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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1913
Page
4
A school recounts a Congo village where Chiwahe’s father is dead and his mother and kin are enslaved after a night raid led by sub chief Samalonga. The narrative notes multiple murders, slave takings, and local chiefs defending their ways against European interference.
In Tennessee a doctor attending a dying Confederate soldier considers liquor as a last remedy. The patient’s wife objects, but the doctor offers to administer it. The man then awakens slightly and comments that the doctor knows his business. This tale comes from National Monthly.
A satirical portrait catalogues a prominent citizen defined by social pretensions and hypocritical traits. The piece mocks wealth, club memberships, charity presences, and moral posturing, ending with a jab at public opinion and self-fashioned authority.
An engineer’s delicate tile instrument measures minute changes in spacing between two holes in a steel girder. By sliding the instrument’s tubes as weather changes, it detects expansions or contractions as small as one ten-thousandth of an inch. This reveals how wind, sun, frost, and other forces move bridges and buildings. A stable space signifies good constitution. a large change signals potential issues.
Dr Cameron Lees of Edinburgh a noted pedestrian died recently while serving at St Giles. He walked ten miles daily and six on Sundays and over years covered distances equal to circling the world twice. In 1910 he walked 2090 miles from Kingussie to John o Groats to Land's End and back to Kingussie, then again to Kingussie. Two years ago he completed a 1624 mile journey from John o Groats to Land's End and back to Kingussie.
A compilation of quotations on manners from Lord Chesterfield Beau Brummell and others. It discusses politeness as a social code, contrasts English and American pretensions, recalls John Crown and his collie Rab, and ends with Nelson Page on what constitutes good breeding and ease in social interaction.
A reader quotes Mearle Corelli on an all consuming love and then counters with a candid view from Life magazine arguing that most men and couples resist being fused completely. The letter warns that marriages built on extreme devotion would burn out quickly and that partners need space to keep a relationship balanced.
A medical correspondent urges limits on strenuous training and warns that heavy clubs dumbbells rowing machines and long daily walks chasing a golf ball can injure the body. He advocates moderate exercise prescribed by a common sense physician to avoid fatigue and serious trauma.
Upton Sinclair argued that poverty drives girls to wrongdoing, challenging the view that poverty is irrelevant to social ills. He cited a parable about a young woman to illustrate charitable views toward modern social conditions and employers.
Harper's Weekly notes a peculiar Japanese frog measuring 15 to 25 inches. During the day it sits motionless with pale blue back limbs and a olive brown hue at night. It clings by adhesive cushions and a sticky belly, nearly camouflaged among surroundings. At dusk it hunts mam moth crickets, leaping as far as seven feet.
The 1792 act authorized gold and silver coins, copper cents began in 1793, silver in 1794, and gold in 1795. The first gold issues were the eagle and quarter and half eagles, with the twenty-dollar double eagle debuting in 1849. From 1814 to 1881 no twenty-dollar gold pieces were minted, but production has continued since 1881.
In a dinner exchange the hostess asked a renowned traveler if his adventures were real. He replied that if they were truly his, he would not have lived to recount them. The remark underscores the blending of fiction and memoir in popular travel writing.
A lesson analyzing Israel's golden calf failure after the divine display, Aaron's weak leadership, and Moses interceding for mercy. It emphasizes human fallibility, the impossibility of substituting true worship, and the sustaining power of God's immutable Word as seen in the Exodus narrative.
A compact handbag sized shopping list frame helps keep errands on hand. A tapestry covered frame holds a paper list behind glass with a thin cardboard backing for quick access.
The Glory of the Seas, a famous Boston built clipper from 1869, has been sold on the Pacific coast. It will be converted into a floating cold storage plant for the fish business and soon overhauled in Seattle with storage machinery installed. The ship once thrived in the China trade, a lucrative bygone era.
Governor Robert P. Gratian proclaims publication of Acts proposing amendments to Maryland Constitution articles on legislative and property takings powers, apportionment, judiciary circuits, vote selling penalties, attorney general duties, and a new Article 2 section. Documents authorize submission to voters at November 1913 general election, with notices in newspapers statewide.
An invitation to subscribe offers access to county news coverage. The notice emphasizes local reporting and ongoing updates, urging readers to sign up for regular issues and to stay informed on community events and happenings.
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