30 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1899
Page
1
A tale of an heiress Mrs Driscoll who tries to gift a large gold dowry to her ward Kate. Kate defends the gift against a ruse by a suitor, staving off danger with a hidden iron box. The intruder flees, Kate confronts peril, the dowry remains secure, and the couple keeps the affair secret to protect Kate’s fortune.
A New York Sun note laments how the word grand misuses itself by fitting every scene from Grand hotels to grand weather. It observes grand dinners and grand times, with a milliner’s remark sealing a look of grandly ill fit and social pressure in fashion.
A Pittsburg Times tale describes a group of black snakes with musical talent. One serpent climbs an organ bench during service, lifts the lid with help, taps the water motor lever with its tail, and plays the organ with its head. The scene nearly unsettles the choir as the snake moves across the keys. The story ends with a sly jab at a self serving man who never follows his own advice.
A West Philadelphia woman at a club reception asked, Do you think divorce is wrong. The response from a divorcee in attendance revealed two sides to the issue. The young woman, mortified, was advised to do nothing, then left with her embarrassment. Exchange.
Florence Ha Winterbarn argues in The Woman's Home Companion that a lively imagination is a gift to children. Intelligent four or five year olds reveal rich fanciful stories built on real-life materials. Creative ability reconstructs and connects patterns, showing that precocious acts are often happy accidents rather than deliberate genius.
A Chicago daily reporter nicknamed the brightest, Billy Gaylor, died in Hot Springs in 1895. He repeatedly infiltrated a bishop’s hall for interviews, was expelled, then reentered, and finally gained the bishop’s cooperation after being found in his study reading the Bible. Gaylor later died of consumption, and a church conference encounter sparked a wry exchange about his afterlife.
A gentleman notes that occupation and character shape a person’s face more than most. Intellectual pursuits and temperate life soften and refine the countenance, while self interest and trouble mar it. He cites officers, reporters, mathematicians, judges, merchants, ministers, doctors, hoodlums, and farmers as bearing distinct “faces” of their trades.
The article discusses a Chinese massage system linked to air currents and a three-period regimen over a hundred days each, featuring morning routines, friction, and progressive hardening with tools. It then expands to the skin’s evolution under constant overcoverage, citing a Indian anecdote about exposure and the need to strengthen peripheral nerves and connective tissues.
In Rome I visited the lunatic asylum and observed a patient nearly self starved by believing he was dead. To prove otherwise, attendants dressed as dead men shared a meal in view, prompting the patient to admit he was hungry and join them.
A Washington woman preserves a tiny yellow scrap with a boyish penciled note to Miss Kate Field from her school days. The scrawl asks to meet after school and vows affection. The reverse shows the address Miss Kate Field Esq last seat next to the door going out.
An old English writer notes the pheasant’s simple mind as it guards itself by plunging its head. In Africa a similar bird is lured by a painting of itself hung where it is sure to be noticed. A passerby bird approaches the portrait, unaware, and a hunter ensnares it with a net from behind.
The article notes that during Chaucer's era many clocks with weights and wheels were used in England and most monasteries in the fourteenth century possessed clocks. These early clocks served to show astronomical movements and hour passage. Through the fifteenth century clocks were largely made by armorers and blacksmiths and were constructed from iron and steel.
The Detroit Journal quotes readers in a lighthearted clash over family crests. A Chicago woman is described as notoriously frugal for implying she would forego a crest rather than purchase one. The Detroit Journal notes candid, sharp commentary on honesty versus display.
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