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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
4
The piece rebuts the stereotype that women are inherently more talkative than men. It notes how humor mocks female loquacity yet points out both genders misuse speech equally. It argues the power of speech belongs to all, and blaming women alone is unjust.
An old negro farmer Chad explains his son failed the civil service exam due to lack of arithmetic spelling geography grammar and history. After the trial Chad says his son will likely teach school instead.
A New York Times anecdote recalls a sewing circle storyteller who speaks of her niece Jessie who loves watching kitchen help. Jessie visits the cook, pretends to be grown up, and later discovers Mary boils clothes for dinner, prompting astonishment.
The Monroe City News shares a playful, old fashioned barometer notion about a battle scarred cat. If the cat eats grass rain may come, faces the stove predicts cold, and washing its face signals visitors. It ends with a plug to obtain a cat at CII.
A New England man arrives in a southern city and is harassed by hotel porters. He pleads for gentler treatment as his bag is wrested away, sparking a confrontation between three strong black porters. One porter declares he will keep the man. The incident is recounted from a Youth's Companion excerpt.
A boy returns home in tears after being hit by another boy. His mother urges resilience, telling him not to cry for the incident. He explains his motive as wanting to confront the other boy, but he slipped inside the house before he could act.
London Answers notes that a child of British or American parents remains a subject of that parent’s country even when born abroad. It argues that nations cannot claim all individuals born within their borders, and that upon returning home a state may determine a person’s nationality, avoiding endless cross border disputes.
Tight laced shoes or gaiters press the ankle, impede blood flow, and weaken the foot. Prolonged tightness can cause muscle atrophy, shrinking of muscles, and increased risk of sprains or wrenches. The article warns that many sprains arise from previously weakened feet due to tight footwear.
The article notes that although the ant is small, its brain is proportionally large within its head. It claims ants exhibit reasoning, calculation, reflection, and good judgment, suggesting a higher intelligence than other creatures of comparable size.
Scene recounts a dramatic exchange where a man writes a vow of love in invisible ink on a page, later married. When asked for an autograph as payment for her millinery bill, he threatens with a larger book, a cautionary domestic twist drawn from a London Globe snippet.
A Brazilian and South American belief holds that a certain atmospheric condition called death by own action wind causes madness and raises death risk during its presence. Criminologists and scientists study this soft moist warm air that settles over the land as the cause.
In Topeka police court a negro couple faced a charge arising from their quarrel. The judge urged harmony and told the wife not to believe gossip about her husband. She retorted that she believes only part of the stories and that even half the lies make him a low down man.
Little Arthur visited his grandmother and fed the chickens when a large rooster attacked, pecking him severely. He escaped to the house and later heard the rooster crow loudly, exclaiming that he had not been defeated and that he ran.
A Dutchman recounts a near death escape after thirteen companions drowned when a boat upset. When asked how he survived he quips I did not go in to peat, a calm finish to the tale of danger and loss.
A Perthshire farmer's wife, troubled by her husband's drinking, schemes with her brother to frighten him with a ghost on a dark night. The apparition rises from bushes and asks the farmer who he is. He answers in jest that he is married to her sister and will be welcomed at the farm when he returns.
A hotel office tale recalls a Colorado river canyon echo that allegedly has bounced between rock faces for nearly ten years. An eastern man fell from a boat, cried for help, and the echo supposedly returned with the same loudness and persistence as when first heard.
The ancient Egyptian cat likely descended from Felis maniculata, a wild species in Egypt. Its domesticated descendants spread to Greece and Rome, then across Europe as Romans introduced tame cats to Britain. Some breeds like Angora or Persian may trace to different wild origins in Asia.
At a 3000 strong Aberdeen gathering, MacGregor drew wild enthusiasm with a tale of an ancestor sentenced to hang for theft. He claimed the condemned chose a gooseberry bush for execution, saying let it grow, as he was in no hurry.
A boy named Dollinger, troubled by repeated mistakes in his exercises, faces his father's threat to abandon scholarly ambitions for a trade. He secretly chooses bookbinding as his path, but the next exercise is flawless, ending the apprenticeship that might have been.
In 711 A D Arabs crossed the strait and formed around the rock Tarik led invasion Gebel meaning mountain the rock named Gebel el Tarik or Mountain of Tarik later becoming Gibraltar the present form arises from Tarik’s name.
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