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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1897
Page
1
A poem of a groom leading his bride down the aisle titled Little Love Lou. The speaker praises his wife as the organ plays and roses fall, declaring triumph and devotion in a ceremonial church scene at a wedding.
In 1781 Washington sought to mislead Sir Henry Clinton about an attack on New York while planning to strike Cornwallis in Virginia. Parson Dominic Montagnie was chosen to carry dispatches through Ramapo pass, faced with Richard Smith and his cowboys, seized, then captured in New York. Washington used the ruse to keep British forces occupied, aiding the southern campaign.
A tall towheaded boy from Mote Mountain visits Sam Thom's store in Conway New Hampshire with a battered ninepence worth 1 2 1 4 cents. He buys a roll of lozenges for two cents and apples at two for a cent, offering the shopkeeper the ninepence and a ten cent return. The tale, deemed worth more than its cost, comes from the New York Ledger.
While visiting in Tuscaloosa William Hamilton Hayne and Samuel Minturn Peck walked in the woods and sought inspiration under pines. A swarm of yellow jackets woke them, forcing a quick retreat, and their supper conversation reveals Hayne claimed to have made a poem while Peck admitted a poultice.
A simple remedy for a sprained wrist involves running cold water on the wrist each morning for several minutes while holding it under the tap. Afterward, bandage tightly and keep the bandage on until the next ablution. The sprain should improve in a few days.
The Japanese have formed a welcome society in Tokyo to counsel visitors and cultivate goodwill. Its object is to make the stay of strangers in Japan as agreeable as possible, extending hospitality and guidance to those visiting the kingdom of the Mikado.
A brief cheeky exchange cited from the Indianapolis Journal notes a moment when someone in the crowd claimed another person had ears to burn. The quip references A 4A superstition sustaining a remark overheard around 9 o'clock.
A young woman recalls a vow she obtained before marriage to share evenings at home with Herbert, but he now says he cannot keep the promise to take her to the theater, a conflict noted by her mother.
William T. Ellis recounts the 19th century meeting of Helen Keller and Tom Stringer, two blind and deaf children educated through remarkable means. Helen, long able to communicate, greets Tom with touch and fingerspell, while Tom’s articulation and Helen’s reading of his hand reveal a silent, shared conversation that astonishes their teachers and observers.
A Courier du Midi quip notes brigands in Sicily are frequent and predictable. The speaker claims he outwits them by posing as suspicious travelers and asking for an alias, reflecting wry travel humor.
A juvenile quip on inertia and momentum contrasts a boy’s definition with the real concepts. A Detroit Free Press snippet then cites life expectancy data, noting women’s life expectancy rose from about 42 to 16 years more than 42, and men’s from about 42 to 41 years.
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