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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1888
Page
4
Fragmented OCR text hints at a war era narrative with names and phrases like Saco and Gooseps, suggesting a shadowed tale of woe, loss, and secrecy. The passage mentions December timing and laments amid a troubled homeland, with references to healing or blocking memory.
A compact review tracing early telegraph experiments from 1746 to the Morse era. It names Le Page, Lomond, Salva, Cavallo, Ronaldo, and others, notes voltaic pile work, gas discharge limits, and the shift to electro magnetism. It credits Morse with popularizing the system, while acknowledging prior efforts and influence.
The London News surveys living eminent figures across domains, noting ages from 70 to 102. It lists leaders, sovereigns, statesmen, generals, poets, musicians, engineers, painters, and Barnum the showman, highlighting the rarity of such longevity among contemporaries.
A Canton correspondent suggests candles for China with color options and high melting points, noting surface color and a bamboo core. The piece includes varied items from Marie Roce at the Royal Academy of Music to a Philadelphia writer on fishing flies, and ends with population estimates for China and global race commentary from The North China Herald.
William Smith Brown notes Colorado as a top resort region with mountain air and high altitude summers near Denver. He argues health benefits for throat and lung diseases, offering comfort and longevity if not advanced, yet cautions limited hope beyond reside in pleasant climates. The piece reflects 19th century views on climate therapy and regional retreat potential.
A London News view discusses converting surplus wind energy into electricity using a turbine and storage cells to power machinery during calm. It notes wind, tides, waves, solar power, and water power as vast resources, urges economy, and warns against spending capital resources.
William F. Hutchinson, M. D., warns that physicians should personally inspect destination hotels before sending patients away. He argues damp warm climates like Florida are unsuitable for consumptives, urging doctors to verify a location’s suitability to avoid jeopardizing patients’ health and safety.
The Lena River natives regularly eat wood in a larch based stew mixed with snow and sometimes fish roe or butter. They do this openly, using it to evoke pity from visitors who may then provide tea and tobacco. The practice is local and not a famine signal.
A man observes Navajo Indians and ants mining with precision, ants bringing up gems from an ant hill in Sierra Madre California. He notes tiny rubies and emeralds among sand grains and laments the ants’ efficiency, comparing ant industry to human trades and detailing the miners protected by soldier ants and their fierce jaws.
A well dressed stranger slapped a young woman on Fulton Street near Sands Street as she walked home from New York. He claimed it was no mistake, then fled, stealing her earnings in the process. A dozen bystanders saw the act but did not intervene. The victim, shaken, chose not to report the crime due to fear of publicity.
A historical illustration explains the vastness of space using round numbers. It compares Alpha Centauri at twenty million millions of miles with Earth to Neptune and the Sun, then notes a railway at fifty miles per hour would take millions of years to reach Alpha Centauri. It then cites Donatus comet as another example, detailing perihelion and aphelion distances to show how distant Alpha Centauri is from Earth compared with familiar bodies.
Dr. IDwand Titchcock Jr of Cornell reads on using physical measurement for individuals. He notes weight as a standard failed and suggests height correlates with overall size though exact dimensions vary. Six experts testing a person yield different chest and shoulder measurements. lung capacity varies by technique and muscle use. Some nations favor head or ear measurements and seated height for describing criminals.
A St James Gazette excerpt describes Caucasian Jewish practices with green food, unleavened bread, and ceremonial serving. It details floor seating, a two loaf blessing, salt dipping, distribution among males and females, stranger customs, and a mountain dew drink noted for its strength. It notes etiquette for hands, serv ing, and eating with a sharpened wooden aid.
Julian Magnus notes a split in childrearing spawned by affluent parents lavishing money on offspring. A striking example shows a richly dressed girl in plush coat and gold chain contrasted with a poorly dressed mother, illustrating vanity and misplaced status. Included is a reference to a quote about knowledge and a note that fifteen young Moors from Morpeer travel to Italy for military college studies.
A New York Tribune observation notes dangers for morning walkers in side streets and on business avenues. Water buckets splash at 9 a.m. and dust is stirred by shopkeepers and door mats. The piece argues New York is unfriendly to pedestrians heading to work.
The piece recalls ancient and modern archery prowess from Cairlock Scotland to the Turkish sultan and Turkish shots to 600 yards. It then notes a New York Sun item denying a default by San Salvador and ends with Scandinavian emigration statistics cited from Chautauquan research and a mention of a technical high school project costing $4.8 million annually.
An 19th century style chronicle traces chess origin myths from a Chinese mandarin proposing the game for winter festivals to ancient Orient roots around 10700, recounting bishops, elephants, and rulers playing across distances by telegraph, with anecdotes of kings and nobles mishandling chess as courtly tests of temper and patience.
A memoir vignette describes fashion under blockade times with smuggled hats and fabrics. Two sisters craft improvised bonnets from corn husks and peach bloom silk, trimming them in cream and silk, using remnants from a dress from years earlier.
The Chicago News notes the Chinese penal code directs magistrates to summon physicians to review medicines or wounds when an unskilled practitioner causes death. If death results unintentionally, the healer faces accidental homicdes penalties. if deceit and intent to gain property are proven, the practitioner is treated as a thief, with death for killing. Civil damages for unintentional malpractice are not addressed in the Celestial code.
A San Francisco cor respondent describes how a Chinese man named Colin hides wealth in diamonds by swallowing stones to pass customs. After ashore an emetic releases the gems for sale without duty, allowing quick disposal at a premium.
In The Epoch, Deacon Jones says some congregants led by Mr Goodman complain the country minister does not speak loudly enough. The minister replies he speaks as loud as he can afford at 500 dollars a year.
The piece notes pneumonia as a major, year round killer in New York with winter peaks. It claims high winter deaths, rapid, often fatal outcomes within 48 hours, and mentions doctors debating a microbe as a cause but offering little treatment improvement. A Detroit correspondent adds the wartime tone and urgency.
Our success comes from good goods at moderate prices. It would be no extortion to sell our overcoats higher, but we prefer to give patrons the benefit of bargains. Examine the make and trim lines of our clothing and find a big difference from most suits and overcoats. Our assortment is large with many fine goods not carried elsewhere in our city.
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