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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1889
Page
4
The unreadable OCR appears as a fractured verse about a flood and a dam on the mountain side. It mentions water, a valley, and a lover, with distorted names like Yorako and Unatraud and places such as Conemaugh. The piece lacks coherent narrative or dates.
A Memphis Avalanche account recalls George Devol, famed Mississippi river gambler, now about 60, in Memphis. The long career spans from Cincinnati to New Orleans, with monte and roulette on steamboats, boasting fortunes of ten thousand daily and a knack for winning by bluff and travel-lit wit. The article paints his scarred, iron-willed persona and notes his ties to steamboat men and crew who protected him amid pursues.
A Philadelphia Press feature calls the lantern carrier at oil wells a major terror and cost, noting he often causes explosions and fires. The piece mocks the mysterious worker who vanishes after incidents, yet returns to haunt the oil regions repeatedly.
A dialogue on building university spaces for original investigation and profound study. It argues America needs not more buildings but venues for scholars to pursue inquiry unbound by routine cares, featuring views from Bishop H. C. Potter and a Roosevelt anecdote about frontier readers and lore of Lulbegrud creek.
The Derby remains the foremost race despite opposition and richer Franken monster contests. It is a general holiday event, attracting attention beyond racing. Historically, Derby betting hinged on next year's prospects, but now ante-post wagering is limited to a few enthusiasts, notes London Sporting News.
The article notes that coin slot mechanisms predate Christianity, used in Egyptian temples to dispense purifying water. A five-drachm coin dropped into a vase slit opened a valve allowing a small amount of liquid to escape, described in Heron of Alexandria’s Spiritalia and later in Sixteenth century Latin manuscripts. It references the Leyptian fire engine and historical pump concepts.
A Melbourne style fragment shows an amused elderly observer debating catfish lengths in a Tribune piece about yacht racing rumors. The text shifts to a Hartford Times remark on a probate case with coded piety and irony. It closes with a Georgia county note describing a rabbit hunt that uncovers opossums a turtle and a moccasin in a hollow.
An elderly report recounts a French soldiers odd find of £26,000 at a Paris Northern railway station ten years ago. A soldier named Ezelot and two comrades kicked a package wrapped in newspaper along the platform. One comrade hid the bundle in a forage bag, and only later did Ezelot's family learn of the discovery. The recovered funds, once advertised as lost by M. Pages, earned a £1,000 reward to the finder.
A Brooklyn Eagle humorous gag quotes Burdette describing a deacon who left a church supper early to find food and returned, saying he was hungry as a shark. The exchange highlights a comic appetite and church social scene in a brief, vivid vignette.
A simple method to curb unpleasant odors during cooking is to add red pepper pods or a few pieces of charcoal to the pot where onions and cabbage are being cooked. This old kitchen trick aims to neutralize the smell as the ingredients simmer.
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