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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1904
Page
4
The snippet shows printer line at top of the Jan 30 1804 issue handpress page citing Melvin Roward and the firm Melvin & Johnson, publishers, indicating the Saturday morning edition date and ownership for the Bereton Journal.
The Nearses describe Jamaican wakes as two ceremonies after death. The first night with feasting and songs, the second on the ninth night to placate the restless spirit with dances, drinks, and boisterous games. The ritual ends with relief if no ghost manifests.
The liberty cap, once a slave’s mark of manumission, became a Venice symbol of stable republican rule. Its gallery of doges highlights its ancient authority, and its use alongside Barbarossa, Dandolo, and crusade milestones links it to pivotal moments from Dalmatia to Constantinople and early American liberty.
A humorous exchange notes a man who looks healthy yet is described as having one foot in the grave. The punchline reveals a past railway accident that buried his feet, yet he moves with natural ease, leaving the speaker addressing only vacancy as the man departs.
A Chicago Post quote features a tourist and guide bantering about hunting danger. The tourist laughs off fear, while the guide warns that real danger comes when hunters actually shoot the bear rather than mistaking him.
A quirky note describes a flying frog in Bor neo using expansive mema membranes on its feet to glide between trees. The creature is likened to the wings of modern flying machines that enable temporary airborne movement.
The lord mayor ranks above peers and even the monarch within the city. He can demand private audiences with the king and is a privy councilor at royal death. Aldermanic service is required, fines apply for refusal or bankruptcy, crown approval governs election, and the Mansion House hosts the mayor in a grand establishment costing £71,000 with annual expenses about £25,000.
Since 1708 the veto has never been used in England. Queen Anne aligned with a parliamentary majority, while the first two Georges yielded to majorities. George II and successors sometimes influenced legislation but avoided outright vetoes. The Tory hope that George IV would veto the 1829 Catholic emancipation bill faded under Wellington’s threat, and since then few discuss royal vetoes.
A British Museum discovery suggests billiards began with William Kew a London pawnbroker who used a yard measure to strike three balls on his counter. His friends joined, calling the game Bill's yard, later shortened to billiards, with the cue named after Kew.
A Scottish M P visiting Chatsworth lunches with the Duke of Devonshire and enjoys the privilege. At home his wife teases him, asking what a noble visitor would eat, and the reply riffs on a minced dish to mock aristocratic pretension.
John J. Sullivan recalls attempting boxing lessons with a husky pupil who sought lessons to learn to defeat a rival. After one lesson the student returned claiming the plan was to attack the other young man, and Sullivan says the student was too rough to teach.
An English rural schoolmaster asks a boy questions and, after giving him twopence, tells him to buy brains. The boy retorts that he must tell the man the purchase is for the headmaster, creating a witty reversal reported from the London Globe.
A barefooted freckled girl visits a country store with a purse full of coins. She buys beans soap matches and a stick of candy for her mother and baby sister, prompting bemused comments from nearby men. The storekeeper finally rings up the tiny purchases and completes the sale.
Mr Tree, former lessee of the Haymarket, once performed matinee far from London and, on returning, disguised himself in a railway carriage. A guard facing a suspected desperado blocked the door, leading Tree to persuade him to let the villain pass and hurry to the Haymarket for London Men and Women.
An anecdote about O C Marsh, Yale paleontology chair, who once offered a black horsemaster three dollars for a curiously hoofed horse. The driver agreed, the horse died, and the driver presented a wrapped package to Marsh, declaring the horse had died.
In official circles Lord Wolseley stressed uniformity, insisting invited officers appear in full attire. A town visit to inspect troops saw a grand dinner in his honor, with garrison officers on the guest list. One officer recalled his servant’s question when told to dress for dinner: “Are you going as an officer or a gentleman?” He attended as an officer.
A forged letter purporting to come from Sir Algernon West and directed to Lord Chief Justice Bovill claimed Gladstone warned of a public scandal in the Tichborne case. The jury and judges sought confirmation before acting. The author remains unknown. James Gazette.
In a playful exchange, Mr. Jollyboy warns of a dreadful eye operation, claiming the surgeon found a young man in the girl's eye. Mrs. Jollyboy quips that it depends on the man, and calmly resumes knitting, leaving the serious topic resolved with humor.
Adelaide is noted as the oldest municipality in Australia named for the queen of William IV. King William Street is its main thoroughfare. The South Australian Register began in London as the organ of the South Australia association aiding pioneer settlers. Sir George Grey, appointed governor at twenty nine, helped rescue the settlement from bankruptcy amid copper mine prospects.
The New York Tribune notes that Japanese authorities posted prominent warnings at dangerous waterfalls to deter suicides, remarking that many would suicide jumps at streams, yet surprisingly few despairing individuals kill themselves by leaping into Niagara Falls.
Miss Roxie MacKinnes, heiress, laments a coronet foretold by an old family servant. The servant recalls her grandfather's coronet as a symbol of a distant, maritime fortune from Galway Bay, tying rumor to a fisherman's tale.
Prominent ad copy touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as prompt relief for leucorrhea and female weakness, claiming cures for many women and offering $500 to any uns cured case. Personal testimonial from Stella Johnson of Dayton praises relief after years of pain, urging others to use the product.
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