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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
FALSE FRIEND STOLE
IDEA OF MAGAZINE
Benjamin Franklin Victim,
of Duplicity.

The first magazine In the United
States was called the American Mag
azine, and was issued in Philadelphia
February Is, 1741, by Andrew Brad
ford, printer, business rival Of Ben
jamin Franklin. 1t was edited by
John Webbe.
1t appears that the idea Of starting
a magazine In this country, on the
lines of the famous Gentleman's Mag
azine Of London, originated with
Franklin. But he incautiously d.
vulged his scheme to Webbe, with the
result that Bradford offered his pub
LEGATION to the Colonies three days be-
fore Franklin's General Magazine was
out. Neither publication lasted very
long, however. Webbe's expired with
It's second number and Franklin's with
its sixth. The Saturday Evening Post,
another Franklin publication, dates to
172S, but it was not originally a mag
azine.
Down to the Revolution, 16 maya
zines had been launched in America.
They included such titles as the New
England Magazine of knowledge and
Pleasure, begun in Boston in 1888;
The American Magazine and Monthly
Chronicle, started In Philadelphia in
1857. None survived more than a
few years.
Charles Brockden Brown, the first
American novelist, established In New
York In 1893 the Monthly Magazine
and Literary Journal, which lasted
three years. And in 1901 there was
launched in Philadelphia the Port
Folio, which survived until 1924
remarkable record among early pc
riodicals. An excellent magazine of
this time was the Anthology and Bos-
ton Review (Boston, 1S03-1S1D, to
which Everett, Ticknor and John
Quincy Adams were contributors.
In the century thereafter there were
published many very good magazines
which no longer survive, or persisted
soon after their birth. Washington
Irving was for a time the editor of
the Analectic Magazine, issued In
Philadelphia from 1913 to 1920. Ora.
hams was widely populated peri
odical from 1910 to 1850; The Dial
Boston, 1s40-44), was edited In turn
by Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo
Emerson, and the Knickerbocker Mag.
azine fiourished from 1888 to $780,
Century and st. Nicholas are pub
lished today, but not the Arena. Cen.
fury was founded in 1870, st. Nicholas
In 1873.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
At the MoDies

"Times has changed" philosophical
ly said Gap johnson Of Rumpus Ridge.
MY children has blessings they never
thought Of few years ago. Take the
picture show, for instance. They'd go
to church or school or mebby the
courthouse, and prob'ly get to fighting
for exercise or something hathaway.
But at the movies there is always
something to cheer 'em up. No sooner
do they get seated in the Oriental
Grotto than they begin rowing and
kicking about what they see on the
screen, and pretty soon they get to
yelling and fighting over what this
Teller is doing or that Teller is going
to do. l gener'ly let 'em go on till
they draw knives on each other, and
then l slap 'em down and it's all over
In a few minutes. "-Kansas City
Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
MILLINERY STYLES
BY TELEPHoToGRAPH

Millinery styles are now being trans.
mitted by the telephoto service of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
Recently a new hat arrived in New
York direct from Paris. Immediately
upon its arrival the hat was photo
graphed and two hours and twenty
hve minutes later the French room
OF large millinery concern in Cleve
land had the picture to copy
At about the same time a Boston
concern received sketches of four hal
styles which were sent from New Yorl
In the space Of seven minutes. The
hats were purchased in New York as
soon as they were shown by the mil
linery buyer for the store and sketches
were made and transmitted by wire I,
Boston, so that the advertising depart
ment might prepare the necessary mi
licity. The hats were shipped at IN,
same time and arrived in Boston IN
following morning, but the advertisinf
had already appeared in the mornin,
newspapers and the hats were place
on sale Immediately.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Automobile SLAUGHTER

Scarlet fever and measles together
caused only 176 more children's deaths
than automobiles throughout Al states
during the year 1925, according to fig
ures recently compiled by life insur-
ance company. In that year automo-
biles killed children to every Z
killed by diphtheria. Nearly 40 per
cent of automobile fatalities happen
to children under fifteen, while the
mortality Is particularly heavy be-
tween the ages Of five and ten. APP
proxlmately IL out of every 20 lives
lost in accidents to pedestrians were
those of children, say the statisticians.
Though the automobile deaths Of little
children run into thousands annually
the statistical survey indicates that
it tends to become higher rather than
to decrease.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
A Good Idy

whilst l was scattering along the
street In Tumllnville this afternoon"
related Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge
upon his return from the county seat,
II heered hooraw In the Right Place
store, and directly out of the front
door tumbled couple of gents fight
ing like wildcats. 'Peered like one of
'em was the boss of the store and
luther a customer. They went over
and under for a spell, and then sort'a
drifted apart. After a while clumb
into the Vaughn, started for home
and"
Great grief" calculated Mrs. John
son. "What was they fighting aboutf"
swell, l went into the store and
priced lot of stuff, and then had
a tollable Idly what they was fighting
about. kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
DR.. IVES RECEIVES
JOHN SCOTT MEDAL

