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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
9
A quoted critique argues women restrain eating to display frugality in a male dominated economy. It laments lavish table d hote meals, mocks self restraint, and notes husbands often steer dining choices to avoid waste while women allegedly sacrifice appetite. The piece cites Mrs John Lane via Dortiginly Review.
A Philadelphia North American excerpt offers guidance on infant colic in early months. It recommends soothing the baby on the stomach with warmth and gentle back pats, using water via a dropper, and adding peppermint. If attacks recur, reduce dairy and adjust the mother’s diet and exercise to improve milk.
A New Jersey horticultural bulletin reports on summer spray trials against the San Jose scale on peaches and pears. It finds limited success with lime and sulfur mixes, soap, and tobacco, favoring cruсe oil at about 45 degrees Beaune for pears and recommending warm oil for better coverage. Kerosene and limold emulsions show promise, with water-compatible mixtures developed to improve large-surface coverage and minimize tree injury.
Advice for infants and young children on transportation, feeding, hair care, footwear, and bedtime routines. Recommends using a baby carriage for under three, chocolate powder for medicine, gentle hair handling to avoid damage, proper footgear for leg development, and regular meals with a last snack before bed.
A cynical remark in the New York Tribune questions women’s place in golf. He calls women awkward and less graceful than men and other sports players, but concedes they may play if confined to family members, suggesting a daughter with her father or spouses playing together, and warns a woman aiming to captivate a man should avoid golf.
A charming country bedroom is described in cream and yellow. Yellow pansy paper on a cream ground, white enamel iron bedstead with brass trim, white painted chest and brass handles, a white washstand, pale green screen, Japanese crape accents, and a silk rag rug. Furnishings are noted as inexpensive compared with typical bedroom fittings.
A fashionable crowd in London moves with bad temper and stern glances as people jostle in crushes. A man seeking a partner at a dance pushes women, a behavior that would have shocked barbarian ancestors.
A fragmentary quotation extols a calm courage that faces danger without rashness, attributed to Stanislaus Alphera Perralalye. The terse note emphasizes inner resolve and restraint over bravado.
The article describes two celery plots, one fertilized with commercial manure and nutrients, the other receiving three applications of 200 pounds nitrate of soda during the growing season. The nitrate-treated field matured earlier, sold for 55 to 60 cents per dozen in late June, and yielded a second fall crop, while the control field harvested later and netted less.
Describes primitive trail markers used by Indigenous groups and hunters. Explains white painted spots on trees, broken twigs, and blade-mark signals signifying route, warnings, or locations. Details Ojibway twig signs and buffalo hunter signaling calls for locating companions or indicating danger.
John McCullouch rose from chairmaker to actor while remaining proud of his craft. As a boy he could read but not write, and knew nothing of literature at sixteen. An old chairmaker who taught him chairmaking and Shakespeare steered him toward the stage, a lesson McCullough recalled with pride in later life.
An English man traveling to Monaco attempted to import tins of pigment for touching up a racing craft. Customs officials argued the paint was dutiable while the traveler claimed it would be brought back on leaving the country. He joked he would carry it back on the boat’s sides, a claim the authorities rejected as implausible due to evaporation.
Following the June 12 1807 Asian earthquake, Greaut Assam endured continuous tremors for days. Estimates say around 200 shocks daily after June 17, dropping to twenty or thirty daily by mid July, with people feeling daily quakes for about two years afterward though they were not dangerous.
The Mine, X. faced distress when her husband left a suicide note saying farewell to Adelaide and quit this world. Three days later the husband reappeared in high spirits, having been up in a balloon.
Interview fragment shows a caller asking about a mother’s whereabouts and shopping plans. Ethel replies her mother is downtown and had little time for shopping, intending to get needed items.
Mrs Gramercy frets over an embarrassing mix up with her gown after a maid unwittingly let her out with Fido. Babette’s harmony scene sparks the incident as Mrs Park laments the wardrobe error and the maid’s folly.
A fragment shows Edith asking Ethel if he has ever loved before. The judge notes Tie instructed going to a jeweler to choose any rag Lo wanted, revealing a tense moment over affection and a jewelry purchase.
Sealed proposals for merchantable wood to supplement existing on school grounds to five cards per room will be received until noon September 12 1905. Bidders state wood type, stake and cord four foot lengths by October 2. Wood inspected and measured by a school trustee for quality and quantity. Bids may cover a year and are payable in October. By order BE Noble Secretary.
Maryland lawmakers consider two amendments from the January 1904 session. One would rewrite voting rules to require ballot elections and define voter qualifications and registration for future elections. The measure includes timelines, residency rules, and reading requirements for registration, with certification by Senate and House officials.
A compact adage notes that every wise man carries a parachute of prudence attached to his balloon of enthusiasm, suggesting balanced ambition with careful restraint.
The Farm Journal advises calves thrive on cheaper feeds in winter using roots and tubers such as turnips artichokes and beets. It suggests combining these succulent foods with half the dry feed to improve intake, noting dry feeds alone leave calves reluctant to eat.
A clipped remark jokes about betting on one thing, noting that DT has what is described as horse sense. The Philadelphia Press snippet hints at humorous wordplay around commerce and risk, reflecting period vernacular.
Florida Times Union notes a terse aphorism urging kindness to the wealthy, suggesting fortunes shift and fortune can favor or falter with time. The line emphasizes humility toward those who currently possess wealth.
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