Denton Journal July 31 2897 edition notice
Denton Journal issue dated Saturday morning July 31 2897 issued by Melvin Steele and Johnson editors and proprietors.
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Melvin
Steele & Johnson
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1897
Page
4
Moonlit Charge Ends in Sergeant Jack's Death
In moonlit trenches near Petersburg, Sergeant Jack, mourning his wife, steps from cover toward Confederate lines. Believing life unbearable, he faces a hail of bullets and is killed as comrades rescue his body. Detroit Free Press report.
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Sergeant Jack
Petersburg
Jack
Detroit Free Press
Evolution of Match Varieties and Phosphorus Dangers
The piece discusses new match types like waxed cord ves tas fusees and natural gas matches, noting their wind resistance and long splints. It recalls deadly dangers from phosphorous matches, their fumes causing jaw bone decay and poisoning from careless handling, and mentions Schrotter's amorphous phosphorus from 1848 as nonflammable at ordinary temperatures.
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Schrotter
Philadelphia Press
Galvanic Teeth Metals Spark Hidden Tongue Pain
A man suffers tongue pain blamed on illness but found to result from two different metals fixing his teeth generating a mild electrical current. The piece also quotes racist lore about "blue gum" people and a joke about bicycle repairs on Sundays.
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Saint
Jefferson Davis
San Francisco
White Red Squirrel Beads A New Jersey Pet
A note from Dr. Emily G. Hunt describes Beads a snowy white albino red squirrel kept by New Jersey girl cousins. Born in a cranberry bag Beads has black eyes unusual for an albino and enjoys daily outings, grooming himself, nibbling flowers, and using his bushy tail as a towel while he plays and explores the house.
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New Jersey
Emily G. Hunt
St. Nicholas
Beads
Rame
Cromwell envoy tale comforts worried readers
A story from Cromwell’s era tells of Bushrod Whitelock, a nervous envoy bound for Sweden who fears the nation’s fate during a storm at Harwich. His loyal servant asks if God governed the world before him and will continue to govern after him, prompting Whitelock to trust in divine governance while he rests.
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Cromwell
Sweden
Bushrod Whitelock
Harwich
Whitelock
White
Sympathetic Judge and Moonshiner Shoe Business
A moonshiner tells a sympathetic judge he makes whisky to shoes for his children. The judge, moved by shared fatherhood, sentences him to two years in the Ohis penitentiary to continue the shoe business. The quotes reflect moral contrasts from period papers.
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Ohis Penitentiary
Atlanta Constitution
Water pipe jail: new Yankee ingenuity in prisons
A Kansas City Star report notes a water tube jail where prison bars are replaced by high pressure pipes. If pipes are severed, water releases quickly, alarming guards and signaling a breach, reflecting a shift from heavy iron bars to pipe based containment. It also mentions a Missouri anecdote about a boy and his brother linked to a craps game.
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Missouri
Swipsey
N. G
Jim
Kansas City Star
Gaity Put To Good Use In Wartime Meals
An anecdote from the Crimean War contrasts British and French hospitality. An English host, short of provisions, offers little while a French officer hospitably feasts guests with scarce supplies, improvising soups, beans, and mocked luxury. The French leave more cheerful, concluding several can live on English rations and memories, with humor and camaraderie persisting despite hardship.
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Ijse
John Bull
Johnny Crap
John Codhman
Russia
Sevastopol
Cuodanan
Ghm
Woebee
Coments
Courtois
Madeuoiselle
Gaiely
Birthplace of storms linked to belts and mountains
A historical weather discussion describes storms forming in the Selkirk mountains of British Columbia and along the west coast. It explains cold waves traveling across Canada and the Dakotas, fed by warm Japan current air meeting cold alpine air atop the Cascades and Selkirk range, creating updrafts and new storms.
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Selkirk Mountains
British Columbia
Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Japan
North Pacific
Oregon
Washington
Cascade Range
Selkirk Mounntains
Too Young For Tragedy Says Fanny Davenport
Fanny Davenport argues that America is too young for its own tragic history. She says the nation must seek inspiration in ancient myths and that Americans are not a historically tragic people. The theater is seen as entertainment rather than public instruction.
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Fanny Davenport
America
Reading romance harms judgment and life success says Forum
The Forum quotes Boyesen criticizing excessive novel reading. He cites Rousseau and compares fiction craving to an opium habit, claiming prolonged romance dulls reality, weakens judgment, and reduces a person’s ability to succeed in worldly affairs.
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Boyesen
Rominance
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