10 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1888
Page
1
The store announces a fresh lot of men youths boys and children suits with easy fit and shapely cuts. Also Cape Overcoats for boys and children, clothing to order, and a large selection of fine suitings and trouserings in Wilmington.
Fragment describes a book titled Four Years Personal Experience as Field and Hospital. It touts a vivid women’s perspective on war, with dramatic plates and emblems of courage. Offers agents commissions of 2100 to 5800 a month, promising travel and freight terms. Circulars to Ald. Worthington & Co., Hartford, Conn.
A terse notice warns gunners not to trespass or misappropriate funds, and forbids the use of dogs or firearms on premises. It calls for compliance and outlines penalties for violations.
In winter 1816, John Robinson, a 16 year old Boston barn apprentice, secretly trained four baggage horses after hours, becoming the world’s greatest four horse rider. He earned a Buckley & Wicks salary and rose to star status, with a bold poster claiming three rides on one foot.
The Pittsburg Bulletin notes a tall slim fair young professor of Natural Law in the Spiritual World, with a neat mustache and guard-like bearing, challenging old stereotypes. It argues youth can yield sound judgment and vigor, contrasting ancient sages with modern college culture and athletics shaping minds and bodies for a brighter century.
The Golden Argosy notes that rapid transit could save five minutes per journey for about 250,000 daily commuters. This equates to roughly 52 working weeks saved per year and, by calculation, an annual economy of about 4,166 years in working days. The piece emphasizes the adage Time is money with striking figures. It also mentions the late Emperor Frederick prize medal for saving a man from drowning.
A Vittoburg Bulletin inspired piece foresees the phonograph replacing printed novels. Writers would assign roles to actors, vocally narrating works that would be stored as phonograms. Listeners would hear a complete vocalized novel via cylinders, potentially turning a room into an opera of spoken storytelling.
Samuel Rockwell Reed argues for a society with a committee of impartial scientists to judge male female compatibility for marriage. He claims such supervision would eliminate bad marriages, banish divorce, and elevate the race by replacing chance with a scientific standard.
A San Francisco Chronicle item recounts a grim old melody used by mothers to curb kids. An elder tale describes an old woman skin and bone and a funeral with church music. A nine-year-old boy asks about the singing of a song about the departed old woman.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Bazar features a waiter delivering milk and a guest mistaking it for chalk. The passerby apologizes, and the moment plays as a light, period-voiced aside about mistaken beverages and proper service.
The Boston Transcript notes a large and growing record of steam boiler bursts with over 200 explosions in the past year. It cites the safety seam boiler that opens at joints to vent pressure and prevent bursting, while more than 700 people were struck by boiler explosions nationwide, with over half killed and many maimed for life.
The narrator tours Maranham Brazil aboard the Advance, glimpsing a dying city with few businesses and many churches, meeting a captain and two women on a streetcar, and watching the ship depart for Rio while noting a convent and sea views. Also included is a second essay arguing malaria is a misnomer, with heat and electricity blamed for illness and digestion issues rather than bad air.
William Eteroy Curtis describes Lima and Peruvian women, famed for beauty and slender figure, who wear a black manta in public while reserving Parisian styles for home and events. He notes a historical shift after Atahualpa's death when colors vanished from daily dress.
Connecticut official Henry T. Fenton endorses a traditional method for cooking shad. Split a five to six pound fish, fill with butter, wrap in wet Manila paper, bury in hot ashes, and bake for about fifteen minutes for a rich, flavorful result. The note cites the New York Sun and Sarper's Bazaar quotes.
On the first day of their wedding journey a bride asks if her husband regrets the momentary sad expression. He answers with a gentle clarification that it was only a fleeting moment before nodding off, and he heard only a faint, accidental snore.
In a Arkansas Traveler excerpt, Mr Matthew Williams recalls making saturated alumin water solutions and coating cinders to form crystal specimens. He describes crystallized sugar, sulphur crystals, and isomorphous double chlorides with vivid colors and octahedral forms. The piece urges crystal making as popular science recreation and notes possible artificial gems.
A hotel boarder who has paid partial sums each payday explains staying in debt to preserve courtesy and indulgence. He claims the small debt serves as a lever to command attention and leniency, saying he will settle only when ready to leave. The hotelkeeper questions whether selfishness underpins social and business dealings.
Dr William F Hutchinson notes insomnia from overtaxed American nervous system and the futile search for safe sleep aids. He cites widespread use of chloral, bromide, and opium, with sleep unrefreshing and health in decline as digestion and appetite suffer and nervousness grows. The piece appears as a quoted opinion from The American Magazine.
A child asks if they will go to the country, while the mother fears rain as dark clouds loom. The exchange highlights a cautious household mood about weather and plans.
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