27 Sep 1879
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1879
Page
1
A rambled narrative recounts a drowning near Niagara Falls with a coroner, a police arrest, and a wild escape, followed by a satirical travelogue about Indigenous people and a long critique of European politics signaling a forthcoming European war driven by national ambitions and cabinet feuds.
A Baltimore region report details organized tramps with leaders and signs used for signaling targets and routes. It also reviews ex Senator Hamilton on farming. praising practical farming, critiquing old methods and urging modern methods, education, and science to attract youth to agriculture.
A gentleman seated beside a young woman in church, seeking courtship, used a clever Bible note exchange. He offered a Bible opened to Second John verse five, she pointed to Ruth chapter two verse ten, he replied with Third John verse thirteen. The exchange led to marriage.
An aphoristic line warns that a figure who gathers virtues yet omits humanity as a guardian is like someone exposing valuable dust to the wind, implying harm in missing compassion within strength or discipline. The metaphor emphasizes moral balance over mere accumulation of virtues.
The saying contrasts learning with innate wit as a native endowment. It argues that knowledge may supply tools but true wisdom and cleverness come from within a person rather than study alone. The piece reflects a common early modern emphasis on inherent intellect.
A rail line accident leaves a man with broken arms and a life free ticket offer seen as insult. A youth named Maxy ruins himself by losing identity and seeking pretended status. Critics warn that praise from friends harms more than enemies. A faded moral about mercy shaping future outcomes and a fixed belief echoes in a woman's mind.
In Cecil county near Livery Grove the tobacco crop gains importance with an estimated twenty tons this year. The text notes a dangerous perch kernel poison in small amounts and states ammonia as the best antidote.
A fragmented, whimsical meditation questions extravagance and motherly calls among ocean life. It playfully muses whether a codfish mother would use a bawl to summon her young, set against a Rhode Island cadence.
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