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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1929
Page
8
Doris and Jim visit Marys lavish home and dream of a more splendid life. Doris worries Jim will never be satisfied with their modest house while he pines for the high living Mary offers. Their memories linger on their worn sofa, burned desk, and plan to improve what they have together.
Doris revels in their own home after returning from the market. She orchestrates a cozy fricassee and dumplings dinner, praising their self-made decor and shared ownership. Jim, amused and touched, admires the living room scene and its prewar simplicity.
Detroit News notes that the story of the widow and her daughter forced to stay under an oak in a Washington DC camp grew into a legend about the Widows Mite tract of 1714 acres. Wills show no Indians living in the area at the time, and the tale lacks solid foundation. Undoubtedly an initial incident spawned the enduring myth.
The piece explains the nightingale name via Chaucer’s usage in The Summoner and the Friar. It notes the old English gale meant to cry out or exclaim, not sing, linking nightingale to a yell or shout rather than melody.
A dated quotation from E. W. Howe's Monthly declares that the fiercest punishment is contempt from neighbors, society, and family. It argues that most men who fail morally feel this sting, while a few comforts in life come to those who behave and “get along.”
The article contrasts Mysore India blankets praised for fineness with Real Navajo blankets made of wool by Navajo artisans in New Mexico. It notes size three yards square, a rolled blanket can pass through a bamboo rod, and highlights durability and handmade weaving.
Nickel plated articles are polished by a centrifugal machine spinning at high speed. Heated air is blown through a basket to brighten tarnished items in minutes. Wet metal fresh from the bath dries and polishes simultaneously.
In summer when elvers in South Africa dry up, mudfish build small nests in mud and wait for the river to flood again. Clods of mud containing the five fish can be dug up.
The station at Oodnadatta in Australia is described as the least trafficked in the empire with only one train every two weeks.
Quote from the Detroit News suggests a need for a fast golf fairway with a downhill slope and a deep groove through the middle. The remark highlights preferences for course design and playing conditions.
A Detroit News note recounts Martha the Syrian, famed as a clever seeress in antiquity. Plutarch records her meeting with the Roman senate, later advising General Calus Marlus. She foretold gladiator outcomes, was paraded before troops in a purple robe, and her predictions boosted soldier confidence and claimed victories.
The text notes that the term room can exclude certain listed spaces under different interpretations. It cites Versailles battle gallery at 804 feet by 43 feet, Versailles glass gallery at 235 by 35 by 42, Vatican Library great hall at 220 feet, and Vatican Galleria Lapideria at 700 feet, illustrating size variation across grand interiors.
Jenny Lind’s American tour with P. T. Barnum exposed harsh rail conditions. To ease the journey officials removed seats from a coach and added chairs couches and tables to create a parlor car. The witty remark led to the modern Pullman parlor car era.
The text traces the origin of alumni associations to Williams College in 1821. It notes their social beginnings, reuniting former classmates, then their growth into groups that sustain school interest and, in some cases, provide funding for colleges.
A reflective quote stressing loyalty as essential to friendship and personal integrity. The speaker asserts that loyalty is foundational to trustworthiness and a key necessity for success, noting it should be given to others and oneself.
The excerpt extols Italy as a timeless cradle of art and letters. It links Dante Renan Petrarch Byron and Childe Harold to a landscape of Rome Assisi Este and the Brenta valleys and celebrates Michelangelo Raphael and the broader Renaissance.
The senior partner visits the outer office where seven men await, each bidding him good morning. The junior explains the firm advertised for an efficient clerk, and the plan is to let the brightest among them outsmart the rest to secure the job.
The Literary Digest defines passing the buck as shifting responsibility in card play or on a table, where a reminder of a player's turn is moved to the next dealer. This concise note clarifies the origin of the common expression.
The piece argues that while volcanoes are destructive, every nation has a outspoken statesman who causes more harm. Atchison Glebe is cited as a prime example of such a dangerous figure.
In Equity Chy 2736 the Circuit Court of Caroline County orders the sale reported by W Brewster Deen Assignee to be ratified and confirmed unless shown otherwise by February 14. A copy of the order must be published in a Caroline County newspaper for four consecutive weeks before January 14. The sale amount reported is 155.00.
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