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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1923
Page
4
Lesson for May 13 explores Samuel anointing David as king after Saul's rejection. It covers Samuel's doubts, God's guidance, and the anointing marking David with the Spirit, highlighting inner worth over outward looks and the need for divine empowerment.
A concise aphorism notes that alongside recognizing opportunity one must discern when to pass. It elevates timing as essential to wiser choices in life, urging restraint to preserve advantage for future stakes.
A compact reflection on indulgence as age thickens mercy. The speaker notes that aging should sharpen leniency and asserts personal fault alignment with the same human frailty. Goethe-esque meditation emphasizes restraint and self awareness over harsh judgment.
Quote fragment from Quesnel reflects on life and priority, noting a contemplative stance on purpose and fate. The brief item presents a philosophical pithy line without additional context or figures.
Popular Mechanics Magazine reports two new buonjo accessories a clothing guard and an adjustable bridge. The elastic pad over the brackets prevents wear on garments while the adjustable bridge features notches on both sides to fit various banjo family members.
Well equipped for defense the Canadian tree porcupine uses spines that travel forward and into the flesh of enemies acting as natural armor and deterrent.
A sermon-like meditation on faith as an inner attitude, contrasting Lot’s worldly choice with Abram’s faith. It traces Lot’s tent toward Sodom, his ruin, and Abram’s Hebron fellowship, warning Christians about dashed rewards and eternal loss when God is left out of plans. It cites F B Meyer on God’s nearness and the need to cling to Him in life.
A boy enters a library to help his mother exchange a book, but no list is provided. The librarian asks if his mother has read Freckles. The boy replies humorously that Freckles are brown.
A quotation from the Loston Evening Transcript highlights the motor car as a splendid example of scientific progress while warning that careless pedestrians constantly abuse its delicate machinery with small injuries to themselves.
A compact reflection on happiness and devotion. The quote argues that pursuing a cause provides motive beyond personal joy, elevating us to a means for meaningful work in a world with much to do. James Rain emphasizes purpose over mere ends.
A concise note on growing self confidence by embracing effort. It argues success often evades people not for skill but for the fear to attempt. Emphasizes practical steps to build courage and take action despite doubt.
In a fable style tale Mr Nightingale strives to be loudest in the woods. Owl suggests singing after dusk and Nightingale ends up popular as the sweet singer of the night while still singing by day.
In James Fenimore Cooper’s descendants memoirs a vivid portrait of Cooperstown after the War of 1812 emerges. Doctors and lawyers moved in dignified steps in long black coats with black silk stocks, townsfolk discussed news at the post office, and fires stirred fierce rivalries between hoses, sometimes with fatal results.
Excerpted advice from William Lyon Phelps in Scribner's Magazine extols comfort on trains. He favors sitting on the right side to avoid external track views and suggests riding backward for gentler scenery, noting forward seating exposes the eye to rushing scenery.
A fragmentary excerpt exhorts sharing burdens and aiding others with a religious tone. It references comfort, the burden of life, and God bearing both the burden and the believer, attributed to Elizabeth Charles. The archaic phrasing suggests a devotional or exhortative aside within a broader text.
A compact reflection on reputation, claiming no fault stains a man as much as inconstancy. The piece argues true contempt stems from steadfast character, contrasting worldly judgment with private integrity and the peril of wavering loyalty.
Readers are told that cats sense upcoming earthquakes with signs of unease days before the tremor. The piece describes feline behaviors and urges caution as a folk belief linked to natural events.
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka argues in the American Philosophical Society paper that humanity began in southwestern Europe, later expanding via the Mediterranean basin and western Asia. He claims Europe chiefly populated the earth, with later movement driven by necessity, food supply, and the rise of agriculture, shaped by three principal migration forces.
A husband probes a wedge of yellow cake and questions its weight as his wife serves more. He asks about the next dessert while she responds with defiance about marble cake to come.
A Browns wife recounts an amusing fright at a city apartment. She thought smoke meant a fire after smelling it near the light court, rushing downstairs both front and back, then returning upstairs. Mr Brown, puzzled by her escape, asks how she got back upstairs after tearing down both stairs. No dinner that night.
Bilkins offers a word puzzle in Infiletion about a task that was begun half done and finished yet not done. He then explains with a pun involving Timothy Johnstone, Susan Dunn, and the shift from Dunn to Johnstone, illustrating the wordplay.
In Stockholm’s Sondags Nisse district a burglar enters the house of banker Johannsson. The burglar demands money and the banker questions the security offered. The son John alerts the banker to the intruder, prompting a tense confrontation.
Mrs John Bell of 308 Willow St Bordentown N J aged 71 a great great grandmother says Tanlac eased her stomach trouble nervousness and dizzy spells after twelve years of weakness headaches and weight loss She credits her doctor and the first bottle with relief Tanlac is sold by all druggists take no substitute with over 37 million bottles sold.
A dark tan leather shoe with yellow tongue is guaranteed to be solid, dirt and waterproof. The value is $6.00, but offered to the public for $2.95 due to a tremendous buy.
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