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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1888

Page

4

Four-leaved clover myths across old German lore

A compendium of beliefs links four and three leaf clovers to luck, love, invisibility, gambling, and protection. Saints myths, Druids ranks, Gypsy authority, and proverbs are cited, with cautionary notes on superstition from St. James Gazette.

Trefort St. Patrick J. B. Friedreich Tyrol St. John’s Passierthal Wolfs Zeitschrift Fur Deutsche Mythologie America Germany William Kurte Sprichworter der Deutschen Ganz Gar St. James’ Gazette

A Plan for Sleep From Dream Focused Thinking

An inventor proposes a method to cure insomnia by quieting the conscious left brain and triggering dream-state activity. By recalling recent dreams during awakenings, the sleeper supposedly returns to rest quickly, with some corroboration from a London Spectator note and a second anecdotal claim.

Col London Spectator

Traps for the Graashoppers and Silk Robe ancient notes

The article outlines methods to destroy grasshoppers with plowing, ditch traps, and kerosene on canvas, noting kerosene use can clear large areas. It also recounts antiquarian notes on Heliogabalus and Aurelian, silk robes, and Roman fashion from Augustus to Nero, with references to silk imports during Justinian.

Lugger Heroine Minneapolis Heliogabalus Constantinople Justinian Augustus Nero Cesar Indies Goder

Ranch life demands endurance and thrift from cattle hands

A Detroit Free Press excerpt by W. Lynaz Wilson describes ranch work as requiring strong, patient men who endure hardship. It notes plain fare, some variability in diet, and daily routines from early breakfasts at 5 a.m. to saddling horses and patrolling fences and stock.

W. Lynaz Wilson Detroit Free Press

Explainer on Gas Explosions Cited by Edwin Watters

Edwin Watters in the St. Louis Republic argues that common notions of natural gas explosions are flawed. He contends that combustion requires both heat and air, and questions how gas could explode without oxygen or air, noting how air would not mix easily with dense gas subsurface.

Edwin Watters St. Louis Republic

Old Vickory and Lobster Origins The Hickory Bark Tale

A Chicago Herald excerpt discusses lobster larvae feeding habits and survival, noting early surface life and rapid bottom sinking. It also recounts the New York Sun tale of Andrew Jackson earning the nickname Old Hickory after a Creek War mishap with a bark shelter and a drinking taunt.

Andrew Jackson Old Lickory Jackson New York Sun

Writing Through Stenographers In New York

The New York Tribune notes that stenographers are now widely used for letter writing by ordinary business men visiting New York and by executives of major corporations. Many letters wait for days before a stenographer is hired, while old school merchants avoid typewriters as a pestilent change.

Georgia Bill Arp Atlanta Constitution New York New York Tribune

Making and Wearing Glass and Composition Eyes

The article discusses artificial eyes, their two main types glass and composition, and how they are manufactured and fitted. It covers costs, maintenance, common defects, and the skill required by operators, noting that most wearers are women and the practice is linked to medical needs and social adornment.

Lothans Tvtiou Tadies Childran Joseph W. Garvan New York Picea

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