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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1890
Page
4
A Washington fancier's shop shows a monkey cradling a guinea pig like a doll. The primate alternates between holding one pig upside down and then right side up, while a second pig arrives and is treated with the same maternal antics. The shopkeeper notes the two pigs take turns without distress.
A description of a novel filing method where letters and postal cards are logged by date sender or recipient, type, and remarks. Each item is numbered for quick retrieval, with a companion receipt log. The process allows locating letters by reference to memoranda and package stock.
John McFadden was plowing near Ventura when he unearthed a rusty breast plate of an armor. The artifact surfaced in the soil, signaling a notable historical find from a long-ago period.
A reflective piece recalls a cruel prank of tying knots in boys shirts after swimming and soaking and pounding the knots, praising boys who avoided the act and noting how such mischief faded. The passage contrasts this memory with a later Civil War anecdote about a Confederate officer and his enslaved servant Cesar during the Fort Donelson battle.
Thomas Carlyle visiting the provost of Kircaldy agreed to read aloud and led a long, uninterrupted session. He opened to Job chapter one and read slowly, meditating as servants watched in silence. After completing all forty two chapters he closed the Bible and said the life portrayed was a marvelous drama to be read in full. Carlyle then wondered why the invitation was not repeated.
Sol omon, lured by a newspaper agent to promote his Mammoth Catalogue, promised an edition of over 100 000 copies. Days later he sought renewals and faced an enraged merchant who claimed to have received only 2762 responses, calling the campaign a fraud.
In a Buffalo Express item a cigar store reports two men asked for a specific cigar brand within minutes. The dealer feared a set up but concluded the inquiries were real, reflecting how people are surprised by coincidences. The moment illustrates a rare, puzzling occurrence at a local shop.
The Pittsburg Bulletin notes a health resort for consumptives takes about three years to exhaust its virtues. By then the soil of the locality is said to be impregnated with tubercle bacilli and reports of cures fade.
A scene in a Detroit Free Press item has a waiter joking about tips and a tipsy pudding while a guest comments on the weather. A Sunday school vignette features Little Maude and a child asking about children dying young, with a quip about acting on stage. A swamp prospecting note describes a large unknown animal with turtle-like body, four and a half feet long, a hard scaly back, and a long hooked beak observed in Georgia.
A Sun man recalls a petty confidence game in which a farmerlike pursuer tangled with two swindlers near the Erie depot. The assailant fought No. 2, sending him into the mud, then left as police arrived. In Berlin, Prince Bismarck grinds a barrel organ for mischievous princes, amusing the young Kaiser.
A Quincy Whig item recounts Justice McDonnell allegedly scratching his wooden leg while near Fifth and Hampshire streets. Three friends insistence and a reporter’s judgment suggest a temporary aberration of mind, concluding he did scratch the leg.
A hunter asks a farmer about a wolf and dogs passing by. The farmer explains they were coming fast with the dogs slightly ahead, illustrating the comic reversal of expected order in a playful quote from Youth's Companion.
A Cornell University library note describes an oriental palm leaf manuscript of 195 leaves 7 by 1 and a quarter inches bound by a center hole cord. Each leaf bears etched writing on both sides later rubbed with black pigment. The report also notes goats hair tents and horse feed bags made from the same cloth used for tents and sacks.
An Italian rag picker caught copper theft from Stevens' block was fined $20 plus costs by Judge Field. He paid with a $50 bill. the court lacked change and sent an officer to the bank.
A Chicago man active in the chattel mortgage business took a country friend to the Auditorium tower for a view when a familiar caller teased him about seeking higher rates. The man, per the Chicago Herald, grew visibly angered yet remained silent.
Treguman Harvey of Burrsville Md declares he no longer extends credit and now sells stock at bottom prices for cash or trade. He lists wheelwright and blacksmith materials building hardware paints oils harness Oliver Chilled plows farm bells stoves tinware drive well materials cucumber pumps cutlery barb wire and more, inviting inspections and price comparisons.
A fragmented radio schedule line lists times and identifiers for morning programs and stations. The OCR reads like a timetable with figures such as 6 39 and 8 30 A.M. but yields no coherent program details or names.
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