01 Nov 1890
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1890
Page
1
A verse meditation railing against pervasive kissing customs across society. The speaker contrasts old and new dances, mocks social pressure to kiss in greetings, and advocates reserved, meaningful gestures. The poem laments fashion's fickle sway while urging temperance and warmer, less intrusive farewells.
In Dorington real estate partner Mr Jordan is found dead with a knife in his heart. Jack Ferguson, the son-in-law, is jailed after an incautious confession. Detective Brindle urges looking into the affair as Mrs Ferguson pleads for mercy. The scene shifts from the office to the bedroom where the killer's mark and cigar fragments point to a staged crime.
A coroner's inquest recounts a fatal office stabbing involving Jack Ferguson, his employer Jordan, and a stranger with a heavy beard. The investigator notes Ferguson's claim of innocence, Madeline Ferguson corroborates the stranger's visit, and Brindle points to Ferguson. A chemist confirms the wine and euspidore details, underpinning the case.
The narrative describes cross examining witness Brindle in a murder case. The detective-like questioning uncovers a plot involving a morocco cigar case a false beard and a poisonous cigar leading to Brindle’s confession. The motive ties to embezzlement and a love-related complication ending with Brindle’s prison death.
A New York Tribune opinion piece ponders what happens to old portraits of faces both elegant and plain. It asks whether a graveyard exists for photographs and notes that the old album culture has faded, leaving forgotten portraits in rubbish heaps and limbo between time and memory.
A mixed fragment notes a moral struggle with ambition and sacrifice, contrasting a man’s forsaken work for riches with fame. It also includes a revival scene where a preacher pressures Tong Boyd about sin and salvation, while the youth hesitates to repent and resolve a personal score with Abe Bender.
A collage of observations notes that housekeepers can ease wash day by using modern washing compounds and ammonia while traditional rubbing on a washboard wears clothes. It cites cheap fluids and Braddon’s publishing arrangement, and mentions New England tarantulas as a local curiosity found in Connecticut fields.
A Muuser's Weekly note records a solicitor persuading a man to start a year long series of African sketches, the man sharply declining with emphasis. The fragment hints at a publicity push and reader reactions in a 19th century periodical.
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