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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1923
Page
4
A wife proposes giving inexpensive 10 cent gifts to friends for Christmas rather than sending costly cards. She argues the gifts carry sentiment, while cards have become routine and costly. Her husband questions the plan but she remains firm about spending less.
A Philadelphia Inquirer note contrasts labour intensive candy packing by sixty eight girls with vast electric plants run by two stokers powering 90 000 horsepower. It wonders at machines replacing workers and the money behind such capital to lower costs, else consumer prices rise.
Veteran Wapatuk, oldest known Quinault, died on the Quinault reservation near Tahola Wash at about 107 after a life spanning the treaty era of 1850. He died in poverty despite owning a large timber claim and was famed as a premier bow and arrow hunter before fading into the fish-eating tribe’s past.
A suburban resident recounts diverse sources of ideas as trains, walking, bathing, writing, and shoveling snow spark thought. The exchange highlights how motion and solitude may trigger creativity, with humor about infrequent heavy snowfalls.
A French designed metal bombing aircraft to be the first plane equipped with a 75 millimeter gun. It will be built by Service Technique and D Etat Aeronautique. The craft features four 400 horsepower motors, stands six meters high with an 80 meter wingspan, a 20 meter fuselage, wing surface of 220 square meters, and a total weight of ten metric tons. It targets a speed of 150 kilometers per hour.
Canada funds fisheries to prevent depletion. Last year 86 million fish eggs were distributed across lakes and rivers. Whitefish led with 536 million eggs, followed by pickerel 165 million and salmon 106 million. The text also notes London Bridge history and the 19th century rebuild by John Rennie.
Miriam went to the store to buy several articles but could not recall one item. She asked the clerk to name all the items sold to help her remember what her mother told her to get.
Mr Coon emerges from the hollow tree as warm spring promises arrive. He finds farms locked and fields bare, hungry and far from home. He naps by an old Hawk’s nest then plans another night raid, hoping to bring a plump chicken to Mrs Coon. The day ends cold and unhappy as he longs for home.
A woodland tale follows Mr. Coon discovering six blind abandoned babies in a hollow tree. His wife Afr. Coon condemns the neglect and insists on warm shelter, arguing the babies are theirs only if cared for. He decides to stay with his family until spring.
A World’s Work article compares total state incomes and per capita earnings across regions. It notes Middle Atlantic leads in aggregate income driven by population and industry, while New York tops per capita at 874 dollars, with Pacific states close behind. Farmers’ average incomes vary: Pacific states about 2800, West North Central 2300, New England 1160, and Alabama Mississippi under 900.
Fruit and vegetable cargo consumed on 11 New York ships will be federally inspected by the U S Department of Agriculture. About 600000 pounds monthly are delivered to these vessels. Plans also target inspections of produce used in Army and Navy hospitals in New York, reflecting rapid growth since 2017 with 80 stations soon operating.
A Filipino legislature debate marked by the first use of English in a session, as younger members educated in English schools confront a tradition rooted in Spanish training. The exchange featured a brief, pointed remark: Sit down, boy. The incident signals shifting language currents in Philippine politics reported by Living Age.
The text notes phosphorus discovery by Brandt in 1600 and its display to Charles II as a natural wonder, but highlights that its use in match production did not occur until 1884.
The Atwater bulletin from the U.S. Department of Agriculture details dried dates as 70.6 percent carbohydrates 1.0 percent protein 2.5 percent fat 13.8 percent water 1.2 percent ash and 11 percent fiber. Dr Charles L Bennett notes small but readily available protein and fat. Dr John Harvey Kellogg says dates offer easily assimilated nutrition and more iron per ounce than beefsteak.
In a southern Indiana town a stenographer endures workplace taunts from the boss who is older than he looks. A telephone exchange reveals a family joke as she asks which “old man” is meant, prompting a scene of silence before the boss finally replies that there are several old men around here.
The national chamber of commerce plans radio extension courses in American colleges and universities while England and Germany plan broadcasts. Several U.S. institutions have begun with encouraging success. Sixty institutions broadcast educational and musical programs, forty seven are colleges or universities, covering about seven to eight times the United States land area.
A fragment from the Richmond Times Dispatch quotes Charcoal Eph recalling how many friends once supported him until one lent a dollar, after which he laments loneliness and lack of support from the rest.
The passage notes that in hundreds of thousands of years of human habitation, people have cultivated about three hundred plant species, out of more than a hundred thousand known. It emphasizes the slow progress in agricultural diversification despite long civilization.
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