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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1888
Page
2
Annie Awa Song Fragment From Dr John Massie
A fragmentary lament marks the departure of Annie from her childhood home. Neighbors and hearts lament her absence as friends recall her bright presence and the sorrow that follows her leaving, with repeated calls that Annie will be missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Kirk
Bridals
Mar
Anais
Annolo
John Massie
Frog Devil of Gold Canyon Fortunes the Comstock Tale
Peter O'Reilly a Nevada pioneer miner and early Comstock discoverer spends years in Gold canyon chasing luck with pan and rocker. A green goblin frog on his dambed reservoir births omens Struck it prompts rising hope and disastrous misreads until O'Reilly finally abandons the canyon and, with Pat McLaughlin, strikes the Comstock lode changing mining history and making Mackay and Fair famous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter O'Reilly
Nevada
Comstock
O'Reilly
Gold Canyon
Carson Creek
Pete
Ossian
Hill and Vale
Woodbridge
Cal
Peto
Joolz
Ajax
Howly St. Patrick
Carson
Carson River
Pate
Pete O'Reilly
Six Mile Canyon
Pat McLaughlin
Virginia City
Mackay, Fair
San Francisco Examiner
Courtesy and humility across social ranks in imperial scene
In Blakely Wall's Letter, a scene shows the bold emperor of Germany bowing to a ragged peasant woman. The contrast highlights genuine courtesy from a ruler and the awakening gleam of the old woman, who seems renewed by the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Soap Trust
Germany
Blakely Wall
Canadian girls wait six months for a marriage proposal
A Chicago Herald notice quotes a humorous Canadian rule that girls grant lovers up to six months to decide. If bashful, the suitor may linger on the sofa for three more months with maple sap gifts, then must seek another home if not asked. The piece praises Canadian women as pretty and trained housekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Herald
Wit and wonder in visions of humorists and invention
A compact reflection on how foreseeing humorists foretold inventions, from bottled language to delayed speech, steamboats and air travel. It notes Newton, the Arabian Nights, and Sir John Mandeville as precursors to imagined techs, praising human imagination and its reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mandeville
Italy
Globe-Democrat
Emancipation Decree by Cherokee Nation in 1863
The Cherokee national council on February 18 1863 decreed that all slaves within Cherokee lands are emancipated and declared free forever. Professor Foster notes this act, surprising given the era's pro slavery sentiment, thoughCherokee influence was less than among the Creeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Cherokees
Foster
National Council
Globe-Democrat
Vital Forces and Fashionable Society Warned
A Detroit Free Press editorial condemns the drain on vitality amid ultra fashionable society. It warns that excessive expenditure of body and mind for wealth and status leads to physical and mental ruin, urging health and prudent living over costly adornment and speculative excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway Maelstrom
Hey
Aesop
Detroit
Frea Press
Pain and Courage Across Ages in Modern Life
An analysis contrasts modern squeamishness about pain with historical fortitude. It compares German soldiers facing deadly mitrailleuse fire, railway engineers risking lives, and an English battalion saluting departing troops as ships foundered. The piece argues progress yields greater mastery of pain through foresight and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
Ney
Desertion blamed on army cooking practices
Army officers have long attributed desertions to poor cooking. Commissary Gen. MacFeeley urged a skilled corps of cooks in annual reports, arguing complaints arise from preparation and serving, not food quality. The common practice of selecting inexperience sergeant cooks weighs on soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacFeeley
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