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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1925
Page
3
F A Walker extols great-hearted individuals as constant sources of sunlight and cheer. They act selflessly, seeking no praise and bringing peace, mercy, and guidance to others. Their influence shines even from humble lives, leaving lasting, luminous memories.
John Burroughs warns that two dangers threaten us with time: becoming hard and conventional or lax and disorganized. He argues that love, sympathy, and active giving to a worthy cause preserve the heart and keep happiness and power alive.
Copper and copper alloy objects appear in Egypt’s prehistoric remains dating to 8800 to 4700 B C, in Asia Minor around 8000 B C, and in China about 2500 B C. Remains from the Alycenean, Phoenician, Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations (1180 to 600 B C) show a variety of copper and bronze items.
A 1617 Venice Jewess rose to fame for chess skill. Children under fourteen were allowed to learn chess to sharpen intellect. Mendelssohn adored the game and cemented ties with Lessing over chess. He reportedly said chess is too earnest for a game, too much of a game to be a pastime.
Encourages brisk daily walks even brief ones to avoid being a shut-in. Highlights regular activity for physical and mental benefits with uplifting tone.
A hostess leaves her immaculate apartment to her brother and a bachelor friend for two weeks. A series of humorous labeled notes reveals mischief: towels for baths, warnings not to drink from washbow, gloves not for street wear, a tub for water only, and other cheeky tags throughout the bathroom and kitchen. The Boston Transcript recounts the comic domestic exploration.
The article recounts Basque as a hard tongue for learners, set in Eskuarian Basque territory in France. It notes exotic village and family names, ancient eastern echoes, and a sixfold noun system with twelve cases plus four conjugation forms depending on listener.
An observant bystander in the Altamount Times compares crowds to ants. He recalls kicking an ant hill as a boy to watch ants swarm and move in random directions, noting no definite destination. He sees the same lack of purpose in people on the street, whether on foot or in automobiles.
Faith Green visits Polly and Molly on their model farm and asks sharp, sometimes foolish questions about calves, winter hornets, and politics. Her persistent interrogations strain friendships, reveal engagement news, and test the idea that curiosity grows with age.
Jardin L Acclimatation de Paris experiments cited by the Medical Journal and Record claim flowers reveal distress nearly as quickly as people. The study notes blossoms droop when paired, yet regain freshness after separation, illustrating plant responses to association.
The article discusses how tactile reading, a key aid for the blind, fatigues quickly. It cites Charles MaGee Adams noting two hours as a practical limit, explains touch as a motor sense requiring movement, and highlights bounds set by reach and the impracticality of touching hot or moving objects.
An Irish correspondent recounts a tall tale about a hunter who shoots a grouse perched on a wall while alone on a winter moor. After firing twelve times, the shooter finds twelve dead grouse on the far side, revealing a covey’s sentry chain and a trickster bird at play.
A teenage narrator recalls a crowded streetcar ride to a picnic at age seventeen. A conductor opens a doorway and a flood of fried chicken pours into the car, wings and drumsticks tumbling past passengers. A motherly woman drolly remarks, revealing the narrator’s embarrassment.
The article traces Z from a duck drawing in Egyptian picture writing to hieratic form then to Greek and Latin alphabets. It notes Z as seventh letter with Phoenicians and Greeks, its Latin removal in the third century BC, and its later restoration by Romans where it remained at the end of the procession.
A six year old, Dorothy, recalls bringing home a Sunday school text. Her mother notices the ad and Dorothy shrugs saying it’s “only an ad about heaven.” The anecdote highlights family ties to advertising and a child’s innocent remark.
The American hen dominates egg supply for home use and export, while Chinese imports dwindle after tariff changes. In 1914 to 1922 imports rose then fell sharply by 1922, with 23.71 million dozen imported last year. US production supports domestic need and shells fetch higher prices than Chinese dried eggs.
Daysey Mayme Appleton faced a four week smallpox quarantine after a visit from health officers when entertaining her steady. Her mother’s remarks about his soul prevented a proposal. Mrs Lysander John Appleton criticizes family surgery ideas and recalls ancestral spoons.
The quoted line by Charles Buxton reflects on forgiveness of injury and longing to meet someone who forgives an insult. It frames forgiveness as a noble aim linking personal growth and social harmony.
A short quotation emphasizes that simple human pity is more healthful than wisdom, suggesting pity endures where knowledge may falter. The line cites George Ellot as the source, framing a timeless reflection on compassion over intellect.
A cliff collapse near Byblos Syria exposed a rock cut tomb over four millennia old with a gigantic sarcophagus and a unique lid. A second small tomb and many grave goods including bronze or gold lamp silver vases obsidian goblet and ivory plaques were also found.
English cider tradition is celebrated by John Phillips praising Hereford cider as superior to foreign vintages. The era recalls the Earl of Manchester’s French liaisons and the West Country ritual Griggling where boys steal apples then report to the farm and a fable warns of rude robbers while the farmer’s wife serves cider to protect the harvest for another year.
In a discussion on what helps men succeed in life, one young man argues Jones will make his way by willpower, while another counters Brown has the advantage of an uncle's will backing him. The exchange highlights belief in personal drive versus inherited fortune.
Advertises Kemp's Dalsam a traditional remedy for children's coughs. Claims to soothe the throat and prevent progression to croup and systemic illness. Priced at 30 cents at all stores.
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