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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1925
Page
3
Irvin S Cobb recounts a Tennessee pastor charged with embracing a female congregant. Three witnesses testifying against him, the pastor argues he is a shepherd and cites scripture and art. Deacons exonerate him but add a proviso for future gaps in judgment.
A planter asks a police judge to release his house boy after a fighting incident with another man of color. The judge refuses, saying the planter must come in to choose the right person, recounting a prior incident where charges included murder and public safety concerns.
In southern Alabama Mose Tupper is arraigned on wilful murder charges. The judge asks about representation and the prisoner, speaking in dialect, declines counsel citing lack of funds and asks to let the matter drop. The court may appoint an attorney if needed.
A Kentucky lawyer long rooted in his small town takes a Chicago post with his family. He notices the shift to a grand lifestyle, including a large house and a colored butler. On the first day the butler asks if he should wear his full dress suit at dinner. The master replies to lend it when guests are present.
The article argues coal powers modern life via telephone linked mines to offices and trains. It contrasts ancient communication with Solomon and bearers with today’s integrated coal supply chains. It highlights telephones guiding train dispatch, mine to depot logistics, and national transport networks sustaining fuel delivery to homes and factories.
The American Red Cross has built comprehensive national health machinery including home hygiene, sick care, nutrition, and school health. In the past year 51 121 students were instructed in home hygiene and sick care, 31 430 school students with 20 381 receiving certificates, reaching Girl Scouts and other groups. Nutrition expanded with 2 800 dietitians, 138 065 children and 20 359 adults attending meetings, 1 885 schools aided with lunches. Nearly 1 000 nurses serve nationwide with 42 002 enrolled as a reserve. The ninth annual roll call runs November 11 to 26 to support these services.
Natives in Brazil monitor nesting parrots and trim a wing on fledglings a few days old. The birds are later captured and placed on perches near the village for exchange.
Howard Coonley, former Boston Chamber of Commerce leader, says improving telephone service starts with clear numbers and polite speaking. The operator remains central, and courtesy from callers boosts the quality and efficiency of the system.
The City of Philadelphia grants William G Housekeeper of Bell Telephone Laboratories New York the John Scott medal for developing a practical air tight copper glass joint used in Western Electric broadcasting equipment. The medal includes a $1000 premium funded by a century old bequest from John Scott of Edinburgh.
A Toronto Palmer House elevator operator left the shaft open and a man fell, badly injured. Dr Andrew Smith, passing, is drawn into a humorous exchange with the Irish worker who asks for medical help. The doctor notes he is a horse doctor, prompting the quip that only a jackass would fall in.
The text traces early cultivation of flowers and plants by Egyptians Greeks Assyrians Romans and Chinese. It notes a fig drawing from the Pyramid of Qizeh as an ancient cultivation example with dates proposed between 1500 and 4200 BCE. It mentions Korea introducing gardening concepts to Japan in 4 AD and China's Emperor Chenning starting a yearly ceremony sowing five useful plant species 2700 BCE.
A husband enraged after a quarrel with his wife's mother compares her to his bulldog. He is challenged, then orders, Take off your coat, no one's going to say things against my dog and get away with it. The incident unfolds at his club after the dispute.
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