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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1928
Page
8
Delia Borden faces social judgment as John struggles with work and home decline. After neighbors label him a failure, Delia vows to both find employment and lift their fortunes. She lands a chance helping painter Mr Carter while vowing to prove their resilience.
In a tale of struggle and ambition, Della helps Mr Carter paint porches and blinds, earning her own pay. She returns home proud but exhausted, while John dismisses past neglect and vows to support her with money for clothes and home improvements. The couple faces a turning point as Della seeks independence.
The piece catalogs vivid Oriental newspaper titles from Tunis Egypt Syria and Persia. It notes Tunis papers like the Flower and the Jester, Egypts Star of the East and the Light, Syrians such as the Cedar and the Dawn, and Persias grand list led by the Waning Full Moon and the Sublime Events.
An epigram reflecting on humanity’s perpetual worship of something beyond reach, as the Infinite looms behind the finite. The speaker Cerlyle notes the universal impulse to seek meaning through visible world limits.
Desolate lands near the Caspian once joined the Arctic, now barren plains form the Land of Everlasting Fire. Flames leap after sunset from the plain, with Hesquat temples and fire gods. Fires originate from underground gas. lighting a coal into a ground tube shows flames, unless clay stops ignition.
Noting Katherine’s persistent craving, her mother tries to distract her with a horse, but the child declares she wants the horse to be a mule, revealing a general lament rather than a specific grievance in Ife.
Kansag City Times notes Lucretius, famed Italian poet philosopher, advanced ideas on atoms heat and motion. He argued echoes arise from sound waves not spirits, disease from air, and survival of the fittest, provoking opposition in his era.
A Chicago museum holds a gold pen used by Gen George A Custer to write the first report of gold in the Black Hills. It was given to Col. William F Cody Buffalo Bill who later passed it to Mrs Michael Russell of Deadwood. The Russell collection also features a buckskin coat, a rim fire revolver, and items tied to Wild West shows. The coat came from a Pine Ridge squaw and was worn by Buffalo Bill during European tours before royalty. Other artifacts include an ox yoke from the first bull team to reach the Black Hills a buffalo skull from Custers trail and a hatband worn by Sitting Bull.
Pathfinder Magazine notes that By-Laws islands fascinate yet remain hard to reach. From Kianar to Goат h land in the Baltic, Visby stands out as an ancient city of interest. The term by law arose from towns once widely accepted in trade.
Hygela Magazine quotes Henry S. Nollen president of a major insurer on periodic health surveys. The adviser’s role includes diet regulation personal hygiene and proper use of leisure. It argues such a regimen could improve the high rate of premature deaths from degenerative diseases.
A copy of The Book of the Dead, dating 2,900 years before Moses, is noted as the oldest book. This ritual text was placed in tombs as safe conduct for the soul, with priests often adding supplements detailing the deceased's virtuous deeds.
In a recent divorce hearing the spouses argued over trivialities with the wife described as agreeable while the husband mocked the toast and coffee saying he would have them hot for the wife but not for the ladies, drawing a pointed remark from the judge.
A constable patrolling Blackburn observed a cat near a confectioner shop window seemingly dying. He forced entry and found the animal atop a gas main. Artificial respiration revived it, a new tap was fitted, but days later the cat activated the tap and died. London Math
The artist agreed to paint a portrait of a beautiful young girl in lavender. The mother reconsidered at home and preferred a yellow dress. Days later the girl telephoned the painter to say mother wants her to wear the yellow dress and hopes the paint has not been bought.
Estimates suggest about 10 000 moose are killed in Canada annually. Authorities in various regions believe that even if the toll doubled, natural increase would offset any risk of extinction.
A short note traces the centennial of American vaudeville and highlights Olivier the fuller, a French poet who sang songs at his work. His works, later called Vaudevires, inspired the term vaudeville, and Paris once branded them as lowly provincial, though the name endures as an elegant counterpart to variety.
The cravat derives from a Croatian scarf worn by Croathian merchants that French fashionists adopted. The term comes from cravate with French usage beginning around 1036 and English usage about 1700, while necktie emerged later in 1838. Once both men and women wore cravats, though the feminine form waned. Thackeray’s Vanity Fair notes a young man being handsomely cravat ted.
An English market gardener loses three quarters of a watercress crop as caddis-worms devastate the plants while trout are eaten early by a flock of herons. Normally the chain protects watercress from worms. here the predator sequence collapsed and caused disaster.
The text cites Max von Stephentitz asserting the breed descends from bronze age dogs, challenging the view that wolves significantly contributed to German shepherd origins. It notes some authorities doubt wolf interbreeding ever occurred, or deem it of minor importance.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues that adults and children benefit from newspaper reading. Early literacy develops discernment between important and unimportant content, fostering critical thinking about history, science, and the progress of living.
Mose Parker lies sick under a doctor’s strict sleep and diet rules. After the doctor leaves, he ventriloquizes about restrictions, joking that he must eat breast of chicken every day but cannot leave to fetch it, blaming his wife Mandy for the predicament.
A salesman tours rural Georgia to tout a new lye brand. The old storekeeper listens, then says many brands exist and he will not try the new one, illustrating wary local reception of new goods.
Trustees will offer at public sale in Preston, Maryland, two separate parcels from the estate of Rhoda A. Noble and Sallie N. Andrews. The first includes a Church Grove tract of about seven to eight acres with a six room dwelling and outbuildings on a line of historic deeds dating to 1867. The second parcel, twenty five acres, near the Bridgetown Greensboro road, comprises two tracts with a 2-story five-room dwelling and farm outbuildings. Possession January 1, 1929. taxes apportioned. terms one third cash, balance in six months or all cash. Assignee Wilbert L. Merriken. Auctioneer L. F. Covey.
Barred Rock breeding cockerels for sale from state culled and certified hens bred to pedigreed roosters. March hatch raised on free range. Price two dollars sixty cents each or ten percent discount on lots of five or more. Return in 48 hours if not satisfied. J. 6-10 to Denton Maryland Route 3.
For Sale Late Flat Dutch cabbage plants 100 for $1.00. Landreth seeds. James Good on State road near Burrsville Maryland. June 30, 1981. Public notice note.
The notice requires dog owners six months or older to obtain a license by July 1 each year with fees of 1 dollar for male or spayed dogs 2 dollars for unspayed females and kennel licenses at 10 or 20 dollars. Licenses expire July 1 next year with a small tag on a collar. violations carry fines up to 25 dollars or up to 30 days jail. Baltimore is exempt.
The emerald appears to have been Egypt’s favored gem with ancient mines vast enough to employ hundreds. Richly cut emeralds adorned Cleopatra’s rings bearing her portrait and were given to foreign ambassadors as tokens of favor.
The text urges saving a portion of income to grow wealth and avoid financial distress. It claims thrift shields from creditors, oppression, hunger, and cold, presenting Benjamin Franklin style homely counsel on prudent living and personal finance.
In the Arlington amphitheater the pit seats 5000, gallery 1000, boxes 480, speakers stand 560, totaling 7130. The structure is described as hullé of marhian and east ST aq0aaan.
County commissioners of Caroline County publish a notice that dog licenses are available through James Temple, the county collector. Walter S. Rutter, clerk, directs compliance with the licensing authority. Date shown 6 30 3.
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