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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1910
Page
4
A detailed race of a cobra de capella and a mongoose describes a deadly clash. The mongoose evades fangs, delivers decisive bites, and consumes the snake after a fierce exchange, challenging the view that snake venom defeats the mongoose.
The article explains how killers’ weapons are destroyed after crimes to erase traces. Wooden parts burn while metal is dissolved in nitric acid, a practice since a royal assassination in Spain. It notes the Merius Teer incident and superstition, then mentions Pere Lachaise tombs of Abelard and Heloise as authentic despite earlier claims.
A matinee encounter unfolds with a impecunious man confessing a worsening headache that shadows a potential dinner plan. The woman repeatedly asks about his condition as he laments his pain, finally fearing death as the performance ends.
A witty exchange cited by the Birmingham Age-Herald. Mr Hen peck quips that before marriage he did not know what it meant to support a wife. The reply asserts the opposite and jokes about the dictionary definition of support enduring.
A brief quip from a child after relief of a sprain asks his mother if his father ever sprained his wrist as a boy. The line carries a Lowell quote about talent and genius, reflecting reflective sentiment.
The piece recounts 19th century rail history from 1822 when a charter for a Baltimore line to the Susquehanna was issued but not built, to the first locomotive trials on wooden tracks, horse-drawn trains, wind-assisted sails on early locomotives, and a bitter race between horse and locomotive. It notes hazards from jolting starts, chained couplings, lack of brakes, and signal methods, plus a barrier car experiment on southern lines to protect passengers. References to Peter Cooper, the Baltimore and Ohio, New Castle and Frenchtown, and American Cultivator appear as sources.
An Epicure writer recounts travel menus in Ceylon with amusing mistranslations. Natives render phrases like roast beef with tiny added notes such as smelling a Nttle, steak and kidney becoming ple uo kidney, Welsh rabbit as Welsh rabbish, barket mutton as hurrygod mutton, and a hurried servant writes plates at the end of the menu.
A historic note recalls Cobart the great British iron king during the Whitworth crisis. His agents worldwide relay news. one un stamped letter from Sheffield carried a private sellout warning. Hobart’s anger at postage cost leads to a rogue order, triggering a sharp price drop and his eventual bankruptcy.
A Delineator piece details a Japanese restaurant eel preparation with live eels, skilled carving, boiling, skewering, and serving with rice. It also notes phono machine maintenance and a sewing machine tip, then a Suburban Life anecdote about imagined fame and a man’s death fantasy in dialogue with a woman.
A Harper's Weekly illustrated piece describes a baby sea turtle's solitary early life. It hatches and must fend for itself, seeking shelter in gulf weeds as it hardens its armor and learns feeding, with the mature turtle eventually outgrowing danger in conflict with predators.
Abraham Lincoln described how early discouragement sharpened his logic. He sought proof beyond evidence, studied Euclid from scratch, and by spring could demonstrate every proposition. This shift led him to return to law with a clear sense of proof.
Mrs May of Etrehdale Corners exits the county exhibition hall when a man invites her to view “startling” radium displays. She declines, replying her basket is full of samples, keeping a courteous but firm distance from the scientific booth.
The Philadelphia Record notes a playful debate on verb choice with genders, asking whether a man says I shall or I will and a woman says I whill, reflecting dated language and evolving usage in a light linguistics nugget.
Quoted exchange hints Maud's enduring humor and a constant awareness of displeasure. The Boston Transcript remark suggests the character’s perpetual self awareness, with light tone and vintage phrasing. The brief item preserves a witty aside without embellishment.
A Washington Star item plays on a joke about a bat’s odd shape as a husband asks if it is unusual and his wife replies that a bat must be curious in shape or it would look queer.
Friends plan a linen shower for Helen the bride elect. Barold and Hel en share a playful exchange about a shower with rain turning to sheets.
A Chicago News blurb mocks a Sunday School scene where a teacher asks what the prodigal son teaches and a child answers it teaches how to get fresh reel, illustrating a humorous misinterpretation of a biblical parable.
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