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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1898
Page
2
The Denton Journal issue dated Saturday morning December 10 1898 lists Melvin Steele and Johnson as editors and proprietors. The paper serves as a local weekly record with news, notices, and community interest items for Denton.
The piece contrasts European farm shifts and Atlantic State practice. It cites Norway’s dairy exports and warns against overreliance on wheat and corn as money crops. It notes McKinley’s first message, Cuba, Nicaragua Canal, and U.S. military needs, plus Compton’s death and career in Maryland.
A French author notes dramatic scientific advances since 1889, detailing a bicycle’s emergence from crude forms a decade ago and the advent of petrol and electric powered horseless carriages. The pace of progress in mechanics and physics would baffle a man awakened from a Paris Exposition trance.
A list of anticipated future technologies includes electric railways, polyphase currents, Laval steam turbine, Diesel engine, calcium carbide, cinematograph, Roentgen rays, liquid air, color photography, cold light, wireless telegraphy, and high frequency currents. A Chest pain warning from a cold is paired with Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a suggested remedy, advertised by Hugh Duffey Hillsboro, J Colston Ridgely, and W E Brown Denton.
The text argues for buying leather shoes of calfskin and patent varieties with claims of sturdy stitching and service. It contrasts $3 shoes with $4 shoes, insisting that $3 options offer value and cost elements comparable to higher priced pairs. It notes consumer risk in shopping and urges confidence in the seller.
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