18 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1903
Page
1
The piece argues habit governs mental, moral, and physical life. It cites La Bruyere, Montaigne, Bacon, and James to show habit as second nature, shaping virtue or vice. It warns that long-standing bad habits resist change, while good ones form character and destiny.
Hotels maintain storerooms and ledgers for guest forgotten items. A chambermaid notes items and room numbers, then the clerk and housekeeper track them to the lost and found. Extraordinary cases include two glass eyes left on a dressing table and other items like rings, pins, watches, and even pistols sometimes surfacing from pillows or curtains. If unclaimed, items may pass to staff as perquisites.
The article celebrates Dr George W Crile’s 16 year vivisection program and his claim that life can be restored after shock suffocation or apparent death using intravenous adrenalin artificial respiration and rhythmic chest and heart pressure. He notes animal success up to 15 minutes and decapitated cases lasting up to 10 hours awaiting human trials.
Prof Remsen says old school books were clearer for children. Modern grammar arithmetic and geography confuse students. He notes geographies split the US into many divisions and the Missouri Mississippi naming. He condemns noun pronoun and verb divisions and impractical arithmetic examples. The Kent News reports fruit crop in the county is not seriously damaged.
Poem by Ingram Crockett in the Youth's Companion evokes memory and dreamlike imagery. The speaker asks the flute to wake them on God's quiet meadows, blending night scenes with spiritual longing. The verses describe mournful trees, blooming stars, and a distant, spirit instrument guiding dreams.
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