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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
4
A Leslie's Weekly reprint extols advertising as a transformative power of the modern age. It argues advertising educates the public, benefits churches missions and professions, and calls for ending bans on physician and lawyer advertising while urging dignified, widespread use of print to reach clients and influence community prosperity.
Dr Paul Carus argues immortality lies not in bodily continuation but in the soul and character left behind. He suggests life’s aftereffects define existence, urging readers to consider what they would have wished to do if they had died. This meditation appears in Monist and cites works like The Soul of Man.
A magazine excerpt features a Western traveler asserting Korean women are very ugly despite noting some with attractive eyes and features. He criticizes social classes and dress, claiming streets show women as servants and ill prepared in appearance. A separate fable-style anecdote recounts a vizier warning a sultan about trusting strangers with money.
W J Spillman describes a middle latitude system to renew worn soils by growing corn for pigs, sowing cowpeas or crimson clover or rye for winter pasture, and a three to four year rotation of oats rye sorghum with optional artichokes or potatoes. Hogs should avoid wet sod and benefit from an extra sod field and forage crops like alfalfa rape or kale in winter.
A compact note discusses DIY drain unclogging methods using a plug, a board, and a hammer shock to dislodge blockages. It also covers marketing Lima beans, advising on picking time, packing options, and price factors. Additional lines mention cement coatings protecting iron from oxidation and the proper cement mix for durable adhesion.
A promotion for Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription claims childlessness harms marriage and that the remedy restores health and fertility. It cites women’s weaknesses, displacements, and debility as causes, touts surgical fixes at Buffalo Institute, and promises testimonials and printed ingredients for transparency.
Caroline County Maryland invites sealed proposals for four million dollar bonds in twelve series of one thousand dollars each to fund a county jail. Proposals due August 15, 1906 at noon in Denton, with bonds redeemable starting July 1, 1997 and annually thereafter. The Board reserves the right to reject any bid. Franklin P. Medford presides. L L Dures, clerk.
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