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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1923
Page
4
A Sunday lesson notes Jesus on the Sabbath healing a bowed woman, opposing Pharisee ritualism. It contrasts mercy with strict law, urging believers to imitate Jesus by teaching and aiding the needy, stressing human worth over ritual. The ruler’s indignation is shown as hypocrisy.
The article extols the home anchored by the family altar as the source of a new religious life. It argues that prayer teaches reliance on good over evil and truth over falsehood. It asserts that prayer is the world s sole weapon to overcome evil.
A brief quotation from Ecclesiastes 7 12 emphasizes that while defense comes from wisdom and money, the supreme value lies in knowledge which sustains and enriches those who possess it. The verse highlights wisdom as a protective and life enriching virtue.
A saying from Washington Burn that a saint is one who brings the sense of God's nearness to others.
A compact mnemonic recalling St Bernard counsel that progress requires shedding inward doubts and retreating from self emphasis to achieve higher aims. The line frames a philosophy of growth through disciplined detachment and focused effort.
Henry James compares Byrne Jones to a studio life, praising his distinct artistry. He notes the artworks create vivid impressions constrained indoors, producing beautiful but increasingly abstract results. James admires his avoidance of vulgarization and claims he stands as England's most distinguished artistic figure today.
A sermon on 2 Corinthians 11 3 warns that Satan corrupts Christian minds through false science and philosophy. It contrasts true righteousness by faith in Christ with cheap substitutes and stresses renewing the mind by Scripture, helmet of salvation, and personal, individual salvation.
The article describes Dutch customs for announcing a newborn by hanging lace on the front door. A girl’s lace uses bright tinsel, a boy’s uses pink. The lace serves as invitation for neighbors to call and bring presents. Visits last several days with men sharing cheers and women drinking coffee in honor.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal features a dialogue about affording a meal and a beggar remark. It ends with a character noting the price of a bens pandwich, reflecting a street or social exchange.
Since 1908 the Phaestos disk found at the palace site in southern Crete has puzzled scholars. A clay 6 inch disk with 45 pictographs spiraling inward may record an unknown script or musical notes. The plumed warrior head appears repeatedly as researchers explore possible meanings.
A dog in Grafton, Australia, helped rescue a man with a badly broken thigh after a horse toppled him. The dog carried the plan by racing home with a coat tied to guide relatives to the injured man, illustrating notable canine problem solving.
The United States yields about 250 million pounds of honey. Bees labor to evaporate nectar from flowers across the season, moving roughly 150 thousand tons of material. Half the honey comes from white clover, with alfalfa and sweet clover next in importance. Other notable sources include cotton, basswood, tulip tree, buckwheat, goldenrod, and mountain sage.
Teddy asks Bobby about sharing pie with a hungry ragged boy. Bobby insists the helper must give from their own pie, not the needy child, revealing a harsh lesson on generosity and responsibility.
A conservative old Indy recalls Mr Ketchum entering fashionable homes despite poor etiquette at the table. She laments lack of tea service and knife and fork skill, while the son-in-law notes his prowess at cutting coupons. The exchange highlights societal priorities over manners.
The chrysanthemum drew English notice in the early 1800s after its introduction, swiftly gaining popularity. A contemporary writer noted it escaped from conservatories and spread across England, filling cottage windows and gardens with autumnal color and globe perfuming charm.
Professor D Brensted and other orientalists argue the Babylonian hanging gardens were roof gardens built on temples princes and dwellings. Egypt reportedly had similar gardens centuries earlier. Greek observers who first saw them described them as hanging gardens and listed them among ancient wonders.
A portion of the Ohio State Journal laments modern music critics using odd jargon like glissands, contrasting it with earlier times when artistry and musicianship defined reviews and criticisms. The piece notes the drift toward casual language and the extra effort once required by reviewers.
Mexico will trial a wireless radio system in its lighthouse network. Two sets are being supplied to test performance before equipping all lighthouses under the department of communications.
