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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1925
Page
3
A Wyoming ranch foreman returning from four weeks in the East declares he is glad to be home. He praises New York but laments its distance from everywhere, preferring the familiarity of home and the West.
In Jackson Mississippi Rev BE Means pastor of Galloway Memorial church shares a humorous anecdote from a Louisiana village. A farmer in the post office uses a newspaper portrait to insist the unseen man in the photo must be guilty, declaring you can’t see who he is without his glasses.
A southern state holds its first execution by electric chair inside the state prison. A black inmate, forced witness, describes the process and reactions of fellow convicts as the chair is activated and the scene unfolds with shock and fear.
Chief Justice Isaac Russell of the Court of Special Sessions conducted an impromptu inspection tour of New York City corrective and charitable institutions. At an insane asylum office he asserted his authority, provoking a sharp exchange with the underkeeper on visitor rules and the count of officials present.
Two French Canadian travelers drift from their anchored houseboat on a Quebec river during the night. One wakes to find unfamiliar scenery passing by and shouts “Baptiste!” The other replies that they are now about twelve miles from their location in a surprising turn of events.
The Twelfth Annual Convention of the Telephone Pioneers of America drew over 2,000 members from the United States and Canada to Washington October 16–17. Attendees reflected on the industry’s growth from a few phones to 16 million in the U S with about 50 million daily calls, and noted 40 million miles of wire today with 67 percent underground. Officers were elected for 1926 including B Thayer as president and R A Stevenson as senior vice president. The event featured speeches by Thayer, entertainment by the Dell Chapter, and moving pictures and tableaux on telephone history.
The piece explains a superstition used by young women to glimpse future husbands. An odd number of girls strings acorns on cords, lights them in fire, then each sleeps and recites a vow to Venus. The ritual blends remnants of tree worship with Roman love goddess invocation, revealing old beliefs still circulating.
A bamboo carving in Oriental sections of museums results from a collaborative process. Each craftsman handles a specialized task from Chinese characters to mountain scenery, animals, and portraits. The surface is treated with clay and water before design transfer.
Americans traveling in South America learn of hot tamales from maize and meat in corn husks. The elder brother is the Mongolian rice tamale found only in Chinatown wrapped in rush leaves and made like a pyramid of rice with pork and nuts. The largest tamale, called alluka, comes from the Orinoco and Amazon regions, minced chicken, chickpeas, peppers, rolled in banana skins.
Latest advances in railroad equipment describe articulated trains where bogies are placed between cars, making the entire train a single mobile unit. This design replaces separate coaches with connected sections to improve smoothness and motion at high speeds.
An English newspaper argues that the earth’s interior remains largely unknown and likely far hotter than any man made heat. It notes even the shallowest mine depths imply enormous temperature rises, calculating the center could reach about 211,200 degrees Fahrenheit, roughly a thousand times hotter than boiling water.
The name Brother Jonathan began as a humorous reference by George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. It soon spread, gaining currency to designate the American nation as tensions rose and supplies ran short for the army in Massachusetts. Kansas City Star
A historical note details varying gospel prices and barter practices worldwide. In India a gospel costs a cent, in China one twelfth of a cent, while production exceeds sales value. Barter includes corn, potatoes, eyes, straw shoes, a drink, beans, and eggs as payment.
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