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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1910
Page
4
In a humorous Irish incident from 1869 Admiral John Moresby surveyed a damaged ship carrying glycerin. After questions about its danger, a plan to shoot a cask was rejected and the cask was detonated safely at a distance, leaving spectators in awe as glycerin leaked away.
A six year lone war in the 16th century between a Berlin grocer Vlaams Keohihase and the Elector of Saxony. The quarrel began over arrest warrants and expanded into full conflict with towns burned and mercenaries hired. Luther’s mediation ended it after the grocer was captured and executed by the wheel. The tale is described as among the strangest of the era by the Westilluster Gazette.
In a sunlit studio Zlom recalls a strange afternoon with Chopin. A life size skeleton draped in white sits near a piano as Chopin appears to compose. He covers the skeleton with cloth and then places its fingers on his own to play. Amid eerie music he faints and collapses, the skeleton shattered on the floor.
A compact witty remark contrasts a young man's dilemma with a pretty girl and counsels courting legal recourse. The quote evokes a court setting as a humorous solution to romantic distraction.
A Detroit Free Press quips about a singer noting that clarity matters more than greatness. The remark suggests audiences understand every word she sings, implying strong enunciation over vocal prowess. The line preserves a witty, skeptical tone characteristic of the era.
The revenue cutter service, praised as life savers of the seas, performs varied duties beyond enforcing duties. They patrol coastlines, aid distressed vessels, suppress mutinies, combat smuggling and illegal seal hunting, inspect ships, enforce quarantine, and operate lighthouses. Originated under Alexander Hamilton in 1790 with ten cutters, peacetime under Treasury, wartime under Navy, noted for service since 1812, including the McCulloch at Manila Bay.
In heat of desert crossing Stewart Edward White William Kent and I attempt verse about desert life. A wandering prospector J Noel Benson judges and wins with a gnat themed poem after a noon sunlit bout among tarantula jackrabbit and pack mule poets.
St. James' Gazette traces the origins of plus, minus, multiplication, division, radical, and equality symbols. It explains how each sign evolved from letter forms or abbreviations, noting reductions and printer space constraints shaped their modern shapes.
The Des Moines Register explains that during the War of 1812 a U S contractor Elbert Anderson supplied army goods. Inspector Samuel Wilson, nicknamed Uncle Sam, marked crates with PB A U S, and a joker noted the initials stood for Elbert Anderson and Uncle Sam. The quip spread and the nickname stuck.
Hampson cites a Saxon tale claiming Joshua prayed for the sun to stand still for a day to aid a military sweep. The sun reportedly did halt over Geron, yet the day moved on like others. In parts of France Spain and Portugal a belief in the ghost of leap year persists, with a yearly monster said to disrupt affairs.
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