16 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
1
A stark vignette describes a man surviving on thirteen cents daily with ten cents for milk and crackers and one cent for Visipation pay. He saves by catching Galus ants and traps, while his stomach rebels against partition walls leading to murder fantasies against a woodchuck or a rabbit. The piece paints a grim, portable hunger allegory.
A wife Cecile confronts her husband Paul about a rival woman and a hidden threat to their marriage. In a tense domestic scene at home and the mills, she pleads for time and reassurance as she seeks truth and fidelity. The husband resists, torn between duty and desire, while their relationship teeters on crisis.
A tale unfolds with Cecile fearing separation from Paul amid social scrutiny over their relationship. Paul offers solace, planning a shared dinner for Genevieve’s birthday, while a duel among native Australians is humorously described as a study in endurance and courtesy. The piece closes with a wry cartoon caption about a dog’s howl signaling disaster.
A New York Sun reader recalls a chilling late night moment with a door that opens by itself. The piece explains how worn bolts or jambs can cause a door to creak open, leaving a sense of vacancy and fear as the reader confronts an unseen presence in the room.
A humorous Arkansas Traveler piece recounts a squatter at a church asking for a donation to send gospel to the heathen while quarreling over clothes and personal needs. A second brief note describes a Mooselook megantie lake guide who rigs a bottle to pull up cold water for a drink after sounding the bottom.
Professor Dewar's liquefaction of hydrogen leads to a quick dead air removal method. A glass tube with heated end creates a near perfect vacuum. A Bank of Bauelind note survives the Chicago fire, proving genuineness. The Eddystone Island lighthouse stands on the world's smallest inhabited isle, 20 feet wide at low tide and 25 feet at its base, housing three people.
An Indianapolis Journal excerpt shows a minister asking if all the bear stories told around a dying pioneer were true. The old man rouses, calling the parson to account for using a dying man to push a tale.
In pigeon eggs typically the first laid is male and the second is female. Experiments show the first egg corresponds to the male and the second to the female, indicating a predictable order in offspring sex.
Anecdote from Frane B. Wilkie’s pamphlet about ex Governor Oglesby recounts his failed Holy Land lecture. Invited to a Illinois town, he talked for hours about Europe, delaying the main topic until after repeated crowds returned, joking that he would not reach the Holy Land before 11 o’clock.
Professor Hiram Carson recalls a Senate gallery moment with Sam Houston showing a hurt, huge feet. He rubs sore toes, removes boots, then slowly strips a blue woolen stocking and uses a jack knife to pick apart his coins in the Senate.
A historical note describes a local constable newly elected with no opposition. He fired a pepper box pistol at a sycamore tree near the river, declaring his duty to halt an unseen target. The gun misfired repeatedly, scaring a crowd but sparing the tree, and the man is said to have made a good officer. Also recounted is a school essay on boys and girls showing early 20th century attitudes.
A nurse warns against giving food to typhoid patients and later learns a mother secretly gave bread and butter to her boy. Despite promises, the child’s condition worsens and dies. The Chambers Journal recounts the tragic lapse in hospital care and the fatal outcome.
The Ink Plant yields juice that can be used as ink without preparation. It first appears red on paper and then gradually turns black after a few hours.
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