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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1927
Page
3
Page 3 of the Denton Journal from Saturday morning May 14 1927 notes Melvin and Johnson Inc. as publishers. The item appears in a historical newspaper page segment with readable header lines and publication date.
Excerpt from Falling Seeds by Elizabeth Chapman recounts Americans in Florence finding flies defiant. A kitchen scene shows a tactful signora explaining that a fly is a free animal, resisting screens and sticky traps as the narrator reflects on tolerance amid annoyance.
The Indianapolis News notes that worry about the future is constant. Psychiatrists fear high tension lives harm human efficiency, yet history shows society endures and often improves despite forewarnings.
A woman called the Times asking if there is a bureau of information. The clerk tries to discover what she wants to know. After repeated exchanges the caller ends with the remark that she wanted to know that there is no bureau of information. The humorous exchange highlights a simple misunderstanding.
The Bureau of Standards states that melted rubber changes chemically and physically and cannot be hardened. Contrary to common belief, rubber goods are not poured into molds but worked between steam heated rolls as ingredients are mixed. The warm plastic mix is molded and heated to vulcanize, causing sulfur to combine with the rubber.
A compact note argues that News does not arise from NESW initials but from scattered roots. It cites nova and nouvelles as foreign cousins and suggests the English word descended from the old form newes with possible links to the German Was glebt neues meaning What’s the news.
The saying notes that many reach forty with glasses and face the greater trial of losing all their teeth and buying a denture that never looks natural. False teeth are detectable like wigs, yet people remain charitable toward those with them, expecting bold confrontation of baldness.
Buddy Cohen boasted that his father knows everything, insisting the elder’s wisdom is unmatched. Bertha doubted him but Buddy recalled questions his father could not answer yet clung to the claim that their dictionary would supply the rest.
A historical note describes the Philippine flag with blue upper half and red lower half, a white triangle extending through the center, and a yellow sun with two yellow stars in the triangle corners.
The old-timers blame the cussedness of the younger generation on every thing but heredity in a columnist note from the Arkansas Gazette reflecting on social change and generational attitudes.
Public bathhouses for dogs are maintained at the city's cost for the sportsmen of Strasbourg.
The article traces the piano’s emergence from the dulcimer describing a flat wooden frame with converging string pairs and two hammers. It notes the dulcimer’s minimal changes over time while the piano adds a sound box and keys, making the modern instrument a keyed dulcimer.
In a Peter Pan rehearsal Tinker Bell floats on stage wires to a window while Sir James Barrie, to be hoisted for a flight trick, is left alone behind the curtain. Fright over, he rises via the Wings route and glides out unseen, the amused crowd unaware of his exit.
The passage notes Samuel Johnson’s library habit as a doorway to knowledge. It cites his defense of catalogues and the backs of books as essential to locating information. It praises his methodical source access contributing to his great dictionary.
The Smoky mountains form a southwestern division of the Appalachian range, branching from the Blue Ridge in southern Virginia and extending toward the Tennessee and North Carolina boundary. They touch north Georgia, separated from the Cumberland Plateau by the Tennessee Valley, and linked to the Blue Ridge by cross ranges that culminate in the Black mountains.
In Liberty Charles J. McQuirk argues American husbands instinctively lie to wives. He claims the instinct stems from fear of conflict and a subconscious belief that a wife prefers fiction over fact, even when the question seems innocent.
Report notes that Russian census takers met strong peasant opposition over counting people and horses, tied to an ancient belief of bringing bad luck. Flemish peasants reportedly refrain from counting livestock and possessions to avoid ending a run of good fortune. The idea traces to a biblical incident where David faced divine punishment for a census.
A 70 year old recluse in a small Hungarian town was found dead with a broken skull and a mutilated face after a feud with neighborhood cats. He fed tame pigeons and reportedly waged war on cats, whose corpses were found on a manure pile. Peasants recount a belief that cats formed a shock battalion and killed him. The tale is recalled from Pesti Hirlap and cited by Pierre Van Passen in the Atlanta Constitution.
