17 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1888
Page
1
A brief verse excerpt speaks of consolation and angelic guidance. It references a blest spirit and watchful eyes, attributed to J F Waller in The Quiver, capturing a devotional, contemplative mood.
Emerson, a world renowned tea maker, touts wholesale pricing and bulk offers to grocers across the US. The ad advertises 10 pounds of tea for four dollars, chest quantities at various rates, and warns of impure goods, urging buyers to watch for Emerson’s packaged goods arriving soon in stores. The notice is signed by Emerson, retailer and temporary promoter, based in Philadelphia.
Denton Maryland dealer Willery states readiness to hold sales at any time under liberal terms and will attend sales in Caroline Queen Anne and Talbot counties to accommodate buyers and ensure prompt transactions.
A compilation notes the United States vast growth since 1850 with population, land area, and wealth surging toward a future of greater greatness. It contrasts Westward expansion, immigration trends, and rising productivity with rising population densities and warnings about sustained expansion and prosperity. It includes a Boston baker anecdote on pork and beans and a seafaring tale of a whale, swordfish, and thrasher near Caps Flattery.
The Philadelphia Times notes a fierce sirocco in Algiers bringing desert sand and swarms of locusts. Cattle, numbering around sixteen million in the colony, face starvation as famine looms. The government mobilizes natives and troops in a campaign to wipe out the pests. A separate anecdote recalls Rev. Leonard Gaetz of Alberta, formerly at London’s Queen’s Avenue church, who paused a choir solo to declare a return to worship.
A notice dated 10-27-41 warns gunners and others not to trespass on UY lands with dogs or firearms. The brief directive targets unauthorized access and cites potential penalties for violation.
The piece recaps objections to a Hudson Strait to Port Churchill steamship line raised by Arctic navigators and experts including Commodore Markham Sir Charles Tupper and Dr Rae while noting the impracticality and high dangers of Fox Channel ice and navigation delays. It contrasts views and references Canadian Hudson Bay expeditions as evidence against viability. A second feature praises Creole beauty with a Louisiana focus.
The Musical Herald muses that travelers venturing into Central Africa could discover untapped ethnologic musical insights. It notes Schweinfurth as an early example, recalls music boxes as propitiatories to wary kings, and cites Baker on hand organs enhancing safety.
A manufacturer predicts strong Mexican demand for sweets, noting hot flavors like wintergreen and peppermint. He warns the U S is losing a potential market as Germany or other powers could gain influence. He touts Italian peppermint wafers sold at 39 a pound, shown as a proof of foreign penetration.
German savants discuss how long dreams last concluding most are momentary but some may extend to the length of a minute.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports an exhibit at Alexandra Palace showcasing a steel steam lifeboat said to be unsinkable and unsinkable, with twin screws kept in water, instantly raisable on shore, engines protected and a fifteen man crew with a twelve inch draught.
Reports from Wray Colorado and Akron Yuma cite third year of successful irrigation-free farming in plains near the Kansas line. The Denver Republican notes widespread cultivation without irrigation across plains within 75 to 100 miles west of the state line, while other notes highlight Africa slave trade efforts, plagiarism allegations, and a superstition about women entering a Leadville mine.
We camped and spotted a kangaroo chased by two dingoes. The pair pinned the prey, delivering swift bites as we crept closer for a shot. The kangaroo died, its chest torn and neck bitten, while the dingoes stayed unscathed.
Sitka correspondent describes a Chilkat woman at Chilkat Inlet wearing a deep red blanket and heavy silver adornments while blackened face, seeking suitors among young fishermen. She sits by the cannery fires, draws little attention, then returns to a beach tent.
The passage argues that the earth and its features are in perpetual motion and change. It explains ground, mountains, seas, and continents slowly alter their positions and shapes without drastic catastrophes, suggesting nature operates gradually rather than via colossal upheavals. The idea that slow revolutions drive geologic transformation is attributed to Science.
An official San Francisco report from about two years ago details 13 Joss houses and Christian churches repurposed as lodging houses and brothels. It notes missionaries failed to convert many and contrasts idolatry with Christianity amid a harsh social scene.
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