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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1926
Page
7
Educational article urges equal priority for health and reading in public school curricula. Emphasizes malnutrition dangers and the need for high protein meals, especially for teens, with practical lunch tips using meat sandwiches, evaporated milk, and fresh vegetables.
A Bowdoin College honors Jefferson Davis with an LL D degree in Brunswick Maine, amid debate over motive. The issue prompts questions about political alignment and influence from figures like Franklin Pierce and Leonard Woods as contemporaries weigh Davis' national roles as senator and former secretary of war.
The ermine, a weasel family member eight inches long with a three inch tail, is valued for its seasonal coat switch from brown in summer to white in winter and the striking black tail. imitators like white rabbit and conies appear. Chinese and Japanese weasels provide cheap champagne colored coats dyed easily.
An old-timer recalls a curious incident near Fort Meade in South Dakota when unloading gunpowder from a freight wagon. After a distracted moment, he dropped a match into the wagon, causing much of the powder to burn before he could throw it out.
Selma is a Celtic favored name meaning fair and tied to beauty in Selma’s cultural use. The article notes its adoption across Ireland Scotland England and the Bible and Dutch references, with Southern appeal tied to femininity and vocal ease in Dixie. It mentions many Southern women named Selma and towns bearing the name, concluding with Selma as a talisman of charm and a Monday lucky day per Wheeler Syndicate.
The American Tree Association notes red oaks turn later than most hardwoods and display striking autumn colors. Leaves shift from deep green to rich red against a yellow background, with scarlet oak hues especially notable for their vivid display.
Valerie signifies healthy, adopted by aristocrats in Rome and Europe. The name Valeria links to Sabine gens and Coriolanus history. Valerie spread to France and England with Valentina forms like Visconti, wife of Orleans duke, noted in a corrupt court. Ruby gem protects courage, wealth, and warding evil. Tuesday is Valerie's lucky day, number unknown.
This piece traces the name Betsey through history and legend from Elisavetta and Harald Hardrada to Betsey Ros and Betsey Patterson. It notes name origins from Elizabeth variants and claims the ruby as Betsey’s talismanic gem, with Wednesday as a lucky day and a favored number.
The text explains tides in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico, noting minor tides in the former and two to four feet in the latter. It defines a delta as an alluvial plain built by river deposits, detailing how deltas grow as sediments settle. It cites the Ganges Brahmaputra delta, Nile delta, and Mississippi delta growth rates and sizes.
At a British Ornithologists' Club gathering Mr A L Butler showed a Trinidad nest that was a hollow in a rotted sapling. The egg lay in a stump cavity with the bird upright, head and neck extended, tail against the stump. The species appears to favor erect sitting on similar stumps, incubating or not.
The temple of Diana at Ephesus, one of the seven wonders, stood in ancient Asia Minor. Built at shared cost by Asiatic states, it took about 220 years to complete. The second temple, where St. Paul lived, was burned in 256 A.D., later excavated in 1869, and parts moved to the British Museum.
Antoine Galland, born 1646, translated The Thousand and One Nights and introduced Arabian tales to the West. He served as attache in Constantinople and studied Eastern literature, gaining knowledge of Bagdad’s golden age under Haroun al Rasid. His Mille et une Nuits appeared in 1704, making Galland a premier Orientalist and shaping Western fascination with the tales.
The Meht effect claims plants grow via energy from a substance in leaves. Moonlight polarized light supposedly travels directional vibrations through ether, unlike sun vibrations which spread omnidirectionally. Certain plants like cucumbers reportedly benefit, with artificial polarization tested in experiments.
The earliest American highways were built by the Peruvians and Incas, with a Quito to Cuzco road 25 feet wide, stone pavements, and stone retaining walls. Other South and Central American peoples built similar routes, while a 1604 New York proclamation details highway clearing and bridge maintenance practices.
An editorial muses on how many successful Americans rose from poverty, arguing that starting poor is common yet resilience and hustle drive riches. It notes poverty as an asset only through effort, quoting a speaker named Thomas Cat from Arkansas to illustrate the point.
