15 Feb 1896
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1896
Page
1
Sam Stires aids Ned Flynn in escape from a posse and heads for the hills with Flynn, while Mat Huston discovers Sam’s feelings and Flynn’s danger. Sam is shot at by pursuers. Will Stires finds Sam’s body later, as Flynn is captured and punished for long pursued crimes.
A storm drenched figure roams at midnight driven by hunger and anger. He laments oppression of the poor by the rich, curses the masters, and enacts vengeance as the land becomes stained with blood and ruin under a brutal dawn.
A cowboy named Sam, over sixty miles from home, must mend a shoe for his horse Lind. He dismounts, removes nails with a pocket knife, and hopes to find a blacksmith along a sparsely settled route after learning there is a crossroads with a store and shop nearby. A helpful stranger on horseback circles back to offer advice.
A Scottish farmer in Perth takes a horse to town with a load of hay but feeds the horse along the road and discovers only in the yard that the wagon is left behind. He asks where to back the hay in and learns there is no hay at all. He hurries back toward his farm but realizes the wagon is missing as he goes. This tale from Pearsons Weekly highlights his comical error and haste to fix it.
A Detroit Free Press humorous exchange has a tramp refuse bread raised with yeast, preferring baking powder biscuits. He explains the yeast bread is connected to work and affiliation, while the woman of the house questions his stance as she reveals a half loaf of white bread.
In a clipped literary note from Illustrated Bits and Cleveland World, a fragment hints at a witty exchange about stockings and marriage. A Roman stylus and Borneo clubs provoke odd historical asides, suggesting a miscellany of culture and oddities.
A New York Letter in Boston Herald compares European tipping to American practices. It notes Paris shops and hotels use organized tipping, while New York shows higher expectations yet differs from Paris in how gratuities are distributed among staff.
A Biddeford man painted on his sidewalk to boast “We have just what you want.” His neighbor added “in this store,” moving the line right to his doorstep. The Lewiston Journal notes this would not have happened if the bulletin had appeared in a newspaper.
A rural newspaper fragment portrays a mother and child dialogue about a medical mishap. The mother explains a needed procedure wound up in the finger injuries. the child asks why another needle wasn’t used. The piece reflects rustic speech and domestic mishap.
The Washington Star quotes Willia Wibbles describing attending a reception with a boil on her neck and noting friends’ reactions. The remark frames a social moment as a swell scene, with jealous reaction highlighted.
Guthio correspondent reports the west bound express near this city was halted by female bandits about ten miles east. Several kodak views of a bonnet were taken, while male passengers with seats were allowed to keep them amid great excitement. The excerpt dates from around nineteen hundred and something.
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