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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1893
Page
1
A promotional pitch claims the store offers greater variety and extent than three houses combined and at lower prices than ever before. It suggests a budget shopper can dress like a king this year, highlighting value and breadth to attract customers.
Local tailors promote superior craft with durable garments priced below comparable options. Extensive lines run at ten, twelve, fifteen, and eighteen dollars, drawing customers seeking value and quality in tailored wear. The message emphasizes cost advantage without sacrificing fabrication.
A local ads brief sells boys and children's suits hats and furnishings in charming styles. Suits priced from 1.98 up to 15 dollars and presented with the care given to fine men’s garments. The notice ends with an emphatic statement that the shop is on top.
Largest display of Men s and Boys hats and caps featuring leading shapes and new colors. Men s hats priced from 59 cents to 3 dollars, boys hats from 14 cents to 2 50.
Bright and new items fill the Furnishing Department with many exclusive novelties in neck wear hosiery shirts and under wear offered at 25 percent off rival stores. Samples and price lists available on request.
Poetic depictions of a parent tucking three children into a soft bed as prayers are said and a small figure finishes his rounds, retreating into shadow town after a night of quiet ritual.
From the French of Guy de Maupassant, a beggar known as The Bell roams a town begging after a childhood injury. He steals a chicken, is beaten by Farmer Chiquet, is jailed by gendarmes, and dies in his cell from starvation. The tale depicts systemic neglect and cruelty toward the vulnerable.
A traveler in Portugal observes a landlord’s lengthy arithmetic during the DIL settlement. The host lists items finger by finger, debating each sum before finally reaching a total, the traveler paying what is deemed fair to avoid being seen as wasteful or tight. The scene ends with mutual satisfaction though the process is long and methodical.
In Harper's Bazar, a reflection asserts that nothing worth having comes without toil and patience. It argues the universal law that good deeds yield good outcomes and evil deeds yield evil consequences, noting people seek exceptions for themselves while life’s law is immutable.
Cleverton asks about impression on a Hartford girl introduced by Dashaway. Dashaway jokes she disliked him. Cleverton proudly boasts he kissed her three times within an hour. Dashaway recalls she called him too bashful, revealing a humorous social encounter from Brooklyn Life.
Birds familiar to young readers are described, focusing on the bob white quail. The species ranges east of the Rockies, faces hunting and traps, and often raises two broods in a summer before winter limits live birds. The female leads young like a mother hen, with behavior to attract attention when approached.
A garbled, humorous scene describes John struggling with a heavy box. Onlookers doubt his ability to lift it, and he declares proudly that they should take his coat off to it. The character is depicted as stout, stubby, and grim, delivering blunt lines that resemble a schoolroom copy.
A legend explains the Chinese and Japanese reverence for the lily as a lucky emblem. A tale within the piece tells of two brothers sharing a father’s estate, a fairy giving bulbs that prosper for the younger brother, while the elder’s greed leads to ruin. The excerpt closes with a scene from a Chicago Tribune-style dialogue about investments and horses.
The article explains that true perpetual motion is impossible due to friction, yet inventors pursue self running devices. It highlights a young Spaniard who claims to have a clock to solve the problem, naming himself Lupal New York Tribune in a curious, suggestive move.
A Boston Herald note recalls a feeble minded boy at the South Boston Institution who could declare the day of the week for any date, a remarkable skill he used despite blindness. A Countr Gentleman correspondent shares a method to start a manure factory on a rundown farm using pigs to process garden refuse.
An ornate bronze clock from the time of Mme Pompadour boasts silver face and jewel markings. It despairs of shop life as Saxony porcelain marquises praise it, until a gout-stricken merchant falls ill, the clock stops, and a jeweler disposes of its face and works. The marquis bids farewell as the clock is forgotten and sold.
The Chicago Tribune notes folk proverbs across nations depict women as inferior or capable of spoiling men. Examples include There is no man so good that a woman can't spoil him and There is no mischief in the world but there's a woman or a priest. Some sayings warn caution toward women’s influence.
A Virginia Farm Journal excerpt outlines seed potato planting via the trench system, cutting seed pieces to two eyes for efficiency, and using 1000 to 1200 pounds of fertilizer per acre. It covers soil preparation, trench creation, planting spacing, manure cautions to avoid scab, and layering to level the field. It also describes sweet potato propagation in hotbeds with bottom sand, producing multi crop yields from single tubers.
A historical recipe describes soaking shingles in a zinc sulfate alum caustic potash manganide oxide and sulfuric acid solution, then drying and re soaking to render them fireproof, followed by painting with iron oxide pigment in linseed oil. The article also notes beekeeping debates on hive sizes and a report from New Orleans on a cotton seed sugar extraction promising higher sweetness but fermenting over time.
An elder explains his constant fatigue from daily duties. He lists two falcons as his eyes, two hares as his feet, two hawks as his hands, a serpent as his tongue, a hellish heart, and a sick body to guard and tend. The metaphor reveals the strain of restraint and care that wears him down each day.
A suggestion from Young People’s Standard proposes a prayer meeting activity where each member writes on a slip of paper their favorite Scripture passage. The slips are read with brief comment by the pastor, noting duplicated texts as insight into texts that strongly influence believers.
France Belgium Greece Italy and Switzerland share a common coin standard with nearly identical weight and fineness, while Spain Servia Bulgaria Russia and Roumania partially adopt it but remain outside the union. Other regions including Scandinavia use similarly weighted coins, and many South American states issue a peso standard silver coin.
A bank clerk lost £3000 in bills stored in a pocketbook when a sudden rainstorm and a vanished ledger led to a swift theft. Liverpool police traced a London thief via post office registration, capturing him and exposing the scheme. The detective intercepted the man, recovered the letter, and revealed the money was inside.
A Rural New Yorker authority argues homemade mixes cannot match commercial fertilizer for consistency and balance. It outlines a 600 pound per acre mixture with bone black superphosphate nitrate sources and potash, noting manufacturers blend in large lots for better nitrogen forms.
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