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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1897
Page
1
Collections and all professional business promptly attended to. Attorney at law in Denton Maryland appears in this brief notice.
Snow clouds and frost descend on a quiet landscape as snowflakes drift over farmhouses and rivers. The poem notes beauty and sorrow, ending with a Christ message as snow falls, attributed to Millie BE. Wray in Harper's Bazaar.
In The Atlantic opening, Woodrow Wilson asks whether the United States has truly become a nation. He cites competing claims from historians that nationhood formed with the Constitution, the War of 1812, or the Civil War, and notes ongoing sectional tensions echoed by later movements. He ponders if true unity has yet to arrive.
A man notes that shoe purchases for his son Davy occur on a strict monthly cycle, with repairs common but not frequent, while prices remain unusually cheap. The column then discusses eye problems causing epilepsy, citing cases where correcting vision with glasses ended seizures and improved health. Honey is praised for aiding digestion and energy when fatigued.
A Union College graduate recalls a comic tale of a young man who impersonates his own twin to escape his father. The impersonation leads the elder Mr. to derail his trip to Schenectady, only for the clever ruse to unfold at the depot and in a college room, ending with the father paying for the counterfeit Jack's illness before resuming business in the city.
The article cites William George Jordan praising the United States size and potential Texas offering land to the world, then recounts Mr Oglethorpe's feast at Beaufort town with Tomochichi. It notes a thanksgiving sermon by Rev Jones and Dr Herbert, a large colonial gathering, and plentiful provisions with no disorder.
A fragment advises carrying a card with name and contact in case of accident as a safeguard. It notes that such a card ensures one is never killed or injured in accident. It also touts Japan mountains as cheap summer resorts with mineral springs and lodging for 3 cents a day. The quote from Sir John Lub Bask urges thinking about tomorrow’s wishes when deciding actions.
A New York World piece notes dogs seek herbs to restore appetite and wash toxins, ants treat wounds with home remedies, mongooses bite off cobra toxins and eat a special herb, chimps bandage wounds with grass poultices, and red squirrels amputate and fashion healing stubs with surprising surgical instinct.
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