11 Jan 1896
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1896
Page
1
The speaker pleads for tears and a kiss to ease longing. A night scene of intimate yearning weighs on a lover’s unsatisfied heart. Romantic imagery contrasts rose dreamlike sweetness with absence of sorrowful moments.
Captain Harry Beaufort recalls a November 1803 encounter near Winchester Virginia. A young Yankee soldier surprised him as he stood guard. Beaufort captured the lad, who offered corn bread in exchange for mercy. The tale unfolds with hunger, cold, and a wary prisoner’s exchange.
A Confederate soldier recalls sharing corn bread with a hungry young Yankee in a Civil War prison camp near Winchester. The pair escape guards, form a bond, and years later the Yankee reappears as a grown man and husband to the narrator’s former love. A poignant tale of hunger, humor, and enduring connections across war.
A New York Journal excerpt contrasts country living with city life, noting commuters born in the country adapt to rural inconveniences and prefer urban noise. The St Louis Republic describes Fingal's Cave on Staffa, Scotland, detailing its dimensions, depth, and tidal water, calling it Europe’s greatest British wonder.
A fussy old lady heads to the suburban rail ticket window asking how long before the Battersea train starts. The clerk says one minute, she protests, and jokes that nine people were saved from missing it. Another passenger notes the train leaves in five minutes. The column then shifts to a proverb about forbidden fruit and human predatory impulses. It ends with a note on the diving bell’s early European use shown at a Toledo exhibit for Charles V.
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