01 Jun 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
1
A local retailer invites readers to visit the city for bargain shopping with two weeks of special offers on Woolen Dress Goods Wash and White Goods. Dimities Batistes and Foulards are highlighted as finer fabrics with two hundred styles in dress patterns at 50c to $1.00 per yard. Men and boys clothing also features special prices, promoting long-distance drives for value.
This department highlights artistic millinery with substantial 25 percent savings. The Easton store invites customers to make it their headquarters, promising a homey atmosphere, ample space for ladies and children, and a large stock from which to choose. The message pledges pleasing quality and price.
An old advertisement urges farmers and housekeepers to buy Two Johns Flour noting that High Life or White Rose brands will please their wives. It emphasizes a cheerful home and warns against cheaper, merely “just as good” alternatives.
At Lacumbia, the Junior Mules clash with the Sophomore Academics in a campus prank war. A brown haired Virginia Randolph helps the sophomores win a social coup by guiding the rival president to the reception via the co operative store, outsmarting the Mules who had planned a trap. The episode ends with the president entering the library as the sophomores celebrate.
Asia surpasses America in cold with Werchojansk, Siberia, recording a January low of 90.4 degrees below zero in 1888, far colder than any prior known temperature. The town sits 330 feet above sea level, with winters typically calm and clear, challenging the belief that the pole holds the coldest weather.
The piece explains how the body compensates for kidney failure: a single healthy kidney enlarges to take over work, the skin vessels partly aid by releasing substances, and kidneys also compensate when cold exposure occurs. It notes dangers of taking cold for kidney patients.
A butterfly sleeps head downward folding its wings to a narrow ridge on grass stems. By morning sun the gray sleepers open to reveal azure flowers across the stems, resembling seed heads among the grass.
Charles VI of France hosted a masquerade where he and five courtiers acted as satyrs. They wore loose linen robes and resin coating then were covered with dawn. A frolic led to one satyr lighting another with a torch, causing four to burn to death and giving rise to the turban and feather custom.
A porpoise landed near New York City is butchered and sold in Little Italy. The meat, red in color with a rich flavor, is auctioned by padrone at 4 cents a pound, with belly portions reserved for restaurants. Italian cooks fry it in olive oil and serve with sauces, while locals note the meat is wholesome and savory.
In Guiana forests large ferocious ants build 15 to 20 foot hills. Maloud records a fortress destroyed by surrounding it with a dry wood trench set alight and a simultaneous artillery bombardment. The burning ants attempted to cross the fiery gap and were killed.
Dr John Milne of the Royal Society seismic section argues that seismic velocities show the earth’s interior is neither hollow nor molten, that vibrations travel faster than in the densest minerals, and that surface heat from geysers springs and volcanoes is produced on the spot by contraction forces.
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