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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1927
Page
2
An aviator famed for a world altitude record recounts his fatal crash while a crowd gathers. He speaks of the crash and the thrill of flight before two old men with long beards approach, revealed by a bystander to be Enoch and Eliab as they pass by.
A Kansas City Times account recalls John Adams describing the moment Franklin and Voltaire met at the French Academy of Sciences. After awkward bows they finally embraced and kissed, ending the crowd’s clamor. Franklin also praised a French fete where a wreath and two kisses honored him as liberty’s apostle.
A Springfield Union item recalls a mother who mandated total self sufficiency for every family member. She ordered the father to contact the tailor and laundries, the son to mend his shirts, and the daughter to care for stockings and shoes. After an initial burst of effort they all flunked it, leaving her to rush to finish the tasks.
The article notes that fishing dates to prehistoric times with crude Egyptian wall drawings showing fishing scenes. It states that lower class Egyptians used hooks and lines while Nile sportsmen favored spears or tridents, indicating fishing as both occupation and sport in pharaonic days.
A young couple argues over their son's progress at a modern school favoring self expression and individual freedom. The father doubts the value, remarking that the boy "likes his school too well" and questions how much he is learning.
A Sydney Bulletin correspondent recalls a heat wave in Goulburn when a brown snake perched its head high and sang like a mix of bird song and whistle. The striking moment ended abruptly as the snake’s ballad ceased.
An aged Scotsman on his death bed dismisses fear in a Detroit Free Press item. His clergyman speaks of preparing for the afterlife and facing the king of terrors. The Scot quips he has already met the queen of them for thirty years.
The Very Thing Scribblem wrestles with a knot in a tale while a sclow-writer enters. They discuss a figure of speech to express a treacherous vibe for the hero. He suggests a line likening the character to a guilty man using a noiseless typewriter.
A poem about a clock-watcher who wastes hours and mocks others. It contrasts the shiftless worker who only earns pay with the true leader who gives his best in service. The piece champions personal drive, genuine effort, and the path to genuine greatness through contribution, not time billed.
The article traces hot water use from ancient Romans with the ahenum a bronze kettle on fire to the focolas heat stones and later Elizabethan practices. It notes hot water remained scarce until modern times, with gas lighting and gas stoves in 1809 expanding access and ease of heating water.
Gunpowder arose in the Middle Ages with cruder, weaker form and less refined processes. It is a mixture of potassium citrate, sulfur, and charcoal. The origin is uncertain. Europe cites Roger Bacon in 1270 for a formula that mixed saltpetre with carbonum pulvere and sulfur to yield “thunder and lightning.”
Adventure Magazine argues Morocco is under tight French and Spanish control and not dangerous to careful visitors. It dismisses twenty years of sensational foreign reports as European propaganda aimed at justifying foreign dominance.
A seasoned explorer reports the mountains near Jeri cho are densely honeycombed with ancient anchorites’ and hermits’ cells. Frescoes and inscriptions dating to the early Christian era adorn some chambers, offering valuable historical insight.
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