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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1911
Page
6
In Royal Flush a murder case ends in lynch justice after a sham trial. Miller allegedly killed Jones during a mountain claim dispute, but vigilantes deputize a court, hire lawyers, and stage witnesses. A jury soon acquits, then voters revive lynch punishment, only to proceed with formal court and a staged verdict.
The article traces the origin of freedom of the city in medieval towns. It describes guild enrollment and seven years of apprenticeship as prerequisites for strangers to gain burgess status. Recipients could trade, vote, and live within city walls, symbolized by gates opening for burgesses.
The passage discusses views of multiple authorities on the nature of matter being neither continuous nor homogeneous. It cites Thomson's experiment with hydrogen entering a vacuum tube through a platinum window and sodium passing through glass to absorb residual oxygen. It notes Bellati's finding that hydrogen can pass through cold iron.
A New York Tribune piece recounts European hotel beds as daunting at first, with steep steps and tall elderdown mattresses. The author humorously recalls a traveler leaping into a high bed in Germany, the fear of falling, and tales of royal rooms in Sorento where empty rooms incur no extra charge.
A compact survey of sex ratios as a statistical and historical puzzle. The piece cites R J Ewart on women's rise and fall in society, notes biological and social forces, and likens equilibrium to a gyroscope. It includes a brief literary excerpt about Montrose and Sir Thomas More from Youth's Companion.
The famous South African statesman Cecil Rhodes is buried in Africa following his will. He requested burial on the Matoppas hill in a rock square with a brass plate bearing Here be the remaining of Cecil John Rhodes. He died March 20, 1902, aged forty seven.
Eses are bold as Irons, roving, run ning, leaping, here and there, far and near. They speak all languages, they wait for no Introduction, they are no t Englishmen, ask no leave of age or rank, they respect neither poverty nor riches, neither fenralog nor power, por virtue, not sex, but intrude, and come again, and go through and through you in a moment of time. What inundation of life and thought is discharged from one soul into another through them!- Emerson.
A courtly politician remarks on a boy resembling his husband. The mother replies that people grow to resemble those they are with, noting they only adapted the boy last week in a remarkable, humorous situation.
Dialogue shows a suitor recounting Mabel’s acceptance after Cousin Belle admits she only hinted at his pursuit. The passage reveals social maneuvering and personal entanglements as the gossiping tone suggests in a domestic anecdote.
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