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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1892
Page
1
The ad touts a large Maryland clothing emporium with annex warehouses at Charles Street and Baltimore Street forming an L around Baltimore’s busy center. It promises seasonable men’s apparel, boys wear, tailored suits, hats, neckwear, undergarments, and full departments with budget prices and a makers’ profit discount.
A market page crowd hears a stranger youth sing a sweet lay and praise the minstrel as he passes gates to the high road. An older man advises that true art comes from inspiration, not praise, as the minstrel seeks and eventually finds art within and around humanity. Edward Bok discusses marriage fortunes and caution for young women in city life. The Partner and the Lawyer recounts Dickens and Gurry negotiating land with a port wine ploy. A ferryboat scene shows a singer aided by a generous passenger, collecting nearly five dollars. Also notes warn against excessive mourning and social displays, plus a London masked ball incident where a lifelike figure fakes death.
A broad retail notice offers yard goods at one dollar per yard and a wide stock including French gin ghams swandownes calicoes shirtings percales cottonades cassimeres Sarahs saille silks gimps fine laces trimmings gents top shirts hats neckwear ladies and gents shoes hardware lap dusters horse collars whips groceries provisions flour seed lime and more. Call to examine stock before buying.
A few good salesmen wanted with no experience needed and references required. Good pay. Address I P Freeman & Co Rochester N Y. Apply for line of Fruit and Ornamental Treez small fruit roses shrubsets.
A Kansas City Journal report recounts a Northwest trip where a train accelerated to nearly 100 miles per hour. Conductor and brakeman crawled along the fender to subdue the engineer, who had shoved the fireman and raced the locomotive uncontrollably for 45 miles before the crew stopped the train. The engineer, once sober, had shown no prior signs of insanity.
Investigations into the origin of influenza have not yet reached a firm conclusion. Some scientists contend that a micro-organism or bacillus that travels through the air may be the cause, though findings remain unsettled.
A clergy man and two young ladies played a late night word game in their sleeping berth aboard a train or ship. The weary neighbor shouted a punny interruption, "And shores, sir bores!" in the dim hours, ending the playful contest with fatigue and humor.
A Denver Sun excerpt argues against the fear of night air noting no harm from outdoor sleeping. It states camping under tent protection promotes health, especially for the delicate, with improved vigor after a few weeks outdoors, challenging old superstitions about night air.
Henry Hewitt of Wheatland claims pioneer status for driving the first wagon down the western slope of the Blue Mountains and the second to reach The Dalles. He recalls November of that year and Oregon City reached on the 5th, per the Portland Oregonian.
Doctors warn that no better meds exist for culture of microbes than warped sewage. Reports describe cases where hot water and steam entering old cesspools triggered diphtheria outbreaks in urban settings. New York Times.
Barghwich suggesting a historical link to the Dead Sea region notes the border of the Dead Sea as salt pans with water density lower than English brine. Mol lusca align with brackish lake shells and ripple marks in flagstones indicate tidal influence on a muddy coast suited for wading and estuary hunting, per Gentleman's Magazine.
The National Review praises Dickens for painting a childlike David Copperfield with a genius aura. It notes all children are imaginative, dwelling in poetic wonder, with tragedy and comedy alternating as their life theater.
A London Ti-Bits item mocks English mispronunciations of foreign names, noting how Goethe and Marie Bashkirtseff are variously spoken. It cites goaty, goowethy, gooter, gutter, and Gerty as examples, and mentions a bookseller correcting Tess and a reader mispronouncing Bashkirtseff.
Observations on live rattlesnakes show the poison glands become functionally active soon after birth. Experiments on newborns detected venom in tiny quantities, while three month old snakes secreted substantial venom. A pigeon inoculated at this age died in two hours with typical symptoms.
In a humorous exchange a wife notes her husband’s quirky speech and his use of many pronunciations, joking that he keeps half a dozen dictionaries to cover his words. The dialogue from New York highlights playful regional language habits.
A Swiss plant uses a massive seven foot diameter steel plated diamond studded saw to cut hard marble. The rim disks hold diamonds in recesses to vary cut size, enabling about one square foot of marble per minute. New York Journal.
Bay rum is made in Dominica from dried leaves of Pimento acris. Leaves are dried, placed in a retort with water, and distilled to yield a small quantity of bay rum. The process yields a lucrative business in the northern district, where plants are plentiful.
In a brief exchange a man questions the utility of newspapers and liver pills. He admits taking pills and paying a subscription, yet questions contents and value, reflecting skepticism about media and remedies. The line about liver pills prompts a comparison to newspaper reading.
Two attractive con artists in Brooklyn used forged permits from real estate agents to enter houses on Cure and Nevins streets. They claimed permission to inspect, then wandered rooms stealing small valuables. In one house a child’s silver water set and bric-a-brac vanished. fifteen souvenir spoons disappeared from another. No police report was filed.
Cabinet sized photographs framed with two glasses cut to picture size. Pressed flowers or leaves are mounted on one glass with gum water, then covered by a second glass. Secure with brass or wire clasps or large cloak hooks for hanging.
Gathered amber sorts feed global markets as pale pieces go to Turkey Arabia Egypt and Le vant pipemakers, light bone colored to Italian ornament makers, full yellow to Africa and South Sea islands for dusky belles, finer grades to France England and the United States. Water amber is clear. mine amber is mostly clouded. Average mine price is four dollars per pound with finer varieties higher. Total 1890 production 4 111 060 pounds, likely to rise.
A New York Times remark notes that funeral flower use has few changes from traditional practice. Acquaintances avoid crowding the bereaved home with excessive blooms yet families and intimates still provide them generously. The article suggests flowers soften marble death and conveys a somber, tasteful tribute.
A brief dialogue contrasts a child’s fear of future wars with parents who dismiss concern. The boy asks when another war will come, Mamima replies no. The exchange shifts to a light note about vanity, asserting not everyone thinks themselves handsome but many wish to be.
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