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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1926
Page
4
Denton Maryland Saturday morning July 17 1926 details list Benjamin H Johnson as president and treasurer Benjamin Fe Johnson as vice president and secretary. The item was entered at the Denton post office as second class mail matter for Saturday morning publication.
The piece notes limited 1840 to 1860 binder production, then calls attention to the surge of modern farm machinery with significant gains in crop output per agricultural worker between 1910 and 1920. It cites Lloyd S. Tenny of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and mentions a wartime acceleration of mechanization. It also reports rail freight growth in early 1923 and notes the death of former War Secretary John W. Weeks, tied to his business ties with Senator O. E. Weller.
Editorial notes defend Woodrow Wilson and his administration, citing James Cameron’s resignation as chief investigator in the War Trade Action Section. Cameron’s report finds wartime contracts largely free of fraud, countering graft charges that followed Wilson’s presidency. The piece argues for pride in wartime efficiency, urges against discarding hard-won principles, and contrasts rigid ideals with pragmatic enforcement of reforms.
Dr John S Fulton urges Maryland parents to vaccinate children before school. Health exams show two thirds of four to seven year olds lack smallpox scars, with about 10 000 prospective first graders unvaccinated. State law requires vaccination for enrollment. officials stress timely protection.
The Caroline County Federation of Women's Clubs hosts its annual picnic at Choptank Park on Thursday July 29 invites families via Twentieth Century Community Club. Morning event features community singing welcome address by J. F. Spence Prof. C. S. Richardson Camden Del reader Mr. Brown Rhodesdale Warlock tenor soloist and more. Ice cream and beverages offered with summer hat sales by Mrs. Ida Hollingsworth.
An excerpt discusses the Hopi snake dance in August with date varying by shadow position. The ceremony spans nine days, held at Oralbi Hotevilla Walpi Shumgopavi or Mishongnovi, with priests timing the event. Participants catch snakes, perform ritual mummery, and consume potent drink before vomiting over a cliff. Bah.
A British association speaker noted Galilee skulls may resemble horns during life and cited cases of actual horn growth. A Cheshire woman in the Sixteenth century lived as a freak at Char ing Cross with a long horn that shed and regrew. Engravings from 1790 depict Mrs Allen with a single horn.
The term deserts includes Arctic wastes and tundras in some definitions but usually refers to hot dry regions in latitudes with extreme temperatures and scant rainfall. It notes two global belts: the northern Sahara, Libyan, Nubian, Arabian, Persian, Turkestan, Gobi, and Great Basin. and the southern Kalahari, Australian interior, and Atacama in South America.
A high ranking army officer challenged a lieutenant to billiards. The lieutenant, though skilled, kept the score even to prolong the match. As the decisive shot approached, another lieutenant, fearing consequences for his friend, yanked his arm and caused the shot to hit true, letting the lieutenant win.
Change of pictures on walls refreshes a room by altering its scenery. Pictures act as magic windows, opening new fields for imagination and inspiration. Emulating Japanese practice, rotate wall art from time to time to keep the space lively and engaging.
When installing gutters ensure they slope toward the intended drainage path and are supported at frequent intervals. Builders often face rust and decay because gutters are neglected. keeping them clean extends roof drainage life.
Naturalists once believed ants navigated back home by scent along their outbound trail. New evidence suggests ants rely more on a mysterious general sense of direction than on sight or any single sense.
Farmer Fumblegate recalls a clash in town this afternoon near the puble square. A fat young man and a thin old one fought amid tumbling and whacking as bystanders watched. The alleged motive: both men claimed the other cheated him out of two dollars.
A Puritan named Barben inspired the nickname Barebones Parliament after Oliver Cromwell’s rise to power. He summoned 122 men he could control, creating the assembly later ridiculed as Barebone’s Parliament, which was dissolved on December 18, 1653.
A hunter describes a goose hunt where a lone bird veered west, then circling, called back to the flock. The trailing cry and bugles return as the flock reassembles, with elation and a final, dramatic gathering of wild geese drifting southward.
Margaret More, daughter of Sir Thomas More, defied danger during the Reformation era. The tale recalls her night voyage to London Bridge to recover her father’s severed head and bury it in Chelsea, revealing her steadfast loyalty to family and faith.
Old customs linger in London city finances with the lord mayor’s salary paid “in Hen of all ancient fees and emoluments” and a furniture allowance for the Mansion House. The swordbearer, trumpeter, ale conners, and St Paul’s vergers remain listed. Other costs cover parks, cloths for ministers, and entertainment for foreign royalty including a scroll presentation.
The piece notes Sanskrit as the ancient classical tongue of Hindus and the oldest preserved Aryan language. It traces Sanskrit to the Vedas, cites its cessation as a spoken language around the fourth century B C, and claims it influenced Celtic, Graeco Latin, Teutonic, Slavonic, and Persian branches while remaining a sacred classical language for Brahmins.
On the seventy fifth anniversary of BN Nye birth a tablet memorial window and granite monument were unveiled at Fletcher near Asheville. Nye once postmaster at Larniute Wye and wrote a famous letter to President Arthur about his resignation. He mocked postal practices with a witty quip about box rents and delivery windows. An English editor reacted with astonishment at American postmasters antics.
In a New England town an elderly man known as Uncle Lige faced a prayer meeting. Unable to read or write, he boldly commanded the brethren to sing the one thousandth Psalm. After a pause a voice quipped there aren’t that many, to which he replied sing as many as there be.
A village hall lecture exposes gambling as folly with a dramatic right foot stomp on an imagined serpent. The audience remains sober as the speaker vanishes. A small boy then asks, Please, mister have you killed the serpent.
A terse quote contrasts cows with human expressions, noting a strange look in cows that resembles a human female gaze. The remark ends with the assertion that cows do not think, reflecting a humorous, observational tone typical of the publication.
The line contrasts art and religion as outlets for hope amid fire, suggesting art offers escape for the finest souls while religion offers escape for the lower souls, though true escape may be impossible.
A compact quotation on the soul likened to the sun that appears to set at night but truly disperses its light elsewhere, reflecting Goethe’s idea of inner illumination beyond visible hours.
Nature Magazine notes the Boiling Lake at Grande Seufriere in Dominion, West Indies, as its chief feature. Steam clouds mark vents high in the mountains near Troseau, with detonations signaling its close proximity. The six mile distance from the town demands a risky mountain ascent to reach it.
Paris shopkeepers recall shuttering at close but now pull down solid iron curtains. The quaint multi pane windows faded, replaced by heavy shutters with levers, while a few gaslit, cobwebbed remnants linger in remote corners of the city.
The climate is moist and generally unhealthy for foreigners. The coast is low and swampy while vast interior forests yield mahogany and logwood. Over 50,000 acres are cultivated producing fruits and rubber. The colony is run by a governor with executive and legislative council. United States gold currency was adopted as legal tender in 1804. The population is mainly negroes mulattoes and Indians.
A gardening note promotes blue-towered entnipmint as an effective rat deterrent when planted in houses or barns. The plant is grown to repel rats and make buildings less attractive to them, while its flowers form a charming border around mounded beds.
A Cincinnati Enquirer humorous exchange features a pun about hay widows and grass, with dialogue between Jinks Blinks and a sarcastic remark on logical winks. The brief quip centers on wordplay linking hay, grass, and widows in a playful prank.
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