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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
6
A Dayton News essay argues that no universal rules exist for rearing boys. It notes boys receive similar care yet diverge widely in adulthood, with two siblings raised alike becoming one good and one bad. The piece suggests environment and guidance fail to determine outcomes.
The winter of Korea is made endurable by ondol heating where smoke and heated air pass beneath the floor. A mud floor with flues bridges from a side fireplace to a distant chimney. Stone slabs cover the mud, joints sealed with clay, topped with clay and oil paper. The room warms without stoves or hibachi, a soft warmth felt from beneath.
The burbot is a fresh water cod and the only member of its family living inland. Found around the Arctic and extending to the Ohio and Missouri rivers, it thrives in the Great Lakes and northern waters of Canada and Alaska. It spawns in winter, lays up to 670000 eggs, hides by day and hunts at night feeding on fish, crayfish, and early aquatic insects, with a highly elastic stomach contributing to its notoriety among fishermen.
The article notes Napoleon as a skilled mathematician aiding his generalship. Wellington credits numbers for success, and other renowned soldiers like Lee, Jackson, Moltke, and Washington are cited as adept at rapid calculation. The piece links mathematical prowess to leadership across eras.
A reader recalls a field inquiry for a town business directory in Massachusetts. A woman provides the surname and, after several questions, reveals the given name Ed and that her spouse’s name is unclear. The surname is non English and spelling is done by her husband John.
Dr Irving W Voorhees argues that nurse patient communication is crucial as nurses spend long hours with patients. He notes hospitals train nurses in refined speech and cites European nations valuing a pleasant voice, urging aspiring nurses to cultivate a gentle tone to ease and comfort the sick and even influence wary blind patients.
The war spurred a Japanese pencil industry. In 1911 Japan imported 65 million pencils, mainly from America and Germany. With European conflict cutting German supplies, Japan’s native makers expanded rapidly, exporting over nine million in 1914 and 108 million in 1916. The writer notes a potential lasting market advantage due to cheap labor, with most lead imported from India.
H P Sullivan announces a public sale at the John Horsey home place one mile from Williston on the Willis ton to Andersontown road on Wednesday December 26 1917 at 10 a m. Items include live stock farming implements household goods and more with credit terms and a note payable at Denton’s People National Bank. Auctioneers F P Covey.
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