A Chicago film advertising salesman claimed to be the world's greatest, but after a week with no orders he sent a telegram insisting he was not the best. He stated the real greatest salesman is the one who gets you to buy these goods, after being given three ties to sell in the West.
The Bureau of Standards explains cork buoyancy depends on body composition. If a body is as heavy as water and 25 pounds of the 150 pounds are out of water, such as head and shoulders, about six pounds ten ounces of cork can support the body.
The text traces the De Pauw surname from its French Pau origin through Flemish and Dutch ties, noting Michael de Pau or De Pauw in the Dutch West India Company and Cornelius de Pauw under Frederick the Great. It connects Charles de Pauw to the Indiana college founder and compares the blood name to Welsh roots Ap Llyod meaning son of Llŷr and discusses NEACON and Dakin as possible derivations.
The Elmira Advertiser notes the overlooked history of dentistry in pioneer days. It contrasts modern dental science with the rough care available to early settlers and forefathers in European communities, highlighting how infection and disease limited life expectancy compared with today.
A Prince-ton University student has invented a compact machine that relates facts about life expectancy to insure mortality. It computes factors such as daily chocolate consumption, yearly illness duration, and average blood pressure to aid insurance tables, though analysts warn it won’t replace seasoned actuaries. The device mimics older betting aids yet promises a practical check on actuarial estimates, as noted in Nation’s Business Magazine.
A theater manager rehearses a mob scene for a new play and demands fur overcoats for Russia. An actor lacks a fur coat and is barred from going on. He arrives later wearing only two layers of underwear, prompting a repeat of the instruction.
Smithsonian notes South American curare did not extend to Mexico and reliable data on Aztec poisons is scarce. Some say arrows were dipped in agave leaf sap, though species are unnamed. Aztecs were skilled in plant lore and could have made arrows notably painful beyond the wound.
New extinguishers use carbon dioxide to smother fires by displacing air and oxygen. The system aims to prevent water damage and handle fires in cargo holds, switchboards, and slips where traditional methods fail.
Six Bell system staffers receive Theodore N. Vail Memorial gold medals for notable public service. Recipients include Miss Ruth Cleveland Cook and Lloyd Atkins. honors honor flood rescues, line repairs, and continued telephone service during disasters in 1920s era incidents across Piedmont, Cheyenne, Pueblo, Guthrie, and Washington.
The article notes telephone use grew from three conversations per person per year in 1900 to about sixteen per month in 1928, a rate exceeding population growth. Even with population rise, average usage per person remains roughly fifteen times higher than in 1900, indicating rapid adoption and frequent daily communication across the United States.
Washington’s Capitol central office serves the House Senate and Supreme Court with a private branch exchange. Harriet G. Daley leads the operation as 16 positions handle 27,000 daily calls, expanding toward 3,000 telephones and 2,000 trunk lines.
Saint Barbara, famed medieval saint, reportedly daughter of four heathen chiefs, resisted pagan control and embraced Christianity. Her legend tells of hiding a church bath and a shrine to the Trinity, provoking her father Dioscoaris to have her executed by beheading.
A cavern system near Ingleton England has been found by two travelers who entered a narrow slit in the rock. They passed through a river and crystal caves with orange and white stalactite curtains and cascades of clear water in forty chambers. The site is named White Scar cavern.
The Tifton Gazette reports that Printer's Ink markets merchandise as moving faster than any agency. Public today books for printed messages, hailed as the easiest, best, and modern way of selling and telling.
Sir Robert Knollys, an Englishman, commanded the Great Company of mercenaries that terrorized parts of France in the mid fourteenth century. He later joined the Black Prince.
A brief philosophical remark on power as something built slowly through steady, deliberate effort rather than instant declaration. It emphasizes gradual improvement and disciplined practice to achieve concrete aims.
The expression Jumping the broom is traced to an old gypsy superstition said to ward off evil influence by literally leaping over a broom. The note links the phrase to protective ritual practice within a historical gypsy context.
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