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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1888

Page

4

Bear and deer rites on an Alaskan hunt observed by natives

A northern Alaska bear hunt described with ritual acts by two native guides. The rite includes wind-readings, heart-centered incantations, and head removal to drive the bear spirit to the mountains. The hunt ends with the bear hung in a tree and the meat cached for future use. A separate deer chase shows Indians using leeward approaches, with loud noises causing deer to scatter and be shot. Dogs endure harsh conditions on sled expeditions, where one bossy lead dog enforces discipline. night camps are built as windward pits with spruce walls and dried wood fires. The writer notes mixed views of Alaska natives, praising interior peoples as hospitable.

Alaska W. L. Howard Popular Science Monthly

Dreams as warning signs of nervous strain and unrest

The passage advises to treat marked changes in dreams as potential precursors to nervous debility or mental prostration. It recommends reviewing diet, exercise, work, and rest, seeking medical counsel if distressing dreams recur, and warns that remembering or recounting dreams undermines self control.

J M. Buckley

Indiana ticket hopes ride on Harrison bid

The Norvey Boomerang notes Harrison was nominated to carry Indiana for the ticket, but ex-Governor Porter refuses to back Harrison. Hovey cannot answer the fervid tariff speeches he once made, reflecting shifting political alignments and tensions reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Harrison Indiana Porter Hovey St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hamlin Warns on Harrison Morton Victory

The aged statesman Hannibal Hamlin declares he feels Harrison and Morton will win. The Post-Dispatch notes even bones mislead prophets, citing Hamlin’s 1884 prediction as a caution against betting on them now.

Hannibal Hamlin Harrison Morton Post-Dispatch Mr. Hamlin

Voorhees Still Active in Campaign Speeches Says Post Dispatch

The Post-Dispatch notes Voorhees remains vocal enough to move the Wabash to respond with campaign speeches, while Ingalls has not silenced him. Ingalls himself has been silent and pale since publishing his letter of advice to Kansas delegates at Chicago.

Voorhees Wabash Post-Dispatch Ingalls Kansas Chicago

Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua Describe Prosperity and Challenges

Louis Ross reports from New York World on Mormon colonies in Juarez and Diaz Chihuahua. Colonies host 200 to 300 people each, praised for honesty thrift and impact on livestock farming and mills. Proselyting noted, but Mexican converts struggle to merge with American customs and stay tied to homeland. Juarez layout features rectangular streets and wooden houses with gardens, sometimes multiple houses for plural wives.

Chihuahua United States Juarez Diaz Republic Mexico Louis Ross New York World

Meals and meals on a shoestring in New York City

The piece paints a frugal dining scene in New York with hungry workers, lawyers, and performers seeking cheap meals. It details penny bun breakfasts at a bakery, five cent self-serve counters, 15 cent lunches at Delmonico-adjacent spots, and 25 to 30 cent dinners on Third Avenue, noting upscale diners at 50 cent meals and even cheaper Italian venues, all amid a city economy of lean budgets and makeshift meals. The narrator, a down-on-his-luck lawyer, recalls telltale routines and price points, contrasting opulent options with austerity dining in summer.

Coney Island Hinachcon Lawser Newport Fifth Avenue Siath Avenue Elevated Lower Broadway Delmonico’s Honegly Dean Third Avenue the Brunswick New York Col Brooklyn Eagle

Value of the Eucalyptus Tree and Its Uses

The eucalyptus, a myrtle family member with about 150 varieties, is native to Australia and now widespread in tropical and temperate zones. Red gum and blue gum are the principal cultivated types, famed for rapid growth. Wood aids carpentry and building, gum or rosin supplies perfumes lozenges varnishing oils and more. Its key value lies in malaria control through aromatic oil and drainage by roots, proven in Algeria where cultivation made marshy areas habitable.

Australia Paris Algeria

World’s highest mountains contested by new claims

The New York Sun notes shifting conclusions in mountain heights. Everest may crown height over Chimborazo, Wrangel outranks St Elias, and Kilimanjaro yields to Mount Kenin per Count Teleki’s assertion. W W Graham and Teleki are cited as key figures in these recalibrations.

Chimborazo Everest W. W. Graham Mount St. Elias North America Mount Wrangel St. Elias Kilima- Njaro Africa Count Teleki Bount Kenin Kenin New York Sun

The Poison of Tobacco in Public Opinion

A Pall Mall Gazette note cites Brodie on tobacco as a brain poison and recounts a Russian hospital study showing smokers digested food slower than non smokers. It warns tobacco use harms nervous and digestive functions amid rising consumption.

Benjamin Brodie Chadnowski Pall Mall Gazette

Blood and bile form crystals in animal blood shapes

Dr Pesetty Cervera, writing in a Spanish journal, notes that mixing blood with a touch of bile yields crystals of varying shapes across species. In humans they are right angled prisms, in horses cubes, in pigs rhomboids, in sheep rhomboidal plates, in dogs similar prisms, and in chickens cubish forms.

Pesetty Cervera Man Brooklyn Eagle

Substituting India rubber for metal in horseshoes

Mechanical News discusses replacing iron with India rubber for horseshoes. The claim is that rubber allows horses to tread on diverse roads without slipping and eliminates the need to move iron shoes when a horse is stationary, using rubber shoes instead.

India

Women Rulers in Europe and the coming rulers

The Universal Review contends the late nineteenth century may see female rule across Europe with Austria Spain the Netherlands Brazil and Greece all affected by regents heiresses and princesses. It notes an Austrian empress-queen a Spanish regent and a czarina in the making as plans misunderstandings and dynastic hopes shape a changing balance of power.

Europe Austria Spain Netherlands St. Petersburg Brazil Mary Stuart Francis II Greece Black Mountain Universal Review

Weather painter of Prague with cobalt salts art

A Prague weather prognosticator and amateur artist painted a cobalt salt hand cape that reacts to moisture. As humidity rises the blue sky reddens while the green grass and background brighten or shift, especially when mixed with gelatine, creating striking color changes.

Prague L' Dadalphia Times

Four Seas More. Wilderness wanderers seek Moses in turmoil

A fragment from the Boston Globe quotes Blaine era rhetoric. The passage shows four seas more as the wanderers grow hungry after four years in the wilderness and seek any opportunity to catch on to something resembling leadership or deliverance.

Blaine Boston

A Neglected Platform by James G Biniie

A Manchester Union says Biniie the uncrowned Ling has not mentioned the Chicago platform since arriving. The writer suggests he take a day off to read a wonderful production and reflect.

James G. Biniie Ling Chicago Tie Manchester N. Il

Waning Cloody Shirt Halstead

Louisville Courier Journal notes a request from the Young Men's Blaine Club of Cincinnati asking if someone outside the Cobden club could read their title address at Mr Blaine, signaling a local dispute over speakers.

Halstead Youn Men's Blaine Club Cincinnati Cobden Club Blaine Louisville Courier Journal

Salt Consumption in the United States Rise

The public consumes salt at unusually high levels, with per capita intake rising over the last decade. Government budget notes refer to a need to address escalating salt usage and its health implications nationwide.

United States

The Freemen Quote by Benedict on Simple Habits

A fragment notes Benedict declaring the only freeman is one whose simple habits rise above wealth. It cites San Francisco stating it has endured 417 earthquakes in eighty years, underscoring resilience amid tremor history.

Benedict San Francisco

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