20 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1890
Page
1
A starving girl roams Rivington Street on Christmas Eve begging for food and warmth. A wealthy passerby offers help but the girl rejects guidance, and she collapses on a deserted Cast river dock. At dawn a sunlit moment brings a hopeful, eerie Christmas salvation as she nods toward a imagined father and mother before she rests again.
Prof James W Robertson argues for cooperative creameries to cut labor, raise butter quality, and boost Ontario exports. He notes small dairies waste energy, urges ensilage fed cows, and predicts large provincial wealth from improved butter and cheese. Includes tips on cleansing churns, whey handling, and butter tests between Jersey and Holstein cows.
The gentlest postman of Postal District G is seen feeding a striped cat and a procession of rats from his letter bundle as he delivers. Neatly he leaves scraps for strays and tends to animals left by families away in summer. The New York Sun calls him the most all around popular man in the district.
A crowded hearth scene in a mountain cabin in County Cork features Daniel Donovan and family as an American visitor sings Irish songs and a moving rendition of Do They Miss Me at Home brings the visitor to tears, amid Christmas Eve quiet and wind outside. The piece ends with notes on electricity for cattle slaughter and meat preservation.
A couple banters as Christmas gifts drift between them. The husband shows a handsome check, solitaire earrings, and a sealskin robe, while the wife playfully presses for what comes next year. She teases with affection, asking the forecasted gift, amid lighthearted exchange.
A market encounter shows turkey prices at twenty one cents for eight pounds and eighteen cents for another item. A bootblack, a colored man in Washington who lost an arm and a leg, polishes boots with efficiency despite his injuries and keeps a steady trade, choosing to stay cheerful and grateful for his life.
A survey of autograph values cites presidents and notables with prices in dollars pounds and guineas. The piece shifts to short anecdotes including a thief stealing a tarpaulin before a grocer Brown and a theatrical quip about the two horses and a dog in Stil Alarm. It closes with brief notes on a telephony patent issue and a blind light perception device.
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