10 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1891
Page
1
A fragmentary verse draws on Homeric images to urge endurance amid fate. It envisions Zeus’s two vessels, battle with Jove, and the shadowy field of asphodel where heroes like Hector rest. The speaker encourages the heart to endure until the unbroken rest awaits.
In a New England kitchen, Mrs. Doble scolds Hannah Jane Doble about marrying Jeff Larkin, a shiftless suitor. Hannah endures the tirade, quietly works, then kisses her mother before leaving for the store, facing an uncertain future of sewing and hard work.
A neglectful daughter Hannah vanishes, returns married, and decades pass with Mrs. Doble’s life grimly orderly. Years of loneliness give way when Hannah reappears, brings a muslin parcel, and mother and daughter melt into a long awaited, tearful reconciliation.
A Longdon Tit-Bits note recalls the December 1836 snowstorm described as the era’s most severe since 1719, with up to forty to fifty feet drifts, widespread closures, and mail coaches delayed for over a week. It also mentions a 1642 snow event requiring dozens to free the Quicksilver mail coach.
Brooklyn offers flowers at prices far below New York florists with many street stands selling blooms up to half off. The key is abundant suburban greenhouses that bypass middlemen, letting ordinary residents buy flowers and plants cheaply.
A Brooklyn Eagle report describes an elderly Irish inventor at church conventions displaying a wooden model of a railroad car with a safety brake. He claims governments and leaders would profit from his device, including a $50,000 offer from Jay Gould, and he insists only the government could deploy it nationwide. He cites scripture on the machine and speaks in a strong brogue.
The Boston Transcript notes that crank can mean opposite traits from lively and brash to irritable and cranky, a versatile mark of personality. It suggests cranks may both irritate colleagues and enliven social circles, reflecting a paradox within urban mores and civic conscience.
The Chicago Tribune ridicules ancient myths and sensational tales such as one eyed Cyclops miners and giant footed anthropophagi. It warns the public against deceptive reporting and notes Megasthenes' credulous accounts of India. The piece labels these as campaign rhetoric and misinformation.
An excerpt from the Detroit Free Press quote contrasts Arab greeting customs with a savage anecdote. The fragment suggests that harm precedes any exchange, portraying a grim view of intercultural behavior rather than a factual report.
The piece contrasts Lima with its past glory as New Spain’s finest city. It notes mass beggary, poverty, and insanitary living. money changers, lottery tickets, and Peruvian antiquities. It also mentions Peru’s dire finances, scarce coin, and a drift toward credit and checks amid widespread debt.
A woman delivering a letter to the department of charities claimed she belonged to the so called poor class and deserved special aid, prompting referral to the county home. The Pittsburgh Commercial notes changes in editors T B Aldrich and Horace E Reudder as Aldrich reduces duties to pursue literature while Reudder focuses on his chair responsibilities.
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