Los Angeles Times lampoons paleontologists in a playful piece about duck billed dinosaurs once imagined in the Calgary British Columbia region. The mock history describes primitive beasts with croc like features and oversized sizes, ending with a quip about trading for bones for Exposition Park.
Edward Noble Vallandigham cites a Delaware to Chesapeake Bay transport chapter noting steamboats replacing sailing packets, the 1833 New Castle and Frenchtown line improving old routes, a primitive English locomotive drawing tiny coaches at ten miles per hour, with line hand signals and snake head spikes. The fare started at 3 cents a mile, later 10 cents. each passenger allowed 100 pounds of baggage free.
The Black Death, a severe epidemic causing skin darkening, plagued Asia and Europe. It hit China in 1933-1847, killing about 19 million in its region and 24 million elsewhere, and reached Europe by 1842 with devastating tolls in London and Norwich. In England one third to half of the population perished across various waves, totaling over 30 million European victims in all.
Caroline Ticknor recounts humorous and dubious passages between authors and Ticknor and Fields. A correspondence with Mark Twain shows playful mis-spellings and miscommunications. Twain comments on a failed publisher visit and jokes about assembling a dependable party for the future.
In apice of missionary teachings Samoan men still tattoo their bones from hips to knees. Tattooing is lucrative. tools resemble combs and are made from jinman bones. The process lasts two to three months with the patient secluded. Relatives supply mats, money, and food, but a tattooer may strike until sufficient gifts arrive.
A humorous note from American Legion Weekly portrays Jeff Doakes famed for frugality. An acquaintance jokes that Doakes skipped gifts for his wife’s birthday until he finally relents, spending two dollars on a newspaper birthday ad.
A man escorts his nephew to a film and a child’s remark breaks the suspense. The nephew asks if the hero will kill the cow as he approaches the bull, adding a humorous, candid line that reveals childlike interpretation of action on screen.
A totem signifies the name and emblem of a kinship group within primitive tribes. It is typically an animal or plant that was hunted and exploited by that group, serving as their patrimony and identity.
A historical tale recounts the 1846 land swap involving the Sangre de Christo grant, a vast tract once held by Charles Boublen and now split into the Trinchera and Costilla estates. The story details the mythic scale, the French-Canadian Boublen family, and the Mexican and American governance twists across two generations.
The article discusses why courtesy often fails to appear spontaneously. Fear is blamed as the main cause, making people hesitant to act with genuine goodwill. It suggests fear of arrogance, fear of seeming to curry favor, and fear of overbearing manners suppress courteous behavior.
A dated humorous tale shows a master teaching a footman about sequence tasks. The footman misunderstands orders to lay the table, then later delays by seeking a nurse and misinterpreting the nurse’s sequence as that of professionals. He finally explains his delay by asking doctors and an undertaker to attend.
A doctor received a hamper and a note from his elderly aunt professing affection for data. The note requests euthanizing Tiggles with chloroform, arguing the pet is old and infirm and that mercy should be shown without veterinary consultation.
A terse Richmond Dispatch item notes that Jones married a deaf and dumb woman described as an expert housekeeper whose mother died in infancy. The exchange emphasizes credit for judgment despite the unconventional match.
The Great Wall of China stands as the earth's most impressive landmark. Winding for thousands of miles over mountains and gorges it once defended against northern Mongol hordes.
The daily Wise Word notes Cornelia Stratton Parker reflecting that the world is full of the unexplored and that those who value people over places discover new around every corner, a world once only dreamt of.
The passage extols toil done with heart and best effort, asserting that quality rises from sincere effort regardless of skill, echoing Ruskin’s belief that true value lies in the spirit of work rather than mere price or status.
A reflective meditation on learning life as an art form requiring lifelong patience. The quote suggests that years of personal growth are brief and that mastery comes only through enduring effort and steady practice. Henry Drummond's viewpoint frames life as a discipline to be patiently cultivated.
A note on the term sweetheart tracing its origin to early literature around the 13th century. The word appears historically in two words and later fused, reflecting evolving usage over time.
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