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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1903
Page
4
A Milwaukee Journal column laments a lack of reverence among today’s youth. It warns that claiming superiority, levity toward sacred subjects, and disrespect undermine moral character and harm others. It urges nourishment of high ideals and personal accountability to restore virtue.
A historical note on London's oldest art society, the Langham Sketching club, tracing its origins to 1830 31 with meetings led by J Prescott Knight R A and its 1835 relocation to Clipstone Street Portland Place. The piece also samples a quip about pins and luck reflecting Bohemian culture and superstition.
A Washington man recalls an etiquette incident where a boy calls a pig a hogs child after a father warns him about table manners. The item then shifts to Rosewood naming origins, noting the wood’s red hue is misperceived and its name comes from a fleeting rose-like perfume released when first cut.
The text notes right side placement of buttons on coats and left hair partition in boys, linked to right hand manipulation. It cites Newton’s shift from right eye observations to left, with some unable due to eye strength. It mentions Chinese preference for the left, and Cameron’s account from Kunyenye of an heir presumptive whose long nails indicated high rank and absence of labor, used to tear meat in diet.
The Philadelphia Press recounts a tale of a famed Kentucky colonel inviting a gentleman to dine at Chamberlin's in Washington where porterhouse steak with onions caused a breathy predicament. The guest declines the dish citing bad breath until the bill shocks him, illustrating a swap of host and guest.
A dialogue about a dress and authenticity tests affection. One character asks if true love exists beyond appearances while the other notes the dress differs from current styles. The exchange centers on whether romance must align with fashion preferences.
The piece traces early adoption of the thermometer in typhoid treatment by Currie of Edinburgh in 1797 and notes skepticism from German contemporaries. It credits Santorius of Padua with an early open-ended thermometer, Boerhaave with recognizing its importance, and De Haen for introducing bedside use, while noting general adoption from 1830 to 1870.
A 1678 act required an affidavit within eight days that the deceased was buried only in wool. Declared to support a native industry by reducing linen imports, it led to many parish burial entries noting woolen use. The penalty for noncompliance was a 25 pound fine.
Two characters debate whether a novel or stage figure is queer and eccentric. they discuss the character coming into an enormous fortune and question his sanity, noting that many geniuses are unconventional and original.
Lord High Admiral the Duke of Clarence visits the Portsmouth naval establishment and meets Captain Jack Towers. Towers quips that he hopes the king does not come to deprive him of his character. The exchange underscores their long friendship and humor in a royal visit.
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