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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1890
Page
4
A Chicago Herald report praises a Texas boy nicknamed Tam Texas for saving lives and protecting neighborhood youths. At 16 or 17 he aided a drowning boy, carried an injured companion to a physician, and endured harsh conditions after a night call, illustrating remarkable heroism admired by city lads.
A vivid anecdote from Kate Kauffman in Jenness-Miller Magazine describes a gossiping neighbor, Mrs. H., policing young women. Alice, a 20 year old, recalls tolerant attitudes toward kissing and dismisses prudish warnings, noting many kisses but no disgrace. The dialog reflects social norms and humor about romance.
A governess prompts a mischievous 8 year old to label her umbrella with a name. The boy paints Simple Ellen Jones in white letters on the new silk umbrella, prompting amused revelation when Miss Jones opens it.
A Patriotic Order Sons of America member criticizes penny and shilling terms as unpatriotic and insists on using American names for currency. He recalls buying stamps with a silver dollar at a post office and, after a clerks request for pennies, explains he has only cents, highlighting support for American nomenclature under the Stars and Stripes.
The sandwich men of London estimated at 15000 are urged to band together to form a trades union for redress and protection. Wages range from 1s to 18d a day for nine or ten hours. They face unemployment gaps and claim middlemen charge double. Salvation Army labor bureau prompts support from religious and commercial groups to aid distribution and pay 2s 9d daily, with two shillings to the men. Many are discharged soldiers without pensions supporting families.
A St Paul dispatch reports detectives arrested Wing Shoo and Gee Sham, two Chinese men en route from New York to Portland, in connection with a $10,000 bank robbery at a major Dalles, Oregon establishment on Sept. 15. Authorities traced the crime to an underground tunnel, finding four large knives with sandy soil on the blades.
A New York Tribune report describes Middlesborough Kentucky transformed by a foreign syndicate. It notes a 6000 population, £300000 creek work, seventeen mile frontier line, electric transport and lighting, seven near completed furnaces, strict building limits, high lot prices, bonds sold at 115, and $1.5 million realized on investments. The manager Arthur earns $235000 yearly with a $50000 Christmas gift.
A New York Times note recalls how women cope with rising fall prices for fruit. A Brooklyn resident mocked the high plum costs by saying her family will live on canned and dried fruits, noting the hardship compared to Marie Antoinette.
Reports from Chicago describe attempts to curb shoreward smoke from passing steamers. An experimental device uses a perforated top tube to inject steam into plumes, condensing the smoke. The device is not a smoke eater yet may prove useful in reducing smoke pollution. The piece also recalls Twelfth Day customs, noting historic Epiphany celebrations and festive observance in England.
A long line of suits and outerwear showcases overcoats for fall and winter. Sack suits, dress suits, and walking suits priced from modest to premium, with a wide range of fabrics. Juvenile department offers boys’ suits from $2 to $20. Also displays underwear, neckwear, shirts, cuffs, collars, gloves, and other gentleman’s wardrobe essentials at low prices.
An advertisement offering domestic cottons in all widths of the best makes. Also listed are blankets quilts comforts lace curtains table damasks napkins towels table and piano covers art squares flannels lap robes and more. The notice emphasizes wide selection for home textiles and fabrics.
Harvey Tilghman announces he no longer offers credit and will sell his Burrsville Maryland hardware stock at bottom prices for cash or trade. items include wheelwright and blacksmith materials building hardware paints oils harness plows farm bells stoves tinware wire and more inviting inspection and price comparison.
A Northampton Mass Journal item recounts a Holyoke lawyer and his wife traveling to Springfield with their six year old son. When a hat blew off the boy's head the father calmly whistled a tune to calm him and retrieved the hat, later jokingly tossing his own tile from the train window and telling the boy to whistle for it.
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