30 Jul 1898
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1898
Page
1
Fragmented text presents a poetic reflection on love and solitude with lines about being left alone, imagery of sun and river, and a fleeting mention of a broader horizon. The passage includes distorted phrases and a closing citation attributing to Jon Symormds in Academy.
A bold train robbery ruse unfolds as Mr Robson is approached with a bribe to delay a passenger express to Liverpool. A forged plan leads to a high speed engine chase from London, culminating in a dramatic thwarting and a hidden mastermind who escapes on a New York liner.
The London Spectator notes a genuine Canadian demand for deerskin used in leggings moccasins and gloves. Deer skin, shamoyed rather than tanned, yields soft porous leather prized for winter footgear and high quality gloves, with elk and fawns used for assorted items, while white leather parts like bucksixin serve military uses.
An editorial notes Gladstone's view on beauty and morality, then reports Prof Webster of Ohio station suggesting Japan as the origin of the San Jose scale and a plan to import a native parasite to control it in the U S Complete fertilizer must include nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash It mentions English Wiltshire bacon linked to whey and barley feeding Crown gall disease in peaches and nursery stock and efforts at stations to reduce hand labor in thinning sugar beets.
The piece describes cowrie shells and slaves as the main currencies in Kano and much of West Africa, notes coastal shells equating to English pence, and argues for introducing regular coinage via increased European presence. It discusses slave values, taxation by tribute, and the impracticality of the current system.
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