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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1897
Page
1
A poetic scene opens with spring on apple trees and memories of scars while a narrator recalls a storm and a limb loss in seventy five. A late night encounter with a burglar who reveals himself as a vanished lawyer ghost unfolds as a reporter's interview unfolds into a tabloid style tale.
A narrator recalls a ghastly attempted murder in a dark house. Lady Forrester confronts a masked intruder as chloroform is used, leaving the speaker unsettled and clutching a revolver for protection against imagined threats. The piece blends fear with eerie, nocturnal details.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece discusses symmetry tests by standing against a wall and notes a cannon ball flight illustration to explain cosmic distances. It calculates travel times to the moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune and Alpha Centauri, highlighting vast interstellar gaps.
A San Francisco Call excerpt contrasts cowboys with sheep herders in California. It argues cowboys are brutal, enjoying branding and harming livestock, while the majority of sheep herders are steady, healthful workers who prefer the craft, work for modest wages, and sustain year round on scattered ranges from Siskiyou to Tehachapi. It notes some work for health benefits, and that inexperienced hires depend on range owners for opportunities. The piece ends with a brief citation of a Boston Journal note on a long English prison record for petty theft.
A modern engineering work notes a horse can pull three times as much on the worst earthen road as a rider can carry, nine times on a macadamized road, twenty five on a well laid plank road, thirty three on smooth stone, and fifty four on steel rails. An American mining engineer in Johannesburg denounces African laborers, claiming colored men are superior to black workers and calling Kaffirs lazy and fit only for drudgery.
The article explains how Quaker couples certify intention at city hall and undergo a self administered marriage in the monthly meeting. If both are members, approval is granted. otherwise the couple may wed without society sanction. The ceremony includes the couple standing in the meeting house and pledging before God and the assembly, followed by a parchment certificate signed by attendees.
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