05 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1889
Page
1
Advertisement for agents to sell Mary B Livermore memoir Four Years Personal Experience as Field and Hospital Nurses. Describes the War’s lights and shadows, emotional pathos, with steel-plate illustrations and battle scenes. Includes terms for commissions and circulars to Worthington Hartford. Also promotes Emerson tea coffee and freight notes.
Denton Maryland auctions offered by Willery on liberal terms. He states readiness to attend sales in Caroline Queen Anne and Talbot counties to secure bargains for buyers and estates.
Fragmented lines explore love and friendship tested by fate. The speaker ponders if early affection harmed the beloved and whether complaint or disdain would be justified, with interjected refusals of true love complaints.
Narrative recounts a Civil War clash at Fair Oaks where a Confederate sergeant and a Federal counterpart both fired, wounded the author, and, amid the smoke, exchanged forgiveness. The dying Federal asks for Mary and the children, while the Confederate soldier is urged to reveal a peaceful final wish as battle fades.
An English correspondent argues that English could become the world language due to the Anglo-Saxon reluctance to learn two languages. He notes English spans over a fifth of the habitable globe, dominates the seas, and is spoken in every maritime port, questioning the demand for Volgpuk.
The Globe-Democrat quotes B P P arguing that a truly completed book requires readers to annotate it. A running commentary clarifies and corrects, turning general notions into precise, particular thought. Many great authors have effectively written only as annotators.
A New York woman with a wealth of jewelry keeps a pair of diamond earrings in her ears for over twenty years. She fears dire disaster if removed and responds with pale fright at any suggestion of taking them out. Clara Lanza notes her steadfast superstition.
A historical commentary explains widely read books shape social life. Novels top lists with travel, histories, biographies, and current manners works following. Books on human relations fuel discussion, rivalry, and ambition, drawing readers back from reality to stories.
An Australian judge tells the Hibernian court crier to recall Ah Song in a Chinese law case. The crier asks spectators to favor the judge with a song as the courtroom audience responds with polite humor.
The longest through car service in the world is claimed on the Southern Pacific line between New Orleans and San Francisco, spanning 2 495 miles.
A New York Sun summary notes Michael Mulhall’s Bath meeting monograph on U S growth in energy and wealth. It compares US power to France Germany and Britain, predicting near 100000000000 foot tons daily energy and 14000000000 sterling wealth by 1890, with a civic and military impact. It reflects pride in American progress and moral force shaping global influence.
A survey of rural German eating habits notes two meals a day with coffee bread pork and sausages, and a strong use of cereals and beans. It cites Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s archival dinners showing four courses and lavish roasts, alongside remarks on England’s meat reliance and a Kentucky state geologist praising pearls in limestone streams.
A Pitt s Dispatch analysis lists memory reasoning power courage perception and other faculties shown by facial features. A Brooklyn style anecdote about an old negro woman and a loan illustrates honesty. Smithsonian Nova Scotia expedition reports are noted about fairy rocks with ancient hieroglyphs.
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