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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1906
Page
4
Howard Melvin Bun and H. Johnson Melvin Johnson are listed as publishers for the Denton Journal in the Saturday morning issue dated January 20 1906.
A jumble of notes covers topics from a Birmingham man named Batchelor marring a young widow to a penny's long lifetime, Breslin Germany curiosities, Berlin hats, Gibraltar tunnels, London and Manchester tram miles, multi language China Times, Nile fish variety, British Museum expeditions, Glasgow tram systems, lion tamers lavender perfume, and whale teeth coinage with red dyed teeth in exchange rates.
A New York Press tale describes Letty A Flat Dwellier and family moving up two floors after years of harassment by a third floor family who beat rugs over their clotheslines. The wife admits the motive was revenge and claims she caused notoriety to protect her husband’s reputation.
A vivid account describes sealing crews on a blunted steamer slaughtering dairy seals on blue white ice floes. Hundreds of crewmen armed with iron tipped clubs attack the seal herds while some adults escape toward the water as babies are slain.
John Coffee Hays grew up in Wilson County Tennessee and moved to Texas at eighteen. He served in the Texas Revolution under General Sam Houston and led the First Texas Regiment, a core unit of veteran rangers, famed for revolver tactics against Comanche and other tribes.
An excerpt from the New York Herald warns buyers that ornate vaults may be overpriced while plain stone vaults cost less but risk leaks. An undertaker says architect built vaults last centuries but cheaper builders fail in waterproofing, causing repeated repairs after storms.
In China the duck is an esteemed diet item and duck farms are common on rivers. Birds are trained to forage, kept on boats with extending platforms, and guided ashore to mud. They return to the boat at a signal to sleep, and are salted for preservation as a favorite dish of the well to do.
The Indian pharmacopoeia lists thoroughwort spurge and Indian hemp as emetics, bark of horse chestnut and butternut as cathartics, and many poisons used on weapons. For asthma tobacco and sassafras. slippery elm for coughs. wild gooseberry for dropsy. wounds treated with powdered puff balls. poultices used on wounds.
A London Saturday Review note describes an oratorical preparation method where the speaker reclines in a dark room wrapped in a plaid. A heavy stone rests on the stomach for up to twenty four hours before delivering a speech.
Napoleon’s mother is described as a strong influence on his character. She demanded obedience and framed the path to becoming a soldier as first learning to obey. The article notes his enduring respect for her and mentions she was styled Mme. More at court.
A puzzled exchange over ownership of an umbrella ends with a claim that the umbrella was loaned by a friend who has since moved away. The man who was given the umbrella demands the rightful owner identify the person who lent it.
The text describes how rainwater seeps into rock crevices, delivering degraded surface material that seeds vegetation. Plant roots expand and split rock, while freezing water—ice—acts as an explosive agent. Dislodged fragments are worn to sand as they tumble in mountain torrents and along coasts, with waves aiding erosion.
Scholars debate Eden s location with many theories placing it among Armenian tablelands Mesopotamian rivers or African mountains. Some identify the four rivers and the Ganges and Nile, but none pinpoints all details, leaving the Eden mystery unsolved.
An extract from the London Lancet lists the grim prices paid to executioners for various medieval tortures and death penalties. The record details payments for biting, quartering, the wheel, beheading, hanging, burning, and other brutal rites, illustrating the era’s harsh capital punishments and the gruesome duties of the executioner and assistants.
A historical note recalls Roman excess with roses poured on guests at feasts and a bench of extravagant spending cited by Suetonius. It also notes hereditary naming traditions in noble lineages such as the Duke of Melmimond and Lord Salisbury, preserving royal and peerage names through generations.
The Washington Star quotes a host asking a guest if his roast beef is rare and the guest, poor, replies that he cannot have it rare but would settle for “grammitation rarely.” The exchange highlights economic hardship shaping even dinner table preferences.
Mrs. Ivnicker Now asks if a ball can happen without a ballroom while Mrs. Becker boasts eight cozy corners and two staircases. Policy centers on serving God without offending that evil Faller.
The Liberty Boys were the Sons of Liberty known by that nickname. They fought the colonists first battles, opposed the stamp act, and joined the Boston tea party. A dagger hoisted on the flagstaff beside the Liberty Tree signaled their assembly in Boston.
The article, citing the Baltimore Sun via National Magazine, argues city workers toil harder and enjoy fewer holidays than farmers. It portrays urban life as barren and ambitious, while praising farmers as the real contented, wiser, and happier laborers.
The Peking Times editorial condemns harsh treatment of slave girls in Chinese households noting cases in Shanghai and near Canton Road. It cites daily beatings and gagging for minor faults, suggesting public exposure may curb cruelty without police involvement. It also discusses how vocal strength relates to health and breathing conditions.
Reports from Zurich describe experiments on how temperature affects butterfly development over about fourteen years. Warmer conditions yield Sardinian forms of the small tortoiseshell and swallowtail, while cooler temperatures produce Lapland and Syrian Apollo variants. The piece also mentions Mont Blanc lodging and a-century-old building and includes assorted quotes.
In a terse dialogue, a woman pleads with Jack to resist degeneration, promising he will not follow the path to ruin. He dismisses the concern with light humor, but the exchange hints at deeper tensions and a vow to stay true.
Notice to growers offers season supply contracts for 1906 with prices: Sugar Corn eight dollars per ton, Green Peas two cents per pound after threshing, Seed Peas at one dollar seventy five cents per bushel, Tomatoes nine dollars per ton. Seed corn furnished free, tomatoes to be hauled on spring-wheeled wagons, and growers may haul away vines and husks. G. T. Redden & Co.
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