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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
2
Washington Star surveys theories on why diamonds break in Kimberley mines. Explanations include explosive fractures, spontaneous cracking in smoky stones, pressure changes, and the role of mineral inclusions like garnet and pyrites, with mortal limits of heat expansion cited.
The article traces early canal ideas from 1522 with Gil Gonzales Di Vala, through 1550 Portuguese routes by Antonio Galvao, 1781 survey by Don Manuel Galisteo, and a 50 year map by John Bailey. It notes Grant's support for a Nicaraguan canal, a failed American company, French efforts ending in failure, and the United States eventual construction after overcoming disease in Panama.
A poetic meditation on the missing first shave in a painterly set of firsts. The piece contrasts childhood rites with the intimate ritual of shaving, hinting at secrets and growth as a young man’s forehead is shaved in the past.
A Prince Edward Island native travels to Boston and struggles with the hotel clerk's questions about origin. The exchange ends with the guest insisting he lives on Prince Edward Island, the only island he knows.
The article traces the word sleepers to the Norwegian ship meaning timber laid to form a surface for dragging. It notes the term spread from railway construction to other industries and was later anglicized by navy laborers into sleepers. It also links the word slab to the same origin and describes early railway building usage.
A contributor recounts a large owl bound to a stake using rope in a yard. The dog attacks, but the owl lies still until the moment the dog nears, then extends talons and claws the dog’s nose. The dog retreats in pain, while the owl remains ominously unmoved, a fearsome creature to be left alone.
The article traces the Picts from 296 to 844 A D naming their various labels in Latin and Gaelic, their homeland Crubthen tuath, and their clash with Romans. Tacitus calls them Caledones, a noble barbarian race famed for chariots, long swords, and red hair hinting at Teutonic roots. It notes Highlanders are Celtic and explains mac meaning son of in Gaeltec.
A contrarian machinist narrates a tale from The First Million the Hardest about a boss who rebuffed a worker for greeting him while he walked with a lady. The anecdote highlights old time labor relations and workplace proprieties as reflected in a Youth's Companion quote.
The article traces domestication and esteem for pigeons in ancient cultures. It notes dovecotes as wealth indicators, biblical references to turtledoves and pigeons in sacrifices, and Deuteronomy’s early bird protection. It cites Luke 2 24 and Pliny on pigeons, including their drinking manners.
Bart Kennedy recalls a morning aboard a transatlantic liner when a second-class passenger trespassed to walk the long deck. A sailor, scrubbing the deck, challenged him about his class status and the man declared, I never felt better in my life.
Cinnamon appears in perfumery as early as 1401 B C. It was reportedly found by Allboa in American forests. By 1738 cultivation spread to Jamaica, and within fifty years it reached Ceylon where it is grown.
The article explains that the prism hue in ancient glassware comes from decay. As glass disintegrates it forms extremely thin laminae that refract sunlight into a vivid color display. The process is likened to forest leaves signaling their approaching dissolution by becoming more beautiful.
A field report describes parrot teachers placing birds in lighted cages, teaching words by minute repetition, and then releasing to couple words with entering girls. Birds learn phrases like Come and kiss me, linking speech to social cues and repeating the lesson across occupants.
Candles remain valued for emergencies and for soft ambience despite modern electric lights. The piece notes homes once relied on gas and oil lamps, then gas jets were removed, leaving candles as a dependable fallback and decorative accent for gatherings.
A magazine excerpt discusses insect abundance and rapid reproduction. It cites J Arthur Thomson on 2 5 million insect species and notes pond water housing more flying creatures than humanity. Greenflies reproduce rapidly, with ladybirds as natural enemies keeping pests in check.
Travelers report in Portugal that timber trees in woods parks and gardens bear a wall plaque titled To the Wayfarer. The inscription pleads not to harm the tree, calling it heat for hearth shade for summer, fruit for drink, and wood for homes boats and coffins. It asserts timber is the bread of kindness and flower of beauty.
The piece compares rapid reproduction in rats with micro organisms. A rat family could reach 2,012 in a year if unchecked, while a Lorande observation shows microscopic creatures doubling every sixteen hours over five years, producing millions of generations that would far exceed Earth's mass if all survived.
The Eskimos favor the loosest clothing and avoid tight underclothes aiding their renowned hardy nature. Babies are carried unclothed, hoods of furs, while women craft a waterproof boot from chewed seal skin with a deer sinew lockstitch. A deerskin sock sits inside, dried nightly above an igloo lamp to melt snow for water.
A New York Sun columnist quotes an elevator man lamenting rude riders who demand entry even when the car is full. He notes women are the worst offenders and recalls a late arrival that led to the car starting without the extra passenger. The incident ends as the elevator departs.
The article traces ancient sandals from Egyptian tombs to medieval pointed shoes and long toe extensions. It notes Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman half boots, Edward IV era boots with tops and spurs, and how factory-made boots and shoes rose after 1860 with uppers sewn by machines and soles attached by machinery.
Doctor J McKeer Cattell, president of the Psychological Corporation, argues that while data on typists is not conclusive, men are generally faster and more variable than women. He notes men are more likely to be exceptional, color blind less often, and dominate in notable achievements from colonization to music.
The post office head, created in 1704, won cabinet inclusion in 1829 by President Jackson. The agriculture secretary joined the cabinet in 1859, and the commerce and labor department was added in 1908, later split in 1918.
In Virgil and later poets the aim blends Rome and Italy with rhetoric and politics. Dante and Milton reflect their eras’ religion and state. Homer, by contrast, remains purely dramatic with no race or religion antagonism and no Troy capture as central. The heroes center human action and feeling rather than national myth.
The text notes four common swallowlike birds in England with the swift largest, then the true swallow, the house martin smaller, and the sand martin smallest living in sandpits and banks. It contrasts sizes and nesting sites among these birds.
A reader cites medical advice to walk up and down house stairs for an hour in the forenoon and again in the afternoon. The exchange notes a back stairs climb for variety, reflecting a light domestic health tip from the Boston Evening Transcript.
A quotation from the Boston Evening Transcript questions Mrs Gaddeigh’s character. It notes she is “one of the kind that doesn't fet anybody else have any,” suggesting a sharp social judgment of her influence or restraint within the circle.
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