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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1926
Page
3
Melvin and Johnson publishers issue the Centor Journal on Saturday morning December 4, 1926. Page 3 carries local notices and brief items from Centor and surrounding communities. The edition includes community news, small ads, and public notices typical of a 1920s rural newspaper.
A House of Representatives inquiry into the U S air service notes the government may require or acquire patent rights for aircraft and related needs. It finds government use or appropriation often unsatisfactory for both public and patentee, with owners limited to court of claims actions and frequent delays denying patent rights.
A passage argues that animals, including swordfish, birds, and vertebrates, show complex emotions such as fear, love, hate, and generosity. It questions why animals should face legal trials for transgressions, citing authorities on wild animals and their behaviors.
The article discusses how a person’s character is reflected in a last will and testament. It cites ancient origins of will making with examples like the prophet Jacob and finds specimens in Neypithin tombs dating two thousand years before Christ. It also notes Alfred the Great and William II as early English wills.
A downtown library clerk argues that the books people choose reveal little about personality. He notes varied selections from a love story to a cook book and warns against stereotypes, citing examples from a Detrult News reprint.
The article notes that tea in Japan embodies nature and artistry and mentions there is no single Holy Scripture for tea. It credits Rikou with founding the tea cult centuries ago and composing a detailed code of tea etiquette still in use today, illustrating tea as a refined practice rather than mere drink.
A three year old, Herbert, admired an orange presented by a gentleman who called. The mother prompted thanks, and Herbert whispered a shy "Oh, thanks" before asking if there were more oranges. The scene captures a quiet moment of gratitude and curiosity in a simple exchange.
A fragmentary note describes early Chinese burial practices. It claims servants were killed to serve masters in the afterworld, then clay heads replaced human sacrifice, initially unglazed and later glazed following Western influence, with offerings extending to animals such as chickens and centipedes.
A strange bird with three eyes accessed a nest before the Sussex agricultural exhibition opened. It entered via a device and remained undisturbed as visitors crowded nearby, with the hatchlings emerging unseen.
A humorous Fall River Globe item recounts Tommy Tommins joking his sore toe worsened after his mother urged him to eat oatmeal. He complains the cereal is not helping and quips that the “stay” must have gone down the wrong leg, reflecting a child’s comical misunderstanding.
Astonishing fossils unearthed in Wellington Australia caves include remains of a marsupial named Hon described as fierce and destructive. Discoveries also reveal diprotoion, a kangaroo-type creature far larger than a rhinoceros with a massive head and long neck, adapted for tree climbing.
An early London bishop, St. Erkenwald, died in 1693 and was acclaimed London's patron saint. He restored the first St Paul’s Cathedral and was buried within its walls. After a great 1136 fire, pilgrims venerating his shrine brought precious gifts, making his tomb ablaze with stones.
Really People’s Bank Napoleon I headed the list of stock holders with 30 shares when the Bank of France was founded in February 1800. It forms a joint stock company with 30 000 000 francs capital and loans from $1 upward. The bank serves private individuals and peasants and millionaires alike, seen as the bank of the people.
A description of a safe romantic fantasy that ends as a pleasant memory leaving reality behind. It contrasts imagined love adventures with real relationships, noting the heroine will not call or write after a swoon, preserving orderly lives and plans.
The Mind Awakened sees education as awakening the mind to matters outside itself and freeing it from sleep and prejudice. It highlights education as progress into new fields, broader interests, and larger vistas, urging awareness of powers and active use of them.
A vivid sketch describes a man of about forty, five feet eight, heavy-set with a shiny pate, aquiline nose, drooping lids, and a heavy mustache beneath a cigar. He wears a blue chin, horn rimmed glasses, a long dinner coat, short trousers, and a pearl-buttoned waistcoat, exuding overconfidence.
The text notes Nineveh had a public library of 10,000 clay tablets, mentions ancient Egyptian libraries, the famed Library of Alexandria, and records the first free library in England opening in Manchester in 1852 with speakers Dickens Thackeray Bulwer-Lytton and Monckton Milnes at the ceremony.
A London Answers quip recalls a man who boasted of meeting a stranger across Paris Venice Rome Alexandria and a channel crossing as a tale of travel. The joke ends with a sharp question: why not settle the debt first.
The Argand lamp design, introduced by a Swiss engineer in 1782, solved lamp draft problems. George Washington owned Argand lamps at Mount Vernon, which are now in the National Museum historical collections.
