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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1911
Page
3
A compact record noting the publication of The Unknown Quantity, a book credited to the firm Doubleday Page & Co in 1910. No plot details or author name beyond publisher attribution provided in the text.
A satirical tale unfolds with Longfellow and Confucius invoked to praise reason while describing Septimus Kinsolving’s 19th century bread speculation. Dan and Kenwitz, old friends in New York’s Washington Square, discuss wealth, monopoly, and returning ill gotten gains, shadowed by a plan to compensate bread buyers.
Dan Kenwitz and Dan Winslow vow to repay losses from a bread price shock. Kenwitz visits Varick Street to see Thomas Boyne’s bakery victims and a young Mrs. Boyne, who quietly aids a cause. The arc ends with Kenwitz’s reconciled view of restitution as Dan and Miss Boyne, now Mrs. Kinsolving, reveal their marriage two months later.
Goethe compares Hamlet to a prince whose spirit awakens a burden of vengeance. He describes the ghost scene and Hamlet’s terror, wavering, and vow to set right the “time is out of joint” condition. The analogy: great action places a soul unfit for it under pressure, like an oak in a costly jar whose roots shatter the vessel.
An incident in New York described as a sacking of a theater where anger over a public distress period led to a riot. The crowd burst in breaking doors and assaulting attendees, some injured including a boy with a fractured skull. The theater was demolished and burned in a bonfire at the common.
An Aberdeenshire railway scene near Stonehaven involves a Salvation Army officer speaking with an old porter named Andra. The porter jokes that the devil should be driven out of Aberdeen, suggesting a northern retreat instead. The exchange showcases local humor and sectarian banter aboard a delayed London train.
A senator declares that those who pose pleasant questions should not be surprised by unpleasant replies. The piece satirizes power and inquiry through a comic scene about Gobsa Golde and his wife, who quarrele over money and a crossword.
The Yale parallax study fixes Arcturus at 0.060 seconds of arc, placing it about 290 trillion miles away, over 3 million times Earth's sun distance. Arcturus would shine about 2,500 times brighter than the Sun. if nearer, heat would annihilate life and melt continents. Garrett P. Serviss notes Dr. Wallace’s views are dismissed by astronomy.
A humorous tale notes Kentucky youths jailed for a seven-up game ruled as chance. A lawyer claims it is science. a mixed juror panel of gamblers and deacons loots loans and concludes the game is science, not chance, citing losses by the chance side and gains by the science side.
The article outlines sleeping sickness in two stages from a first year or longer incubation to a second stage with apathy confusion and loss of speech and mobility. It notes the disease formerly called Gambia fever and mentions brain involvement and confinement of patients by relatives to prevent wandering.
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