22 Sep 1883
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1883
Page
1
Readable ad copy notes deep discounts on black dress goods and silks, with prices from 25c to 66c, plus all wool robes, suits, and cashmere items. Also mentions furniture offers, ash suite for $25, and a framing body Brussels carpet at $1.25. Includes fragmented verse about autumn and harvest.
A man complains of a troubling foot, fearing a deadly illness. His wife suggests rheumatism, a stone bruise, a corn, or finally a bunion. In comic back and forth, he acts out the diagnosis, mockingly proposing to collect bunions for health and recreation.
Mrs Spoopendyke suspects a bunion but discovers a peg in her husband’s boot. The quarrel escalates as he plans to visit a doctor and she revels in the potential admission or humiliation. The scene ends with her plotting to chase away flies with a sheet as he exits.
A Philadelphia preacher condemns the theft of time by idlers and the genteel swindler, citing workers' losses and praising those who respect others’ time. A Wilkes-Barre report recounts William Judson Garrison’s sudden insanity after marriage, his violent spree, and transfer to the city jail, leaving the bride distressed.
The event was delayed due to bad weather and filled hotels and boarding houses. An Louisianian contrasted the New Orleans Mardi Gras with Baltimore Oriole secrecy, noting multiple mystic associations each with separate pageants and balls. He described moving pageant construction to a new two story building, 180 feet by 165 feet, as a manufactory for the pageants.
A concise reflection on thrift shaping retirement comfort. The proverb links prudent saving with stable living in later years, suggesting disciplined budgeting yields peace and security as income and health change.
The text argues that senses originate in the brain and that objective and subjective sensations arise from real objects versus mental recreations. It explains daydreams and waking fantasies as previews of dreamlike visions, suggesting imagination explains illusive phenomena once considered mysterious.
The article argues for practical industrial education as standard practice, asserting American children can master useful arts as easily as traditional studies. Citing Mr. Leland’s Philadelphia school and similar experiments abroad, it notes low costs and potential self-sustaining schools through pupil work. It claims students can learn to draw, use tools, and even earn money at school.
The quote discusses kindness as humanity in daily speech and small actions. It frames polite behavior as a discipline that softens ego, promotes consideration for others, and curbs selfish impulses in everyday interactions.
A sepia scene follows Bode Hawkins as he resists college in 1879, a train ride from his mother’s kiss and sister’s care. By 1883 Ambrose Hawkins returns to the farm to a welcome that masks the family’s sting of loss and the boy’s name forgotten amid tears and routine toil.
In autumn small birds gather along the northern shore awaiting cranes from the North. The larger migrators offer a warm ride across the Mediterranean, tiny passengers scrambling for the best seats. They pay no fare, yet depend on the strong to reach the South, where they nest and sing again. God cares for the sparrows.
Bill Arp lampoons political office seekers likening Washington post offices to a chess game where the king is the president. He notes the damaged trade of officeholders, the rise in family lifestyle, and the peril when public funds and salaries replace private gain, asking how one replaces a lost post.
Miss Walker and eight other Huntsville girls faced a nine in a club baseball contest. Early in the game a heckler shouted Snakes causing the crowd to rally as every young lady logged a home run.
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