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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1918
Page
6
An aging government pen on a desk by a window narrates a long river of human stories seen through a post office setting. A romance, a youth’s vow, a lover’s dilemma, and a marriage driven by gold unfold against spring’s green lawn and city bustle.
A civil engineer notes about 35 Tunis localities suitable for dams with reservoirs from 3 million to 400 million cubic meters and water power from 30 to 6000 horsepower. Dams would support irrigation power and canal navigation, promising profit. ruins show ancient irrigation methods as Tunisia’s historic granary of Rome.
List of city nicknames includes Baltimore known as Monumental City and Charm City many others such as Boston the Hub, City of Churches and many more. The compilation covers major U S urban labels including Chicago Garden City Cincinnati and more with names like The Emerald City and Iron City.
An Eastern man has invented a push button powered by a tiny dynamo. Pressing the button rotates a dynamo armature in a permanent magnet field, generating enough electricity to ring the bell. The unit is compact and eliminates the need for replacing batteries, as reported by the Electrical Experimenter.
A woman defends herself against a jab at intelligence after being told she cannot wind a watch. She recounts buying a cheap, hardy watch that behaved erratically, sparking a comic exchange about common sense and gendered perceptions. The tale ends with a suggestion to try other jewelry stores.
Earl Brassey died in England aged eighty two, famed for the yacht Sunbeam and a life spent much of his active years afloat. His record of 100000 nautical miles made him a symbol of sea adventure and seamanship, a courteous sailor welcomed worldwide except perhaps at Kiel.
A Pennsylvanian street car incident ends with a man chasing his lost five-dollar hat as it sails from Pennsylvania and Ohio streets past the post office and over the Penaway building. The hat, once valued for college memories, circles downtown before finally being recovered two blocks from Ohio Street.
A garbled excerpt recalls a prank call incident. The caller claimed to convey a message about meeting someone named Smifth or Jones and to call back, but the message was not saved and the number was mislaid, creating confusion in the communication.
From the European edition of the New York Herald, a war pigeon is hailed for delivering a life saving message after a leg is shot away. The bird reportedly fell dead on returning to its loft, its single leg remaining wounded yet its message saved hundreds of soldiers.
The article explains how humans can adapt to using toes like fingers, citing monkeys’ limited finger use and thumbs, and suggests a toe writing experiment to learn control. It notes monkeys as tree dwellers with fists and that humans can learn toe writing with practice, offering a playful test of dexterity.
In a central Missouri sal town library a first aid lesson ends in chaos when two college boys stage a gunfight to illustrate nerve. A doctor’s demonstration leaves sixty students terrified and fleeing for safety as gunshots echo outside.
An Indianapolis News recounts Sam a six month old yellow bulldog like a mix of breeds with a clumsy gait and eager nature. Despite mischief he shows affection and obedience after a stern lesson. the dog’s owner tears up as Sam receives a forgiving command amid a tense moment.
A veteran six foot drill master known for stressing individual responsibility conducts night skirmishes in no man's land. A sentry greets a casually friendly foe, only to be knocked down as a 200 pound attacker vaults him and disarms him. The officer notes such drills are shaping the army's readiness.
Two men watched an air raid unmoved until danger passed. A window banged behind them and a series of comic reactions followed. An elderly man leaped four feet, another sneezed for ten minutes, a lady silenced her maids with a cool voice, while one man fled at once, claiming a strange internal sense of the sky larks beneath the diaphragm.
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