19 Jun 1886
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1886
Page
1
Hamilton Easter & Sons advertise a large stock of dress goods silks mourning fabrics shawls linens and mens wear at fixed plain figures with no abatements. Established 35 years in Baltimore they promise fair dealing courtesy and sample selections upon written directions for what customers likely want.
A Baltimore notice promotes new carpets at 18 cents per yard and a large assortment of furniture. It lists shipping from Pier 4 Light Station daily except Sunday to multiple towns including Euston and Cambridge, with return sailings to Baltimore on specific days and times. Freight is stated as low and careful handling. Howard Bl Ensign, President, Office 98 Light St Baltimore. Finn, Agent at Denton.
The item notes private French accent instruction offered at the pupil’s residence. A brief notice indicates in home lessons focusing on intonation and pronunciation. No additional names or dates are provided.
A narrative depicts social snobbery with a clergyman’s claim of unity, then follows a disguised narrator aiding Federal soldiers during a Bragg operation. The protagonist dons a feminine outfit to escape pursuit, hides among household rooms, and guides troops to the back exit. Three days later the narrator’s information shifts Bragg’s line toward Stone River.
A Confederate spy recounts a mission before Stones River to infiltrate Nashville. He describes bribing a farmer for a milk delivery pass, slipping through Union lines, and locating a contact while avoiding detection. A guard suspects him but he escapes, taking shelter in a basement as pursuit tightens.
Ex Senator Jennie Davis recalls how Cleveland chose Deer Park for the couple’s honeymoon plan and how Miss Folsom, while in Naples, agreed to the idea. The anecdote links the Naples visit, Paris preparations, and a Washington carriage order, with a closing quip about frogs from the New Orleans Picayune.
A speaker in a lighthouse uses a spyglass as sunset fades and a lone pier scene appears. A couple on the end of the pier shares intimate moments as they sit close, lean into each other, and exchange a kiss under dim twilight. The narrator ponders whether such a scene would unfold if observed more directly.
The article lists global superlatives including the Paris opera house as the largest theatre on three acres with a cu bic mass of 4 287 000 and cost around 100 000 000 francs. It notes the Brooklyn Bridge as the longest suspension span at 1 595 feet 6 inches and total length 6 980 feet, Popocatapetl as the loftiest active volcano at 18 748 feet, and a giant telegraph wire span in India over the Kistouh river exceeding 6 000 feet in length. It also records the Great Eastern as the largest ship at 690 feet by 83 feet and 28 627 tons burden, Lake Superior as the largest freshwater body, and Mimir moth Cave in Kentucky as the biggest cavern with multiple chambers near Cave City.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes the El Telegram, a four page weekly from Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico. Published by Luna Luna and G Fuentes printer, it measures five by three inches and costs one cent per week. The issue contains five small advertisements.
Discussion over the word boodle notes it as slang from the West meaning money. The Chicago News links it to bo die a small Scotch coin worth about one third of a penny. In New England boodle means the whole of anything. Some philologists speculate on Gothic root connections.
A dinner discussion on eternal life and future punishment features Mark Twain who remains silent. A woman asks for his opinion and Twain replies gravely that he must be silent of necessity because he has friends in both places.
Mr Hayes explains friends urge him to seek Congress while Mrs Sayes jokes Ruthford could run the Indian meal and feed the chickens. She quips that is better than Congress and adds chores at the barn before advising next steps.
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