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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1922
Page
3
A preacher warns against false teaching in II John 10 11 stressing that denying core truths about Jesus Christ requires refusing hospitality and greeting. The piece cites Culross and Orrhe s insights and urges vigilance against liberal Catholic and union meetings that dilute doctrine to protect children from error.
A set of five short table prayers with archaic spellings asking blessings on food, gratitude for mercies, and dependence on God through Christ. They invoke heavenly Father, Lord, and the gifts received, ending with Amen.
A historical account describes Abyssinian slave traders purchasing young Ethiopian girls from rival tribes in the Galla region. The girls are transported via routes to the Red Sea near Massewa, with a large market at Gallabat, near the Abyssinian frontier, where they await sale by Arab and Turkish officials.
In southern Oklahoma near the Texas line, about 80 healing springs were set apart by congress in 1904 as Platt national park. Most springs are sulfur or bromide rich. Thousands visit Sulphur to drink waters and camp. waters aid many at home. An Indian legend says Deerfoot’s tears mingled with the springs, granting remedies.
The devil fish tribe fills Manhattan stores across immigrant communities from Italian to Mongol. Sizes range from small squid to cuttlefish. dried and fresh varieties appear, with pickled cuttlefish sold in its own ink. Sun dried asters and beehive preserved kavlar feature among imported foods from Asia Minor to Turkish shores.
A strange article describes a colony of birds that build mud nests on a single tree in vast communally constructed houses. Colonies of several thousand occupy the tree, adding new nests atop old ones until the tree collapses under their weight, with dust and feathers filling the air.
A Mediterranean fish resembles a parrot with a hardened beak for cutting seaweed. It uses two cheek pouches to hold chunks before grinding cudlike food in its throat teeth. The creature browses sea floor weeds and stores snipped pieces until ready to chew.
A baby boy died in Dalston England when a perambulator left outside a barber shop rolled due to wind. The mother briefly attended her other child, and as a horse drawn cart passed a wheel ran over the infant, causing instant death.
Kansas City Star quote describes a disputed firefight within a couple, noting that the wife endured threats while the husband plans to visit a local ridge for solace and to invite his married partner to join for a secluded outing.
London Tit-Bits notes Brandon in East Anglia preserves an ancient craft of flint knapping. The craft dates to at least 2000 years ago when early residents unearthed flint to fashion tools. Modern knappers use hornlike iron picks to shape large flint blocks into six inch squares, with health risks from dust.
An inscription in St Lawrence cathedral recounts Genoa's founding by Tunus the first king of Haly and Noah’s descendant, notes its origin from a knee shaped covet, and cites vases from the fifth century BC as antiquity proof. It records destruction by Mace and refounding in 203, plus a bronze tablet with a judgment of Roman arbitrators.
I. Ballou notes that no single missing link has been found beneath man and that origin remains uncertain. He cites Darwin, parallel evolution, and shared cranial bones with reptiles and amphibians, arguing past descent theories lack connecting links and leaving multiple origins as Agassiz proposed.
The steady silting of the May of St Michel worries Normandy residents as Mont St Michel faces loss of its famed beauty. The causeway restored access by rail but accelerates sediment buildup, threatening to merge the Mont with the mainland coastline.
A London novelty handbag features an interior electric light. A young matron’s gift drew attention in a Philadelphia theater section as the tiny bulb near the clasp flooded the bag’s interior with glow, powered by a small storage battery.
A one eyed hotel employee found a lost diamond after hours of searching a coal block at the hotel. The gem, reported as hidden within the coal, was recovered following a ten minute effort that concluded the long search.
Fragmentary proverb style line from Shakespeare on choosing company. It warns that like will beget like and cautions men to mind their associations and the people they keep. The text reflects a moral lesson about social influence and conduct.
A fragment notes how visibility harms those linked to a complex machinery in an opera. The text contrasts public pleasure with private ends kept unseen, suggesting tension between performance and underlying intent.
A report notes that on Avon Island T00 Vles west of the Bering Strait natives do not reveal ages but may execute elderly individuals as an act of mercy. The source describes a cultural practice alleged to spare suffering by ending life at a chosen time.
A dated remark on women describes beauty as the sole provoking force, suggesting little intellectual stir beyond initial allure. The quote attributed to G. Burtess frames aesthetic appeal as overpowering any deeper mental engagement.
A Boston Transcript item notes two recent spoonerisms. A Chicago wife testifies in a divorce misstatement, claiming an awful lawful life, prompting embarrassment. In a separate dining scene, a guest jokes about onions, oil buns, and oiled bunions, attributing the humor to the hostess’s husband a chiropodist.
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