09 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1930
Page
1
Beth a modern independent office worker receives days of anonymous gifts from a nameless suitor. Messages with candy roses poems and a ring spark a romance as Beth confronts love versus career and finally accepts a marriage proposal from the advertising manager who confessed he orchestrated the chase.
Notice to creditors that the subscriber in Caroline County has obtained letters of administration from the Orphans Court for Caroline County Maryland on the personal estate of the deceased.
Antiquarian Mr Campbell of Cyprus suggests European counting began at nine, using eight counted fingers with thumbs excluded. He links nine and new across languages such as Latin novem and novum Greek enne-nea German neun neu Gaelic noadh, proposing ten was a later duplicate phase.
A Geneva theater cuts stage costs by using paper scenery instead of traditional materials. A musical revue was staged recently for under 100 dollars, with the paper scenery treated chemically to be practically fireproof. The inventors cite vibrant colors and transparency as benefits for elaborate productions.
A completed Parisian design allows sun exposure at any room via a button. The hexagonal house sits on a full perimeter terrace with a roof garden pergola. An electric motor powered by duplicate room switches, including under the dining table, rotates the light steel girders along a central pivot on a steel track.
Herbert Corey notes that fiction and poetry sellers now resemble prosperous business folk. The authoress is no longer thin and strained but bobbed and rouged. Robert Edeson jokes about a writer star and his less famous wife as they mingle at a reception, saying they look as if they moved coal out of a flat tub and then didn’t finish the job.
A young man once borrowed money abroad. A week ago he joined a radio program. Now he receives a letter from a radio hound thousands of miles away asking for the money. The attendee jokes about remote control as he writes a check to mail the repayment.
Left-handed children should never be forced to become right-handed. The brain which controls muscular movements would be affected with possible serious results. Tactful training in the use of both hands is all you should do.
Rosemary loses heirloom gold beads from Johns mother’s string in the woods. She scours the path, recovers twelve beads and finds more until Celia reveals she kept the rest. Rosemary resolves to tell John herself. John forgives and plans to restring, kissing Rosemary as she is reconciled.
The Atlanta Constitution argues that newspapers serve as guardians of public morale within law and decency. They reflect broad public taste, report news fully, and act as a mirror of society rather than censors driven by reformers. The public, not zealots, should be the proper censor of the press.
A London Answers item recalls a magician promising to make a lady disappear from the stage and return her. An audience member interrupts, suggesting the wife be fetched to witness the act, sparking humorous hesitation as the crowd settles.
In Pasadena comedian remarks reference Upton Sinclair and Barabbas epigram. A writer recalls visiting a publisher where a watchdog barked at him, the publisher reassuring him that the real fear is not the dog but the meeting itself with Mr. Plume.
Report from Pothfader Magazine notes a thousand-year-old culture uncovered in frozen ruins of a large Eskimo settlement on St. Lawrence Island near the Bering Sea. Henry B. Collins and Herman Brandt, American archaeologists, recovered bone harpoons meat picks and carved ivory objects whose purpose remains a mystery. The article speculates that ancient Asiatics reached Alaska and its offshore regions, adapting to Arctic life and becoming forebears of today’s Eskimos.
A vicar accepts a dinner invitation from a wealthy parishioner and endures a late night with the host’s son. The boy unexpectedly asks, in a sharp voice, if Snookes joined the church because he was not good at anything else. London Answers.
The Falrentieit Geermometer is generally used in English speaking countries and the Centigrade in countries that use the metric system.
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