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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1923
Page
3
A noted artist recalls a southern holiday visit as a Christmas train ride ends in a wreck near Redfield. An old man, honored in a studio painting with a halo for his service, reflects on kindness against a backdrop of holiday cheer and an unforeseen accident.
Two town residents sit on a cracker box exchanging lines about hot cakes sold from the Forlorn Hope restaurant. One asks if they are any good, the other replies that the seller’s a better juggler than cook, as noted by the Pittsburgh Chronicle Dispatch in a brief quip.
A Bell System device in the WEAF announcer booth controls a switchboard and cam switches to route programs to stations in New York Washington and Providence and to theatres hotels and auditoriums. It allows simultaneous announcing for multiple stations and suggests future multi point program routing and balancing by local managers.
Washington in 1877 and 1878 welcomed the new device as crowds gathered along Pennsylvania Avenue. George C. Maynard promoted the telephone, with Warren Choate soliciting subscribers. officials and citizens from Exec Mansion to doctors and Georgetown near Children’s Hospital discussed plans and potential installations.
The passage links nail shapes to health, temper, and flaws. Long curved nails suggest head or bronchial issues, thick bent nails hint at cruelty or unfaithfulness in love, square short walls imply heart disease, brittle nails signal nervous weakness, and slender base nails may indicate spinal trouble.
Charles Jones of Vincennes Indiana rose from cowpuncher at Triangle Bar ranch to United States cavalry service in the Philippines where he helped quell the Moro rebellion. He later joined a Wild West show, served with a French horse replacement unit before US entry to WWII era. His riding drew praise from Clemenceau and the King of Belgium, leading to film work after the war. A separate item recounts a traffic officer in an eastern city quitting over hair washing time. Also notes a sheep burial on English moors, where three sheep perished and two survived after a three week burial, one dying shortly afterward.
A humorous exchange in the Boston Transcript where a husband imagines fashion in twenty years and his wife dismisses it, saying she will still wear the same blue serge suit she has worn since marriage.
A critique of self praise and ego in ambition. It contrasts conceited individuals who seek admiration with those who find value in lifting others. The piece argues real worth lies in doing good and encouraging others, not in self adulation or vanity. Published 1923 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
California murres form immense colonies on the coast and lay a single egg openly on bare rock. The egg’s unique shape prevents rolling, swinging like a top, and varying colors and sizes may help mothers recognize their chick by voice after hatching.
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