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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1926
Page
8
A newlywed couple in a bright new home confront a daring intruder armed with a pistol. Bob Sperry covers the burglar, Lenore fears for his safety, they stumble during a chase, fall on stairs, and discover silver still untouched, counting spoons as the thief flees.
Bertrand Russell warns in The Dial that psychology could empower rulers to train timidity and docility in the masses. He argues officials across classes seek tame followers, making ordinary people fear and suppress ideas. He fears democracy may fade if such techniques advance before a robust civic push.
An English magistrate hears a case involving a ten year old boy who committed petty theft including a tricycle and spending stolen money at a bazaar. The boy, who often feigns poverty by removing shoes and stockings, allegedly began a spree after recovering from sleeping sickness three years ago.
An English writer argues that removing facial hair saves trouble time and expense. He estimated an average face measures 12 inches ear to ear and 44% inches from throat to upper lip. Daily shaving covers about 68 inches, totaling 24 820 inches yearly and 20 miles in a lifetime. Five minutes daily at age seventy would amount to 76 days spent shaving.
The piece describes electric cranes with magnets handling metal junk at 3,000 scrap yards. Large scrap is shredded by electric shears or crushed by a skull-cracker. Almost half of the nation’s steel is produced from reclaimed junk.
A quirky science note states large animals have advantage in stability while emerging from water. A man carries one pound of water, a mouse would carry its own weight, and a fly would bear CO times its weight. Small animals need more food since their hearts work harder. a mouse consumes about one third of its body weight daily.
A real estate auction lists multiple Main street and Gay street lots in Denton each 50 to 93 5 feet frontage 200 feet deep many with fruit trees shade and outbuildings describing Lot 1 to Lot 16 terms split into four payments from sale day through January 1928 with annual interest on deferred portions and purchaser bears title expense Henry R Lewis attorney James Temple auctioneer
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