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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
4
Practical fire safety guidance from Good Housekeeping urges immediate action. If clothing ignites, drop to the floor, roll to smother flames, and use a thick cloth to aid control. Do not delay for water, roll away from the fire’s upward grip, and keep flames from the upper body. The text notes women suffer more burns due to dress and urges calm, decisive action.
A Nicaragua native visiting New Orleans cites a Times-Democrat piece warning that cocoa cacao and coca are distinct. He explains cacao seeds make chocolate, cocoa is from the coconut palm, and coca is the coca shrub. He urges correct spelling in ads and medical writing.
A fragment reports Swiss peasants' tales of the Boden Sea in Switzerland linked by underground channels to Lake Wetter in Sweden. It chronicles mirage sightings, disappearances, and phantom ships blamed on legends, while scientists dispute the starched myths as sensational.
The article argues that bell quality depends not only on composition but also on shape. It outlines proportions for large bells, stating a thickness of one fifteenth of the diameter and a height twelve times the thickness as the best rough guidelines.
A poem speaks of farewell and reunion as a lover invites a beloved to wander at night among flowers and dew. The speaker anticipates parting soon and traveling to strangers yet promises lasting affection despite distance. The tone is wistful and romantic.
A trio of curious anecdotes shows endings that defy experience. A man builds a $3000 house for that sum plus $6.37 dinner, a dream warns of a sister’s death that never comes, and a hatless umbrella day proves it does not rain for two weeks. Plus notes on high altitude breathing and lung expansion as treatment theory.
A deaf man returns from London and visits a acquaintance. She introduces him to a cousin and remarks loudly that he is stupid and deaf as a post. He replies that he is not deaf now, having been cured during his trip and can hear as well as anyone.
Women live longer than men in the tropics due to fatigue, chills, irregular meals, and alcohol, with men dying quicker from these causes. Experts say the same factors help female longevity in this country, though the balance may even out as women increasingly compete with men in the coming generation.
A historical discussion explains oxygen at ocean depths. Cold polar water carries atmospheric oxygen along the ocean floor toward the equator, feeding a global circulation that maintains life. Professor C. C. Nutting notes this circulation prevents the sea from becoming foul and lifeless, preserving higher life forms.
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