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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1925
Page
4
A Salisbury Advertiser piece argues bootleggers poison society, prey on youth, and evade regulation. It urges strong action, labeling bootleggers as outlaws and demanding harsher penalties beyond fines to deter the illicit traffic. It portrays officials as hamstrung by evidence challenges and calls for decisive measures.
The WV legislature is urged to authorize a 25,000 dollar advertising campaign to glorify mountains valleys and rivers to attract tourists business and new residents. The piece cites California Florida Salt Lake City Oklahoma Portland and others as early adopters and examples of publicity paying off.
The text argues that cities and states should advertise their attractions to home seekers, tourists, and industries. It notes that private enterprises use advertising to gain business and asserts no city or state in the country can prosper without active promotion. Waiting for business means missing opportunities, while some places advertise and gain rewards.
In sad but loving remembrance of our dear mother Ida R Fountain who departed this life two years ago on April 5 1923 Days of sadness still come over us Hidden tears so often flow memory keeps our loved one near us Though she died two years ago You are gone but not forgotten All your afflictions and pains are o er You were a kind and loving mother And always a faithful friend by her children
Britain hosts famous and lesser known caves with Peak cavern in Derbyshire and Cheddar caves in Somerset as highlights. Peak cavern yawns in a hillside with an ice cold stream and subterranean lakes explored to 2250 feet. Cheddar caves formed limestone halls adorned with stalactites and stalagmites discovered in 1887 and 1893.
Two telegraph company workers repairing a Boston bank burglar alarm were locked in a vault with a time lock. Unable to gain entry, bank staff and safety experts failed to help. Morse code signals finally released them, after an hour trapped in an airtight compartment.
A mother witnessed her son Jimmy grab a kitten on a window ledge and shake it by the tail. He explains he mistook a poker term meaning money in the kitty for a cue to torment the animal. The scene ends with the mother rescuing the frightened kitten.
The earl of Bradford faced the lord chancellor in a lunacy application. Asked how many feet a sheep has, he queried live or dead. The chancellor urged sameness, but Bradford replied that a five sheep may have four legs while a dead sheep has only two, the forelegs being shoulders.
Scientists seek a cure for cancer by studying growth in animals. Experiments on rats and mice show a tar that induces cancer six months after exposure. Cancers also appeared in stomachs after consuming cockroaches carrying a worm. News from the Calgary Herald.
A brief reflection on why the common cold is named so suggesting its ubiquity across many people and conditions. The passage hints at the universality of the ailment and its broad reach.
A Lexington Leader summary notes that democracy spreads and liberty advances while recalling a historical line about scarcity and power. The piece contrasts modern progress with a bygone era when only a queen could poison surplus men.
A reflective aphorism notes that wise foresight weighs the future, urging consideration of the long arc of life beyond immediate aims. It underscores restraint and forward planning as essential to prudent conduct.
Dr Walter B James discusses antitoxins and their mechanism. Antitoxins neutralize toxins by transferring immune blood from horses to humans, creating a defense against poisons. Antitoxin therapy has transformed diphtheria and may soon improve scarlet fever once perfected.
Wild geese are extremely wary and rarely take risks. While feeding they maintain a sentry system and occasionally two or three circle high to scan for approaching threats. Their acute hearing and keen sense of smell allow rapid flight when approached down wind, and their cry resembles a pack of wounds, feeding legends of ghostly hunts.
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