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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1925
Page
3
The essay reflects on moments when a person seeks nobler manhood or womanhood prompted by loved ones wisdom storms or sudden insight. It weighs doubt guilt and pride while urging courage and faith to persevere toward loftier hopes despite failures and temptations.
The tale from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph reports Elsie Simpson visiting Eb Simpson’s farm to meet the cats and kittens. Eb, stiff with rheumatism, defends his upbringing of the animals while addressing comments about the visit and the kittens’ colors.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that no water soluble substance carries an odor until the substance itself floats in air. It cites garden after rain as proof, and mentions squid vapor and eau de cologne failing to be recognized by the nose, illustrating the curious nature of smell.
A canvasser visits Mrs Higgins selling a burglar alarm. She resents the neighboring talk and challenges the claim that nothing is worth stealing. She demands three alarms as the door remains ajar.
The article argues that humans retain a long primitive instep bone while body size grew, suggesting early humans stood erect despite small stature. It notes that heel and foot use existed before large bodies, implying the original humans were short yet upright. The piece links this to ape-like bipeds and overall human development.
The couple debates a grand ceremony and a honeymoon in France with sea travel. He reassures with love, she fears seasickness and questions the return trip, set in a mid 20th century London tabloid tone.
Solomon’s cave near Jerusalem in Judea hills reveals an ancient quarry used to build the temple. Writers note the temple’s foundation ties to Masonry, with echoes of the builders’ secretive craft and international links aided by Tyre and Phoenician architects. Diocletian’s era sparked attacks on religious orders pushing Builders into secrecy in caves.
In 1695 Jacques Cartier described an island near the St. Lawrence where a fortified village of about 1,500 Indigenous people lived. He climbed a western mountain naming it Mont Royal, from which the area now known as Montreal derives its name. The old Hoche Inga name survives in a city ward.
After the 1904 St Louis exposition a pygmy exhibited there was stranded in New York and found work in a Coney Island restaurant. He later tended a monkey cage at the zoo, was promoted, and a sign labeling him a Homo sapiens drew public outrage from the New York Times and negro welfare groups. He was discharged and eventually killed himself.
The Javanese are praised for a deep love of music with instruments like the gamelan and ankling. Gamelan forms a native orchestra of gongs in cadenced melodies, while ankling provides a sprightly rhythm. Music accompanies open-air entertainments where old island stories are told, and the people excel in copper and gold work though they rely on imported raw materials.
Bees in tight clusters form a 57 degree insulation sphere, turning on the heat inside their apartment like hives. Inner bees move and flap to generate warmth while outer bees stay still to hold the insulating shell, creating up to 75 degree difference just inches apart. This self exertion costs American beekeepers thousands annually.
Leonard Fienning of London Mall discusses humans and animals, praising animal love especially maternal devotion. He notes dogs looking humans in the eye and mothers protecting offspring, citing examples from his farm where a mare and her foal, a sister mare, and a cow with its calf display bonding and self sacrifice.
The Jamaica article describes an odd fishing method used by Black Jamaicans. By night they beat the water with a wooden club to frighten fish upward into the boat, catching red snapper weighing two to five pounds from shoals, while mullet are netted from the surface off the Florida coast.
A humorous essay exploring marriage, flirtations, and male vanity by Helen Howland. It contrasts a bachelor’s freedom with a wife’s subtler tactics, noting how photographs affect perception and the lure of simple truths over artful deceit in love and life.
In Ceylon a man sleeping near the murder scene uttered a startling confession during sleep that supplied police with a crucial clue. Five or six natives had hired an English planter on his estate. Police then arrested the involved men and four others who aided the crime, solving the mystery.
A fragmentary line scene shows Fae Wolf by a door snorting and baring fangs. The narrator quips at the intruder and praises the glittering teeth while pondering a “deatrifice” and the wish to own such teeth.
Chess faced bans in early modern Europe as Rabbis of Cremona denounced all games save chess as evils during a pilogue visitation era and the Frankfort community forbade chess for 14 years after a 1711 fire. Sabbath games used silver chessmen in German practice.
The War department reports that an act of the Continental Congress on July 5, 1776 provided a chaplain for each regiment and increased their allowance to 33 dollars a month. The exact rank of chaplains in the Continental army and whether rank varied among colonies remains unascertained.
F. C. Cornell recounts returning to camp from a prospecting expedition when he encountered Linsell stalked by three leopards. He yelled to scare the beasts, chasing them away until his voice grew hoarse. A camp welcome joked about whisky.
A Senna Roebuck Foundation report, based on USDA data, finds 42 percent blame low farm prices for financial distress, with 17 percent citing high taxes and 11 percent labor costs. Foreclosures rose across 1920s era states, with farmers accounting for a higher share of prewar bankruptcies during deflation.
PathNnder Magazine discusses early envelope history noting 1820s usage in France and England. It cites claims envelopes appeared in 1825, mentions “The walter entered with a small note In an en velope” from Harry Lor requer, and describes early envelopes as dainty, expensive items used by the wealthy and later spread to Britain during 1830s to 1839.
Birds are the most elaborate dressers of the ancient world, bathing with earth, sand, or dust when water is scarce. Many birds, especially kingfishers, are water bathers, diving from branches with open wings and making splashy splashes. The kingfisher also bathes after meals, taking multiple headers daily.
A fragment depicts Maud asking George if he regrets marriage. He denies, claiming he worries about others enjoying options. The exchange hints at insecurity and social pressure in a newly formed union.
Japanese telephone operators called moshimoshi greet callers with the hello, wearing a hokama skirt over coarse white cloth. Sleeves are narrower than a usual kimono and tied below the elbow to keep hands free. Hakama is tied with a front sash, plus white cloth foot covers and straw sandals. No stockings, a custom among Japanese women unless adopting foreign dress.
The article traces the term tarpaulin from a waterproof canvas to the wide brimmed sailor hat, then to sailors themselves called tarpaulins, later shortened to tar. Dickens and others used the term, and "Jack" added to yield Jack Tar. It notes the myth of tar meaning sealing seams is incorrect.
Mr Beanpole cared for the house while Mrs Beanpole was away. He placed the goldfish in the tub and lined the plants under the caves to enter the overflow. Water trickled down the back stairs into the yard, causing plaster damage but leaving the fish and plants flourishing.
A compact reflection on modern life’s overload of duties and pursuits. It argues that constant activity dulls contemplation and imagination, preventing testing and articulating ideals. The passage notes the loss of space for imagination and meaningful inner testing, urging balance.
The Baltimore Sun describes the selection of a hetman as annually chosen from the cos sacks. Cossacks throw their caps at favored candidates during an assembly, and the candidate receiving the most votes is declared elected, contrasting with American hat in ring customs.
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