Johnson On L113 1921
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1921
Page
8
Arnold Bennett on Words Repetition Versus Bad English
Malcolm Cowley reviews Arnold Bennett’s critique of imprecise language in The Literary Review. He cites Bennetts stance that repetition is acceptable when intentional and used with tact, arguing initial for first is incorrect. The piece praises Bennetts theory and notes his tendency to repeat himself.
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Arnold Bennett
London
Malcolm Cowley
The
Literary Review
Bennett
Hearts Affected by Fear Among Armenian Children in Ismid
Dr Mabel Elliott head of the American Woman's Hospitals and Near East Relief at Ismid Turkey reports many Armenian children under her care suffer enlarged hearts and other heart diseases from prolonged fear. Relief workers note mental petrifaction from traumatic pasts. Healing combines reassurance with medical care and a nourishing diet plus prescribed exercises, yielding promising results.
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Mabel Elliott
American Woman's Hospitals
Near East
Ismid
Turkey
Elliott
Roses Adapted to Climate Now Mapped by Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture presents a rose zone map showing frost limits for rose culture. Tea roses grow across the South and California, and up to March frost-free areas. Hybrid teas reach farther north to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico and Arizona with April frosts over.
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Department of Agriculture
California
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ulinois
Iowa
Nebraska
New Mexico
Arizona
Northwest
Minnesota
Massachusetts
The Guest with a Fox Fur Strikes a Winged Note
A sly guest tries to win favor with a host by wooing the host's children but seven year old Maury resists. The guest comments on a new dress and fur collar triggering a blush as Mary replies with a sharp retort about fur.
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Maury
Paraguay Advances in Physical Education for Students
Paraguay introduces wrestling and fencing in schools with gymnastics taught by a corps of professors. The program aims to reach the greatest number of inhabitants through national and international games, focal championships, lectures, and sporting publications to promote physical development.
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Paraguay
Republic of
Critics on childhood writings from Guassworthy to Barrie
A critic notes men and especially bachelors are the best historians of childhood in Guassworthy's Awakening. It recalls Lamb and his unfulfilled marriage prospects, and mentions Alice W and Fanny Kelly. Barrie is described as lonely and author of Peter Pan. Nesbitt’s The Treasure Seekers and The Phoenix and Carpet are praised for real child life descriptions.
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John Guassworthy
Charles Lamb
Lamb
Ann Simmons
Alice W
Fanny Kelly
Barrie
Peter Pan
E. Nesbitt
Afrs
Hubert Bland
Feast Elevates Refugee Chief in New Hebrides Conflict
In Vaoo, New Hebrides, refugee Tethlong arrives with twenty men and wins favor through a grand feast. He buys apples and chickens for the celebration, and the island marks the event with carved guardian figurines and days of singing and dancing. The feast ends after 720 pigs are slaughtered and Tethlong becomes the paramount chief of Vao.
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Vao
New Hebrides
Malekula
Tethlong
Vuao
Martin Johnson
Asia Magazine
Vethlong
Ile
Hebrides
Flying Above the Clouds Aerial Perspective Article
An Ohio State Journal piece explains how flying through overcast skies reveals dramatic shifts from shadow to opaque fog like cloud interiors. It notes swift transitions to dry, clear air above clouds and compares sky clarity to Mediterranean conditions.
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Ohio State Journal
Playing the Game
Mark Sullivan recalls a Republican member’s young son in the press gallery at a Harding message reading. The boy and an ally navigated seats to craft a gilded button “marble” game, playing for an hour under the watchful, distracted elders as nation’s fate echoed above.
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Mark Sullivan
Harding
Cdnzress
Dawdlers Not Long Lived Lord Leverhulme Claims
Lord Leverhulme asserts that dawdling shortens life more than hustling and cites American examples of long lived workers. At 70 he still leads a strenuous life and spoke at the British Industrial Safety First association about how steady effort preserves health and economic vigor.
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Lord Leverhulme
Great Britain
England
British Industrial Safety First Association
Lfe
United States
Great
Aplain
Lab Tests Probe Freezing Points For In Transit Produce
The Department of Agriculture runs thousands of experiments at Arlington Virginia laboratories to find exact freezing temperatures for fruit and vegetables during transit or storage. A large brine tank holds a thermocouple array that generates electricity with temperature changes and records minute shifts. A test sample placed in a cup beside a thermocouple yields precise detection of the onset of freezing.
