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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1923
Page
4
Poetic teaser praising women's integral role across all human realms. Emphasizes that no task, decision, or fate possesses value without a woman’s influence or presence. Reflects a universal, reverent view of women's impact on earth and heaven.
Sunday dinner plan details removing leftover chicken and making a sauce with onion juice stock and egg yolks, plus peas. Dessert ideas include grape juice custard macaroons and apricot tart with almond garnish and jelly. Bacon salad dressing recipe adds crisp bacon, mustard sugar egg vinegar for hot or cold greens.
The Manchester Guardian on June 14 1872 reports a rag and bone dealer fixed in the stocks for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. It notes the last use was twenty six years prior and crowds gathered in amusement while the prisoner was released after four hours and appeared displeased by the laughter and derision.
Meeker Colorado stakes a claim as a major inland city and county seat with vast undeveloped empire status. It touts coal reserves, uranium and vanadium deposits, a natural gas field, carbon black plant, and extensive asphalt beds. The town is noted as the former scene of a major Indian massacre.
Leadville, described as the cradle for Denver's rebirth, yielded fortunes for men who moved to Denver and shaped the city. Notably H. A. W. Tabor. The district has produced and continues to produce vast precious metals, with mining active and increasing.
Plans move forward to build a Ste Anne de Baupré style shrine in Fiskdale Massachusetts behind St Anne's church. The shrine will enshrine a relic believed to heal and attract thousands from New England on Sundays. A former pastor's land would be used for a large shrine with a Ste Anne statue stations of the cross and holy stairs.
Two hundred Mennonites depart Herbert Saskatchewan for San Antonio Chihuahua Mexico to establish new homes. They use 25 box cars and colonist cars after the Canadian Pacific refused to cross the boundary causing a car shortage and delays from Wymark Sask.
Official statistics from the government mining engineer show 495 coal cutters in use in 1921. Of these, 60 were electric and the rest powered by compressed air, with only three or four electric machines imported from the United States.
The weight of hickory is the best strength indicator and 100,000,000 board feet yearly are used for tool handles including golf tools, highlighting strong demand from mills and manufacturers.
On the island of Madura in the Dutch East Indies girls marry young with twelve expected to take on home duties. The bridal gown is a hand woven silk base with hours of embroidery and delicate gold filigree appliqués. Mothers labor for six years to complete one wedding dress.
A Victorian style palmistry note explains that a strong line from the mount of Venus to the line of Apollo signals money loss while pursuing art. It details how signs on the line of life and breaks in the line of health indicate various financial misfortunes, with placement variations across the palm.
A Literary Digest note discusses glass stylus use by ancient scribes and cites a modern fountain pen with a glass point. The article describes a bamboo bodied self filling pen with a rubber ink bag, exterior flutings, durable glass nib, and safety features including a rubber collar and cap clip.
Fortunes beckon to sailors as ambergris sells high in world markets. Capt James Earle of New Bedford earned over 100000 from a single sperm whale. A 780 pound ambergris mass found inside yielded vast wealth, fueling whaling profits and scholarly interest in the era.
Forty years ago Alexander Bell sought to popularize the instrument by public demonstrations to raise funds for its development. Mrs. W J Coyle then in Baltimore was approached with the inventor who proposed installing phones at a charity fair and the Masonic temple, charging ten cents for conversations. The effort drew little interest and proceeds were meager.
A Van Buren County Arkansas Democrat item laments fur farming expansion, predicting a surge in skunk possum and coon ranches. It warns the picturesque wildlife trade may vanish as fur pelts gain value, noting a coon dog could fetch enough to buy a second-hand silver dollar and be left ownerless.
In a dialogue reported by the Western Christian Advocate from Cincinnati, Newrich and his wife discuss social entry with discouragement and persistence. He argues the barrier is remountable, while she notes their money rather than status hinders progress, reflecting social mobility anxieties of the era.
A brief quotation on Christian faith notes that those who know the secret of God’s love in Christ view death as the uncertainty of a glorious adventure.
Quote reflects on counting a man’s years as only measure of life and suggests value lies beyond age. Compact literary note cites Emerson's view that years alone do not define a person or meaning.
A Russian writer argues that Russian women face social exile if unmarried past youth. Marriage or a public pretense is expected, with widows avoiding mention of deceased husbands. Women travel, marry abroad, or become widows, then return unseen, as disclosure is considered improper.
A summary of conscription in the Civil War notes expansions and exemptions. It cites a May 3 1863 federal law drafting all able bodied citizens, substitutes and payments to avoid service, a July 1863 call for ages eighteen to forty five, a 1804 misprint likely 1864 extension to seventeen to fifty, resulting draft riots in New York and other places. It also mentions Confederate laws from April 1862 widening to twenty five and September 1862 expansion to eighteen to forty nine.
A dated tip explains that if a hacksaw blade breaks two or three inches from the frame it can still be reused. Heat the blade in a flame to temper, drill a hole with a hand drill, then reattach to the frame and continue work.
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