29 Sep 1883
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1883
Page
1
A regional store advertises deep discounts on black and all-wool fabrics, silks, cashmeres, and plaids including Lupin cashmere at 50c, black albatross at 25c, and towels at 25c. The piece highlights half-price dresses and one-third off embroidered robes, with prices and item variety emphasized amid a sunlit verse interlude about sunshine.
Advertised shoe lots feature hundreds of pairs in varying sizes and prices from $1.25 to $5.25, promising quick sellouts. Also advertised are Ash Suite bedroom furniture at $25, cherry version at $28, a body Brussels carpet at $1.25, and all wool robes at $25 with several wrapper patterns and oriental motifs.
May King Kenneth leaves her three year teaching post in Alford as she prepares for marriage to Lewis Kenneth. The narrative follows their courtship, his pastoral life in the West, his death, and May's return to care for her late husband’s parish and her two orphaned sons. A rival, Stephen Atherton, probes marriage, but May’s sister Anne staunchly intercedes, guiding to a hopeful match with Mr Easton.
The Chesapeake oyster beds supply a national appetite with New York consuming 5 million dollars worth annually, Philadelphia 3.5 million, Baltimore 2 million, and Boston 11.75 million, plus vast shipments across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Oysters from the Chesapeake are prized for their superior flavor.
San Francisco resident Granch F Burstow left an estate of 80000 and in his will urged stark simplicity. He requested a plain redwood coffin with common nails, no paint, a cheap shroud, no flowers, and no hearse, arguing that funerals should match diminishing vanity and that life is a brief journey ending in dust.
The excerpt argues that girls example set the tone for male behavior and that coarse street talk and rough greetings erode respect. It suggests self respect by women influences men's conduct, and warns that trivial, foolish talk among youth dulls intellect, proposing self-awareness as a path to reform.
In a willow wagon a maidens ringlets shine as a girl dreams of a sisterly bond carved by a kiss before leaving the village school. Ten years pass and then ten more renew the vision as lovers yearn, while the willow wagon is rebuilt with rocking arms and a shared memory.
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