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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1892
Page
1
A nostalgic verse flood celebrates the liberty banner and the bell tolling across lands, praising democracy. It envisions the bell’s sound stirring nations, marking freedom as a universal birthright and honoring heroic courage in history.
Genie endures heartbreak after her friend Cora entangles William Ritchie with flirtations and a noble deceit. William returns, reveals Cora’s elopement and Genie’s remorse, leading to an elopement. they marry and find happiness as a quiet couple at the fort.
James Payn jokes about a parade of advertising men in Piccadilly bearing ads for a variety of goods from tea to trousers. The foreheads proclaim spaces to be let on sixty men, implying pay based on superficial area and promising ample, growing income for obese workers.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes Seleucus Nicator, king of Syria, drove a four in hand of tame tigers. It also mentions the Nabob of Oudo and his pet she tiger, trained to mount an elephant without using claws on journeys.
The piece voices support for Grover Cleveland and reform, urging unity among workers to demand fair elections and oppose trusts. It condemns taxation that harms the poor, wartime debts, and aristocratic privilege, calling for equal rights and protection for every citizen.
Rally to the rescue, for Cleveland and reform. The crowd chants for democracy, lower taxes, less corruption, and pensions in fair measure. Pinkertons, Force Bill opposition, and plutocrats are denounced as the march proceeds across the nation.
A political verse protests high tariffs accusing Republicans of empty promises and benefiting monopolists. It calls for tariff reform and supports Cleveland and Stevenson, claiming voters now see through the mist to better pay and less tariff.
A partisan chant urging Democrats to mobilize for a future president in the White House amid calls to oppose taxes, force bills, and monopolistic greed. The text also mentions Grover Cleveland and a satirical note about California Beekeepers preparing an exhibit for the World’s Fair.
An essay reflecting on memory and youth, contrasting wartime vigor with peaceful summers. It follows an old man’s tale of a brigadier son, then shifts to rural harvest scenes describing gathering huckleberries in New York and Adirondack camps, detailing methods and labor of berry pickers.
A Chicago Herald note extols ten cent circuses for their superior value and gleeful, low humor. It promises real live fun per square inch, urging readers to attend evening or afternoon performances for about a dollar’s worth of amusement.
Umbrellas have long linked with Catholic and Byzantine rites, carried over the host in processions and part of pontifical regalia. The cardinal's hat may derive from the umbrella, and Italian heraldry shows a vermilion umbrella signaling dominion. An Anglo Saxon servant shade incident appears in the Harleian MSS.
The piece notes that some Jupiter satellites may emit their own light and stay hot, while astronomers seek signs of life on other worlds. It mentions the imagined bridges spanning craters like Eudoxus as examples of ancient engineering myths.
A Harper's Weekly quote extols Christian Endeavor societies as eminently spiritual from the start. It notes they address fundamentals and appeal to thoughtful youthful readers with confidence and success, praising their display of America's applied Christianity and urging principle driven action.
A Chicago Tribune report describes a Dutch Iowa wedding custom where a colorful rider on a muddy horse delivers wedding invitations two weeks before the event. The rider, dressed in ribbons and finery, stops at homes to sing and collect small gifts, with the bride and groom preparing elaborate trinkets for the day.
A sturdy German man steps out of a queue for a brief break and returns to find his place lost. Police guard tells him to return to the rear, sparking his indignant protest as others watch the scene at the ticket line.
English hosiery remains top in quality with some fine cotton items still made in England yet priced higher than comparable German goods. French silk hose lead in shaping but cotton versions are heavy. German machinery innovation since twenty years ago boosted color variety and weave, making Germany superior in those areas. Black yarn dyed hosiery is less popular here due to gloss issues, while embroidered black silk hose are now abundant and cheaper, driven by overall silk price declines.
A Blackwood's Magazine fragment recalls Portuguese explorers mocking Brazilian natives for lacking certain letters in their alphabet and Mohawks rejecting labial sounds. It notes the invaders joked about faith law and king, while Mohawks questioned pronunciation when taught to articulate p and b.
A Boston Home Journal excerpt recalls a hostess gushing over an eminent guest and asks Dr. Holmes for his opinion on afternoon tea. He cryptically replies, It is giggle gobble gobble and git, a remark deemed historic for its colorful wit.
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