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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1923
Page
7
A young woman Constance McGuire endures heartache as Dick Shanton leaves for a medical convention. Letters arrive, but affection seems to fade. Mrs. Taylor counsels patience, explaining male indifference to love versus business and urging calm until his return.
A cheerful brief exchange follows a young doctor announcing he has been named president of the State Medical Society, the youngest ever. His fiancée Mrs. Taylor jokes about keeping the news secret, urging caution and promising not to betray their shared secret.
In Ossendowski's Beasts Men and Gods a marmot colony near the Orkhon River is watched as an eagle dives, seals a marmot’s hole with a wing, dispatches the rodent with a head blow, and carries it to the mountains for lunch, illustrating peril and skill in the Asian steppe.
A tale recalls Marc Antony and Cleopatra using divers to place a fish on his hook for laughs at Egyptian clubs. A youth mimicked the prank last summer, nearly snagging a damsel, who later married. Now she laments she did not throw him back.
The Baltimore circulating department notes a spring shift in reading interests. Instead of love stories and poetry, a heavy demand for gardening books has emerged. Edward Wroth says the library has prepared a guide listing how to grow flowers, vegetables, and even a Chinese watermelon suitable for preserves.
In the Richmond Dispatch a dialogue shows Martha accusing her fiancé of deception about his finances. He concedes he may have misrepresented his wealth though claiming ignorance of his exact standing at the time.
The article surveys glove history from Cyrus and Roman labor to Egyptian monuments and Greek garden work. It notes prehistoric bone carvings, Pharaoh tribute gloves, and mummies' mittens, suggesting ancient fingered gloves and color matching with footwear as common traits.
Merchants from the Indian plains visit Patseo in the Tibetan highlands each July to trade for Tibetan fleeces. Sheep are shorn on site, yielding wool packed tight for transport by pack animals down the 15,000 foot ascent. Necks, packs, and markets endure the ascent and descent amid Himalayan terrain.
An account describes using a polished ebony Moro blowgun to shoot bats and birds from Tawi-Tawi in the Sulu archipelago. The weapon fires steel barbs up to 60 yards with practice, and poisoned barbs cause swift death. The piece notes local wildlife and cats, with cultural context from Sydney A. Cloman in World’s Work.
Letters to London papers debate the longest English sentence and poem. References to Hazlitt, Hartley, Coleridge, and Margaret Duchess of Newcastle cite lengthy constructions and extended notes on sentence length, with examples spanning pages and hundreds of lines.
The origin of the national motto is not clear yet but linked to classical thought. Writers Cicero and Augustine discuss unity of many souls into one in friendship and philosophy. A Virgilian line suggests unity in variety, used in a different context.
The Atlantic Coast Merchant notes that 10,000,000,000 buttons are made annually in the United States, enough for a large share per person, with a championship series of Button, but ton. The industry rivals major sectors in investment and product value, as America dominates vegetable ivory button manufacture from the toqua nut grown in northern South America and Panama.
In Urga Mongolia the Living Buddha presides with many miracle workers and sorcerers seen as living gods. The Living Buddha is believed never to die his soul transfers to a child born on his death day or to another being. If the old Buddha is alive a successor’s name is kept secret. If the spirit has left, a regent appears from Tibet with the new king Buddha.
Large fences or noosts with a capacity of 30 000 birds have been built beneath a Netherland lighthouse to shield migratory birds disoriented by coastal fog and night lights from hazards and destruction along their migratory routes.
A historical note recalls the old saying of the new woman who in some Grecian cities owned real estate voted and served in the army. In ancient Athens her desire to control the city provoked a satirical play and strong opposition.
The ancient Greeks allowed torture of noncitizen witnesses while Romans permitted torture of slaves to extract confessions. The Inquisition showed no respect for persons or age in its methods.
A California boy dislocated his neck during vigorous washing. If he had allowed his mother to wash it as she threatened, the outcome might have been severe or fatal, highlighting dangers of aggressive handling in cleaning.
Caroline county Supervisors of Elections in Denton on June 26 1923 set above their names as Judges and Clerks of Election for each district and party. They must appear August 14 1923 for examination. complaints by August 14 1923. Test: C Leslie Walls, Clerk.
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