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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1927
Page
3
Lesson discusses David’s desire to build a house for God, God’s denial with reasons, and the Lord’s pledge to establish David’s line. It covers David’s future name, Israel’s central, unmovable place, continued divine favor, and an eternal throne, followed by David’s worship of humility praise gratitude and petitions.
Poem fragment expressing devotion to inner peace found in faith. The speaker seeks rest in the divine, contrasting worldly turmoil with the tranquility offered by spiritual trust. The verse echoes Thomas a Kempis style language and medieval devotion.
The Denton Volunteer Fire Company will stage its annual carnival from September 1 to 10, inclusive, featuring rides games and food to support the fire department.
The Journal presents a mixed crossword puzzle with clues across and down. Readers solve items like to leap stage extra opposite of a negative ability and many more, including fruit, Greek letters, and tools.
Solomon asked for an understanding heart to judge people fairly. God granted wisdom, plus riches, honor, and lengthened days, exceeding the request. The text urges bold faith, responsible use of gifts, and enduring reliance on God's limitless grace and love.
A reflective line compares humanity to the Dead Sea with many taking in but not giving out, suggesting a lack of return or renewal. The speaker imagines a more generous example in the Sea of Galilee with the Jordan River as a blessing to mankind.
One of Mobile bays famed Civil War figures escapes a pursuing fleet by a roundabout voyage. In a small salisboat he sails east to Appalachicola then on a river steamer to Columbus, Ga. He boards trains to Opelika and Montgomery, returns by Hurricane and Tensaw river to Mobile bay, arriving at Fort Morgan from a reverse direction. Detroit News reports the feat.
Baseball umpires now enjoy clearer calls as dust is removed from fields with grass-sod diamonds and better maintenance. Clubs invest in grass infields, rolling soil, and chemicals like calcium chloride to minimize dust. The season’s lively ball, with more home runs from Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, adds to the national excitement.
The text traces the origins of Children’s Day to pastor Rev Charles II Leonard in 1856 setting a Sunday of dedication for children in Chelsea Massachusetts. It notes the second Sunday in June as a recurring date adopted by Methodist and Presbyterian bodies in 1868 1881 and 1883 with similar actions in 1883.
Extracts from pupil answers reveal amusing misstatements about geography and history. The Nile as the only remarkable river. Livingstone discovering it. Mungo Dark unclear. Constantinople misspelled and attributed to the Golden Horn. Sublime Port described. Cyprus history misdated to 878 and linked to Lord Beaconsfield. Julius Caesar in the 100 B C era. Britons in huts of straw with women wearing hair down their backs with torches.
A young lady across the way says communication through the radio can be hard to understand. She suspects wires cross occasionally causing the mix up in signals.
A guidance note urges salespeople to develop a unique personal stage presence. It compares clamor from rivals to a chorus and counsels choosing a standout, heartfelt approach to secure orders. Emphasizes originality, quality, and focused effort over mimicking others.
Kansas City Star recounts the legend of Epleurus and his Epleureanism, a frugal communal philosophy stressing virtue over poverty. It notes his youth began at thirteen, his efforts to teach, and the paradox of his fame as a sensualist despite moral aims.
In Popular Science Monthly H. C. Davis notes rats reveal heredity laws across generations faster than humans. The article highlights standardized lab conditions and controlled diets enabling precise comparisons, and mentions risks like rat olympic culture and a benign bacterial culture nicknamed ratinin affecting pests but not humans.
In Itolland queen of bulb flowers, tulips flourish in spacious gardens. Dutch gardeners cultivate many varieties and create hybrids. The flower, once a symbol of love in Persia, was brought from Turkey by Maximilian's ambassador. The bloom’s value grows from seed hybrids fertilized by pollen.
The article explains that hanging a horseshoe with ends downward is tied to luck and protective symbolism. It cites the horseshoe’s resemblance to halos on angels and saints and traces superstition to ancient Rome, where nails were driven into walls to ward off the plague.
Excerpt from Susan Glaspell's The Road to the Temple highlights talk as a shared art. It suggests genuine dialogue reveals inner purity and generosity, creating beauty through mutual realization and silent understanding.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, famed French engineer born 1805, supervised the Suez Canal project completed 1869 and pursued the Panama Canal scheme leading to financial collapse. He was held legally responsible and condemned to imprisonment in old age, but the sentence was not enforced.
In Indiana a primary class heard about desert children and their meals. A student misheard roast kid as roast goat and the teacher prompted retellings. A bright eyed boy corrected the memory with a playful but surprising answer about their dinner.
Public sale of two parcels in Caroline county by T Pliny Fisher as assignee to satisfy mortgages from 1920. Parcel 1 spans 29 acres with road, stream, and bounds near Lemuel Jones and Dill. Parcel 2 is 20 acres on Church Street in Henderson. Improvements include a two story dwelling and outbuildings. Cash with purchaser to cover title costs. Auctioneer James Temple.
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