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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1926
Page
3
In a quirky era voice the piece muses on social performativity and risk in relationships. It contrasts cautious dating with bold gestures and hints at health as a sign of vitality, reflecting a satirical newspaper tone from the period.
A Hotel stenographer laments endless home chores versus a day’s finish at the cement company. She notes downtown work ends when the letters stop, while home life is a perpetual serial with tasks piling up and no final scene. The House Detective listens as she jokes about never marrying.
Announcement from Governors Island states that carrier pigeons horses mules dogs and other army animals will be equipped or protected against poison gas in wartime. Horse and mule masks cover nostrils and upper jaw while dog masks cover both jaws. pigeons will have cage protection but no flight masks.
Nature Magazine notes floods come in many forms beyond river overflow. Coastal inundations called tidal waves arise from earthquakes and storms. Historic surges include the 1755 Lisbon quake wave drowning 60,000, 1737 Bay of Bengal wave over 40 feet, and 1864 Calcutta 48,000 drowned.
A pastor wrongly takes a guest’s hat during a day of errands and dining. At the door the host reveals a card pinned inside the crown telling the parson the hat is not his. The parson admits the mix up with a puzzled smile at the exchange.
Housewives push milk demand as U S dairy consumption rises about 25 percent over seven years. Cows grew slowly, dairy efficiency rose, and dairy products reached a value of 2.5 billion dollars. Roads and telephone systems boosted distribution, with the telephone linking dairies, markets, and households for on demand supplies and timely deliveries. The modern home relies on telephone service for larder needs and social life.
In its early days the telephone was a toy and later a luxury but today it is a necessity. Americans spend far more on candies, drinks, cigars, and cosmetics than on the telephone. The daily newspaper and public utilities are “brothers under the skin,” each essential to national life, with 25 million and 35 million contact points respectively, and utilities spent about $25 million on advertising last year, 63 percent of it in the daily newspaper.
The Stewart Warner Safety Council reports Chicago auto accidents peaked between five and six PM with 11 785 last year. Of 1 030 fatal crashes, 47 occurred during that hour. Four o'clock marked many child fatalities and seven to nine PM saw 86 of 353 adult deaths, mainly near theater time.
Folklore authorities link the belief that finding a horseshoe brings luck to Druidical roots. The broken circle of Stonehenge and the open inner circle are cited as influences. The upturned points signified protection, a meaning largely lost when horseshoes became common.
Christchurch Oxford preserves two Gothic landmarks a stairway designed in 1040 by a figure called Smith of London and Tom Tower attributed to Christopher Wren. The hall stair and the tower house the Great Tom bell which tolls nightly to mark the college gates. The piece notes a rare moment when the author felt the medieval builders’ mood.
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