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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1923
Page
2
The article recalls Rome's rent disputes, noting a senator challenged high charges and Caesar’s law capping rents at 2,000 sesterces for villas in Rome and 500 sesterces elsewhere. It highlights Crassus’s leasing ventures and calls the era “good old days” for tenants.
Plutarch recounts Marc Antony’s fishing ruse with Cleopatra. He secretly had fresh fish placed on his hook and boasted until Cleopatra exposed the ruse by inviting friends to watch. She then sent a servant to preempt him by using a salted fish fished from the sea, undermining his deception.
The article explains dreams arise from physical stimuli like a curtain in the wind or a heavy mattress, and from internal conditions such as latent illness. It notes subconscious amplification of hidden disease can trigger dreams of illness, and counters the old blood-flow theory as only partly true and unhelpful.
A blase young man speaks of traveling the world and doubts reformers while an old Quaker nearby remarks that the youth has yet to gain wisdom. The exchange highlights skepticism toward preachers and social reform in a southern town setting.
A visitor observes Willie practicing a daily music lesson for an hour to preserve family peace in the home. The exchange shows a child’s obedience framed as a parental demand and a quiet domestic moment.
The Rockefeller Foundation, endowed by John D. Rockefeller with over 100 million dollars, received a New York state charter in 1913. Its purpose is to promote well being and elevate humanity through knowledge, relief from suffering, and the advancement of human progress both in the United States and abroad.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote has a brisk promoter recounting a challenge from a notorious two-gun man about twenty years ago. He says he left after the man ordered him out, but he stayed alive by buying him drinks and selling him salt.
People today eat less than their ancestors did. In fifteenth century hungry days those who could afford it had four meals a day, each of which could now be enough for a small family.
A dinner conversation features a guest calling his husband a waste paper basket manufacturer and a disgruntled poet retorting that much poetry ends up in waste baskets. The exchange highlights humor about work and writing in everyday life.
A compact meditation on choosing smoother paths when life grows rough finding encouragement in fancy’s rosebud laden routes. The narrator recalls stepping aside from hard routes to regain strength and resolve before returning to the rugged road refreshed.
A substitute for putty can be made from flour and mised to proper consistency.
A brief reflection notes that some derive little joy from victory if it means humiliating the opponent. It offers a moral cue toward restraint and sportsmanship in success.
Charles Zueblin, a long time interpreter of American democracy, will lecture at the Chautauqua program. A scholar and author of works on municipal progress and democracy, he is noted for his constructive views. He taught sociology at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1908 and lectured for the university extension department.
Thresa business firms and others introduced the telephone to Indianapolis in 1877 by connecting offices, yards, and factories. By 1900 telephone service expanded to most areas, enabling anyone to converse across distances, and George W. Cottman in The Indianapolis News argues the telephone is essential for social and business life, surpassing the telegraph in importance.
A Paris report by the American Commercial Attache criticizes French telephony as unsatisfactory and notes proposals to privatize the system. It cites a new coin box pay station venture and argues private operation would not fix intercity communication problems due to outdated long distance equipment, lack of underground cables, weather and electrical interference, and high maintenance costs.
Tris Speaker, famed Cleveland slugger, once worked as a Hillsboro Texas telephone lineman earning two dollars a day in 1906. He left in 1907 when slack work ended his role, then pursued baseball, becoming a national figure and beloved leader in American League history. A former Hillsboro colleague recalled his kindness to his mother.
The passage notes horse-tails under lead pencil length resembling evergreens. They grow in clumps like a fir grove with green color and ringed joints along the stem. Each stem circle is graded, the middle whorl widest, and a brown beauty spot above each circle added by nature for pleasure.
The State Employment Commission of Maryland will hold an examination for Deputy Game Warden in Denton between September 10 and September 27. Examination open to legal residents of Caroline county only. Appointment for months of October, November, December, salary $100 a month. Apply State Employment Commission, 22 Light street, Baltimore, Md.
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