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Department of Agriculture
Arlington
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Expedition Fails to Contact Nuaskan Indians of Labrador
Report notes the American Museum of Natural History expedition could not reach the Nuaskapt Indians of Labrador. The attempt aimed to reach them via the Labrador coast but proved impossible. In winter the tribe travels to Niteh equon and interior routes require a fifty five day canoe journey from Rupert Town on East Main River.
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American Museum of Naturalistory
Labrador
Christian Science Monitor
Nitehequon
Rupert T Honse
East Main River
Embarrassing encounter at two-priced millinery stores
A shopper visits two adjacent hat shops in Chicago, tries several hats, pretends to have no money, selects one to reserve, then buys another across the street. The first-store owner, also owner of both shops, dismisses her as sightseeing, provoking embarrassment and anger.
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Feonomlaing
Chicago American
Progress of 23 percent disabled soldiers as federal board students
The dean of the University of Wisconsin notes exceptional progress by 23 percent disabled soldiers designated as federal board students. Despite expectations of poor performance due to their condition, these students have matched or exceeded regular students in overall progress.
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University of Wisconsin
Federal Board
Australian Victory Statue Found in Parliament Yard
Dusty packing cases from London stored in parliament yard held a bronze Beure In helmet intended to symbolize Victory and honor Australian soldiers. Gifted by sculptor Bertram Mackennal, the base was in the smaller case. Australia sent thanks to Mr. Mucken for the rectified oversight.
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Federal Parliament House
London
Commonwealth
Bertram Mackennal
Australia
Muckennal
Father Disciplines Son. Child Proclaims Lost Heart
Reverend R P Jones of Franklin and his four year old son Mortland clashed over misbehavior on a Sunday. The boy interrupted with the remark you make me lose my heart when you talk like that. The father stopped talking, impressed by the line from his child. Indianapolis News
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R. P. Jones
Frankliin
Mortland
Indhinapolis News
Engineering Triumph in Pittsburgh Moves NineStory Building 75 Feet
In Pittsburgh a nine story building full of hardware was moved 75 feet by 12 laborers. Ninety pound rails, 120 rails, formed the tracks beneath the structure while a big engine and boiler remained in service. Sidewalks and basement with the engine stayed intact as customers continued to pass by.
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Pittsburgh
Church Bars Collection Plate At Fulham Parish
A London Morning Post report states Fulham parish church has abolished collections with expenses to be funded by a new weekly contribution from every congregant. In London only special occasions will prompt collections. The plan is said to be the first of its kind in the Church of England, though the Prittlewell rector already runs a successful special fund.
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London Morning Post
Fulham
London
Church of England
Prittlewell
Southend
Abject Slave remark cited in Louisville Courier Journal
A Louisville Courier Journal item highlights a provocative exchange about marriage expectations. The dialogue questions whether an engagement can exist on unequal terms and implies a critique of traditional spousal roles.
Completely Educated
An American Legion Weekly lineplay quotes Mrs Brooks denying fault in her husband and a wry remark suggesting she long ago found all his faults. The exchange reflects domestic humor framed by wartime periodical tone.
Odell Faces Electric Chair With Unshaken Resolve
James L. Odell, a prisoner at Sing Sing, faced execution without fear or pallor. He spoke calmly to the keeper, reflected on his baby he never saw, and walked to the chair with steady resolve saying goodbye to the officials.
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Sing Sing
James L. Odell
Odell
Who is Violet Ray in the professor’s notes
In the Louisville Courier-Journal a wife questions her husband about the recurring reference to Violet Ray, told in a curious exchange attributed to the professor. The brief item hints at insider shorthand or a recurring nickname without further context.
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Violet Ray
Loauisville
Old Earth Beliefs Tested By Kept Faiths And Devout Geologists
The article discusses shifting beliefs on Earth's age from ancient six thousand year ideas to late Tertiary or Post-Glacial timelines. It notes Dana and Dawson, devout geologists, revising orthodox views, and links Genesis figures to Mesopotamian origins with Babylonian language roots for Adam.
