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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1902
Page
3
A Detroit Free excerpt notes a book collector who buys old Bibles and hymnbooks to preserve family inscriptions. He recalls finding a battered Episcopal prayer book with a friend's name, torn and cherished, and describes his habit of erasing inscriptions to keep the volumes anonymous and valued rather than sentimental junk.
Lincoln rebuts a rival claim that precedent rules all and custom makes law. In a courtroom anecdote from Ida Tarbell, he frames a story of Old Squire Bagly asking if a town justice can issue marriage licenses and the squire dismisses Lincoln’s view, noting years of practice.
A Florida road inquiry yields a folk saying about distance. The piece connects the expression to a biblical verse from Genesis, noting the narrator’s curiosity about its origin and a final attribution to the Lord guiding Abraham to view the land.
A pragmatic office holder rises with party power, enjoys a large salary, then shifts with changing fortunes to a reappointment under a new ruling party. He later renounces his path, declaring return to his former faith. The tale ends with the moral that one good turn deserves another.
In a Home Chat scene a child named Molly grows weary of not having new boots. She proposes counting feet among the group, drawing laughter and a playful pause as the idea lands with delight.
In harsh Alaster conditions men avoid mustaches for fear of ice embedment. They wear full beards to shield the throat and face while keeping the upper lip shaved. Moisture from breath freezes rapidly, causing a mustache to become trapped in ice and the face to freeze.
A look at how a distinctive catch phrase can crystallize a business idea. Repeats of a memorable line, properly hammered into people, reinforce buying behavior through letterheads envelopes labels and stickers. It should reflect core methods and be visible everywhere to prompt response.
A minister and two New York magnates on a Maine fishing trip attend a long sermon in a tiny rural meeting house. The preacher speaks for two hours, then abruptly ends with a grin and a plea to pause the sermon for a collection.
Presents as New Year gifts included pins first made in the sixteenth century. Before pins, clumsy wooden skewers fastened garments. The term pin money arose from a bride’s annual allowance for luxury purchases. It evolved to mean the wife’s private control of a specified sum, though not used in legal instruments today.
During Queen Elizabeth I’s reign an order at Lincoln's Inn forbade beards longer than a fortnight. The rule prompted fines loss of meals and expulsion, but next year all beard restrictions were repealed as resistance grew against the tyrannical decree.
The passage defines horsepower as the force needed to lift 33,000 pounds one foot per minute. It states that horsepower equals piston area in square inches times average steam pressure in psi times piston travel in feet per minute divided by 33,000. An engine rated at seventy three percent would lift 33,000 pounds one foot seventy three times per minute.
Iceland hosts 103 bird species including seven resident land birds. Summers bring twenty seven migrants and five breeding visitors, with eighteen rare stragglers and a few singing species. Notable residents include the northern wren the great northern dive and the Iceland falcon.
A Providence Journal opinion piece argues for onion lovers over haters, praising its culinary value and cultural role. It mocks anti onion sentiment as stiff necked, noting how onions enliven dishes and even suggesting a weekly onion day to curb hostility.
Diamonds come in many colors beyond white. Red diamonds are most prized, dark blue diamonds rival sapphires in quality and color play, and black, rose, and especially green diamonds are rare. Noted collections in Paris Dresden Vienna feature colored stones, with Virgil von Heimricher credited for assembling a famed bouquet of gems.
A limping man recalls a social dinner where his cork foot pressed a damsel's toes. Conversation flowed over oysters and soup until fish courses came. She blushes and begs him to stop squeezing her foot, then laughs at his mistaken clumsiness and his apology.
A modest Stroudsburg lawyer helps a well to do farmer contest railroad rights after a call from the Philadelphia Times. He quotes a $3 fee but the farmer hands a $5 bill, prompting the lawyer to offer an additional two dollars’ worth of advice.
Lord Rosebery once dined at a farmer’s estate where the guest whispered that the ice pudding was frozen. The ex-premier thanked him, signaled a waiter, then told the farmer they were told the pudding had been frozen on purpose.
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript notes Mrs Hartt claiming deep devotion to George and George’s vow he cannot exist without her. Mrs Greene congratulates them and asks their marriage length. The couple says they married a week day after tomorrow.
London visitor remarks a farm cow looks savage. The farmer explains the cow notices the red parasol she carries, a fashion misfit she didn't expect the animal to notice. Light humor from Tit-Bits reflects rural wit and social vanity.
Farmers are urged to shop at the grocery store offering trade for any item in either room. Checks accepted on both sides, lowest prices guaranteed, fresh groceries always on hand. New shipment of Dinner and Tea Sets available with single-piece replacement if broken. Satisfaction guaranteed. visitors invited to the new department stores.
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