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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1926
Page
8
An article describes Abyssinia as lawless with no local lawyers and courts for natives, only foreign nationals. It details a justice system where respected citizens judge, cases hinge on blood money or public strangulation for treason, and executions occur by knife, bullet, or rope under empress or regent authority. Two policemen oversee proceedings.
The phrase now used as slang by pedestrians narrowly escaping danger comes from Job 19 20 where it reads My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. It captures a close shave as Job endures great loss, poverty, ill health, and nearly loses life but survives.
A 1925 French financial law provides an apprenticeship tax on individuals and organizations in industrial commercial and mining fields with payrolls over 10000 francs. The levy funds trade and industrial schools national vocational schools and related programs to restore apprenticeship training and prepare youth for commercial or industrial careers while supporting scientific laboratories.
The excerpt notes that during the Tang dynasty from the seventh to ninth centuries a large surviving verse corpus was compiled. It mentions nearly fifty thousand poems across nine hundred books and lists about twenty three hundred poets, highlighting Li Po as a prominent figure per F L Lucas in Authors.
The gift of a drinking fountain is framed as an early civic boon. It traces a lineage from ancient libraries and parks to bustling market life, where pigeons, girls with water urns, travelers, merchants, laborers, and beggars all drink under a harsh sun, illustrating democracy in thirst.
Formosa has been a Japanese possession since 1803. For ten years the home government funded the island administration. Now Formosa is self-supporting and contributes to Japan’s revenues. Taiwan’s revenues and expenditures under Japanese rule total about 100,000,000 yen annually with no deficit reported.
In Ligland cotton spinners a notable cancer rate has emerged, likely from mineral oil used to oil spindles. The incidence is 60 times higher for workers aged between 45 and 55, and about 109 times higher for those between 55 and 75 compared with the general population.
A Kent butterfly farm exports millions of insects to schools and colleges worldwide. The operation raises Lepidoptera for educational use though many readers know little about their farming. The venture supplies the teaching market with live specimens and related materials.
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