14 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1883
Page
1
A shopkeeper recalls a summer journey and a haunting mirror scene. A distressed French widow seeks a cedar cabinet believed to contain marriage and baptism certificates vital to reclaim her husband’s estate for her children. He locates the cabinet, returns it, and the woman rejoices as relief washes over them both.
In a tale set in a bustling pawnbroker market, the narrator recalls how a single incident broadened his view of the desperate buyers and their losses. He traces a strange cedar cabinet and a day of brisk bidding, ending with a nervous woman seeking help with a delicate matter.
Judge Merrick frames anti-boss sentiment as essential to Maryland politics, denouncing ticket-packing and corruption. He says he will not solicit votes or strike deals, trusting voters to judge his record and choose leaders, warning that ticket by intrigue would spark public outrage and defeat for reform.
Hugh Levy of Memphis was bitten on two fingers by a snake while fishing for crawfish. He sucked out the venom, drank a quart of whiskey, tied a wrist string, and later drank more whiskey, then recovered. Separate report from Georgia notes a two dozen snakes twisted together in a creek. A North Annsville boy found a large spotted milk snake on a hay loft nest, chased but killed. two other snakes were found nearby.
A humorous exchange shows two men recounting a wild night filled with soda water, eatable syrup, Vichy, cigarettes, visits to three young ladies and their mother, and a late coffee and angel’s food to sober up. One man laments his wakeful wife and impending country trip as the other calls it a dreadful spree and notes a married woman's remark about her staid husband who stayed out all night.
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