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part Of intricate teIeuiston apparatus.
Dr. Herbert e. Ives, scientist OF the
Bell Telephone Laboratories, New
York, has been awarded the John Scott
Medal accompanied by a premium Of
$1,000 by the city OF Philadelphia
This award is in recognition of HIS
part In the development Of the method
OF transmitting pictures over tele-
phone lines and for the further de.
ivelopment Of televlsion, either over
land wires or by radio
The present award marks the third
time In a period Of two years that this
.nart'a~'7~ honor has been accorded IN
a member Of the staff Of the telephone
laboratories.
Other men connected with this organ.
izatlon who have received the John
Scott Medal are William q. House.
keeper, who invented the copper-glass
seal and Gustaf W. Elman, discoverer
of permalloy
The fund for the award was estab.
hshed in 1916 by John Scott a native
OF Philadelphia, who wished thereby
to honor scientists responsible for
useful inventions for the use and
beneflt Of mankind"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Get His Goat

One of the most absurd slang
phrases in the English language is
get his goat" which is understood to
mean ito annoy, irritate, or make one
wild" The origin Of this phrase is
essentially the same as that of the
verb ito kid" and the other form
kidding" A goat frollcking about is
an absurd sight. Don't play the gid
dy goat" is an old expression for
Don't make silly fool of yourself"
ITO kid" is ito make fool Of" since
kids are really more foolish acting
creatures than their parents, the
goats. When one is emlnently sue
cessful In kidding another he is said
to get his goat"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Lost Penobscot City
Founded in Tradition

A phantom city plays a part in the
legendary history of the Penobscot
river.
Fogs at that point on the Maine
coast are very thick and cold. The
captain of a Penobscot whaler, out
ward bound for a Pacific cruise, is
said to have stuck his jack-knife into
the fog off Desert rock and found 1t
there still on his return three years
later.
When the fog does part, however,
the golden walls of the phantom city
of legend may be seen among the dark
pine trees of the wooded shore.
Its streets are paved with ivory and
pearl, gardens Of glowing fruits and
flowers surround Its palaces, and
bright banners fly from its tall tow
ers. Drum-beats and bugle-calls are
heard, and It's lofty spires glitter
against the clouds Then, as sudden
ly as 1t has appeared, It vanishes in
the enfolding fog.
When farmers and shipbuilders
along the PenObscot were more credu-
lous than they are today, more than
one expedition set out to find the lost
city, only to behold somber evergreens
and a tangle Of wild briers, or the
heights Of Mount Desert. The sugges-
ton has been made that 1t was a
mirage Of Montreal or Quebec, or
some other large city many miles
away; but this does not account for
drums and bugles or strange flags
bearing an unknown device.
Still less does it explain the Indian
tradition that the rich and beautiful
metropolis of highly civilized white
race once stood on the spot Nor does
it explain the name, Norembega, by
which 1t was known among the In
dams.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
False Standards

DIR. Alexander Meiklejohn, who,
forced out Of the presidency of Am
herst for his radical ideas, has now
established an experimental college"
at the University of Wisconsin, said
in an informal address to his stu
dents:
Too many Of us judge q man by
the money standard. The more he
makes, we think, the better man he is.
swell, the money standard is a false
one. Let me prove it to you.
IAN elderly woman at horse race
said to her elderly husband In a
scornful voice:
Look at that horse, George. In
three minutes and a half 1t has made
more money than you have done In
a business career extending over %
years. "-Detroit Free Press.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Italian Ships to Be Fast

New York to Cherbourg in four
days, to Naples in five days, and Italy
to Buenos Aires in seven days is the
prospect of Italian shipping interests.
Two vessels capable of 40 knots,
which would enable these times to
be made, are now contemplated They
are to be called the Rex and the Dux.
and have displacement of $4,000 tons
each. According to a statement at
tributed to Premier Mussolini, these
ships will be possible as result of a
new and secret invention in machin-
cry, which will give power without
vibration. The premier also said that
only one class of passengers will be
carried on these ships.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Work on Sunken Warshipa

