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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1928
Page
2
Denton Journal page two lists local notices and brief items from Denton and surrounding area. Contains community news, small notices, and advertisements under the Mohning Monday date with Melvin and Johnson publishers.
A Royal Institution talk debunks the myth that James Watt invented the steam engine by observation. The lecturer, Prof. B N de Andrade, explains Watt as an instrument maker who studied a Newcomen model and improved engine efficiency via vacuum condensers. The piece notes ongoing debates over priority of inventions like the miners lamp and Fulton’s early steam work.
A Springfield Union item recounts a girl and her brother taming a squirrel who joined them on a store run. The creature scrambled inside, nuts were tossed for it, a misdirected shot sent it toward a stove, and the squirrel leapt off live coals with scorched feet but no serious harm.
The magpie, common in the West, has many qualities and flaws. It eats insects like weevils caterpillars and grasshoppers forming about eighty percent of its diet and also scavenges carrion. It harms poultry and wild birds and their eggs and can threaten weak livestock on cattle ranches. At times large flocks require reduction.
A four year old named Saralou tried to mail a letter at a post office. Finding it unstamped she stamped it with her feet by jumping on it. Her mother reminded stamping was required and questioned if the letter would reach its father.
A traveler warns Americans to seek genuine antiques in offbeat towns rather than busy hubs. He found a true mine of riches in a little frequented interior town, discovering an antique shop tucked away “right off the map” while traveling for golf.
A ten-year-old girl named Mary earned a scholarship and excitedly told her mother about her essay topic How I Spend My Saturday Morning She described caring for the baby helping with chores and finishing with plans to play a game of chess with her brother The twist: she wanted to spell dominoes but couldn’t leading to a humorous moment about chess spelling.
Cuba became independent from Spain after the 1898 peace treaty, with a 1901 constitution. The United States authorized transfer of power to Cubans on condition they accept the Platt Amendment limiting foreign alliances, debt, and enabling welfare reforms for the island.
A playful monologue from the frostfish describes its appeal to spring and autumn diners, its graceful movement, silvery costume, and pleasant weight. It explains belonging to the croaker family, its warm water preference, and the enjoyment people take in eating it, especially as a popular food fish with notable dorsal fins and a loud drumming school presence.
In a Washington demonstration Bell Telephone Laboratories showcased devices aiding secrecy in radio, transatlantic talk, and speech for the deaf. Sergius P. Grace illustrated a robot with ears and brain translating garbled phonograph sounds into clear English, underscoring rapid communication progress.
Diamonds are carbon and burn in air when exposed to strong heat. A geologist notes that authoritative works say diamonds resist heat unless at very high temperatures around 800 degrees Celsius, possible in extensive fires. A diamond expert adds exposure to fire with oxygen will destroy them, surface corrosion occurs, and long exposure can entirely consume diamonds.
A playful note describes how counting window panes in a room you sleep in for the first time may trigger thrills and heart throbs, with dreams said to come true.
A remark states that a father in an Annamite family would be asked about his children and would respond with the number of boys. The saying implies girls are not counted, even if there are six girls.
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