The text explains how early humans were nomadic, migrating in search of food. Favorable climate and soil caused groups to settle in definite regions with geographic boundaries like mountains rivers or seas, which could be defended. As civilization progressed these boundaries became clearer and more defined.
Two men met at lunch on the eve of a women’s club reception. One jokes that the other will be dressed up for the event while the other retorts his wife need not tell him how to dress. The exchange highlights independence in marriage and social roles as noted by the Salem News.
Newly uncovered material suggests Captain Kidd may have been less of a pirate than believed. A Lord Bellomont letter that could have exonerated him was withheld as evidence, and forged French passes for the Moorish vessel Kidd captured were found in British archives, not admitted at trial.
Joseph Conrad wrote to a cousin on January 21 1898 about the birth of his son. He comments that the baby is a magnificent boy with dark hair and huge eyes and jokes that his wife claims the child resembles him, urging caution in drawing conclusions.
The remark implies Ann Nafas earned his reputation in an era of weaker competition, contrasting past conditions with current intense rivalry. Shea and Leather Ra porter are cited as sources or attributions in the fragment.
A Gadsden Times quote notes that dodging challenges tires a person more than meeting them, with the automobile exception implied. The line frames a view on approach to life and modern mobility.
The idea emerged in 1907 from English author William Weyllett in Waste of Daylight. A 1908 bill failed in Parliament. In 1916 Germany moved clocks forward one hour, and within three months twelve European nations including Holland Austria Turkey England France Norway Sweden Denmark Italy Switzerland Spain and Portugal followed.
The essay describes the Dyaks greeting visitors with an egg as a formal welcome reflecting primitive guest rites. It notes egg gifts occur on arrival in villages and in central Borneo where food abundance makes egg possession a notable event.
The finest attar is said to be made at Ghazlipoor in Tadustan and is also imported from Bulgaria Persia Syria and Turkey. Attar is extracted from rose petals requiring 180 to 200 pounds of roses per ounce. An acre yields only ten to twelve ounces of attar making it very expensive.
A concise reflection on development and refinement. The quote compares arts and sciences to bears shaping their cubs with patient handling and polish, emphasizing gradual improvement through practice and care.
The record names Newcastle on Thames Grimsby London Folkestone Dover W Ports mouth Southampton Bristol and Liverpool as England's main harbor sites in a historic catalog of maritime places.
A compiled anecdote from John o' London’s Weekly notes historic dislikes from bread to apples, roses, violets, watercress, cats, and other objects. It cites Francis I’s secretary using bread to block a nosebleed triggered by apples and lists aristocrats and notable figures averse to various scents or sights.
The Bureau of Standards explains seas shells comprise alternating layers of a horny material and calcium carbonate with a touch of organic matter. The structure suggests a durable build with a light organic component enhancing resilience.
Columbus State Journal notes that an entirely new method challenges the belief that progress always equals change as it offers a different approach to making turkey stuffing.
Ancient Peruvians created pottery jars shaped as vegetables like ears of corn squash potatoes and beans. The craft reflects daily life and dietary staples, showing skilled clay work and cultural ties to agriculture.
Moonstone is a semi precious stone a variety of feldspar showing a milky pearly opalescent play of color due to internal reflection and interference.
Horton Tran’s script examines how a bad reputation can form quickly while a good one takes a lifetime to build. The piece',
Albert W. Atwood argues in the Saturday Evening Post that the West yields better opportunities for young, capable workers who seek independence and broader scope. He notes East wealth and organization but says Western roles demand initiative, spanning interstate projects and empire talk. More responsibility, less insulation, and a chance to shape bigger outcomes await the enterprising individual.
A zoo ostrich nearly choked after swallowing five yards of stout rope left in its cage by a painter. The keeper had to pull the rope free despite the bird’s kicks. Earlier, a satiric note cited a boy scout’s hat devoured by a satirical bird in London.
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