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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1885

Page

1

Local Store Seeks Patronage and Trade In Goods

Dry goods notions white goods boots hats clothing groceries cigars tobacco candies and more. A full line of gents neckwear shirts and related items will be kept on hand. Patronage to Mr Dunnock is appreciated and goods will be cheerfully delivered to any part of town. Country produce taken in trade at highest prices.

Dunnock

Building supplies advertised by W. W. Tunis broker

An agent for the firm W. W. Tunis & Bro. invites readers planning new buildings to call for lumber pricing. The note promises complete building materials and bottom figures on request.

Butt Deirs W. W. Tunis & Bro

A Confederate Scout's Hazardous Night Mission

A Confederate scout Stringfellow volunteers for a high risk mission near Culpeper Court House and Orange County. With Farrish and another comrade, he infiltrates the Union lines at night, kills four Federals, loses two companions, and hides under a riverbank stump until pursuit ends.

Culpepper Court House Orange County Lee Stringfellow Farrish Army of the Potomac Johnny Reb Offee Ife

Escape From the Rapidan Return of a Soldier

Stringfellow slipped from the camp after darkness, the night search slackened. He moved along a stream, crossed the Rapidan between pickets, and, grateful to God, rejoined his comrades.

Stringfellow

Thunder Spirit Tale of Niagara Falls and the Serpent

A Seneca legend explains Niagara Falls via Tierno the Thunder Spirit who shelters a maiden from a cruel marriage. She marries him, they unite, and he aids her people by curing a pestilence. A monstrous subterranean serpent threatens the village, and the Thunder Spirit defeats it by striking the beast as it crosses the falls. Goat Island remains where the serpent sank, and the Thunderer retires to a narrowed refuge behind the cataract.

Tierno Falls of Niagara Falls Wherno Herno Iterno Goat Island Thunderer Jess

Silkshifted debutante dazzles Broadway fashion scene

A fair young woman in New York's lower Broadway attracted notice in a silk dress that shifts color with view. She wore a bell shaped hat trimmed with flowers and butterflies, a bronzed owl ornament at her throat, and a parasol stitched with a large feather. A parlor baseball joke about breaking a mirror closes the note.

Lower Broadway New York

Mrs Tilton Life After The Scandal In Brooklyn Home

A Nashville Union letter portrays Mrs. Tilton living quietly with her mother on Pacific Street Brooklyn. The piece notes her refined home and preserved dignity, countering rumors of poverty, and highlights her renewed circle of friends and steadfast faith. It also recalls historical anecdotes about Webster and a German Irish exchange in a separate brief.

Morse Judge Morse Union Ferry Company Tilton Theodore Mrs. Tilton Mr. Tilton Mr. Beecher Carroll Ralph Alice Chicago

The Value of Bathing in Civilized Life Traditions

The article extols personal cleanliness as essential to sound mind health and civilization. It notes that bathing aids comfort and may lower doctor bills, praising rubber bath tubs as versatile aids for homes and invalids. It closes with a string of humorous asides and odd local anecdotes.

Lapps

Finger Shapes and Traits Reveal Character in Handy Chart

A dated guide explains how finger shape, length, and nail features supposedly indicate morality and traits. It links backward fingers to mischief, separated fingers to poverty, long fingers to generosity, Lincoln’s fingers to virtue, and other nail clues to deceit, courage, obstinacy, and violent love.

Abraham Lincoln

Newport Wife Returns Home After Short Marriage

A Newport girl married two weeks plans to return to her mother, lamenting chores she avoided before marriage. The item notes her claim of never washing a dish and skating thrice daily. Also mentions Dr. Mary Walker writing a two act play, likened to her dress.

Newport Mary Walker

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