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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1925
Page
6
Lizzie Bangs, eager for an auto to keep up with neighbors, creeps under a fence, steals a car during a suspected burglary, and speeds toward the Norwich-Darrow farm where Ned Darrow sits writing by lamplight, hoping to avert trouble and secure a reunion.
Lizzie and Ned pursue two robbers at their home as they flee in a stolen automobile. Ned fires a warning shot, the spark key is recovered, and the couple quells the danger. The incident ends with Lizzie keeping the car, Ned remaining her lover, and Olive Bellows’ involvement noted.
Sixty years ago two men rose to five miles in a balloon and the ascent set long records. In 1902 a French meteorologist began releasing self registering balloons with thermometers to study upper air temperatures. Balloons up to 46 000 feet and pilot balloons to 82 000 feet revealed strong upper wind currents and odd coldest regions over the equator reaching 119 degrees below zero at about 12 miles up.
In a note from Rehoboth Sunday Herald a caller recalls a social clash as a woman laments modern leisure. Her daughter loves music and is not married, while the mother and father argue that past generations enjoyed more company and marriages, prompting a sharp retort.
The text explains that handwriting reflects a person’s trade. It notes opticians, poultry breeders, dog breeders, and pig breeders show their interests in their letters. The claim is that skilled readers can identify occupation from handwriting without training.
An English traveler staying at a Scottish parish farmhouse is urged by his landlord to take a gun to the hill and shoot. Crossing a lane he meets a schoolboy who, on being asked what to shoot, points to a man approaching and says the skalemaltster is coming over the hill.
Pathiluder Magazine notes that blue books in England are official reports or crown publications for Parliament, named for their blue wrappers. It also says the term applies to directories with government employees’ names and addresses and to society directories.
The Cassville Wisconsin post master, June 25, 1852, wrote Good Morning Edward across a stamp upon recognizing the addressee as a personal friend. This rare cancellation stands out as one of the most original stamps ever used on U S mail.
Popular Science Monthly says weathering or alkali staining can be removed with oxalic acid dissolved in water to cream consistency. Apply warm, wash off with clean water, then sponge the surface with vinegar.
A McClure Syndicate piece explains a New England superstition that a girl sewing a button on a bachelor’s coat implies their union within a year. The article outlines sympathetic magic, knots, and the tying of fate, noting the timing is often implied rather than stated.
E Alexander Powell notes Madagascar hosts little large land mammals today, but once housed giant reptiles and a wingless bird. Fossil records show 50 foot lizards and a bird like a colossal ostrich, with sepyornis eye fossils found near Fort Dauphin used by locals for water carrying.
Hardy Redwood Nature endows redwoods with natural preservation that prevents decay and rot for centuries. Even fallen or uprooted trees show long life rings. a 1,000 year old standing tree beneath a fallen giant remained sound. The log's rings indicate about 600 years at fall, yet it remained healthy. Kreolite News.
An Australian barrister recalls a black defendant in a country town charged with theft. The solicitor seeks to have the man testify in his own defense. The magistrate, unsure of the oath, tests Jacky who jokes that truth will cost them the case, while deceit might keep him safe.
A man, urged by friends to witness a tiger shooting, hides in a night thicket. The plan hinges on sighting the tiger between its eyes, as if struck by lightning, but he returns with a grim tale of clever beasts traveling in pairs with one eye closed, leaving him with none killed.
In a Vancouver Province clipping a professional seance recounts a new member, an Oldham pigeon funder, contacting his recently departed father in law who proclaims himself an angel. The son in law questions the wings and measures as if in a quip about the afterlife.
Nature Magazine notes sagittaria as the best plant for squarium purposes. For a 9 by 15 by 10 inch aquarium, start with about a dozen well rooted plants in course sand or grit 1.5 to 2 inches deep.
An older advertisement promotes Donan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic for weak kidneys and associated ailments. It cites a Denton claimant, F C Brown, who says the pills cured his back pain and kidney attacks, then notes long-term kidney stability and a 60 cent price. Foster Eileen Co. of Buffalo is listed as manufacturer.
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