28 Mar 1896
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1896
Page
1
In a dreamlike scene the speaker notes two babies in bud as Vida Briss references Sweet Mrs. Pea with newborns born in the night and under a blithe summer mood. The verse hints at quiet wonder and tender observation of new life.
The article surveys the growing use of antiseptics in foods such as salicylic acid in wines and boracic acid in milk and butter, noting potential health risks from chronic small doses. It discusses how digestion and intestinal microbes react to minute amounts, and warns sensitive individuals may face health effects from daily exposure.
The text claims that flower fragrance vanishes when petal starch is exhausted and can be restored by moving the flower in a lana solution, resuming starch formation and fragrance release immediately.
An American tourist mailed a 20 pound bicycle from London to Paris for a few pence via English parcels post. The wheels and handlebars were removed and wrapped, and after arrival in Paris the bike was found in perfect condition, a surprisingly low tariff for the journey.
A restaurant patron jokes about game choice while his companion taunts him about poker. In Yonkers a street beggar asks for old clothes and a passerby mocks the beggar by asking if his own clothes are too old for him.
Roman writers recount Commodus gilding his horses hoofs with gold leaf and fetlocks. Nero rode on white mules wearing gold fore feet, and silver hind feet. Chariot steeds of Poppaea and other dignitaries were adorned with gold bridle bits buckles spurs and other gold tack.
The London Speaker recalls a long forgotten attack by Alfred Austin on Tennyson and reprints a sharp couplet in response. Tennyson, who disliked being attacked, is depicted as saying the critic is a dwarf and a poet.
Rats flood Birmingham streets as authorities falter in action. The root cause stems from a former mayor's stance that rats are beneficial scavengers who consume garbage and help prevent disease, leaving the city without a coordinated extermination plan.
A bank cashier seeking a vacation wrote for fare details to Central and South America. The steamship agent replied privately that a ship would leave for Honduras next Wednesday, calling it the shortest and quickest way out of the country.
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