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James Dwlpht Dana
John Wiliam Dawson
Meegih University
Montreal
Adam
Made Thief Betray Himself
A university psychology professor recounted an Indian method to test guilt in theft cases. Suspects held dry rice in the mouth for a few minutes and spit it out. the dry rice indicated guilt while innocence would not trigger fear.
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Pulsbury
Department of
Psychology
University of Michigan
Prof
Pilsbury
Scotland Vindicated by Off Balance Golf Club Tale
A golfer enters a New York store to test a brass club claiming it is off balance. The clerk and manager discuss the club’s weight and a stage whisper reveals the club holds two drinks, leading to a humorous, coincedental vindication of Scotland.
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New York
Pete
Scotland
Dogs in Scripture and Jewish Law Taboos
The text surveys conflicting views of dogs in religious writings. It notes Jewish law labeling dogs unclean, the harsh insult of calling a woman a dead dog, and biblical references such as Moses, Revelations, and a rare line that a living dog is better than a dead one.
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Moses
Tabernacle
Christ
Erik the Red and the Green Lander’s Fateful Journey
Erik the Red fled to Iceland then to Greenland in 981 pursuing escape from a murder charge. He claimed Greenland as a green land teeming with game and cattle and led a growing colony that later vanished by the fifteenth century, with fate unknown for the settlers.
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Erik Rufus
Greenland
Erik
Teeland
Ino
Iceland
The Curious History of Bo-Peep Rhyme
A Pearson’s Weekly write up explains Bo-Peep not a shepherdess but a slang for holy men. It notes how begging friars were once honored, later mocked as monasteries waned. The phrase Boo-peep meant lost sheep, implying spiritual flock decline, later evolving into Judy.
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Pearson's Weekly
England
Bo-peep
Hospitality Rules For Travelers In Mongolia
Travelers on the Mongolian steppes are welcome to stay in any tent or village. They must approach from the front shout nohol to warn off dogs, then say mendu inside the tent. Sit at the left of the fireplace with feet tucked or toward the door, exchange snuff boxes, bow and smile on departure.
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Montvella
Life's Fits and Misfits
A reflective piece argues that each person has gifts meant to fit them into life’s scheme. When one misses their niche or forces a wrong role, happiness and purpose fade, while using one’s true talents leads to a settled, profitable living.
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London
Velocipede Pioneers and Early Inventors
The article tracks early velocipede makers and claims, noting Blanchard the aeronaut described the innovation in 1779 as the first honor. Niepee rises as a strong second in 1818. Baron von Drals, a German, earned third place with his dandy horse patented in the same year.
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Blanchard
Nicephore Niepee
Baron von Drals
Snake Adopts Mouse In Curious Pet Bond Reported
A mouse placed with a South American boa constrictor was adopted by the snake. Edwin A. Osborne of 9518 1116th Street Almond Hill says the pair share a nest of straw and friendly relations exist. The snake killed a large rat in twenty four seconds but would not eat it.
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Edwin A. Osborne
1116Th Street
Alelmond Hill
Animals and Alcohol Foster Curious Behaviors Across Species
A whimsical 19th century observation collection notes camels preferring whisky when thirsty and a horse doped with liquor before races, causing a rare collapse. It cites a police remark on a drunken trainer and a Skye terrier driven to port wine binges, then a cat reacting oddly to alcohol in milk.
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Hans
Language of Flowers and Copper Tempering Theories
The article lists a large set of flower meanings from ancient sources including camellia and carnations with symbolic interpretations. It then discusses a U S Geological Survey view that ancients could not temper copper beyond modern capabilities and that tempered specimens are actually copper alloys or not harder than contemporary copper.
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United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
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Rainbow Butterboy
Hengerveld
Chas. W. Sigler
Greensboro, Md
O. & 8. Milling CO
Masic
M. K. Newnam
Denton, Md
Brick Hotel
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
T. E. Jounson
Goldsboro Bank
the Goldsboro Bank
Goldsboro, Md
Robert Jarrell, JR
Addaad
F. S. Royster Guano CO
Dept. C
Baltimore, Md
Walter Sparks
Life Man
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