10 Sep 1898
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1898
Page
1
A Globe ad lists Imported Fancy Half Hose in dots stripes and plaids at 35c. Also Fine Balbriggan Underwear in plain colors and mottled effects with French neck bands and pen buttons, priced at 23c. Store location is 8 W. Baltimore St. in Baltimore.
By direction of an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland the Caroline County Commissioners levy taxes on taxable property. State and county taxes are due September 1. The treasurer will sit in the principal town of the election districts to receive the 1898 taxes.
A fragmentary poem by Shan Van Vocht titled The Brown Wind of Connaught describes the brown wind stirring the speaker’s heart, Dermot’s wooing, and a Galway bay scene. It blends haunting imagery with a memory of Dermot and a haunting spectral gate.
A New York physician recalls early charity work with a starving baby cared for by a mother beaten by her husband. The milk supplanted to the sick child led to the man’s murder in a Bowery saloon, and the story ends with a reflection on a ruthless world and the girl’s fate.
A collection of anecdotes on dog behavior from Lipincott's Magazine and The Illustrated London News. A writer notes dogs judge strangers at a glance, often provoking bites if the person shows fear. A German actor seeks recognition in a grand duchy and receives a symbolic, costly royal gesture.
A collage of brief items and snippets from old papers. It discusses an etymology note on tit tat to, plus short humor exchanges. Cartoonish lines include a linguistic note, Irish talk at a door, and light quips on kissing, telephone dividends, and spousal expectations.
A New York World report credits Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth and Miss Helen Gould with creating diet kitchens at Camp Wikoff to provide daintier meals for typhoid convalescents and to supplement the Army’s rations. They work alongside the War Relief association, backed by official plans to reform army food through diet kitchens at multiple camps.
Lieutenant Thomas M Brumby of the Navy raised the first American flag in Manila during the battle for the city Private J F Finlay of Company C First California Volunteers carried eight cartloads of ammunition to the Pennsylvanians under heavy fire, aided wounded captains and returned with carts for the wounded Finlay, a San Francisco clerk born in Yuma, 24 years ago, hailed from a modest home and a proud family today.
In a humorously frank exchange, Mrs. Giddibus explains to a bold youth why her daughter wears short dresses. She blushes as she reveals the purpose is to prevent people from assuming they are sisters when seen together, noting the daughter is as tall as she is.
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