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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1923
Page
4
A lesson on Zacchaeus from Luke 19 1 10 focusing on Jesus seeking the saved and the tax collector's conversion. Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus, Jesus welcomes him, and the crowd objects. Zacchaeus repents and donates to the poor, and Jesus declares salvation has come to his house.
The fragment quotes Cicero about friendship and life, noting how withdrawing friendship appears to darken the world as if the sun were taken away. It reflects on the impact of losing close bonds and the loss of warmth and guidance in existence.
A clipped quotation from George Hilot notes that rulers should temper authority with humor. The fragment emphasizes balance between command and leniency in leadership.
William Carl records George Frederick Handel visiting the Bodleian Library in Oxford where a guard shows him objects. Handel is urged to inspect a rare old book and is told of a concert last evening in the hall by a man named Handel that did not amount to much.
In the tense aftermath Briffeur is slain as he nears testimony. Bartley and the district attorney debate whether the chauffeur pointed to the killer before dying. Bartley suggests Briffeur knew Slyke’s killer and tried to name him. The DA probes if Briffeur himself may have killed Slyke.
Bamsey assigned work and I waited to dine until others finished. While eating, Qurrie entered the dining room and sat beside me. The murder had drained life from him, the first time he faced a crime this closely. We spoke about the affair for a while.
Pelt and Bartley conjecture the murder was to silence Briffeur and study the knife with scratched circles as a subconscious lure. They trace Slyke’s whisky dealings through Miss Potter and the chauffeur, consider a house killer, and plan a seance while a telegram ties New York to the case. Bartley reveals he knows Briffeur’s killer but cannot prove it.
Canadian astronomers plan a 120 inch telescope on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Ground and polish work will take five to six years after casting. It will illuminate stars 800000 times brighter than seen with the naked eye and could reveal about 400 million stars, surpassing any current telescope.
The term El Dorado derives from Spanish for the gilded one. It describes a mythic king doused in gold dust, a legendary city of immense wealth, and a country rich beyond reason. The tale fueled Spaniards to seek vast riches, often at great cost, and the name now ties to a California county and a Colorado city.
A man and wife, warned of dangers, ventured between Broome and Wyndham in a private trip. They encountered native communities that were wary but not hostile and formed intimate relations. They describe unusual domestic life with elder tribesmen controlling young women and older warriors with multiple young wives, while young men married older women.
Senator David Rice Atchison of Missouri, then president pro tempore, is noted as having been president for one day when Zachary Taylor was not sworn in until March 5, 1849. Polk and Dallas’ terms ended by midnight, and Atchison joked about his fleeting claim, though no salary is recorded.
The excerpt warns that relentless pursuit of wealth leads to loneliness and ruin. It argues eternal vigilance is needed, otherwise selfish ambition empties home and heart as friends drift away, love fades, and strangers reside in a hollow life during winter and age.
The three Gulanas share flat swampy coasts with fertile soils. Inland rise undulating savannas to mountains and dense forests. Rich vegetation supports sugar coffee rice cocoa fruit and timber rubber oils balsams gums tonka beans and nuts. Birds display brilliant plumage. Gold and diamonds are produced.
In South Kensington, London, the very engine that powered Comet, the first passenger steamboat seen in European waters, is on display.
Quote from George MacDonald about each generation seeking and finding for itself. The passage contrasts a father’s discovery with a child’s ongoing quest, framed as a universal reflection on parental guidance and self determination across generations.
A Brookville Record item laments that women refuse housework for $15 weekly yet will marry for money, reflecting social tensions over gender roles and labor expectations in the era.
A compact quotation from the Arkansas Gazette asserts that patience tests hunger as all things come to those who wait. The line reflects a local newspaper voice on perseverance and consequence.
In Equity Chy No 2220 the Circuit Court for Caroline County orders creditors of W Lee Poore to file claims with vouchers in the clerk's office by April 6 1923. A copy is to be published in a Caroline County newspaper once weekly for four weeks before March 6 1923. Lewin W Wickes judge. True copy, Geo A Deakyne clerk.
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