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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1927
Page
6
A Kansas City Star anecdote recounts Chief Justice White joking with Judge Timothy Ansberry. White pretended not to recognize Ansberry, then quipped a blind man could see the deficits in Ansberry’s arguments, noting Ansberry “gave me a chance to throw a brick.”
Ancient bells served many roles from Assyrian tombs to Egyptian inscriptions and Israelite ritual. Hand bells resembled modern forms and aided attendants and sacred ceremonies. The high priest wore tinkling bells on his vestments to signal prayers and mercy during sacrifices.
A brief historical note traces the Apostles Creed to the fourth century and its wide adoption by Christian churches. It mentions a legend of apostolic authorship with little documentary support and notes early references in St Irenaeus’s works who died around 202 A. D. The creed’s triune structure is linked to baptismal invocations.
Silk is being explored as a substitute for various body tissues in surgery. Silk sinews may be transplanted to lengthen short natural sinews and silk filaments used as substitutes for ligaments torn or damaged by disease or injury. It may also enable the creation of artificial supporting ligaments.
Dr Ichiro Ohga of the Education Institute of Dairen Manchuria reports that a century old Indian lotus seeds show greater vitality than seeds from the prior year. Through sprouting and chemical analysis, the seeds performed well in both tests during Ohga's stay at the Boyce Thompson Institute Yonkers New York.
A young applicant to a city office humorously misreads a form. When asked the length of residence in the city she replied about 140 feet. For a question on physical defects she answered only freckles.
The piece compares habits to rails for a train, noting people travel along familiar paths guided by their routines. Only good habits steer a person toward a worthwhile route, implying sustained self discipline shapes productive outcomes.
It is useful to examine our own capabilities when we envy others. Are we making good in our own sphere of work. If we potter along in an undistinguished way the same will occur in any other role. Our advancements slow due to hidden hindrances.
A survey lists state nicknames with Alabama Cotton Lizard Yellow hammer and many more. It groups states with common tags like Arizona Baby Sunset Apache and connects others to Bright monikers such as California Golden Centennial Silver and Connecticut Nutmeg Constitution. The compilation includes Delaware Blue Hen Diamond Florida Everglade and Georgia Cracker Empire.
A century after early settlements the nation spread westward by breaking Appalachians and dense forests. Pioneers followed Indigenous trails becoming Braddock and Forbes routes, the Warrior’s path into Kentucky, and the Iroquois trail evolving into the Genesee road, linking rivers to western settlement.
The West Virginia legislature creates the post of poet laureate and fixes the incumbent’s salary at $000 a year. Critics say the sum is excessive and may tempt a promising artist to turn toward easier money. A poet with $900 could buy supplies and postage and then have to find other work to live.
An Exchange letter argues that once a dog kills sheep it becomes difficult to reform. The writer says such dogs not only kill themselves but induce others to do so. To prevent further losses, the dog should be killed as soon as the habit is known.
A concise reflection on proficiency rising from diligent craft. The author notes practical skill can reach a breadwinning level, yet true art emerges beyond mere technique through love, pride, and perhaps inspiration that elevates work to near perfection.
Poland’s capital Warsaw is described as the ancient kingdom’s capital and later chief city of the Russian province. The 1919 peace settlement reestablished Poland as a sovereign republic with Warsaw as its capital. It notes a 700000 population, about one third Jewish, and calls it an important railway center in the former southwestern Russian area.
A short note describes snakes’ typical noises as weak and ineffective. It highlights the large Brazilian water python or anaconda, noting it emits a peculiar plerclng ery at night.
In the sixteenth century Spanish explorers noted widespread chewing of tobacco among New World tribes. English use followed with enrotte cakes ten by three inches, sweetened with treacle, and later forms included rolls and balls. Tobacco manufacturing began with cake tobacco in 1900, shifting to loose tobacco for chewing and smoking.
A gaunt figure draped in colors sits beneath a tree among jungle debris and heaps of refuse. He uses flowers red hair drops blood betel leaves a small hand-mirror and a book of charms to conjure devils. After consulting the powers he returns to the patient with a hopeful oracle, though many patients remain doubtful.
An Iowa professor describes using the North Star and the two pointer stars of the Big Dipper as a giant clock to read time to the nearest quarter hour. He adds the months since January 1, doubles the sum, and subtracts from 164 percent, with cyclic adjustments to yield hours after noon or after midnight. He suggests the day would be mid of next week once calculations complete.
A catalog of major natural and related disasters including eruptions and earthquakes. Notable items cited are St Pierre and Martinique volcanic event May 8 1902, San Francisco earthquake April 18 1906, Sicily Calabria quake December 28 1908, China quake December 16 1920, Japanese quake September 1 1923, Santa Barbara quake June 29 1925, Shenandoah wreck September 3 1925, Lake Denmark New Jersey explosion July 10 1926, Ishpeming Michigan mine disaster November 4 1926, and a February 17 1926 snowslide near Bingham Utah.
Leonard A. Barrett argues enthusiasm is fire in the heart that motivates artists and performers. He contrasts genuine fire with imitation, stating talent plus zeal surpasses raw ability, and marks enthusiasm as the dynamos of lasting achievement.
A device in England moves to rock occupants as a cradle style bed designed to treat insomnia. The mechanism operates at about 80 motions per minute and has a movement range of three-eighths to three-quarters of an inch.
The phrase Desirable Dollar Filthy Lucre spread during Panama Canal construction, linked to an engineer who left his post over the lure of money. The saying signals early project sentiment about wealth drawing workers away from public duty.
A National Geographic Magazine description portrays a large sea bird nicknamed the man of war. It has a body the size of a barnyard hen, wings spanning up to ten feet, a hooked beak, and tiny feet. The bird raids merchant ships, diving at prey and reappearing to snatch fish before the booby can escape.
Prof I Munro Fox notes in The Forum that desert animals such as the desert fox and kangaroo rat show natural immunity to scorpion venom. He suggests that ancient desert lineages with hardy constitutions survived stings, evolving a resistant race of descendants.
Norwegian explorer Christian Leden reports Eskimos in northern Canada enforce marriage, with each man taking as many wives as he can support. He notes the people maintain a clean family life, bad temper is seen as possession by a devil, and lying carries no death penalty. only one woman was unmarried due to short hair.
For Sale. Desirable residence on the north side of Market Street between Sixth and Seventh in the town of Denton. It has electric lights, bath, and several out buildings. A splendid location with immediate possession and liberal terms offered by The Denton National Bank.
Vacuum cans keep tennis balls balanced by maintaining inside pressure equal to outside pressure at about eighteen psi. Each cartridge-like can holds three balls with a winding key that strips off the tin. Do not open until ready to play to ensure dependable performance.
American visitors learn Cheapside is named cheap in name only. It was the main London street market around St Paul’s during old retail times. Western in Cheapside, streets like Milk, Broad, Wood, and Honey Lane recall the market era. Cheane was the old English term for market and Chepessyd the sixteenth century form from which Cheapside derives.
A doctor rushed to the Robey home after a hurried call about their first baby arriving. The young father waited at the doorstep with a watch, noting the four minute response time and the doctor’s arrival.
Lictors served Roman magistrates carrying axes bound by rods, symbolizing law and punishment. The tetors preceded officials like consuls or praetors, acting as a protective bodyguard in the streets to emphasize authority.
The Dutch spectacle maker’s son held two lenses and saw the church spire magnified, inspiring his father to fix two movable lenses on a board. This early crude telescope birthed a device later inspiring Galileo after a friend described the Dutch contrivance to him.
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