23 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1907
Page
1
A dog named Jock saves his owner during a Manila bay dock near drowning. While trapped under a rising tide with a small air pocket, the narrator discovers Jock’s instinct leads them to safety. The tale ends with the author crediting the dog for saving their lives and denying heroic posturing.
The Revue Hebdomadaire prints a varied anecdote about Victor Hugo and Schoelcher before, during, and after Napoleon III's coup. Hugo recalls their tense rides in Paris and Brussels and the moment Schoelcher shouted Down with Caesar as a regiment passed. Hugo later highlights Schoelcher's fear and self restraint during those critical moments in Guernsey and at Hugo's home.
A London Chronicle note recalls John Davy born near Exeter in 1765. He showed early musical talent by fashioning an octave from horse shoes to imitate church chimes at Crediton, later composing songs including The Bay of Biscay. After two decades in London, he died in St. Martin's Lane in 1824.
Captain John Smith of Willoughby Lincolnshire led the way to England’s first permanent North American settlement. At twenty six he had served in France the Low Countries and sought Turkish service. He survived being thrown overboard by a pirate and later earned arms after defeating three Turkish champions. He later escaped Turkish captivity and impressed a Turkish woman who aided his escape, as noted by Gardiner in London Outlook.
The piece muses on how animals pretend and imitate conflict as play. A writer recalls a kitten and a dead mouse learned from a child’s game of make believe, showing curiosity, mischief, and careful sleuthing as the mouse shifts between slippers.
The piece asserts a geographic pattern where fashion centers in the northwest of cities while wealth concentrates in the west end and poorer people in the south side. It argues prevailing northwesterly winds push dust smoke and odors toward the eastern or southern sides, making the opposite quarter more desirable for residence.
A young Scottish preacher on his first licensed sermon in Boulton kirk startled listeners by losing control of his voice and speaking loudly. Many friends attended, while one unable to attend asked how he fared. the preacher quips that the rats in the kirk fled in fright.
Text presents disjointed fragments about a ruler asking about keeping and rules, references to a wife, a proviabdy government, and a quoted line about a cook, all from an unclear Baltimore source. Limited readable content. no clear events or names given.
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