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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
5
The article argues for humble yet confident personal outreach in Christian work. It emphasizes that true assurance comes from God’s word, the Spirit’s witness, and the fruit of the Spirit. It recounts cases of confessing Christ and stresses that confession should precede inward assurance.
Sir Charles Eliot, newly appointed English high commissioner in Siberia, has vast official experience in Russia Turkey Bulgaria Serbia Morocco and the United States. His Siberian task requires tact, a trait he is noted for. As vice chancellor of Sheffield University he joked about young ladies in gowns in the university corridor prompting laughter.
Ariadne Gilbert in St Nicholas cites Erckmann Chatrian's The Plebiscite to warn that German designs on Alsace and Lorraine foreshadowed broader aggression. She notes the 1870 71 events and urges Americans and allies to heed the authors’ foresight about spies and treachery.
A near-London American camp stores wet material and war gear from Russia, with over 150 African American workers amid corrugated huts and iron sheds. The 25 acre site, fenced and lit, houses railway cargo handling, hospital fittings, and men in khaki processing material returning from the war.
Electric heating raises oil flow by lowering oil viscosity and preventing gum formation as air cools rock. The method also generates gas pressure to push oil upward. Used successfully in abandoned Roumanian and Galician fields, it shows promise for broader application.
A well known German bank in a U S city renamed itself the Sherman bank after losing favor with locals. In another case a New York German restaurant formerly Kloster Glocke adopted the name Liberty Bell with its exterior bell repurposed as a colonial replica.
In a remark quoted by the Springfield Republican a prominent business man offers $50,000 for the privilege of serving as mechanic on the first transatlantic flight in an airplane. The note adds that if accepted, his mechanical skill should match his evident enthusiasm.
The text warns that compromising can blend advantages with disadvantages and may be wise or cowardly. It notes that judging the correct times to compromise is itself another decision for the reader to make.
William Ewart Gladstone, famed statesman, rejected a blank check and a generous payment offer from an American magazine publisher. He declined the chance to write 2,000 words for any amount, returning both letter and check untouched.
A brief reflection praises natural history books as cheerful winter reading. It quotes Thoreau’s delight in In Audubon describing magnolias Florida keys warm sea breezes fence rails cotton tree migrations of the rice bird Labrador winter break and Missouri snow melt.
In the London Daily Mall an eminent golf authority notes a wartime trend of shell shocked soldiers taking up golf. An Australian officer, influenced by treatment, became a golfer and aims to reach plus handicap by discharge. Notable amateurs from scratch to plus include Cepts, John Graham, Norman F P Hunter, and Sergt A Philp.
Crippen in Clay and Fire laments widespread degradation of the arts, saying people have forgotten how to make beautiful things and even developed an instinctive dislike. He cites the outcry against Saint Gaudens coins and European vandalism as evidence of this cultural decline leading to the destruction of fine works.
The crossing by South Stafford and North Stafford brigade troops on the St Quentin canal during the advance on Cambrai stands as a remarkable feat. Faced with steep banks and dense brush, the force crossed rapidly aided by life belts loaned from a cross channel steamer, a prearranged measure that allowed many to pass before foot-bridges were built and underlined their commanders' foresight.
The first census shows 2405 incorporated cities and towns in the United States. Of these 1173 have 2600 to 5000 people, 629 have 5000 to 10000, 620 have 10000 to 25000, 120 have 25000 to 50000, 50 have 50000 to 100000, and 50 exceed 100000. These towns hold 38 percent of the population while villages and farms account for 62 percent.
The article lists average wheat yields per acre from 1890 to 1913 across nations. Denmark 42 bushels, Ireland 35.4, Belgium 35.1, Great Britain 31.5, Germany 27.7, France 20.2, Austria 01, Hungary 181, Romania 147, United States 141 bushels.
A controversial remark notes that modern youths often grow mustaches after rough times, arguing the pain of adolescence is followed by the social sting of facial hair. The critique frames parental reaction and adolescent embarrassment as intertwined.
The classic blue and purple dyes of the east likely came from the Roccella lichen. Used in France in recent years for bright silk colors, the dye is secured by pulverizing the thallus and extracting coloring matter with alkali. Litmus is another widely used lichen dye in chemistry.
A historical listing names multiple automobile businesses across Maryland and nearby Virginia towns. Entries include L. W. Gunby Salisbury J. Frank Brown Delmar W. E. Walsh Lewes I. B. Kine Milton W. P. Fitzgerald Princess Anne W. N. & W. H. Clark Aiken Covey & Williams Federalsburg Murphy's Garage Bertin Elllis Garage Pocomoke City O. W. Wilson Snow Hill H. L. Nock Bloxon C D Nottingham Seaview Preston Howe & Auto Co Preston.
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