02 Dec 1916
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
1
Notice from De FU UL v. Dalila at Postoffice Deaton Md offers a large quantity of cabbage for chicken feed and promises delivery to town residents if notified. Price listed as 11 to 18-2 cents per unit.
Mrs M M Todd of Second Street Denton offers Christmas fruit cakes at 35 cents per pound. Desiring buyers may supply the cake material at 60 cents for a six pound cake. (11 18 21)
In a New York street saga Soapy seeks shelter on the island by feigning crime and trying easy meals. After a string of failed schemes and a comic chase, he is nabbed for disorderly conduct and faces a three month sentence, but a church hymn stirs a moment of reform before the magistrate.
Birmingham Age-Herald notes a cartoon story where the hero, a cave man, is shown with a shaggy coat of hair and a meticulously groomed, manicured nail finish. The portrayal prompts questions about the artist and the narrative’s tone.
A fragment from the Whritingham Age Herald debates mental alertness versus physical dullness. It contends that many lazy people overestimate their ability to find work with surprising speed, reflecting urban attitudes of the period.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a terrified mother asking if Sammy is once more in the preserves after she whipped him an hour earlier. Sammy admits hearing her claim of a harsh whipping and says he thought to make it even.
The English chemist John Dalton discovered color blindness by chance on his mother's birthday when he misread silk stockings as a proper color. He and his brother saw only drab while his mother saw red, leading to Dalton's pivotal realization of color vision deficiency and its scientific significance.
The poet Metastasio lived fifty five years in Vienna with the Martines family never learning German or wishing to. He spoke only Italian and kept many peculiar habits. He avoided discussing death, avoided smallpox talk, rarely gave to the poor, and kept the same church seat without paying. He dined at home, wore the same wig and coat, and ate biscuits with lemon ade. Mrs Plozzi collected these notes from Martines family acquaintances.
The Boston Globe reports a cycle where Damariscotta Mills Maine supplies alewives to Haiti, a staple for the Haitian diet. Each May the alewife season brings fish up rivers to spawn, with local traps capturing fish into pickle barrels for salting. About 5,500 to 6,000 barrels are exported to Haiti annually.
A brief history of early ferry boats describing Fulton’s Clermont voyage in 1807, the Nassau of 1814 with outside paddle wheels, and the shift from catamaran to steam powered ferries. Noting Robert Fulton and John Stevens as key innovators shaping modern ferry navigation and control systems.
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