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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
4
Naval officers recount a case from about twenty years ago in a foreign port where a sailor died. Instead of using an undertaker, the surgeon requisitioned a coffin from the polymaster, then the fleet paymaster, and finally the commander ordered bids from six dealers for the coffin and grave, purchasing the cheapest. The tale, told by engineers, mocks the red tape over common sense.
A collage of notes on political kidnappings in England historical elections and quirky frontier anecdotes from Missouri in 1851. It recounts coerced voting, shiploads of freemen driven to Ostend, Ipswich electors dumped in Rotterdam, and cheerful frontier commerce. It also tips on a Maine cat tale and a Bohemian marriage proposal aboard a train, all in a dated weekly voice.
Brief fragment excerpted notes. It includes a comic line in London Sketch about a new maid Nora and Mrs Brown. Another item references Mrs Andrew Crosse recalling a nearly hundred year old nurse who ate meals in a quirky pattern and drank doctors leftovers. The piece mentions Waldo Emerson and a Bostonbeans line as conversational prompts.
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