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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
1
A creditor tailor confronts Major Crofoot over a $11 debt. Crofoot boasts of a grand plan to revive finances via a Universal Fishball company, offering stock and a vice presidency, then pressures the tailor to accept a windfall scheme while dodging repayment.
A Louisville Dispatch summary notes that while atmospheric composition varies little with altitude, high altitude air is sterile and nearly free of microbes. It contrasts clean mountain air with polluted city air and mentions traces of essential oils from forests as impurities, possibly contributing to health resort cures.
A long imagined wedding from a child’s play to a real inquiry about titles. Faith asks about Miss and Mrs as her mother explains growing up and marriage, ending with a humorous line about calling a policeman if asked to marry. The vignette recalls Harper’s Magazine tone and old moral humor.
A condensed critique of Americanism and quick riches highlighting credit fraud bribery and staged power as false paths to wealth. The excerpt condemns advertising showmanship public opinion manufacture and superficial achievement in a moral call to integrity and apprenticeship.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reminiscence recalls a tile cobbler’s shop on Canal Street where a small, bald shoemaker describes bootmaking from 1849 onward. He recalls luxe calfskin boots, the tight fit, costly boot hooks, and a fatal boot strap accident before notes on changing fashion and ongoing demand from older customers.
A Rochester Post-Express item notes a small boy overheard a hymn line about a saint kneeling before Satan. The piece ponders why Satan trembles at the sight, with the saint depicted in a humbled pose and pity directed toward Satan.
A fragment from the Chicago News notes ironies around lighting with kerosene and gasoline in a car, followed by a remark that every European royal palace maintains a private police force vigilant for suspicious persons. It hints at a prizefighter in his prime aged 20 to 26.
A prominent western merchant explains his program to boost thrift by rewarding savings. He employs about 75 clerks with weekly salaries from 10 to 40 dollars and doubles savings for lower earners while adding 25 percent for mid-tier and 10 percent for higher earners. He chronicles real gains, including a clerk saving 400 dollars last year and a departmental head nearly paying for a cottage, noting that all debts are paid and yearly savings are treated as profit.
A compilation of short items including a quip about a peninsula general testing sapper duties, a discussion on oyster crop failures linked to shell material needs, a cheeky street exchange with a policeman, Napoleon’s tower ascent on horseback atop the Campanile, and a joke about the town’s meanest woman.
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