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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1927
Page
2
Aldous Huxley argues in Harper's Magazine that modern recreation has become passive as people rely on gramophones radios cameras and village cinemas provided by large joint stock firms. He notes a loss of active artistic culture as the public becomes audience rather than creator.
In India native hunters catch leopards with gut snares and use claw marked trees to train cats. Cheetahs, tamed for hunting, are kept tied to bedsteads within keeper families, shown quarries after hoods are removed.
The article explains how Egypt's desert surroundings shielded early people and the Nile floods provided fertility, enabling a prosperous society. It notes the climate preserves monuments while rain and snow elsewhere cause stone decay, claiming Egypt's lack of such elements preserves outdoor carvings essentially forever, per the Kansas City Times.
A curious natural marvel, Montezuma Well in Arizona sits near the state’s center. The vast 200 yard wide basin remains bottomless as clear, pure water holds a constant level regardless of seasons. Surrounded by precipitous walls reflecting on the water, the site was once the home of a dense community.
A “perfect square meal” has been shown in London. The cold menu, designed by British dietitians, balances vitamins with portions of cold chicken and egg sauce, new potatoes, salad, corn-sour mold, fruit salad with cream, whole wheat bread and butter, and lemonade. The vitamin mix can be adjusted for weight needs.
Speed Limit of Vision reports that Dr. P. W. Cobb and F. K. Afoss found the eye takes about one seventh of a second to distinguish an object after testing eleven subjects. They say armination cannot speed it up and most homes and factories lack adequate lighting to reach the limit observed.
A reflective piece on happiness through giving. It argues happiness grows when we help others and diminishes when we seek it for ourselves. The author urges immediate action to brighten others’ lives and notes a rise in personal fulfillment.
Forest service officials explain telephone lines in Maryland Virginia and West Virginia state and national forests form major fire protection networks. They stress quick response and prevention during fall and spring danger seasons with patrols, ready manpower, and ranger stations linked by telephone for rapid assembly and response.
Youthful America witnesses its mighty industries mature as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad marks 100 years since its 1827 charter. A Halethorpe centenary exposition showcases historic equipment, telegraph and telephone links, and dispatcher operations illustrating a century of rail and allied services.
W Brewster Deen as assignee will sell at public auction in Denton Maryland on a date in 1927 between 2 and 4 pm the property described in two parcels in the Eighth and Third Election Districts of Caroline County. The parcels include farm tracts from Ridgeway and adjacent land conveyed to Tennessee Thomas and Martha Thomas and earlier to Elwood and Amanda Tharp with dwellings and barns in fair repair. Terms offer one third cash with balance in two payments or all cash. Auctioneer James Temple.
The assignee will sell at the Denton court house door on Oct 25 1927 between 2 and 4 pm the 28.2 acre estate in Caroline County described by metes and bounds on the Oakland Camp Ground to Centreville road. It includes 12.6 acres clear and 16.6 acres woodland, with payment terms of half cash day of sale and half due in six months bearing interest, or full cash option. T. Pliny Fisher is the assignee. Leonard I. Covey is auctioneer.
A farmer visiting his son's college wanders into a chemistry class where students work with retorts and test tubes. He asks about their goal, and they joke about a universal solvent, a squid that dissolves anything, prompting the farmer to ask what they will store it in once found.
A World War I rumor claimed Kaiser Wilhelm II called England’s troops a contemptible little British army. Subsequent checks found no authentic source and labeled it a wartime slogan rather than fact.
A fragment notes the saying Do You Know omet at 22-3 as an expression for transforming thugs into gold. It recounts King Midas requested that all he touched turn to gold, the gift granted by Dionysus, and the consequent folly leading him to seek reversal by bathing in the Pactolus river.
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