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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
6
A tired New York father scolds his eight year old son and sends him to bed without supper. That night the boy lies awake and rebukes his mother for defending him saying she married the big stiff and now he must stand for him.
An immigrant East Sider named Abrams rises from Forsythe Street street merchant to storeowner and bank customer. A bank clerk informs him his account is overdrawn by $108 on the first of the month, and Abrams asks to verify his balance from the previous month. The clerk reports a credit of $822.25 on the first day of last month.
On a Cunard voyage from New York to Liverpool Maj. H Reynolds registered in a stateroom with other travelers. A Texas cattleman insisted he could not share with the Major, arguing the Major’s other name was Henrietta and that the officer is part of the Salvation Army, causing friction aboard.
A New York theatrical magnate, laid low by grippe, travels South to recover. In a South Carolina town he finds the official bus missing, forcing him to trek a mile and a half with two valises to reach the tiny station. An old darkey on the platform muses the depot sits far from town to be closer to the railroad.
A Georgia plantation banker known as the Human Safety Clutch sends an aged servant for papers, returns with papers intact, and jokes about a nickel he had not yet given. Uncle Jim reminds him he may still have the nickel, asserting its existence.
A Tennessee distiller known for philanthropy sent prime whisky as a Christmas gift to a needy acquaintance living in a hill cabin. By late January the recipient asked for more, noting a keg was given less than five weeks earlier and reminding that a bag of ticker does not last long for a family unable to keep a cow.
Thelma is a Norse name linked to Valkyries and Valhalla, popularized by Marie Corelli's novel and the English speaking world’s romance with Scandinavian immigration. Amber is Thelma’s talismanic stone guarding against evil and contagion, Monday as a lucky day and a lucky number.
A geometric explanation shows the moon appears to rise in the west as the Earth turns, then travels across the sky to the east. By tracing its nightly path against stars, the observer notes the moon moves left to right from west to east.
A proposal suggests using Sahara heat to power a world leading station by burning sand. It likens power from desert heat to hydro and wind methods. The note remarks deserts will not stay unused as new territories open for food and raw materials, including French possessions in the Sudan for cotton and cattle.
The world teems with scoundrels of both sexes and human nature is imperfect. Literature should portray life as it is, not merely dig for pearls. Fiction earns its artistic status by honest, absolute truth, not by avoiding the dirty bark or yellow leaves.
Benjamin Franklin obsessed over household details and papered his walls. He described the blue room with a harmonica harpsi chord gilt sconce and tea set, noting the room looked dark and should be whitewashed and blue papered with a musical border. He advised finishing touches and repainting to achieve a well balanced look.
An old parishioner reviews a preacher's sermon, saying by the time he reaches the church all front seats are filled with lively hearers and mouthfuls of the best parts, leaving him with the back pew and thin soup of the message.
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