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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1937

Page

7

O Conor Endorsed In Two More Counties

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Herbert R. OConor gains petitions pledging county convention votes from Howard and St. Marys. Howard County's 278 signers include state and local officials and well known Democrats. St. Marys listings feature J G Nuthal and other county leaders backing OConor. Other local leaders across multiple towns aligned with the slate.

Herbert R.o’conor Howard St. Mary’s O’conor State Central Committee Howard County Democratic Party Howard Bruce Maryland Joseph L. Donovan Frank Shipley Raymond L. Pickett Register of Wills H. Grafton Penny Robert H. Mercer C. Ferdinand Sybert Jerome A. Loughran Charles Carroll, Jr House of Delegates Daniel H. Gaither Board County Commissioners DeWilton Parlett John Hardy Humphrey D. Wolfe Edwin Warfield, Jr Daily Record Howard T. Downs Charles Downs Isaac H. Taylor P. A. Sybert Murray Talbott Stanley P. Harman William L. Hasting George L. Gardiner W. P. Maloney A. V. Weaver Eureka-Maryland Assurance Corporation Milton W. Baxley Mortimer D. Crapster Philip H. Dorsey, Jr Democratic State Central Committee St. Mary’s County Adam T. Wible St. Mary's County Charles A. Heard Henry Camalier B. Harris Camalier Board of County Commissioners George B. Cecil Peter H. Thompson M. C. Thompson Board of Supervisors of Elections Mr. O’conor James C. Johnson Morganza J. A. Norris Great Mills H. W. Hewitt Valley Lee Roy Guyther Mechanicsville T. King Clarke California John A. Cecil James H. Roach Ridge B. F. Herbert Dynard W. H. Mattingly Abell John F. Gardiner Leonardtown Gilbert Hooper Stanley L. Raley St. Inigoes Johnson Mattingly

First American Librarian Timothee Pomethe Revealed

Curiosa Americana recounts Timothee Pomethe, a French Huguenot refugee who learned printing in Holland and moved to Philadelphia. Hired by Benjamin Franklin, he helped establish the Junto era’s first public library with scheduled hours for subscribers and civil gentlemen's access. He later Americanized his name to Timothy, moved to Charleston, and built a leading Carolina Gazette printing shop.

Loula ‘Mmothee France Holland Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin Franklin Niame United States Timothee Charleston S. C Carolina Gazette South Western Newspaper Union

Stockings in Elizabethan England and a Patent Promise

In Queen Bess's reign English ladies wore little hosiery as skirts were long and shoe protection mattered less. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the knitting industry thrived and a Sunday wearing law emerged. Rev William Lee invented a woolen stocking machine, gifting a pair to Elizabeth I but she refused a patent over unemployment fears, delaying silk hose patent and prompting Lee to seek France.

Bess England Cleveland Plain Dealer Elizabeth William Lee Nottingham Lee France

World languages count 2790 says Academie Francaise

Paris correspondent notes 2790 languages exist, making six language fluency seem small next to vast linguistic diversity. Cardinal Mezzofanti is cited as a top polyglot with knowledge of about 60 languages and acquaintance with over 100. Byron called him a walking polyglot and a master of many tongues. He reportedly spoke French in both Parisian and provincial forms and could switch to German dialects and Dresden’s classic vocabulary.

Academie Fran‘caise Paris Cardinal Mezzofanti Byron Faubourg St. Germain Toulouse Black Forest Dresden

Cloth use traced to traditional practice in China

Historical note describes cloth adoption evolving from a custom where women carried children in fiber nets, reflecting how practical nurturing practices influenced textile usage and cultural adoption.

Satan Gets Credit in Temptation Tale

Uncle Eben asserts that Satan gets credit for temptation because some men yield to their own impulses without interference. The remark frames a moral view on vice and responsibility in a colloquial voice.

Satan Eben

And March Marches On Traditions And Superstitions

A concise note on March as a month steeped in tradition from Julius Caesar to the Roman ides. It recalls March as the Roman calendar start, England’s 1752 calendar reform, Mars’s link, March winds, and the proverb if it comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb. It also mentions the March hare and March beer lore.

March Julius Caesar Caesar Europe England

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