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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1899
Page
4
A narrator recalls lines of boys at the theater door in the old days. He describes the rush for front seats, the cold air, the long staircase, and the ritual of buying a ticket. He relives the thrill of gas lit chandeliers and the drama of heroes and villains on stage with vivid detail.
A Philadelphia press recounts a grand Roman celebration in honor of the four triumphs of the first Cesar. The capital hosted lavish banquets, processions, and public games with captives, gladiators, and exotic silks, as temples of empire rose in magnificence.
An elegantly dressed veiled woman aboard a German railway compartment roped in three travelers with a bouquet of roses that were drugged. The man and his sisters were robbed of all money and valuables as the flowers were distributed. Police say a young man behind several similar robberies used this rose method.
A government prize book for girls schools in the Bombay Presidency quotes harsh rules on wifely conduct. It states a virtuous husband, regardless of his failings, must be worshipped. Disobedient wives risk social ostracism and degrading rebirths described as animal punishments.
Henry Reeve recalls a birthday gathering where the queen wore white with tartan, about 150 tenants and families attended. Dances filled the evening as Prince Arthur and Princess Alice drew attention, the duke of Argyll chatted with the narrator, and the queen circulated with sandwiches and champagne before bowing graciously.
A 26 year old ironer faced Harlesden magistrates for bigamy as her mother and family members testified. The mother described attending a pew with the husband during the second marriage and the sister and first husband corroborated the tale. The incident unfolds amid a moralizing tableau with an ironic twist on family complicity.
The essay lauds Chicago's river as the smallest yet busiest waterway in the world. It notes its unusual flow backward, 52 drawbridges, shallow width, deep draft, and role as sewer outlet and dumping ground, while acknowledging its economic importance to Chicago and its awkward governance. It also comments on the river’s urban banks of brick walls and dense industrial activity along its length.
A Washington Star note recalls a wife hoping her husband may grant a dress dream for her. A Christian Endeavor World paragraph tells of a Edinburgh street waif at a Christmas mission treat where a kind boy offers his cup to keep her warm and hopeful.
A quip from the Cleveland Leader portrays a boy asking his father if he is a self made man. The father boasts while the boy notes how he tends to blunder when a pretty woman offers candy.
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