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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1917
Page
3
In a tale of intergenerational dispute, Martin Riversham plots to inherit the entailed estate after the Earl dies. He suspects a substitution scheme for the legitimate heir Richard, concealed by Lady Riversham and the Earl, as two loyal lackeys guard the secret of a buried body. Martin contemplates bribery to force disclosure and secure rightful inheritance.
In a tangled plot at Riversham Manor, two lackeys conceal a burial, with bribery offers up to £200 to reveal the grave’s location. Countess Riversham orchestrates mortgage moves to silence a detective, while a dog’s hydrophobia death ties to a boy’s story. Richard becomes Earl of Riversham as the escape plan collapses.
The elder Alexandre Dumas forgave a longtime insult by a friend and aided his rise, even acting as best man and orchestrating his wedding. A later remark prompted Dumas to quip that he had given the couple a fierce, lynx-eyed mother in law in France.
A young man, influenced by lectures from his father and a young woman, resolves to pursue business seriously. He claims to have already begun by ordering a business suit from his tailor, prompting Molly to respond with encouragement in witty banter.
Brief aphorism framing friendship and enmity as forces guiding action. A reflective line attributes mutual influence to friends and foes, with a Schiller quotation illustrating inner choice and social pressure.
The statement notes that the strongest hate we endure comes from those who envy us, highlighting envy as a driving force behind social tensions and personal strain.
Winslow Howland schemes to buy a rose estate by posing as a modest manufacturer and wooing Miss Edgerton. A watchful plan backfires as he falls for a marriage gambit, while she buys the property under another name and rises in society. The couple marry. the estate becomes Howland Park.
A reader questions when casualty took on its modern wartime sense. They cite 1855 notes from Lady Londonderry and Disraeli’s life, plus Stacqueler’s Military Encyclopaedia 1853, arguing casualty originally meant total losses rather than temporary injuries.
Charles Monselet recounts a Bordeaux friend who, glancing at a Paris bookseller's catalogue, bolts to the station to catch the morning express for Paris. He arrives just in time to buy the prize, and, while wrapping it, reveals he has traveled 860 miles in dressing gown and slippers, unaware of his attire.
The article traces the origins of bottles from animal skins used to transport liquids, noting early necessity and universal use across ancient cultures. It discusses the Bible reference to new wine in old bottles, explains why old skins failed, and mentions Egypt as the birthplace of glassmaking, with early practice limited to certain locales.
A Denver News account describes the burning bush Dictamnus fraxinus, native to western Asia and grown in temperate gardens. The plant emits a highly flammable fragrant oil that can ignite the surrounding air under dry warm, windless conditions, with a dramatic flame when tests are performed in a closed jar and lamp light is applied.
In Manchuria natives undergo a psychological shift from farmer to bandit then back. One person may play multiple roles across seasons, sometimes as farmer merchant or magistrate. Alice Tisdale notes this in Atlantic.
Sydney Smith mocked Macaulay for talkativeness calling it “sonorous vivacity” and noted interruptions to wit. A friend noted Smith’s envy and desire to write poetry while gagging Macaulay in a lively exchange. A contemporary described Macaulay as rambling across topics.
A Scientific American note recounts P T Barnum visiting an office to patent the three ring circus. It explains the concept as an aggregation rather than a new technical result, making it non patentable though Barnum predicted broad adoption once public.
The Indianapolis News describes radium minerals and identifies pitchblende as a dense black mineral close to iron in heft but softer. It notes cernotite as the principal radium mineral, with a light canary yellow color and a typically powdery texture.
A London Opinion quip recalls a man fined for adding coloring to artificial butter. The speaker questions the fine while mocking the magistrate for having dyed whiskers.
A young stockbroker recalls proposing in a declining market, saying the rejection was his own fault. The incident is reported in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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