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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1898
Page
4
The Denton Journal issue dated Saturday morning June 25 1898 edited and published by Melvin Steele and Johnson. The front matter proclaims editors and proprietors for the period with typical newspaper branding and date.
The St Louis Republic notes British subjects own at least 20,000,000 acres in the United States. It highlights several large holdings including a 3,300,000 acre Texas syndicate with the Dukes of Beaufort and Rutland, Earl Cadogan and Lady Burdett-Coutts, and a 3,000,000 acre grouping in Nebraska Iowa and Illinois led by Vincent Scully. Additional holdings total 2,000,000 acres in Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico. 1,800,000 acres in Mississippi. and 1,800,000 acres held by Lord Tweeddale. The properties are largely cattle ranges and plantations forming extensive stock and agricultural interests.
A night clerk misreads a guest request for a kerosene lamp at a hotel, prompting staff to humorously misinterpret and guide the guests on electricity. The scene shifts to a fashionable couple demanding immediate billing and transfer to another house, with a baby needing warm milk, while bystanders mock the clerks. The clipping also notes M. Zola’s proposed U.S. lectures and a Massachussetts regiment’s possession of a Washington oath Bible, plus a travel tale from Jerusalem describing poor conditions and urges against visiting again.
Quote from Atchison Globe notes that prudent predictions fail when a fool acts, reflecting on uncertainty in human decisions and the surprises that disrupt expected outcomes.
The piece argues that fortunes come from tiny inventions and unexpected twists, citing glove fasteners, collar clasps, sleeve buttons, wire stoppers, and hairpin designs. It credits Edison, McCormick, Bell, Corliss, Howe, Tesla, and others, then recounts a London lord mayor tale where a cat saves a boy, humorously linking to the Duke of Leeds’s existence.
A collage of comic bits and quips from late 19th and early 20th century papers. A wife asks her husband to tell the truth all day and he admits one lie to end the day, provoking puzzled amusement. Other vignettes feature a Boston youth considering business, a child asking God to make candy with one end, a German immigrant boasting about riches, and a spirited exchange about cidah and a calf lawsuit.
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