped flower named Jacob's ladder grows amid snow and ice. Its gaudy red, purple and blue colors, jasmine-like fragrance, and isolation are noted by the Eureka Sentinel.
A Popular Science Monthly excerpt debunks the belief that ordinary pond water teems with millions of animalcula. It notes pond water holds few microscopic animals, not a swarm, and asserts rain and pure waters are free of life except accidental introductions.
A Globe-Democrat dentist cautions singers and opera professionals about wooden toothpicks. He cites gum tearing, enamel damage, throat irritation, and coughing from slivers, noting performers in restaurants and hotels chew them despite risks.
A reporter asks the cost of keeping a yacht. Expenses start at about 500 dollars monthly for running, plus 100 for a captain, 50 for a first mate, 40 for a second mate, 35 for a boatswain, 60 for six seamen, 40 for a cook, and 25 for incidentals. Repairs, provisions, towing, and entertaining add more, making the total comparable to maintaining a racing stable.
Generals Harney and Twiggs, both elderly and residing in St Louis, tested who had better eyesight in San Antonio Texas by reading small print with shifting spectacles. Twiggs objected to “tromboning” as Harney adjusted focus, a humorous episode noted in Texas Sittings.
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