01 Feb 1879
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1879
Page
1
A lengthy narrative interweaves a mournful tale of Lilian Lovis and the late John Saunders with a digressive poetic meditation on the Wandering Jew. The piece recalls love, loss, and memory in a Southern or New England sensibility, linking personal grief to epochs of faith.
A stark medieval myth portrays the Wandering Jew as a perpetual traveler marked by bare feet and a bleached beard. The antiquated tale casts an immortal old man with blood upon his forehead and sapphire eyes roaming the world in a coarse wool garment.
A June incident describes a gray haired peasant woman boarding a train at Fifty-ninth Street and moving to the rear platform. A conductor politely requests her to step inside as passengers are not allowed to ride on the rear platform.
George R. Wendling closes his lecture attacking Ingersoll, arguing hypocrisy in the church equals infidelity and urging public opinion to brand those who cloak evil with Christianity as unbelievers. He contrasts Ingersoll personally and theoretically with civilization and highlights moral standard conflicts.
An article advocates teaching tool use to youths including girls, arguing it builds practical skill and virtue. It urges a $25 budget for basic tools, notes quality matters, and links mechanical training to prudent money use, family happiness, and home bonds. It then critiques Bible typography suggesting a reformatted edition with plain language, paragraphs, and a strong index for accessibility.
Montana correspondence describes a 12 year old girl's death and the community’s elaborate wake. Relatives gave away possessions and dismantled their shelter as the mother cut fingers in grief. A burial platform on the prairie houses the girl, while a white party finds a dead Indian on a stake platform before leaving undisturbed after a prayer in English.
A satirical tally lists dramatic editor habits and social prompts with dramatic figures 11 392 drank 11 363 requested to retract 416 invited to parties 3 333 took the hint 3 300 threatened to be whipped 174 whipped none 0. The piece notes cash on hand and odd donations as part of a humorous ledger.
A disguised King Victor Emmanuel hunts incognito with one attendant. A farmer begs them to kill a wolf, saying they lack ammunition. They return next day, kill the wolf, and the farmer is paid two francs. Later the peasant recognizes the Alpine hunter as the king, who returns the coins with heavy interest.
A lady contributor to Rural Cerelian notes soot from chimney refuse as a valuable garden stimulant. She recalls using soot steeped in water to revive a stunted Chartford grapeview vine, which grew six feet taller in six weeks after treatment.
A compact moral exhortation urges action over study alone, urging readers to faithfully fulfill duties in their current tasks. It insists personal growth comes from work and practical discipline rather than books, and advocates steady preparation for future challenges through present labor.
A Cincinnati brewer reportedly promised within three years to donate twelve hundred keens of beer to charitable causes. The gesture is described as a significant show of community support, though the exact plan and recipients remain unclear in the fragmentary report.
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