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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1892
Page
1
Vast fall winter stock of clothing hats and furnishings at low prices. Taylor’s offers suits from 7 to 15 dollars and up, juvenile wear, overcoats and separate pieces. Order Annex at 6 8 S Charles St features $20 and $25 business suits, hats under 2 dollars, dress shirts 50 cents, and related accessories. Send for samples and self measurements.
A fragmentary excerpt describes sleep, waking, and the soul, with references to forebears and the will of God guiding perception. It evokes a Greatheart within and the dissolution of doubt at daylight, signaling a spiritual or metaphysical meditation in a Harper's Weekly publication.
In a pressurized sleeper car on a Denver bound train from La Junta a corpulent man courts conversation with a despondent traveler. A witty stranger turns the encounter toward a comic yet revealing courtship plot involving a fiancé, an aunt, a scheming heiress, and a proposed New Mexico ranch, while passengers drift through a tunnel and into evolving romance amid playful misreadings and introductions.
A Texas Life correspondent reports a fall plan for keeping weevils from corn. Two open bottles of bisulphide of carbon placed four feet apart in the bin, mouths covered with cheesecloth, bottles boxed, corn filled to capacity. Weevils admitted from the field were destroyed and none reappeared, with rats also kept out.
The Coriuthian exposition display honored a famous California big tree as a feature in the Gov traument building. A state fair novelty drew attention, a transplanting machine for tobacco cabbage and other plants that also waters roots. Times change as beekeeping advances with larger scale honey production and improved equipment.
A wife recounts how her husband hoards useless papers and receipts, moving them between coats for months. She recalls finding unreceipted bills, paid receipts, old business cards, ad circulars, a 2% playbill, and a few truly important documents, prompting her to urge an investigation. The anecdote appears in the New York Times.
The late English historian Professor Freeman noted Carlyle like disregard for courtesy. An incident at Yale sees a professor addressing him as Doctor Freeman. Freeman boasted his Oxford and Cambridge doctorates and quipped on applying the title to Gladstone.
A Paris church service for a deceased millionaire becomes a courtroom tale when an heir reads aloud from a book he claims to be prayers for the departed. A neighbor reveals the volume is the civil code opened to the succession chapter, sparking intrigue over the inheritance.
Rev Mila Tanner argues that all life is love and that all laws harmonize with the law of love as revealed by Jesus on Calvary. He suggests Christ discloses God by showing nature's eternal purpose and its relation to every atom and law past and future.
The article contrasts Orientals and Christians, arguing God is intelligent and immanent, not distant. It cites Turkish speech habits and the Christian view that God not only knows all but cares, urging believers to trust that God feels and helps in human tribulation, per Rev. C. A. S. Dwight.
A reflection on selecting companions with care. The piece cites Sir John Lubbock on judging a dog or horse by pedigree and training, arguing that friendships shape life more than any other relationship, urging wise discretion in choosing associates. It contrasts casual meetings with lasting influence and warns against undue influence from evil.
A quotation extols broad freedom to worship God without human dictation. It asserts Jew and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic, and many denominations have equal rights before the law and equal opportunity. It envisions unity among denominations if persecution arose, even to the point of bloodshed to defend worship.
The English year book of the Young Men's Christian Association shows growth of the movement. From 1855 to 1902 associations rose from 292 to 516 and leadership from 10,000 to 83,000 members.
A famous hurdle jumping horse named St Marshale died after a stone formed in its stomach. The stone, an eight inch diameter ball, is kept in a Paris veterinary museum according to St Louis Republic.
The article notes that ocean steamers have smokestacks far larger than commonly thought, measuring fourteen to eighteen feet in diameter. It points out the Etruria’s stacks exceed eighteen feet, highlighting surprising vessel dimensions.
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