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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1889
Page
4
A country girl recalls a Union force marching fast with heavy packs and kettles. An officer presses horses to speed troops, sparking a tense encounter that ends with a captain ill and hospitalized. The narrator nurses him for six weeks, easing her initial hostility as he recovers upstairs.
In Civil War times a woman recalls nursing a captain and guarding his missing hostage as battles rage. News of front lines, retreat, and fort defenses arrives while she searches his room and house for the token he left behind. The captain must decide whether to reveal the hostage or flee to safety.
In a Harper's Weekly vignette, a captain tries to seize a hostage and urges retreat as forts explode. A woman recalls her blunder and vows to endure her husband’s taunts, while battlefield chaos and a perilous decision loom.
Sir W Strickland's horse Merlin defeats Frampton's horse in a private trial after a plot to load weights. Frampton's groom provoked deceit to gain advantage and fortune, with northern and southern turfites trading bets on Merlin. The race proceeded as a public test following the secret trial.
Crowds gathered at Philadelphia City Hall after a nude figure etched in marble appeared on a white stone wall. Viewers debated who carved it, while some blamed a street urchin and others noted the marble’s natural veining. The scene drew families and curious onlookers, with talk of more carvings hidden in the municipal stone.
A 19 year old girl in Hackney left with two brothers and a younger sister while parents attended a country funeral. Her sweetheart stayed the night, dreamt of her beckoning, then awoke to find her dead on the bedroom floor with blood at the mouth. Doctors believed she died about the time of the dream.
A 13 year old boy in Mulagarda Texas was bitten by a young puppy, later showing hydrophobia symptoms. The story notes a polecat was driven from the mother’s bed weeks earlier. Despite purgatives and quinine, the boy deteriorated with rapid pulse, convulsions, frothing lungs, and final death at 8 p.m. The observer believes the disease was transmitted from the puppy bite.
A New York crowd notes a quiet man in Columbia Law School hall who proves to be Francis Wilson the Casino comedian. The story, from the Pittsburg Post, recalls a banker of wit while contrasting Thackeray and Watterson in musical evenings and Buffalo hide trade tales from St Paul and a Sunday school quip about idols and creed.
A Florida hunting tale in a northern paper letters column evokes Baron Munchausen. The mock exploits recount a famed liar surrounding quail, a grain stack, and a circular shot that allegedly yields many quail legs, with commentary on the origin of the legend and its skeptical reception.
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