07 Dec 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
1
All departments showcase fresh merchandise and deep discounts from linens to clothing and footwear. Notable offers include linen table linen at 75c and 55c, satin damask at 1.25, Eclipse shirts at 1.00, hosiery 10 to 95c, and caps at 25c. Shoe stock ranges 1 to 3.75 with Heas shop and Queen Quality lines featured.
The shop promotes a wide range of clothing for men and boys including overcoats knee pants suits in gray blue and brown shades. It highlights boys fleece lined garments at low prices, menswear like hats gloves shirts and neckwear, furs scarves coats and dress goods, with multiple fabrics and colors noted.
A narrator recalls finding a plaster cathedral and discovers a midnight insect wedding in a garden. Fireflies illuminate a tiny church as bees act as clergy and two insects wed under a Bengal rose, ending with a tragic final glance at a dead bug by the rosebush.
In New Zealand a Caledonian glare crowns Scots as preferred contractors. A council meeting named Sandy McPherson as contract winner and asked him to sign bonds, but an almond eyed Chinese man rose and quipped Me Sandy McPherson, causing stunned silence and an abrupt adjournment.
A historical instructional note explains how to handle and skin an eel. It details gripping the eel midsection to curb thrashing, managing slime, and methods to remove the skin by cutting and turning the carcass inside out. The text notes the eel remains lively and slippery even as a skin removal process proceeds.
An American firm ranks as having the world’s largest advertisement. A 750 foot message is painted on a Canary Islands cliff, 99 feet above the sea, with four 30 foot high letters and five feet wide. It can be seen for miles on clear days, but critics call the display a disfigurement of the islet.
The Dannemora iron ore mines in Sweden yield the purest magnetite ore in the world. Operated by a close corporation, production is limited to 50,000 tons annually for internal use by owners with iron or steel interests. Ore averages 50 percent iron with trace phosphorus, underground today at a depth of 846 feet.
A Maine woods amateur surgeon named Sabattus performs a perilous improvised operation on a dislocated shoulder using a steam-powered pulley on a river steamboat. The improvised method nearly tears the patient apart until a hatchet cuts the rope, ending the risky procedure with the wounded man saved. Years later Sabattus is recognized by a curious visitor who recalls the event.
John Evelyn records in his diary for October 1 1661 a royal yacht race from Greenwich to Gravesend and back. The king sailed in a Dutch East India Company vessel, wagering £100 against Duke of York's new frigate like boat. The king lost going down wind but recovered stakes on return.
An English writer recounts meeting Sir Chi Chen, then Li Hung Chang’s under secretary Lo Feng Luh, in Tientsin. The Chinese official questions European thinkers from Huxley to Moliere, then travels on to inquire about American and British literary figures and poets.
The article defines the Sargasso Sea as a Atlantic region between 21 and 23 degrees north and 29 to 45 west. It notes floating weed beds with no roots or fruit, propagated by division, forming dense masses that drift for miles. Columbus and his men reportedly used the weed as a source of tin in the sea lore.
A passage from Ladies' Home Journal outlines how different nose shapes symbolize personality. A large nose signals action and decisiveness, while a small nose hints at passivity and theory. A hooked or arched nose suggests thought, a straight nose seriousness, and a turned up nose may indicate eloquence or luxury love.
A lawyer recalls a client who kept a long account over many years. The client finally unrolled a voluminous bill at the door and offered it for a receipt. The lawyer welcomed him in but the client quipped that the charges were so high he would owe rent if he paid.
An old cynic recounts asking many Anglo-Indians at a gathering whether they shot a tiger. One guest admits never having seen the royal beast. The host sighs, "Thank God! May I sit next to you at dinner? I am so weary of hearing about tiger deaths."
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