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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1915
Page
6
A New York American excerpt argues anger stems from a sudden thwarting of a nervous plan and urges channeling emotion through action rather than suppressing it. It compares child stomping, table pounding, and floor striking to the same physiological urge, and warns against breaking a temper but stresses guiding it into constructive outlets.
In a Washington basin a naval constructor tests wooden 20 foot models to predict ship behavior in storms and estimate horsepower for transatlantic vessels. Using a 500 by 50 foot basin and a wave maker he refines designs before full scale construction.
In Mulberry Street a bricked desk reveals a Diedrich Knickerbocker manuscript recounting Katrina Gansevoort to choose her fate. Katrina schemes to force a late arrival by delaying Olaf, Peter, and Hans until after midnight, then signals the first caller after 12 to claim her hand, while narrator Diedrich plots and contemplates a forbidden ending.
An escaped prisoner or trickster stages a ruse to mislead Thomas, Katrina, and Olaf Van Vrankin. They lure him from the town with a supposed wedding, using a rope through a chimney to pull him away. The plan succeeds, the dominie marries the couple, and the man’s grim deception leads to long lasting grief and estrangement.
A Strand Magazine tale recounts Tamerlane using camels with burning hay to scatter Indian forces outside Delhi in 1998. The piece frames camels as pivotal in eastern warfare, praising the conqueror's wit and military strategy amid a siege of the Indian sultanate.
The Mangeromas use a blowgun made from a hollow reed with a mouthpiece carved from Amenra prim fruit. They load poisoned arrows smeared with a toxin from Strychnos toxifera and other plants. The venom paralyzes game quickly and is deadly to humans, with no antidote known.
Editor Richard West grapples with a misprinted engagement notice involving Miss Elizabeth Thornton and two Woodborough men. After a wave of miscommunication and a return of affection, Thornton clears the air, authorizes the notice, and the engagement is officially announced with West as her fiancé.
A St Lawrence Island Eskimo kept a whale head worth up to 15000 dollars, refusing trades until a $200 gasoline launch appeared. The lure of practical use outweighed higher cash value, demonstrating a barter ethic where desire drives exchange rather than fixed prices. The trader ultimately exchanged the head for the launch, paddled away, and remained indifferent to future loss.
In a courtroom exchange the lawyer and the opposition clash as the chair questions the witness age
A quip shows a wife telling her husband there is much iron in his system because he loses his temper when he cannot forgive others. The punchline notes that every man needs forgiveness, implying self-critique of temper and bridges burnt by anger.
A brief dialogue suggests a method to judge a woman's character by how she observes other women’s noses. The exchange notes that some women study others at such moments, revealing traits or flaws. The piece reflects period notions of appearance and social judgment.
A fragment quoting Sir Joshua Reynolds on the value of steady industry and the slow, barely observable progress toward benefits, likened to the hands of a clock advancing inch by inch yet unseen.
A Washington Star playful remark notes the picturesque Scots attire and jokes about its practicality, claiming the outfit is economical as it spares a man the bother of pressed trousers.
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