A brief note outlines how the phrases horns of a dilemma and to bell the cat trace to older sources. The former links to scholastic argumentum cornutum, while the latter derives from a Fifteenth century Itelian tale.
A child’s request for a shilling leads to buying a rabbit shared among siblings. The tale explains how successive youngsters each bought the same rabbit, and the father discovers the amusing outcome as the family explains they bought it from one another.
Major Fowler reported data on fish and amphibian lifespans. An electric eel at the London Zoo lived twelve years, the Duke of Bedford’s European catfish reached fifty. Other ages include the carp thirteen, coldfish twelve, herring four, salmon six, bull frog fifteen, tree frog fourteen, female Spanish newt eighteen, and the newt-like salamander fifty-two.
The article explains that nutmeg is the seed of a fruit similar to a peach with unpleasant pulp. It notes the red kernel, mace, inside the pulp, and that nutmeg trees, when properly cared for, are highly productive yielding over 2,000 nutmegs per tree in a year. The blossoms are white, bell shaped and fragrant.
A reflective quote from William Ralph Inge argues that a great language requires ongoing care and skilled writers. He warns that without a cadre of artists, English may degrade to a lesser form, unlike the enduring glow of Milton or Burke. He stresses literature as a powerful instrument needing repair in a fast paced age.
A satirical take questions sensational gossip about pink lemonade’s origin as a hoax by detts and a claim of tainted lemons. The piece defends lemonade as venerable, dismissing scandals and defending its circus day, nostalgic pretence, and harmless ingredients.
Educators and doctors acknowledge play as essential for development and education. Parents now view toys as normal necessities rather than luxuries. The toy trade totals about 260 million dollars annually, per Good Hardware Magazine, with sales extending beyond the traditional November December peak.
The Rutland Herald notes that the first Conant stove, cast in fall 1810 by John Conant of Brandon Vermont, replaced the fireplace with a swinging crane. Its castings came from local hematite ore, and no sign of an Conant stove remains today. Residents recall an elevated oven and three legs.
A reflective line on choosing companions by the company one keeps, noting the truth in the old adage. The author muses whether in the rough journey of high endeavor we all discover the best possible companions.
In Central America and Sonora Mexico garbanzo beans form a staple nearly daily for rich and poor. They grow on Mayo Yaquat river plains near sea level and inland at low altitudes. frost can injure them. Irrigation drives the growing season from July to October with harvest in May. Charles Bell Equersup notes the crop’s drought reliance and harvesting method.
Two men, Smith and Brown, joke about predicting a future wife. Brown struggles with a math riddle that uses birth year and birth month fees to yield a result. Smith asserts the calculation points to Mrs. Brown, souring their friendship.
Senator Benton of Missouri argues roads emerge from animal trails, not schools of science. He asserts wild animals as first engineers, guiding buffalo paths that become hunter routes, wagon roads, then railways, shaping human travel. The piece reflects a frontier transportation philosophy.
The text proclaims that debts must be paid in full and favors should be returned one for one. It argues that justice comes from repayable duties and warns against holding onto goodness, urging swift repayment of benefits received. It reflects a moral duty to balance gifts with deeds and cents.
A Manchester Guardian Weekly excerpt notes smart coverage of a London paper about a married woman who runs a nursery for 11 children and leads an industrial engineering firm. It suggests the paradoxical link between childrearing and corporate leadership, joking that a strike at the works could be a quiet change from the nursery.
The piece notes the expression once in a blue moon, once meaning never, now rare. It cites Brew er and Puthfinder Magazine, referencing blue or green moons during volcanic eruptions and smoky fogs as possible links, while the US Weather Bureau finds no meteorological basis.
A sheep dog in Bewcastle, Cumberland, guided owner Adam Waugh to a heart failure death by the roadside. Waugh had visited a neighboring farm, the Nook, with his dog and cattle when the dog returned alone, signaling trouble. Mr. Ewart, the Nook’s owner, aided by the clue, located Waugh deceased.
A reflective piece likens the sermon on the mount to a lily, praising its beauty and whiteness as a symbol of living virtues. The text suggests these gardens of God reflect freedom and Christian liberty through human conduct and moral growth.
The brief implies a reflection on divine guidance and discernment, urging believers to seek alignment with God’s will in location and identity. It emphasizes inner assurance and moral alignment as signs of being directed toward God’s purpose.
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