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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1903

Page

4

Waterloo Battle Wealth Picture in Rothschild Fortune

Nathan Rothschild rode to Belgium as news of Waterloo spread and used the delay in telegraphs to his advantage. He deployed brokers to buy securities at low prices before the victory was publicly announced, realizing about 6 million dollars as prices surged after the news. Rothschild, one of Mayer Anselm Rothschild’s five sons, built a vast family fortune from this moment.

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Scottish tourist and gullible gooseberries tale in Paris

A Scotsman wandering Paris misreads street cues and bargains for gooseberries shouting in a strange dialect. A fellow Scot guides him home as he realizes he is lost in a foreign city and language. The piece shifts to a note on Mediterranean tides and Mohave beliefs about death and owls.

Paris Glasca

Poetical and Pedantic Young Lady in the Wood

A walking scene features a young lady addressing a learned professor about an oak tree. She imagines trees can hear compliments and playfully pretends to interpret the oak’s likely reaction. The exchange echoes humorous university dialogue and playful wit.

Bookworm

The Japanese Woman and Home Life Roles

The piece argues Japanese women are not mere servants but central figures in the home. It portrays the okuSuma as a respected, autocratic tutor who controls domestic affairs, educates children, and shapes a pure, pleasant home. It contrasts Japanese interiors with Western tastes and cites home life as a woman’s world.

Okusuma Chicago Ondo Watanna

Absentminded Minister Predicts Cabbage Chaos

A village minister famed for forgetfulness pauses his sermon and mutters about Mrs. Rogers pulling a cabbage. From the pulpit he believes the cabbage will come up, and it does, sending him into a comic misread of prophecy and a humorous end as he falls over.

The Forgotten Overcoat and the Generous Lamartine

A penniless writer visits Lamartine who lends him money and coats him with his own overcoat when he notices the visitor is poorly dressed. The tale shows Lamartine’s generosity and the visitor’s later rise in French public life. In a later theater anecdote a tramp’s attempt for free admission is refused, then earns work and becomes a regular stunt performer.

Lamartine Monsieur France Vas Philadelphia Telegraph Doctor Pierce Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo N. Y James BH. Ambrose Mifflin Street Edan Dr. Pierce

Airy Flight and Hedgehog Eye Reflections in London Banquet

General Thorace Porter amused London crowd with a whimsical ocean lane remark about flower picking and birdsong during a public banquet. The exchange drew commentary from a solemn Londoner calling Americans liars. The column then jokes about Shakespeare and hedgehog eyes as mind’s index. A light comic bit follows about a Newwed couple and a failed dress purchase.

Horace Porter Thorace Porter London Ocean Ocean Lane

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