20 Nov 1880
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1880
Page
1
A fragmentary poem mocks hair as vulgar and useless, urging baldness with a jaunty cadence. It proclaims fear of the future for hair and celebrates smooth pates, invoking a mother and an odd line about a barren pole while praising the baldhead brother.
Robert Percival a skilled teacher and musician loves Mary Atherton, heiress to a fortune of a million and a half dollars. Uncles approval and a selfless departure plan test the couple, but Mary declares love and Robert stays, marrying and building a prosperous life together.
A hired man sues his farm employer for wages owed. The farmer argues an offset of 327 dollars, claiming biblical disputes caused chaos among workers and machinery, including refrains about Daniel, Jonah, Samson, and Noah. The gatekeeper later notes a stranger asking who was dead with the reply that everyone is satisfied.
The Chestertown Transcript reflects on the small boy’s reactions before and after the Garfield Hancock election. It humorously traces his early awareness, town canvassing, views on candidates, and a cheeky set of principles about taking from merchants and guarding tar barrels, ending with plans for Christmas campaigns.
A Kentucky editor, famed for Bourbon palate, quips that buying ink by the jug is cheaper when brought home. His wife later tries to refill her inkstand from the same jugful and discovers it is not ink.
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