07 Jan 1882
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1882
Page
1
Curiously advertised Fall and Winter boots and shoes offered at unbeatable figures. Chas. H. Willis invites patrons to inspect the newly selected stock and extends thanks for past liberal support while pledging continued effort to merit it.
Mr. Pensico and his wife debate taking boarders to boost income. Sylvia mocks thrift while three hopeful tenants arrive, sparking a rolling sequence of picnics, garden work, and social rounds. Revelations about cousins and a brother resolve into a comic, affectionate ending that ends the venture.
A survey of purported second sight cites cases from Rev Buckminster to Gen Quinn and a German writer Zechokke, noting dreams and visions predicting deaths and events. It also recalls Dr Brown-Sequard and Dr. Zechokke sharing visions, plus a Dead Horse Gulch anecdote where a miner plans a mock funeral using a willing stranger as the corpse.
The text advises testing meal sizes from a light breakfast, noting how many hours pass before hunger returns, and gradually increasing until you learn your needs. It warns against overeating, stresses simple common sense, and cautions unlike an invalid weighing every bite.
A bachelor and a married man struggle with sewing a button in a comic scene. The bachelor skewers the cloth, battles thread and eye, and endures a thumb injury as he mutters prayers and quips while his family watches. He finally departs in New Year attire.
A dog subjected to chloroform and ether on lengthy train and wagon journeys purportedly returns home unaided, crossing rivers and mountains to Cincinnati after 38 hours and four days. The note questions what induced the dog to walk due north, asserting memory or prior experience cannot explain it, as the animal had not been in the area. The text also advertises the December Philadelphia Musical Journal with serials and music, priced at $1 per year.
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