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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
6
A western sawmill infested with bold rats faces a crafty weasel. After a long chase, the weasel digs a tunnel under a lumber pile twisting its passage to trap and ambush the large rat. The rat squeezes through the narrow end as the weasel slips in behind and finishes the capture. Harper's Weekly report.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes many common flowers and plants carry deadly poisons in leaves, blooms, and bulbs. It cites laburnum narcissus hyacinth jonquil snowdrop monkshood foxglove crocuses lady’s slipper jack-in-the-pulpit buttercup and peonies as hazardous, plus the olenader tree and caralpa bark.
In John Ashton’s Curio Creatures of Zoolory a 1551 tale is quoted about a heap of snakes resisting fire in a cornstack. A huge serpent rises, speaks to villagers, claiming divine vengeance on human sins and warning they cannot burn what was sent by God.
A historical overview credits William H. Taylor with perfecting the diving dress after the 1838 patent introducing a valve to vent exhaust while supplying fresh air. It notes earlier methods like diving chests and the diving bell, and describes the armor’s knightly appearance with air intake bulge and exhaust valve, nearly unchanged since.
From Geneva, Mile Poretti, eighteen, and her brother, twenty three, smuggled contraband into Italy. A snowstorm struck on Baldisco pass, the sister held the rope as her brother died from head injuries while trapped. She was found near the usual smugglers’ route, with rope marks and bleeding, and later saved despite near unconsciousness.
In a Vagabond Journey Around the World Sfarry A. Franck recalls desperate days in Marseilles where beach combers shared scarce earnings. Stranded men and women, starving and cold, pooled small sums to aid newcomers, selling shirts and seeking shelter in a Greek inn near Place Victor Gelu.
The Germantown father endures a boy’s compliment about generosity, then learns a local rumor that his generosity was hidden in his wife’s name. The father calmly dismisses the gossip, telling the boy to go to bed as the family scene unfolds in a quiet household moment.
A west side matron shows an ornate front door lock that resembles a gum machine. The bolt engages only after dropping a five dollar gold piece in a slot outside. Each night at 10 30 she adjusts the mechanism. If her husband is out after that hour it costs him five dollars to gain entry.
A Chicago Tribune quote shows Mr Graswell buying advice for his wife who wishes to buy a rare violin. The dealer offers a genuine Stradivarius in the showcase for 3000 dollars while the wife believes it should cost more.
A busy merchant frets that time is valuable while a book agent offers to buy five minutes of it to sell a set of books. The exchange, noted by the Catholic Standard and Times, highlights time as a commodity in sales pitches.
In a fragmented discussion participants mull buying a newspaper to advance political aims. The remark hints at leveraging multiple outlets to push a regional set of ideas and ROE proposals, with local actors named as potential venues.
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