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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1900
Page
1
A Boston writer recounts a years long encounter with the ghost of Rev Dr Harris at the Atheneum. He observes the specter reading the Boston Post by the fire, notices a wistful gaze, and slowly accepts the phenomenon without fear or direct interaction, pondering the oddity of the enduring haunting.
A gray dressed girl recalls how she demanded a fiancé quit smoking drinking gambling and clubs but learned he had no bad habits to reform. She broke the engagement after realizing there was nothing to reform and there was no reason to marry him.
A humorous exchange between the painter Fuseli and contemporary Northcote is recounted. Northcote admired Solomon and Fuseli teased, later boasting that Hercules would strike Pluto, rushing to correct the arrow’s direction while muttering that he would make him hit.
A Chicago News quotation chronicles a shopper asking the price of a lovely antique chair. The dealer answers thirty seven dollars, prompting astonishment from the Indy who admits not expecting value. The dealer explains the exchange: the shopper asked price, not worth.
A Washington man recalls a 10 12 year old incident in which a junior lieutenant defied a colonel during a brutal Governors Island heat drill. The lieutenant broke his sword and taunted the colonel before being sent to quarters, later released, with no court martial. The tale highlights old army discipline and wit.
A baby elephant suffers a severe head wound and resists treatment until the keeper signals the mother. The mother uses her trunk to restrain the calf as the surgeon dresses the wound, then repeats the act daily until full recovery, demonstrating remarkable intelligence and care.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a new North-born teacher who instructed girls to list all slang they knew. On day two each girl produced two pages of slang. the teacher then asked them to translate into readable English, and the class did so convincingly, after which they never fooled with her.
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