12 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1896
Page
1
The New Orleans Times-Democrat describes seven stages of a cyclist's career from the eager novice to the seasoned rider, through falls, ambition, publicity stunts, pride, aging fear, and eventual retirement, framing cycling as a life cycle with humor and social observation.
A Philadelphia banker recalls a Boston women run bank that paid 8 percent monthly in advance, then collapsed after deposits soared. It drew praise for the founder yet ridicule as a fraudulent venture, with Mrs Howe arrested and Gail Hamilton defending it amid public outrage.
Excerpt from Over the Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon recounts a perilous river run through Miles Canyon. Four men aboard the Nancy Hanks battle towering walls, narrow passages, and roaring rapid flows as they thread the canyon from its 100 foot-wide throat to the White Horse rapids three miles below. The crew, choosing between portage and a risky run, endures a chaotic, water-soaked descent that leaves them soaked and breathless, with Miles Canyon feared by Fulton travelers.
A New York hotel famous for its dining and fashion becomes a cautionary tale as new green wall lighting and decor clash with patrons rouge and powder. Women avoid the venue, fashion from Paris retreats the establishment slides into decline, and a receiver finally sells the furniture. New York Letter in Chicago Record.
Professor A S Packard recounts an August ascent to Mount Shasta's crater. A 9 200 foot camp near snow, cold night, 25 degree morning. View spans Siskiyou range Pilote s Knob Lassens peak Klamath lakes and Modoc war sites. Crater features include sharp peaks broad snowfields two frozen lakes and a rumored hot steam vent.
A Washington Star report quotes J. D. Buford recounting in Wise County Virginia how locals joked about kinship. He explains Virginian loyalty links him to Bufords and family names like Bob John and Dave, noting rumors of land, uncles, and a tragic past hinted at in mountain lore.
A peasant delivers pears to an ugly seigneur and meets two uniformed apes with swords who seize the basket and each eat six pears. The man, polite, explains he brought what remained as the apes took the rest upon entry, prompting a laugh from the seigneur.
Shates jouCeh notes costly metals and precious stones adorn skates among Europe’s rich. A Russian diplomat holds a £5,000 pair, the empress of Austria owns one worth about £10,000, and Holland’s queen received a pair with intricate gold and jeweled embellishment costing around £5,000. Wealthy circles seek ever grander fittings for footwear.
The text presents disjointed proverbs and nautical and measurement notes. It mentions a voyage from New York to Adelaide via London taking 69 days and via San Francisco 11 days, and compares wall coverage with tiny units. It also notes a parat as a weight for gold and diamonds and a grain of Indian wheat as a standard.
In Cornwall Magazine an episode from Lin Tung Chang Li Hung Changs early career is recounted. Taiping rebels captured him and, instead of killing him, used his literary skill to draft placards and proclamations. The piece notes his loyalty to benefactors and the burden of unworthy retainers tied to his name.
A fragment from Maurice Boutet de Monvel's Century portrays Joan of Arc during the trial. She defends the king of France, praising him as the most Christian of Christians and a shelter of law and church, defying the accuser Guillaumon Liverand.
The piece discusses dream study and memory, citing Sir William Hamilton and London Light on dreaming, noting memory may fail to recall dreams though they occur. It also mentions a balky horse and a traveler sailing toward St Helena with Peter IV of Aragon noted for etiquette.
A clumsy dinner tale ends with a mouse scare as guests flee. Jests about not hereditary trades and a schooner skipper provoke laughs. Notes mention the average Pullman car cost and a Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion's phrasing drawing critique.
Charles Reade, famed for The Cloister and the Hearth, built on medieval research after a publishing dispute. He revised A Good Fight into a novel, drew on Oxford lore, and faced poverty and self doubt while creating his enduring literary masterwork.
The piece recounts Daniel Webster's courtly fondness for music at Willard's hotel and his gleeful reception of Jenny Lind in Washington. It also notes a sensational 1756 light described in The Gentlemen's Magazine and concludes with a caricature of a persistent inventor who invents excuses to borrow small sums from friends.
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