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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1927
Page
6
A pine dresser imported from England was identified as American due to wood, hardware, and craftsmanship. A wealthy collector traced it to an American family who took furniture to England about 1875, with this dresser among the pieces passed down through generations. It now sits in a collection and may return to the descendants in a Midwestern city.
In Wales two hunting dogs vanished for nine days after rabbit hunting. A girl followed curious sounds to a rabbit hole and rescuers pulled out a sheep-dog and a spaniel. They showed no serious ill effects after eight and a half days without food or water.
The ground cherry musk tomato or winter cherry grows in the Mississippi valley and worldwide as a tomato family member. Known as the blue tomato by gardeners, it matures inside a small husk that preserves the fruit through winter and is among some fifty tomato varieties including pear, peach, cherry, plum, grape, and currant types.
The Plscataugua river site at South Berwick Maine is cited as America’s oldest water power site established in 1620 by Ferdinando Gorges. He secured a grant enabling settlement between latitudes 40 and 48 north and built a log dam and grist mill, sending meal to England as proof of compliance, with continuous use since.
Earl Russell recounts in My Life and Reminiscences how his grandmother Lady John Russell delighted Queen Victoria with ears that wag like a dog. The Queen’s curiosity led to an ambassador’s audience, and the anecdote notes the grandmother’s temporary loss of motor control in her ability to move both ears, later recovering movement in one ear for the writer’s edification.
A newly rich man invites Beau Brummell to dinner and asks him to name his party size. Brummell accepts choosing eleven, then witty host notes that is an even number. Brummell feigns surprise, realizing the host plans Brummell among the party.
Official records name Azizia in northern Africa as the hottest spot on earth. A shade temperature of 136.4 degrees is noted on a plain near a desert area. Previously Greenland Ranch near Death Valley, California, recorded the prior high of 131 degrees.
Baltimore Maryland hosts the Centenary Exhibition and Pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad running from September 24 to October 8 featuring historic displays, live demonstrations, and corporate showcases.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans the Fair of the Iron Horse a Centenary Exhibition and Pageant to be staged in Halethorpe Baltimore Maryland from September 24 to October 8. The event will feature a vast Hall of Transportation and a moving Pageant showing the history of inland transport in America with exhibits on locomotives cars bridges signaling devices and timekeeping by a strict railroad time service system.
In the Bookman a tale claims Shakespeare’s name arose from a tall royal bodyguard who saved a royal life by killing an assassin. He was knighted on the field, given a spear, and to walk before royalty for three generations, plus a grant of scarlet cloth and an estate near London kept for years.
An editor compares the idea of finding success to locating a lock, framing the search as a steady, cautious process. The Nashville Republic icon is referenced as a symbol guiding readers toward measured progress and resilience.
The text notes two distant locales in Britain Cornwall at Point to Point Lands end and Dun ecinsby lend in Scotland with a stated distance of 994 miles between them. It frames a maritime or travel distance between far apart points in the United Kingdom.
Robert Green Ingersoll, noted American lawyer, lecturer and politician, died on July 21 1809. He first settled as a legal practitioner at Peoria Illinois, and in 1806 served as attorney general.
Modern entomologists classify insects using human type names such as asthenic for lean, athletic for intermediate, and pyknic for chunky. The essay notes the parallel in beetles, moths, and grasshoppers, with common types including asthenic, athletic, and pyknic among various species.
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