19 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1921
Page
1
Kemp Newnam asserts there is only one Victrola and urges buying from any Victor dealer but emphasizes that future service differs by dealer. He claims honest dealing and frank statements establish confidence in the house you trade with.
A con man recounts wheeling a fortune wheel at a rustic county fair. He bribes officials, charms the crowd, and triggers a balloon stunt gone wrong. When a police chief intervenes, the escape escalates to a dangerous rope-cut and a dramatic crash landing at a camp meeting, ending with a stolen wallet and luckless loot.
The court jest er Yakov Burgenev was to marry the sexton’s daughter. At the czars command the bride and groom rode to church in the czars velvet coach as a procession of high dignitaries followed on oxen and other odd beasts. Many wore extravagant robes while others wore sackcloth and catskin outfits with straw shoes, creating a bizarre spectacle.
The article debunks famed legends and misattributed tales from various eras. It challenges claims about Damascus blades, Seneca, St Bartholomew, the Meelstrom, Horatius, Pitt, Alfred the Great, the Hanging Gardens, Pocahontas, Hannibal, and other well known stories, labeling them as myths or inaccuracies.
A South Africa correspondent reports large apes raiding coffee plantations and guarding shrubs with tempting fruit. A baboon hurls young apes at wasp nests while others cry out in pain, and the old ape continues to feast, tossing fruit to nearby females and youngsters as Youth's Companion notes.
Harrisburg inventor Richard Roeschel proposes a chemical defense for banks a glass tube battery to release tear gas or benzyl iodide when a vault is blasted. Tubes can be built into vault gates or made portable for night use and daytime removal. A blast would rupture the tubes releasing gas to deter robbers.
The centenary of photography highlights how quickly a single invention shaped civilization. From Niepce’s 1820 crude silver-plate impression to Daguerre’s 1830 breakthrough and the daguerreotype becoming common by 1850, the medium’s evolution mirrors society’s swift progress from still images to motion pictures.
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