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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1889

Page

4

How Different Races Are Read at Castle Garden

Reporters observe Castle Garden linguists using multilingual questioning to identify immigrants. Douglas and colleagues claim five registers diagnose name, age, birth, marital status, children, travel plans, money, prior institutions, and trade. The piece notes mixed impressions from locals, with anecdotes of Finnish rarity and a Hungarian polyglot, plus warnings about overgeneralization.

Castle Garden Douglas Michigan Mr. Douglas Maj. Semsey Goldstein Devonia Buffalo Bill West Garden Heron Allen Asia Union Square Bowery Columbia College New York News

Sanderburg the Titan Swordsman of Albania Legend

A fragment from an old tale recalls Tritanus and his son who carried a giant with one finger, and details Sanderburg born 1414 as a supreme swordsman with an immense arm. He allegedly cleaved a foe from head to waist in one blow and decapitated two relatives of Bailaban in a palace yard before their embrace ended.

Tritanus Sanderburg Albania Pigantick Inn John L. Sullivan Bailaban W. Wright St. Louis Republic

Knapsack Keeps Soldier Carrying Luck From Petersburg

A private of the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts clung to his knapsack through marches and shellfire near Petersburg. A six pound shot ricocheted by as he checked his load, Gen Stannard quipping that the knapsack was lucky and the man agreed he would always carry it.

Massachusetts Petersburg Stannard Gen. Stannard

Masons and Co Books Saved by Water Trick

Curious report from Spokane cites Mason Smith and Co's safe cracked by heat leaving books black and unreadable. A bookkeeper found wet fingerprints made figures legible through moisture. By dampening pages with water they transferred accounts to new books over several days, though leaves crumble if touched.

Spokane Mason, Smith & Co Chicago Herald

Marius the Roman General Known for Incredible Strength

John W. Wright cites Trebellius Pollio describing Caius Marius, a Roman general and emperor of B C 157, famed for feats of strength. He chained his feet to a tree and held a cart axle against two horses, and gashed his chest with a timber as horses pulled.

Caius Marius B. C Trebellius Pollio John W. Wright St. Louis Republic

Light Reveals the Alps in Sublime Revelation

A contemplation of Alpine light and shadow at Interlaken and beyond. The article describes Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and Jungfrau in luminous solitude, then follows a moonlit night witnessing Jungfrau’s unveiled beauty. It celebrates shadows as transformative, the Alps as sanctuary, and light as truth in nature.

Alps Mont Blanc Matterhorn Jungfrau Interlachen Lautern Srumnen Grundelwald Cor Christian Union

Effects of Smoking and Health Beliefs Across Periodicals

A collection of brief items covers smoking harms cited by a New York Star physician noting rapid bloodstream effects, appetite suppression, and dyspepsia. watch care with cleaning and pocket practices. a lurid Shanghai article on soap and fertilizer from union bodies with a corrective retraction in the New York Sun. and a description of the Van derbilt banqueting hall called The Francis I.

New York Star Tien Shih Chat Shanghai Europe Tien Shih Chai New York Sun

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