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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1888

Page

4

The Wedding Bonnet Mischief in Aunt Rhoda’s Wedding

Aunt Rhoda Hemenway plans a New Year marriage to Lake Potter. Hitty borrows the beloved wedding bonnet, a gray silk piece once worn by Aunt Rhoda, and a charity of luck turns sour when the bonnet catches fire. Hitty flees with the bonnet, seeking a gray feather from Miss Slack as a replacement while the family braces for the wedding’s outcome.

Rhoda Hemenway Lake Potter Owith Wassib Rhoda Rob Jol Bathshel Far West Ilinois Featherston John Hemenway Hitty Aunt Itheda Cousin John Slack Miss Slack

Wedding Bell Drama Ends in Betrothal Surprise

In a December snowbound scene, Titty escapes a hurried wedding bonnet mishap as Cousin John rescues her. A carriage chase ends when a horse bolted but steadied, revealing John’s proposal and a betrothal vow. Aunt Rhoda’s will looms, but the couple gain support from cousins and Uncle Abiel amid family scrutiny.

Litty Cousin John Iook Johin John Luke Potter Ima Rhoda Ahiel Aunt Rhoda Cousin Witte Cousin Johns Klad Aunt Matilda Smith Hitty Matilda Ithoda Cousin Johm Amy

Fifteen Stars and Stripes History in Early U S Flag

The text notes the 15 stripe and 15 star flag era during Andrew Jackson and Winfield Scott’s era, with references to a proposed system of adding a star and stripe for each new state and a failed effort regarding the pace of growth, mentioning a Maine pine mast and a Chicago News citation. It also contains a separate quote on vanity and jealousy from Unele Esk.

United States Andrew Jackson Winfield Scott New York Maine Chicago News

Military Education in Germany and Other Notes

A survey of German military education notes nine schools in the empire with several in Prussia, entry ages 10 to 15, and examinations for officer commissioning. It mentions a Berlin War Academy for lieutenants and captains, plus artillery, riding, medicine, and veterinary training. Also observed is a remark on oculists in Union Square and insights on authorship and signatures for writers.

Germany Empire Petodsm Kxulm Wahlstadt Benberg Ploen Oranienstein Lichsterfeld Dreden Munich Prussia Hrstoree Berlin War Academy San Francisco Chronicle Union Square New York World

Poor Studenta at Yale and the eating club scheme

The New Haven News outlines a Yale eating club where a student organizes eight to ten members to pool money for weekly board payments to a partner. Monitors earn a yearly stipend, college bell ringers are paid, and the college press sustains editors with varying annual sums.

Jim Noes Cosuine Hidys Emlof College Press Record and Courant Yale Banner New Haven News

Buffalo question urged for Manitoba stock plan

A Manitoba buffalo stock idea gains support as a practical solution to conserve the species. A herd of about fifty in Manitoba, half- and three-quarter-blood hybrids, demonstrates hardy, winter-survival, with potential for domestic use and wool production.

Richardson Yellowstone Park Texas Central Park Conklin Ruehardson Manitoba Mr. Richardson S. L. Bed On Ernest E. Thompson Winnipeg Thompson Januay North West

Short sermons and famous youths in history

A collection of anecdotes about youths who become notable figures such as Gustavus Adolphus and Titian, underscoring that character is shaped in youth. It contrasts such moral tales with a critique of American nervousness, arguing Americans are not inherently fragile or overexcited.

Mr. Bergh Benjamin Northrop Gustavus Adolphus Gen. Baner Tirol Titian Michael Angelo Iver Fiehte United States Popular Science News

Curious oil field flame warms ants in frozen field

A Oil City oil company worker reports a queer sight as gas burned at a well. The flame warmed a small circle of ground, waking black ants into lively, cricket like activity despite surrounding snow and frost. Some ants retreat from the warmth back into the cold.

Oil City Heek

Tail cannibal hogs raise odd mystery in Needmore district

A Needmore school district farmer in Casarcreek township Greene county finds 44 hogs with short tails and one with a long tail. The lone tail hog allegedly chews others tails, becomes isolated. The tale appears in Ohio State Stock Journal. Also notes Chinese emperor bride gifts include 10 piebald horses, 200 pieces of cotton, 200 ounces gold, 12,000 ounces silver, 20 horses with trappings, 2 without. bride’s parents receive cavalrylike gifts per Harper's Bazaar.

Fanher Needmore Casarcreek Township Greene County Ohio State China Harper's Barar

Time and dogs and wood veneers in a windy era

A collage of brief quips and anecdotes from newspapers: a Buffalo woman loses track of night and day after a single lit window. dogs and their owners parade on Sundays. Rome’s youths walk canines in urban pride. a quip on literature and unwritten things. Alaska’s population breakdown by Governor Swineford. a meteorology note on climate ranges. Veneer wood supply shifts toward redwood from California forests as a substitute for traditional woods.

Swineford Alaska Michigan New York Mail and Express

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