29 Jun 1901
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
1
In Easton a local store invites shoppers to save money with two weeks of special bargains on Woolen Dress Goods Wash and White Goods and Men and Boys clothing. They tout 200 dress patterns 50c to $1 per yard and at least 25 percent off millinery with a large stock and homey comforts for customers.
A Englishwoman Mrs Williams, captain of a trading schooner, escaped capture by natives off the Kinderoon islands in 1814. She sailed in a yawl with money, tools, and provisions to a remote island, built a hut, lived alone for four years, fended off Malays and a single hostile native, and was later rescued by a British survey ship. Eight men were executed and three shot after trials.
The article describes how roots grown in Europe yield straight walking and umbrella sticks. Sticks are heated in sand on a stove then bent in a board at an angle to achieve straightness. Heat levels vary by wood to avoid damage, and bamboo canes and other sticks are curved or twisted using a similar method.
A. St. a Gibbons argues in Geographical Journal that Africa has witnessed excessive killing. He claims he and colleagues traveled over 20,000 miles beyond rail access without taking a single life and would travel unarmed again across these remote regions.
A folk remedy explains why providing warm water to bees in early spring boosts brood rearing. Readers are guided to make a Mason jar water feeder using a board and groove, invert it over the jar, and place it in the apiary. The method aims to keep bees hydrated as natural condensation wanes and colony losses risk rise.
An anecdote shows a Sioux man who vowed to kill the first living being he met after losing a relative. He killed a beloved missionary and, despite tribal norms, was condemned by a shaman who warned he would die within the year. The vow’s toll came as the man fell ill and died within the specified time.
Billy Edwards a former West Virginia weight champion pugilist served as Hoffman House New York issue house detective. Known for a calm, nonviolent style he avoided harming ordinary men. One night a disturbance led him to secretly defuse the scene with quiet diplomacy.
The wife of a Gordon highlander visited his barracks in Scotland with their 6 year old daughter. The husband was on sentry duty as he paced in a kilt and shouldered his rifle. The child whispered to her mother asking what will be done to the man who stole his trousers.
A German cobbler reputed as lazy sold a salted ore pit for 2500 to investors. During the ensuing war scare he bragged of fooling capitalists. Buyers learned of the fraud after they sank a deeper shaft and found a carbonate vein worth about 1,000,000 dollars.
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