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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
4
The Denton Journal dated Saturday morning October 17 1903 lists Howard Melvin Ben H Johnson as publishers Melvin and Johnson with the issue date and publisher names in the masthead.
Washington Star reports government printing office safeguards to prevent errors being charged to stenographers proofreaders and printers. It notes the shift from hand copy to typewriters has reduced humor and misery in copying, recalls old days of Congress Record travail, and mentions Reverdy Johnson and Pratt of Indiana as famed misread penmen.
Washington aimed to be America’s leading farmer and built a vast, modern operation at Mount Vernon. He invented a plow, ran an experimental agricultural station, imported machinery, tested tobacco and wheat, improved fertilizers, and bred horses, cattle, and sheep. The estate housed a blacksmith, carpenters, flour mill, cooperage, shipowners, shoemakers, weavers, a distillery, and Potomac fisheries, all contributing to a highly productive enterprise with diverse profits.
A Philadelphia Telegraph item recounts a southern clergyman who marries a Black couple and negotiates his fee. The groom offers two dollars, promising more if he feels cheated. a month later he repays with interest, acknowledging a small extra debt in a speculating twist.
A quotation from Contemporary Review notes Lacordaire’s reply to French peers when asked for his profession, “A school master.” It compares Monta lembert’s stance as “a schoolmaster and a peer of France” and recalls Louis Agassiz’s will beginning with “I, Louis Agassiz, teacher.”
A veteran tobacco trader explains rats avoid tobacco, noting they flee from smoke and odor. He recounts an experiment where a rat became nauseated from tobacco smoke, concluding rats are not bothered by cigars and rarely touch tobacco. This view anchors a Butte Inter-Mountain report.
A Frenchman named Combes visited a friend in the morning but found the host still abed. Frustrated, he left no message and went to a nearby town. There he joked by phone, prompting the startled reply about tasting and smelling snails from a distance.
A philologist notes the phrase grass widow origin is puzzling with theories from French grace widow to an old English custom of hanging out a broom when the wife was away. The broom symbolized a swept house and visiting friends, later evolving to a grass widower and grass widow.
A quoted editor lists the varied chores a journalist must master to “run a newspaper” including poetry, tariff debate, umpiring, wedding reporting, fire description, and daily tasks from wood sawing to fundraising. He notes readers’ needs and the many roles a writer fills in the publication trade.
A reader jokes about a pompous woman at an auction who is corrected by a conductor. The woman insists on proper respect while the humorous exchange ends with a witty remark about common mistakes and courtesy. The snippets reflect light humor from late 19th or early 20th century periodicals.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer comments on the frivolous mood around the Borelli comet, noting its two tails as a quirky spectacle and joking about the novelty in a light, period voice. The brief remark contrasts cosmic whimsy with fashioning equipment for leisure fly time.
Expensive saws in Pennsylvania slate factories hold seventy five diamonds each and cost five thousand dollars per unit. Slate quarries near Chapman are highly valued now after once selling for a pint of whisky. The slate industry employs large quarries, splitters, trim ming machines, and massive horizontal saws, producing shingles and roofing slabs. The slate wealth spans central and eastern Pennsylvania, with slate houses and durable blocks.
In Egyptian fields along the Nile birds menace wheat until stone slingers, perched on platforms with slings, shoot intruders. The profession, though essential, is poorly paid and seasonal, available only for a few weeks twice a year.
A quoted exchange shows a defeated politician denying retirement and claiming to have ascended to a higher plane of economic thought while staying put to let the public catch up. The interviewer challenges the claim as a misinterpretation.
A French mathematician offers a life expectancy rule. Subtract your age from eighty six, divide the remainder by two, and the result approximates the years life insurers’ mortality tables give. The method excludes children under twelve and those over eighty.
Mrs Wesley Guy of Kemptville Ontario testifies eight years of female weakness sore organs back pain and misery ended after using Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription four bottles and Dr Pierce antiseptic and healing salve. She warns against substitutes and notes the pills regulate bowels.
Notice to taxpayers that the Caroline County Commissioners levied taxes for county and state purposes due to the Treasurer by Sept 1. The State and county taxes for 1903 will be received in principal towns of election districts on Oct 16 and 17 and in other dates as printed.
Clothing for Men, Boys and Children promises universal fit with a large stock of suits and overcoats. Prices range from 1.50 to 15 for suits and 2.50 to 15 for overcoats, with odd pants 0.25 to 6.50, touting latest styles and lowest prices. Corduroy pants highlighted as a buy.
Local retailer reports doubling shoe sales from the past year citing fair prices and top quality. Prices span 25 cents to 3.50 dollars with a spotlight on one dollar shoes and an invitation to call for details.
It pays the farmer to deal at our grocery store. We buy all kinds of trade and you can buy many goods with your trade such as fresh groceries salt meats vegetables tea and dinner sets lamps dry goods notions carpets shoes hats clothing etc. We can save you money. Call and see us.
We have just opened up our fall and winter hats and caps. Latest styles and lowest prices.
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