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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
2
The county faces high taxes and costly road management. Farmers are urged to demand retrenchment and better methods, noting waste and political debt. A Denton farmers meeting is planned next year to discuss placing road expenditure on a business basis and kick off a broader public discussion during long winter evenings.
A reflection on Christmas as a festival of giving inspired by the legends of Mother Night and Santa Claus. The piece contrasts selfless maternal sacrifice with Christ’s gifts and calls for lifelong daily practice of generous giving, noting nations often fail to give. It urges living in a Christlike spirit beyond holiday excess.
A hopeful call envisions truth and justice meeting, peace and righteousness kissing, and a Christmas anniversary turning into a true festival of giving in the coming century.
The Herald prints a list led by Abraham Lincoln and includes Nelson, Wellington, Bismarck, Gladstone, Napoleon I, Moltke, Thiers, Disraeli, Newman, Livingstone, Webster, Darwin, Heine, Thorwaldsen, Faraday, and Dickens among others. It notes readers may substitute names and cites ex-President Harrison criticizing McKinley on Porto Rico and the Philippines. Baltimore gears for a twentieth century celebration with parades, readings, and Red Cross events. Census shows Indian Territory population up 117.5 percent since 1890, with Cherokees 101,754, Chickasaws 139,269, Choctaws 99,681, Creeks 40,684.
William Jennings Bryan plans to publish a weekly paper from Lincoln Nebraska titled The Commoner. It will address social economic and political issues and defend the Kansas City platform principles.
Dorchester Mass resident Tyler Andrews recounts using regular sulfur doses after reading Our Dumb Animals. He wore sulfur soles and carried pads, claiming the rheumatism vanished gradually and he has been pain free for years.
A reader signs Jinome Cox asks editors to discontinue the Journal advertisement. He notes the ad has given him good service and issues a personal request to end the placement.
A reflective essay argues for a grand Creative Power behind nature, contrasting biblical and scientific views. It rejects the pine log sun theory, explains heat as a result of complex conditions, and cites Ball’s glass analogy to show heat radiates differently from light. The piece emphasizes unity of light, heat, and electricity as convertible powers.
The article discusses producing light without heat, likening it to solar and auroral phenomena. It notes current mysteries, argues a purposeful, intelligent power behind natural light, then shifts to market interest in saltwater delicacies and investment securities offered by Clinton P. Payne & Co.
A Sunday fire damaged the J. C. Godwin Co. stock in Easton but not severely overall. The entire stock will be sold at nominal prices at the new store, 22 North Washington Street, next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. Also notes on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Thos. Whitfield & Co. of Chicago, with local dealers listed for sale.
Mr R Gray of Amenia Duchess county New York praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine he has used saying it cures croup in children if given at first signs of hoarseness or even after the attack begins He advises keeping a bottle ready for instant use and lists Denton Hillsboro Ridgely as sale locations.
A dampened flannel patch of Chamberlains Pain Balm is claimed superior to plasters for back side and chest pains and rheumatism with one application giving relief. Sold by R J Colston in Denton Hugh Duffey Hillsboro T W Smith Ridgely and others.
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