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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
6
A lurid 19th century fragment surveys medieval conjurers and fraudulent tricks, noting cruel experiments and animal harm as part of seedy stage lore. It cites methods like killing and reviving a horse and other ghastly stunts, with commentary on public attitudes toward magicians and tricksters through history.
The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington line pioneered the bell rope signal after an on train fight between conductor John Wolf and engineer Robert Fogg. Wolf’s signaling log failed, leading to a duel that established the conductor’s authority. A bell then replaced the log signaling, evolving into the locomotive bell code still used, with air whistle later supplanting the bell.
A humorous Chicago Tribune style exchange centers on flirtatious Miss Pinkle and a group of suitors including Professor de Carey and Mr Svoopong. They argue over proper usage of the phrase different than and different from while a romance unfolds with Claude, culminating in a marriage proposal.
A physician famed for eccentric routines used daily walks on specific street sides, exact wake times with cheese and ginger beer, midnight suppers of apples, precise salt on eggs, and odd hair parting to divert attention from symptoms, a tactic often aiding melancholia. A Louisville reader claims muskrat skin near the chest cured asthma after many other remedies failed.
Farm Field and Garden notes on fertilizers used by large growers. Pictured onions, Yellow Globe variety, grown by J. B. Tackett of Strafford county, showcased at Rochester fair. Ontario fertilizer practice in Long Island districts includes 500 to 1500 pounds of high grade fertilizer per acre, plus 250 to 750 pounds nitrate soda and top dressing of ashes and hen manure for onions.
The article urges beekeepers to maximize honey sales by smart packaging and wide retail placement. It stresses keeping honey in cool, clean displays, avoiding damp or distant storage, and using ripe crude honey when shipping long distances. It also covers stable cleanliness, proper manure and odor control, and thorough grooming to protect horse health in farm operations.
The hoofs of young horses often become overgrown when they run on very soft pasture. Feet should be pared to their regular shape to prevent permanent misshaping or irregular growth, according to the National Stockman and Farmer.
Full wrapper labels claim Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver disorders. It cites native roots and glycerine extraction, urges Dr. Pierce Buffalo mailing for a free booklet, and promotes All-Healing Salve for sores with non-alcoholic composition and Pleasant Pellets for digestion.
Judges and clerks for multiple Maryland towns listed with names and party affiliations. Included are Hillsboro Denton Preston Federalsburg Hobbs and associated figures G Lawrence Wilson Harvey Sewell George Towers Leonard Covey Lee Nignatt Frank Todd and others. Signifies local electoral administration positions and party designations.
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