08 Jul 1882
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1882
Page
1
A romantic scene where two lovers share a sunset as clouds drift west. He muses that men should not count hours as their hearts leap in proud wonder. She agrees, noting bells tolling in distant towers while their beating hearts reveal time flying.
The last act of Charles Jules Guiteau's tragedy concluded at noon Friday as he was hanged without resistance. An audience of about two hundred, mostly press, witnessed the swift, orderly execution. Guiteau offered a prayer, read scripture, and recited a self written dying prayer criticizing President Arthur. He read a morbid poem, wept during readings, and expressed defiance in his final words. The drop fell, the neck broke, and his soul departed as cheers rose from nearby inmates and observers.
A terse line compares women to a hunter seeking abundant game, framing social balls and assemblies as ideal gathering places. The analogy links social events to hunting locales, implying preference for plentiful venues.
Critics lament slow progress on hat sizes as the era’s opera and theatre crowds contend with overwhelming Gainsborough hats. Reactions range from mild toleration to comments on the fashion spectacle that obscures view and happiness for theatregoers.
Jennie June urges educated young women to lead progress in dress modesty and honesty, advocating Ruskin Societies in schools to champion wholesome fabrics and discourage long skirts, wire bustles, and low necks. Louise Chandler Moulton lauds manners at home, urging scrupulous politeness with children and respectful listening, sharing a tale of a girl enforcing etiquette with fines to teach propriety.
Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station finds swamp muck offers little plant food except on basins with poor outlets and tall rank herbage. Best potato crops come from very mucky soil, possibly counteracting potato rot. England’s policy toward Ireland noted as removing hardships, with a quip about robbing Ireland of its graveence.
A Vermont farmer displays a very ugly scarecrow so offputting that birds avoid the corn and even return previously stolen grain.
A student fresh from college asks a conductor to ride the penultimate car. The conductor replies there is no peanut car and suggests boarding the smok er car instead.
A Methodist Conference member in Detroit meets a large wagon-dragging teamster who tries to provoke a brawl over cigars and chewing. The minister, reminding him of self discipline, ends the incident after a brief grappling contest. The note shifts to a Balzac anecdote about writers and readers, ending with a quip about fashion and female friendship.
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