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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1921
Page
6
Lorraine and Maben spar in a rural setting as Lorraine baits Maben with flirtatious wit. Wainwright arrives, stirring tension over romance and social satire, while Lorraine stages a moment of playful mystery seeking a tale from him.
Fisher Herman Schlender on Cicera Creek above Noblesville hooks a water moccasin that swam ashore and entangled itself on the line after he dozed off. The tale, told as a sturdy fishing yarn, ends with the snake circling a tree three times before freeing the line.
Wainright battles passion as Lorraine resists open words, clinging to reverence and social restraint. He schemes to claim her, while Lorraine hints at a future with Heath Maclay, leaving Maben’s aid and trust in doubt.
Fret Hawkins of southern Thayer county Nebraska has built a car mounted trap based on a vacuum cleaner principle. It covers a 30 foot swath and works up to 40 mph. He has cleared 500 acres of alfalfa and captured about three fourths of a ton of grasshoppers in a single pass.
Professor J L Myres describes in a Royal Geographical Society discussion how Crete's eastern half sank while the western half rose, submerging ancient quays and harbor works at Deranetras and lifting Phalara harbor out of the water, enabling traversal on the ancient sea floor.
A dentist in Washington, Mahlon Loomis, patented and demonstrated wireless telegraphy before Marconi. In 1866 he linked two Blue Ridge peaks with kite‑supplied signals, showing telegraph communication without wires, a feat erased by media and Congress indifference.
Regele is going to the country on Saturday for a weekend to rest his troubled head.
William D. McCracken describes Jerusalem as bare beyond its walls outside the Turkish rule and British mandate. He portrays a city wasted through centuries of conflict, awaiting redemption as prophecy marks its wounds and eventual heavenly radiance.
Within twenty miles of Jamestown the scene centers on Capt John Smith and Pocahontas, with Yorktown surrender landmarks and the oldest Protestant church in America. The area hosts historic banks in venerable buildings including the 1711 custom house and early colonial warehouses echoing Irish brick walls.
Excerpted lines evoke 70 years past when Indians lived simple lives on vast prairie. Descriptions center on spring green, summer yellows, cottonwoods by streams, and lodge camps along river bottoms. Grinnell recalls rivers swollen by snowmelt then shrinking, revealing dry beds and trickling streams.
Victoria Canada Cadets, about 250 senior riders, completed a 1400 mile dispatch ride from the state commander to the defense minister. Averaging over two miles an hour, they finished hours and 23 minutes early. The feat promotes a new cadet training system emphasizing self sacrifice and athletics, inspiring public interest and admiration.
Paris correspondant reports the French population shows diverse physical traits with average male height about 165 cm. Chestnut hair dominates at 93.10 percent, blondes 12.32 percent, pure black hair 1.83 percent and red hair 0.72 percent. Black hair is common in some Mediterranean regions unlike northern Europe.
Dust in mines is a persistent hazard and is a positive menace due to its explosive quantities. More efforts are directed at reducing mine dust. In Kentucky one case showed excellent results by sprinkling the empty coat cars, a process performed automatically as they move after lug dumping, with noticeable atmospheric improvement throughout the mine.
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