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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1890
Page
4
In this Denton Journal excerpt from December 13 1890 Mary A Aber summarizes a child’s awakening from artificial self consciousness to a love of nature after school study. An essay on social contact notes that associating with the rich wastes time and wealth, arguing time is the scarce resource in social visits and leisure.
A Maine voyage tale recalls a bath in rough seas and a curious bit of advice from a paddling boy on a dory. In Alpine Texas a stormy night ends in murder as Samuel Taylor and an operator are shot by an unseen assailant, with a Mexican wounded and a vengeance motive linked to a past killing.
A forty quart blast at the Gibson well near Wildwood, owned by Bridgewater Gas, fractured the casing and caused a prolonged oil spill. The derrick shed oil up to fifty feet high, with output at thirty-five barrels per hour, fifteen barrels lost. Oil coats trees within 100 yards, runs into the field and creek, reaching the Allegheny river.
Correspondent reports a bold highwayman near Pipestone Pass twelve miles south of Butte Montana. A masked youth first demanded small tributes from travelers, including wood haulers, then vanished. The robber, termed a modern Claude Duval, has reportedly returned with five new victims. Locals plan to oppose the scheme and deter the incursions.
T. G. Farrar of Columbus Ohio has invented a peculiar clock with a plate glass dial hung from the ceiling. Only the hands pivot and the dial are visible and the device is claimed to run forever without winding by earth gravity.
Frank G. Carpenter notes in New York Ledger that Japanese jinrikisha pullers show exceptional leg and arm development. With speeds of five to eight miles per hour, they transport passengers all day at ten cents an hour, sometimes covering seventy miles in twelve hours. Tokio alone hosts about fifty thousand jinrikisha men, forming a vigorous athletic profession amid the summer heat and sun.
A newly developed audible safety indicator for elevators signals every reciprocal movement of the car. The device uses levers and a spring to engage rack teeth that stop the car instantly if needed. An alarm bell sounds whenever the supporting cable slackens, and a missed ring at shaft bottom signals a defect requiring attention.
The piece notes private schooling in New York for forty weeks costs about 600 dollars in fashionable girls' boarding schools. It includes washing, baths, medical care, calisthenics, art ethics and society fads, opera and church access, plus separate fees for special instruction in music dancing and language. Day boarders pay around 3900 dollars with about 60 dollars yearly for extras.
A miscellany from Munsey's Weekly notes democratic drift with a monarchist bend and observations on birds and weights. The New York Telegram shares a quirky Water Waiter profile, Samuel Rocko, a wealthy Brunswick diner patron linked to trotting horses and Harvard students, with curious anecdotes about his family and identity.
The article lists telephone subscribers by country, estimating 31,325 in Germany, 9,487 in France, 20,426 in Great Britain, 7,585 in Russia, 9,163 in Italy, 4,200 in Austro-Hungary, 2,218 in Spain, 890 in Portugal, 6,570 in Switzerland, 4,674 in Belgium, 2,872 in the Netherlands, 1,837 in Denmark, 19,864 in Sweden, 8,390 in Norway, and Berlin Boersen Courier places American users at 1,000,000 and worldwide at 1,200,000.
A Baltimore showroom displays a vast assortment of suits overcoats and furnishings for men and boys. It features sack suits from 18 to 18 dollars, walking and dress suits, topcoats Ulsters and storm kings, plus a wide selection of fabrics and styles. Juvenile department presents suits from 2 to 20 dollars. The hat department highlights foreign novelties and value hats at 1.49 and 1.98 dollars.
Tucuman Harvey of Burrsville Maryland declares a shift from credit sales to cash or trade, offering a full hardware stock at bottom prices. The catalog includes wheelwright and blacksmith materials, paints, oils, harness, plows, farm bells, stoves, tinware, pumps, cutlery, barb wire, and related goods, inviting inspection and price comparison.
Insurance notice states protections cover buildings furniture merchandise grain and other property. Details outline coverage scope and insured items for a local policy in effect.
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