Salvaging in Scapa Flow of the sunk
en- German battleships has been re-
commenced. Work is at present being
concentrated on the battle cruiser
Moltke, which lies bottom up in 10
feet Of water An airlock is being
fitted on Il part of the vessel showing
above water, through which workmen
will enter the vessel to clear away
bulkheads which may be obstructing
the free passage of air inside the ship.
Two large floating docks are being
fitted with powerful lifting gear, from
which immense hnwsers will under.
grid the Moltke, Thus 1t is hoped TO
raise her stern from the bottom.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
NEW Works. DIRECTORY

Approximately 100000 copies o.
the winter issue of the New York CITY
telephone directory have been dis
tributed. OF these. 100000 volume,
went to subscribers in Manhattan ana
the Bronx. and about 1910, 600 to those
i1 Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond
The new directory contains approx
mately $4,000 listlngs in the Mar
haitian and the Bronx volume. 4
about $4,000 in the Brooklyn
QUEENS volume
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Licensed

A town in Minnesota has a plan re-
quiring beggars to obtain and carry
at all times certificates Of merit. A
good certificate, presumably, would
read, Know all men by these pres
ents: The bearer has begged faith.
fully on this corner for the past %
years, saving up u comfortable for
tune, and has never once been guilty
of trying to crowd another man out
Of a Job"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Lacquers Put to Good Use

A small but important new use for
the new cellulose lacquers, such as
used for automobile finish, to pre-
serve from evaporation the tiny and
delicate specimens mounted on glass
slides for use with the microscope, is
described by Prof. A. V. Kitchener, Of
Manitoba Agricultural college. He
seals the edges Of the cover glass to
the slide with a ring of the lacquer,
which quickly dries and makes a per-
manent mount Shellac and other
substances hitherto used for this pur-
pose have not been very satisfactory.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Talent for DESCRIPTION

Hal has an original method of ex.
pressing himself, for a three-year old,
and in telling about horse, he said !:
THE horse had long chin, with a
mouth right on the end of his chin,
and 1t was so long 1t came clear down
in the grass"
When the robins appeared in his
yard recently he said, There are
pigeons in our yard, mamma, with red
'tummies.'"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
DIsPATcHlNG BY TELEPT ONE

The Southern Railroad has placed in
service this year telephone dispatch
lines between Meridian, Miss, and New
Orleans, distance of 202 miles. This
gives the Southern telephone service
over its entire line between New Or
leans and Cincinnati and between New
Orleans and Washington by way Of
Birmingham and Atlanta.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber, of Montgomery county. has OBJ
tanned from the Orphans Court of Mont
eomery county, Md, letters of adminstra-
ton on the personal estate of
RICHARD R. THOMPSON,
late OF Montgomery county, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof. to the sub
scriber on or before the 18th dayof Deem
Der, 1927 otherwise they may, by law, be
excluded from all benefit of said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re.
quested TO make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
June. 1927.
DELLA V. THOMPSON HAYS,
Administrative.
Apt. %, 423 Mass. Ave,
june 24-6t Washington. D. c.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
NOR5ECK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts.
automobile repairing tires, tubes and
accessories.
Auto and stationary electric plants service.
Postofiice address. Rockville. Md, r. F.
D. a,
Phone, Sandy Spring 1l6 F IA: resi-
dence. Sandy Spring ll6 F 81.
c. E. FORD. Proprietor,
Successor to Donald Bowie.
an l6-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-07-29
big Reduction il.
Clothing.

oi'Soh' me Tailor OF Gather. b r.
'O'" the poSOhce offers a Big Reduction in toiIor
'' "oo suits selling from SIG to S24OO
p Oys pure wool suits fomS5
ants nice looking, fromS to S45O
pressing dyeing and repairing my work
Price nj ST.
Also Rain Beach cleaned and pressed
open from M NJ Open on Saturday, up ,to p M
All work done at reasonable
}. WOIfsOn,
Phone
GAIrHesssURG. Md.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
GETS LARGE ICE CONTRACT

The cold storage plant at White
Bluffs has received an order from
Milwaukee railroad fer eight hun
dred and fifty tons Of ice. The ice
is to be stored in the ice house at
Othello. Heretofore, the house tklsre
has been filled with natural ice ship
ped in from Montana. Because of
the unevenness of the cakes there
has b:sn considerable loss and the
order for the made ice is in the
nature of an experiment. A careful
cllsck will be kept of the cost and
loss of the ice shipped from here
and if the final figures show that it
is more economical to stc1;e the
made ice, the filling Of the Othello
ice house will be permanent busi-
ness for the local plant. The $50
tens to be shipped this year will b:
Just half Of the total amount stored
at Cthello, the other half of the
house being filled with natural ice
from Montana.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
FLORIDA CROP FREEZES

