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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
4
The article explains two fixed facts about thermometers water freezes at 32 degrees and the human body temperature about 98.6 degrees both guiding many life decisions from plumbing to medicine. It notes frost lines in construction and the thermometer as a clinical tool revealing illness through small temperature changes.
A downtown street organ grinder, blind, demonstrates a trick to tell time by winding his watch. After a passerby asks for the time, the man counts the stem clicks to estimate minutes, claiming about ten minutes per click, and nearly matches 4 26 with the clock’s indication.
The article discusses the ancient practice of face veils among oriental women and connects wedding and widow veils to that tradition. It notes women guard their features with veils, sometimes using curtains or garments in haste, and ties the practice to religious and cultural norms observed in the region.
A jobber asks for a thousand pocketknives with two blades and a corkscrew. The manufacturer offers a two blade knife with corkscrew, but the jobber refuses for a state prohibiting alcohol. The twist: the buyer insists the knife have two corkscrews and one blade. Beverages.
An old colored preacher tells his congregation they will go to the moon after death. A well informed brother cautions that the moon is cold with no fire. The preacher replies that if it has fire one should keep on the right path and you cannot miss it. Atlanta Constitution.
A compilation of maritime proverbs and countriesmen’s views on navigation. It quotes Dr Johnson on sailors and nations from France Spain Denmark Germany Italy and Arab regions, noting the sea as a dangerous unpredictable force and jokes on ships sailors water and wind.
Penrhyn atoll rises on the northern horizon as a low ringed island above the sea. The famous pearl island, formed by subsidence, hosts fittingly famed divers capable of reaching twenty fathoms. Pearls, valued at $1,000 a ton, once drew traders and beach combers who earned fortunes amid cannibal peril, with Godeffroy shipments totaling $20,000 in a few months.
A Kentucky man on an operating table warned surgeons with a revolver in his hand about threats to his life. He declared his six sons would “show you” if harmed. The operation proceeded and was completely successful, per the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
General Wilson recounts how a young Ulysses S. Grant earned his first dollar at a Mount Pleasant Ohio circus. A trick mule challenged riders with a $1 prize. after others failed, Grant rode by holding the mule’s tail and stayed aboard, winning the money.
The piece notes the striking agreement shown by a married couple, illustrated by two letters dated the same day, highlighting harmony in their views and decisions.
For Carpets Mattings Rugs Oil Cloths and Window Shades it will pay you to visit us. Rug prices to 500 and 3.75 Carpets 25c to 1.25 Velvets Window Shades 10c worth 1e 250 worth 35c Curtain Poles 10c wood fixtures it will pay you to visit this department.
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