14 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
1
Mr. David Kaskey of the Philadelphia Clothing Store offers 400 suits for men boys and children must be sold. Suits priced from 2.98 and up with bargains to explore before buying elsewhere. Separate pants from 40c and up. Don t wear overalls Kaskey sells pants cheaper.
A fragmentary poem describes a turning gaze and a divine encounter. It recalls a distant moment when life filled and spilled a cup, and a figure emerged from a higher power, with shifting seasons and falling pears as near-symbolic imagery.
A narrator describes Monty a handsome indolent suitor who plans to marry Euphemia, a 17 year old ward. Monty values wealth and control, dismisses affection, and insists a wife be domestic and useful. The wedding is scheduled for tomorrow in a Westminster Budget note.
English traveler Mr. H. Cayley-Webster recounts a New Guinea tale where natives hearing a piano crate mistook its sounds as strange wonders. They lifted, dropped, and rolled the case, listening for noises until guards noticed the damage and broken strings. The incident ends with curious frenzy and disorder.
A refined professor, famed for eccentric mental abstraction, hosts a reception with his wife and daughters. A guest asks how often such delightful gatherings occur, and the professor candidly answers, Thank goodness madam but once a year.
George Washington traveled with his invalid brother Lawrence from Virginia on September 28 1751 reaching Barbados around November 3 and returning aboard the Industry on December 23. The five week voyage was rough and Washington kept a diary later published by Jared Sparks. This marked his only trip outside the future United States.
Mr Ward Heel-Booze vows a job for nomination while Mrs Ward Heel questions his chances. Old Slydog challenges Booze in the race. Mr Ward H asserts unity, claiming danger for both contenders under a single term contract.
A veteran reporter recalls a sliced tale about John Mason, a young Englishman who sought work on a sugar plantation. He courts danger when a letter claims a past lover’s fatal jealousy and a £5,000 legacy, and Mason vanishes after a tense night, leaving questions about identity, fate, and whether any mother’s letter is genuine.
A mother complains to her son about his poor school standing. He replies that George Jones is helped by his clever parents, leaving the boy at the foot. The exchange captures a sharp, humorous exchange from Tit-Bits.
It is shown that an apparatus using chloroform to kill animals fails in India due to high temperatures preventing vapor concentration. Experiments with ice in the box proved the method ineffective, undermining its use abroad.
Shocks from live wires illustrate human resilience with two city anecdotes from New Orleans and factory workers, while the Franco German war era yawns into legend with a tale of a mysterious throne chair recovered from a German hotel and later sold in England, linking misfortune and odd fate across borders.
A new doctor explains choosing a practice location requires avoiding towns with too many physicians and avoiding healthy towns where nobody dies except of old age. He recounts a friend who searched New York through river towns for malaria and typhoid, finding a surprisingly paying practice after three years in a marshy area.
The article describes the Chinese custom of ear piercing for girls starting around age one. It details preparation of red tassels with blue heads, numb ear pinching, insertion of a needle and thread, and securing the tassel hanging over the lobe. It notes objections by children and kittens used to encourage cooperation, linking to many cats with ear holes in China.
In a dramatic scene, hecklers in the gallery confront the stage, shouting insults as a tragedian defends his work against both the crowd and a venal press, declaring indifference to critics. The Chicago Tribune notes the volatile exchange.
A blind man and a friend walked near a railway in Westchester county last week. The man detected a faint odor from the rails suggesting heated iron filings, while the friend could not sense any sound or scent to indicate an approaching train. The note appears in the New York Herald. The piece is followed by a quip about weather, wind, and a cyclone, referencing Arkansas and Ohio papers.
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