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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1921
Page
6
In eastern Algeria Berbers guard their beehives to shield them from the evil eye. They place a white bone under the hives or on display to catch and hold the gaze of passersby, believing the gleam wards off misfortune. The practice, linked to ancient superstitions shared with southern Europe, centers on talismans to protect the hive and honey.
A London Answers column argues against sympathy for tragic personalities. It recommends ignoring their dramatic tales, offering brief regrets, and shifting to other topics. The gist is that trouble size is perceived, not real, and coping by detachment reduces impact.
The text explains that winds arise from atmospheric disturbances caused by temperature differences between neighboring ground areas. Heated air rises toward cooler regions creating an upper outward flow, while cooler adjacent air creates a stronger surface pressure, pulling air inward, producing a two-layer wind system with both an upper outward and a lower inward flow.
A man meets a disheveled boy at park entrance and asks about trouble. The boy nonchalantly says he has been in a fight and that he won. The exchange hints at a boastful, self assured boy and a tense street scene.
In British Antarctic expeditions aurora observations exceeded many. The southern display resembled the Arctic aurora but peaked away from the polar night, strongest at equinoxes when sunlight occurs at both poles.
The Philadelphia Ledger explains freckles as sun driven by a universal solar effect on light complexions. Freckles arise when a yellow brown substance exudes from the skin's second layer, becoming permanent in some and fading when summer ends and clothing covers the skin.
This Forbes article quotes Charles J Sawyer urging relentless work as the human body is built to function continuously. He argues the heart beats about 72 times a minute, 103,680 daily, and that daily labor, even amid troubles, brings happiness and judgment under high demand.
A historical note explains the anthrax microbe doubles every half hour, growing from a tiny cell to enormous lengths if unchecked. It outlines hypothetical growth to the moon in a day, then credits limits from scarce food, sunlight, and predation as natural controls.
The golden stool of Ashanti represents sovereignty and was never enthroned but enstooled. In recent times KO Kar ikari led by Sir Gurnet Wolseley 1873, Mensa and Kwaka Dua II were enstooled as heads of the Ashanti confederation. Prempeh, last king, exiled in Seychelles, was the final sitter. After 1896 revolt the stool was hidden.
Near Dayton Ohio Popular Mechanics reports a six acre grove of young elm trees attacked by insects was saved by an airplane dropping arsenate of lead powder directly over the trees. The task, requiring days of ground spraying, was completed in minutes and with greater effectiveness.
A stock speculator, listening in on a friend’s office talk mainly about stocks and prices, reveals he bought a cheap item in winter. He stood at a point yesterday and claimed, "Dy Jove! You are lucky." When asked what it is, he declares, "A thermometer."
Oculists note eye fatigue from white paper under glare and green paper. Yellow writing paper reduces glare, reads clearly with black ink, is softer in daylight and not too dark under artificial light. Mathematicians and writers favor yellow for long calculations and drafts due to clarity and low cost.
The first real advance in stabilizing and increasing carrying power came with British architect Fhineas Pett who built the Sovereign of the Seas to carry 100 guns in 1637. After launch, its vast upper works caused instability, so Pett removed the heavy fittings, lengthened the hull, added a second deck, and relaunched as the Royal Sovereign, remaining for 60 years the finest and most stable ship of her kind in the British navy.
Detroit News reports J. Dryden Kuser’s visit to Port au Prince where solid mahogany tables cost $0 and alligator pears sell at five for 2 cents. He notes teachers earn $6 monthly and teach eight hours daily amid a broad US style curriculum. The chapter on voodooism describes ritual dances, self inflicted pains, glass eating, hot coals, and priests wielding secret influence to mobilize followers.
A geological miracle unfolds as the Aussee Landing near Vienna erodes rapidly, with over three and a half miles of terrain shifting daily. Forests steady slides and towering rock pinnacles crumble while hundreds of spectators watch from opposing slopes. Scientists cite excess water in limestone core as a possible trigger for cavern collapse and strata slip.
Seaside observers in Cavalinre look on as a young couple arrives by airplane and swims from a craft perched at the surf edge. The pilot husband flies the machine back out, leaving an expert pilot in charge. The era of airlifts may bring tourists to Mont Blanc summits in twenty minutes from hotel doors.
Stingy New York remark fuels talk as Mayor Hylan defends the city at a dinner. A Chicago man jokes that the new butler is a crook wanted in New York, prompting his wife to wonder why New York needs more crooks.
A description of filming methods notes that 150000 to 200000 feet of film yield a six reel 6000 foot motion picture. Directors use three to five cameras at the same scene to capture multiple angles including a close shot beside the villain and hero, an elevated view, and other perspectives. After development these negatives contribute to the final reel.
A parliamentary candidate responds to a heckler by recalling a forgotten car but asserts gratitude that donkeys still survive. The exchange uses humorous memory juxtaposition and suggests rural imagery tied to his recollection.
Chauncey Depew notes that Justice Coke challenged Charles and that law is supreme to royal will. He links Christian teaching and two thousand years of justice evolution to crown the nineteenth century’s closing in a beacon for the twentieth.
Dialogue from a Boston Transcript piece shows a wife accusing her husband of devaluing her kisses after marriage. He recalls past exchanges as payment for gifts, noting they once expected a dozen kisses for candy, now deeming one enough for a dress.
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