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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1897
Page
1
A workingman earns a bronze medal in a quiet moment of courage. The tribute notes that true greatness is earned by deeds not fame, as the wearer toils on amid ordinary life. The poem lauds humble heroism and the name Hero distinct from public recognition.
Detroit News recounts Jim Blown of the Exile telling how Huff saved the ship during a 1883 gale at Eagle Harbor Michipocoten Island. The tale covers ice layout, crew courage, a bean cargo mutiny, and Blown steering the vessel through Lake Huron while beans flood the fire pit.
Upward of eight figures are spent annually on sport in Great Britain with the turf alone accounting for nearly 11 million. The piece notes tuberculosis fears from visitors to contour the earth air and water and cites an English writer’s harsh judgment of George IV. It adds a quip about Japanese magicians forming words from cigarette smoke.
New York court of appeals rules conductors need not provide change above two dollars for a single fare. If a passenger offers five dollars for a small fare, conductors may stop the car and eject the passenger after asking for proper change. A long anecdote explains why the two dollar limit was deemed necessary, citing practical jokes by seven women presenting five dollar notes.
A cottage lab on the Palisades inspires a bride and husband to joke about measuring a water bug’s weight and adhesion to reveal its coefficient of friction. Washington Irving figures in tales of The Nine Worthies and The Lads of Kilkenny. London mint pities pennies. thousands of domestic servants are idle. London Zoo spends $500 weekly on feed.
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