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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1898
Page
4
A New York Ledger item describes early venom extraction experiments on snakes to study antidotes. It details a simple venom collection setup, notes which species yield the deadliest venom, and explains how fangs function as the “poison machinery” with a jet of venom produced during striking.
The piece traces early insurance concepts from Livy through Roman and medieval examples, noting debates on true insurance. It cites Bruges 1310 as a key reciprocal contract origin and mentions Portuguese and English maritime practices, with Lombards credited for spreading the concept.
The article surveys early gunpowder adoption among nobility noting a century for familiarization and a shift from crossbows to firearms by the late sixteenth century. It cites Maximilian’s boast of longer crossbow range, then passages on poaching controls, Korea’s tobacco culture, and Chinese garden vastness and New Zealand orange fields.
A detailed description of the traditional log method with logship, stray line, knots, and timing, plus the patent log mechanism and cross bearing verification. A naval anecdote about a shark catching the patent log aboard the Crocodile in the Red Sea concludes with a quirky distance note.
The readable fragments show monetary amounts in pounds and pence with two entries 235 and 943 followed by two figures 9 37 and 9 46. The text appears as OCR remnants lacking clear context or action or subjects.
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