12 Jul 1890
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1890
Page
1
A fragmented Washington Post style piece mocks shopping at OEHAM'S ACHE HALL with a marine voyage metaphor. It contrasts flashy department store offers in menswear with an allegory about long voyages, weathered clippers, and the “plebeian luger” ending life’s voyage.
A historic excerpt describes gymkhana events in India with animal races and obstacle challenges. It highlights horse actions such as tent peg racing and tandem riding, plus soldiers in marching order and potato races, noted by The New York Tribune. It also covers Wharton School library expansions and a Kingman Missouri town's three amateur dramatic companies.
Ex city auditor Vernon Whitesides recounts a bear hunt with companions on Walden's Ridge near Chattanooga. After a night in an empty cabin a house snake fooled one hunter, then a shelved rock ascent yielded a bear sighting but the party failed to secure the quarry and paid a local for the bear carpentry-style.
Mrs. Bohem of Dover New Jersey reported valuables missing from her home after a tame goose repeatedly entered the kitchen to beg for food. The bird then hovered near a sunlit window and concealed stolen items in a closet, including a Waterbury watch, gold thimbles, a comb, scarf pins, and sewing silk. The mixed excerpt ends with a humorous quip about keeping eyes on the sermon.
A late comers vantage in a top left Metropolitan seat reveals stage machinery, prompter actions, Rhine maidens routine, the gag of a tall stage tree, a shadowed singer, and a burlesque black clad observer behind the scenes. A separate note from Scribner’s discusses genius and moral restraint.
Smithsonian and San Francisco Chronicle note Lelong found Adalin bipunctata feeding on aphis at the U S Department of Agriculture grounds in Washington. He sent colonies to Col Dobbins at San Gabriel and Runyon near Sacramento, hoping the ladybug helps clear cottony cushion scale and other pests. In a Harvard Medical School talk, Dr. Cheever urged physicians to cultivate manners, be reticent, stay at work, and follow the Golden Rule.
The piece reviews George W. Sears known as Nessmuk, famed woodsman and author, detailing his forest life, health revival through nature, writings in Woodcraft and Rough Notes from the Woods, and his enduring appeal to hunters and anglers. It cites his poetry in Barest Runes and his Nepmug Indian pen name origin, noting his public life and sympathy with humanity.
A family scene unfolds as Janet practices piano with her father calling out. The girl answers that she is doing an exercise titled First steps in music. The father doubts the usefulness of hands on play.
The compressed air chisel, recently adopted by stone dressers, sculptors and metal workers in Europe, promises labor savings of four to five times versus hand chisels and delivers cleaner, smoother surfaces, particularly on granite. A Detroit Free Press note recounts a Niagara Falls boy who hooted like an owl to signal Indians, provoking a nearby citizen to fire a shot that peppered him.
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