20 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1879
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows district attributions with names W. Saulsbury, a Longfellow, Wn. Ib Bennett Todd Elijah Todd and districts including FOURTH DISTRICT P. Hutchinson Fowling Creek Md W. Williamson Preston Md FIFTH DISTRICT continuing. The text lacks context or full sentences to confirm roles or events.
In a Christmas season tale Edgar and Leonora share a letter from Cousin Jack and a gift fund that helps Sailor, a girl in rags nicknamed Bee the Streets. They consider a sleigh ride or a skating party, but decide to use the money to aid Sailor and her ship of happiness, gifting warmth and meals. Their mother and father join in, and the act inspires a family plan to help Sailor’s circle.
The Rev. Sheldon Jackson notes Alaskan beliefs on cremation and soul travel after death. Natives mourn with dragging poles and a muslin bag containing ashes, linking burial rites to transmigration, chiefs’ ceremonies, and the hope of spiritual rest.
An essay extols marriage as a supreme human bond, praising intimate companionship and mutual support while acknowledging its harms from divorce and freelove. It argues God’s care is shown in pairing two people to share life, work, and home, standing together through trials.
Fragmentary excerpt notes marriage happiness as an ideal seldom realized, contrasted with common talk of marital misery. Emphasizes that joy is sought amid everyday life and conversations about union. Strong entities not present.
A Balto Sun piece urges farmers to cultivate fish for table use. It notes that ponds on English estates and streams can supply delicious food at low cost, with rapid propagation once fish are introduced, and urges farmers to transplant a few edible species to ensure a steady home supply.
An eccentric physician writes a single line prescription for imaginary illnesses. A Christmas tale follows a poor Irish washer-woman who sprains her wrist after harvesting wood. She reports that Mrs Walker’s lamb and the doctor’s medicine cured her, prompting repeated use of the phrase Do something for somebody.
The piece argues Christianity fosters true gentility beyond mere etiquette. It claims the Bible, while not a manual of manners, shapes a community’s character through genuine virtue rather than superficial polish.
A reflective tale follows a couple recalls Christian ideals of kindness and humility as memories of a year past surface. He vows love as he shares peanuts, while quips about appearance reveal strain. Their bond grows into a wedding just as spring blooms.
Reported method for protecting tea roses in open ground using locust leaves and tobacco stalks. Details cover three inches of leaves, add three inches more before frost, lay rails eight inches above ground, and cover with tobacco stalks. Mentions several tender varieties survived. Also notes public sympathy for underpaid letter carriers and a London Telegraph letter about Turkish defense and American missionaries around Lake Van.
The Central Society reported that in 1876 about 1,190,190 marks were spent on cathedral completion. From 1864 to 1876 the towers cost approximately 1.9 million dollars in total.
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