24 Mar 1888
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1888
Page
1
Leave Baltimore at 9.35 am and 6.30 pm with no car changes. Depart Annapolis at 8.00 am and 4.30 pm for quick time service, no changes of cars.
A long guidance on accurate thermometer use from Detroit Free Press style. It explains that wall temperature differs from air, outlines proper shielding and mounting, favors wooden frames, and recommends chemical thermometers for precision. It also covers dry bulb versus wet bulb usage and practical steps to avoid erroneous readings. It ends by noting observer height alignment for readings.
A Cedar Rapids man patents a mustache guard device with two hinged half shells and silk lined edges to hold the upper lip hairs in place all night. The gadget uses a spring to secure the guard and aims to keep the mustache in a fixed position as a fashion statement. Also notes playful quips about pear shaped promises and a term “white mailing attacks” for breach of promise suits.
The piece recalls the move from peg and strap skates to the rocker design with a long heel screw and single heel strap. It contrasts the old wooden top skate with a flat runner and sharp backward risk, noting how the rocker improved balance and braking by digging the heel into the ice.
Last summer a Cheyenne man named Lane recommended a pack of Scotch deerhounds. We bought sixteen dogs and witnessed superb sport as they chased and killed coyotes on the Laramie plains. The hounds, like heavier greyhounds, deliver rapid pursuit and swift throttling once the quarry is overtaken. The coyotes resisted, but the veteran hounds finally secured the kill with practiced precision.
William Eleroy Curtis portrays the Russian peasant as sad and compliant, craving alcohol and prayer. He notes loyalty to church and czar, tax compliance, and a dull mind finding solace in gilded chapels and saintly visions.
The 1886 Canadian lobster export to Great Britain reached 7,698,023 pounds, with Canada totaling 14,094,579 pounds. The United States follows Britain, then France. Exports value about $2,000,000. A Dominion inquiry found overfishing and recommends stringent industry safeguards.
A Maine fur dealer notes muskrat skins are clipped colored and shaped to resemble otter or claimed to be finer than they are. The dealer says skins are never sold for their true value but are represented as higher quality in city shops. The Chicago Herald reports the practice as surprising.
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