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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1921
Page
3
Mrs. Mordaunt meets Lalla Cabot an actress who stops at the Harraden after swimming ashore. The encounter reveals Lalla’s affection for Anthony Mordaunt and a potential clash with Mrs. Mordaunt over a planned marriage.
In a tense moment Lara refuses forced betrothal and slips into the sea. Mrs. Mordaunt, torn between care and pride, begs her son to bring Lara to visit that night as the child bride vanishes with waves and bubbles toward an uncertain future.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin describes tan gelo a grapefruit tangerine cross with two varieties Samp son and Thornton. Samp son fruits mature late and taste pleasant when ripe but many misjudge the ripeness. Thornton yields pale orange juice with gentle acidity and tender pulp and can be eaten like a tangerine or grapefruit without much squirting.
A 1916 account from Samlonica records an eagle rivaling a French naval aircraft. Commander Larrowy notes the bird kept pace at distance, appearing nearly still while the plane flew sixty miles per hour. The eagle occasionally did minor wing rowing motions before the chase ended.
Mariners report new oceanic mountains lifting from the sea in historic times near the Aleutian chain. Bogislof and Grewingk grew large with fire and steam, then began to disappear gradually as they emerged above and sank below the surface.
The article explains how coal-tar products yield chlorine and poisonous gases, leading to processes that make chilor benzol and acetyl aspirin. It notes chlorine’s origin in Germany, with the war pushing Americans to build a Niagara Falls plant, illustrating U S chemists’ potential to develop aspirin domestically.
A lawn game described with rubber-tipped mallets, colored bails, six aluminum pockets, and two end stakes. The rectangular layout allows two to four players to take three mallet strokes to pocket each ball, creating many interesting positions.
A terse conversation reveals a man’s father was badly wounded not in combat but in the stomach, highlighting a curious misunderstanding about wartime injuries in a period anecdote.
A descriptive piece notes the Hooker Oak in Chico, California, claimed as the world’s largest white oak. It measures over 100 feet tall with a trunk circumference of 28.46 feet, branch span about 200 feet, and a total outside-branch circumference near 400 feet. Estimates its age around 1,000 years and cites General Sherman’s claim that 7,000 men could stand under its shade at noon.
Bear creek near Husum Washington flows from Mount Adams glaciers in a forested setting. The stream hides in caves and crevices with an ice coated bed and rocks that froth with yellow red and blue tints from glacier melt, clays and copper quartz.
London officials tighten crowding rules after wartime overuse of public transport. Passengers must have seats and no standing in vestibules or platforms. overcapacity offenders face fines or dismissal. The piece also notes American resilience and promotes home appliances with dates for demonstrations across several towns.
The article notes Bagdad’s scribes, Armenians and Jews, as skilled linguists speaking English, French, Arabic, and Persian. It describes language use in schools, business, signage, and rail tickets, and the British arrival bringing English signs to New Street, which the author finds incongruously modern.
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