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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1923
Page
3
Uncommon Sense by John Blake advises young men to heed elders and mentors whose experience guides safer paths. He compares learning from others to navigating with seasoned pilots, warning that ignoring such advice can lead to costly, even ruinous failures.
Ancient signs on walls in a single Yarmouth room mystify local antiquarians. About 100 symbols include Zodiac signs, a sextant, circle arc triangle, and figures resembling a bear wyvern and toad. British Museum expert offers no clue to origin. locals speculate the inn served as a secret meeting place for a 1600 era band challenging Cinque Ports authority, possibly marked by wall totems.
An article explains Mendelian heredity using the blue Andalusian fowl. Blue birds bred true prove false when mixed with blacks and whites, showing odd coloration reappears in offspring. The piece notes Mendel’s name and his eight years of pea experiments in a monastery garden.
Professor Daniel of Rennes reported to the Paris Academy that grafting two plants of the same species a wormwood on chrysanthemum enhanced the resulting plant. The grafted wormwood produced much stronger perfume and also took on some chrysanthemum fragrance. Seeds from these grafted plants yielded varied results with some flowers odorous and others odorless.
Miss Antoinette Donnelly argues in the St Louis Globe Democrat that telephone operators deserve self control. The piece notes operators face constant pressure and suggests tempering one’s own nerves through patient, precise use of the line. It ends with tips for subscribers to obtain quicker service.
Railroads increasingly rely on the telephone for dispatching train orders. In 1922 telegraph usage declined by 3,620 miles while telephone usage rose by 5,067 miles. By January 1, 1923 telegraph covered 129,162 miles and telephone 128,320 miles of railroad trackage in the United States.
In March 1877 W A Jackson brought a telephone to Michigan, showcasing it at the Detroit Club. Attaching the instrument to a Chicago telegraph line, a distant musical program was clearly heard in Detroit, fueling widespread curiosity about telephone use. Jackson later became president of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company.
A family discovers an unusual cream layer on milk left overnight. The maid spots the strange appearance and shows it to the milkman. He inspects, shrugs, and offers a replacement bottle for free.
A concise quotation attributed to Emerson stressing inner peace comes from adherence to one’s own principles. The line highlights self-guided calm achieved through unwavering ethical stance rather than external events.
A brief reflective note quotes D Jarrold on happiness, valuing warmth of home and not seeking joy in unfamiliar places. It frames contentment as personal and domestic, contrasting private solace with external influences. The piece reads as a gentle proverb or miscellany entry from a periodical.
An average woman needs about 1200 pounds of food each year, which is 400 pounds less than the typical man’s annual requirement. The statement notes the gender difference in estimated yearly food needs.
A writer ponders whether anything is sadder than work left unfinished yet notes that work never begun can be equally bleakly charged with regret.
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