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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1912
Page
6
A Pennsylvan ia traveling salesman recounts meeting John Ware who kept and then burned confidential letters. Ware announced he would destroy letters his correspondents wished to hide, preventing misuse. The salesman then resolved to destroy his own batch of letters on returning to New York.
In a column reflecting on changing views of beauty, the piece notes two young society women choosing to scrub floors for pauper Invalids in an East End hospital. It argues beauty no longer justifies itself by looks and that today women may be admired more by other women than by men.
The piece explains how in ancient Greece a sneeze was the oracle of a god and could halt undertakings. Timing and direction affected meaning, with daytime sneezes seen as fortunate and nocturnal ones as ill omens. Collective sneezes were considered favorable when discussing business.
A brief look at early literary art notes shows how readers misinterpret a beam in the eye as light not wood. Solomon Bernard’s 1653 Lyons woodcuts depict a rectangular wooden beam as the eye’s beam. An English painter once rendered a rainbow but painted it reverse, charging twenty pounds to repaint it true to nature.
The National Magazine notes tales from Old Gaul of Abbe Rivas seeking parchment from a beautiful woman’s skin for a thirteenth century Bible. It also cites Gayer de Sansale of the Sorbonne who claimed human skin parchment was used for certain Decretals.
A speaker reflects on a man blessed with a wife, child, job, and home, yet imagines that even such comfort invites hidden tensions. He suggests that no condition is truly perfect and that everyday frictions, like a cook quitting or furnace issues, prove human life is never entirely serene.
Second Physician-The patient has fewer enough for an operation.
Furniture and household items including beds bedding bureaus tables chairs carpets cook stove coal stove and fixtures are offered for sale. Most items are near new and in good condition. Terms: cash under 10 and under 10 credit six months with notes payable at Denton National Bank with satisfactory sureties. Henry R. Lewis and John W. Clark, auctioneers trustee.
The new Deniton Greensboro auto route aims to provide convenience to the public and support local owners if well patronized. A competent trust director will oversee operations with an emphasis on reliability and steady service.
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