Reports from marketing ceaters
say that the apple market is dull and
inactive. This is characteristic Of the
holiday season. Everybody in the sell
ling end of the game is thinking OF
something else, at this. time. Christ
mas, contemplating the Joy of
making out the income tax report,
and going eva. the years business
and figuring the profits or losses are
some of the favor.te pastinias Of the
selling agencies and dealers at this
season.
Apple growers in Idaho are likely
t. get out of debt for the first time
in several years according to reports
eceived by the federal bureau of
agricultural economies. The seasons
shipments probably will exceed 1000
cars, and prices have been satifac-
tory.
Estimates indicate possibly $4,000
cars from the Wenatctee district, as
is being shipped. Last year visitor
lid See huge piles of culls out
along the Columbia rive':, while this
season many of this kind have. been
sold as high as SIS ton.
Probably total shipments of apples
from the Yakima district ar, 10000
cars. Hocd river had a very short
crop. There has been a relatively
small pack of extra fancy grade in
the northwest this year, and expecta-
tions are that shipping point prices
will advance further. The seasons
total apple shipments from all states
are now officially forecast at $4,000
cars, compared with $4,000 last sea-
son shipnhnts from western states
the past week were cut almost in
half and totalecl only $50 cars, while
eastern states forwarded $40 cars.
The daily papers. last Saturday
and Sunday carried the news that a
cold wave exceeding anything in
recent years had severely damagedl if
not entirely destroyed, the fruit and
garden crops in Florida. Ice formed
at unprotected points and even the
most systematic frost combating
measures, which included the use OF
household coal oil stoves and gas
heated pipes, as well as smudge
fires in groves and gardens, were
believed mostly ineffective against
the cold. The loss, if as severe as
indicated in the news dispatches,
will, it is believed, have srimulat-
sag effect on the boxed apple market
little later.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
a WHITE CHRISTMAS

The weather man tried hard to
give us white Christmas and very
nearly succeeded. The flui-ries of
snow Friday and Saturday barely
covered the grouaid, but heavy white
froets Saturday and Sunday nights
substituted fer the snow and made it
seem more Christmasy. A rain that
started falling Monday evening turned d
to sleet ind made travelling difficult
while it lasted. Long distance
weathc,:. prophets are predicting cold
and stormy weather up until jan
uary is or 20.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30
LON CLANCY

The Colonial Theatre in Se-
attle gave their patrons Lon
Clancy in 1.-THE Unknown"
as their Christmas Offering.
Our New Year Offering Lon
CLANCY in "The Unknown"
AL Cooke and Kit Guard in
a Wisecracker.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-30

MS. !. H. Cole is on the Coast
visiting friends and relatives.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-19
People
and
Euents
Ventnor Library
Investigating Possibilities of
Locating 1t On The
= New Pier
CITY HALL PROJECT
is UNCERTAIN

The fate of the Ventnor library
proposition as sponsored by the
Ventnor Chamber of Commerce and
the Parent-Teacher's Association
of that resort is now in the hands
of Councilman Wilmer Clymer
who will consider the possibilities
of locating such a place on the
new Ventnor pier. This structure,
now under construction at Cam
bridge avenue, and the beach,
according to Councilman Clymer
will be finished by July 1.
Mr.. Clymer recently. stated that
the plans Of the pier as they are
now and as they were approved by
the council, call for no such a
place. but that they could be altered
if city council saw fit. The ventnor
solons have deferred the matter
until future meeting.
Mayor Carlton Adams in an inter.
view prounced himself heartily in
favor Of the movement, stating that
he thought the pier, which will
eventually become the community
center of ventnor, was the ideal
place for library. because of its
central locality and would be visited
by moro ventnor residents than
any other place in the city.
1t has also been suggested that a
public library be located in the
new city hall which is to replace
the one now in use at New Haven
and Ventnor avenues. This sugges-
ton has not been considered by
the Mayor who said that the new
hall proposition is at the present
SO vague that it is not to be
thought of by anyone trying to fill
immediate needs.
The ventnor school board has on
hand over 1000 books as part Of its
membership in the county library.
These books are now stored in
Mays Landing for want of a place
in ventnor where they would be
accessible to the general public.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-19
BUILDING 5000 YEARS
OLD IN BABYLONIA

The oldest building in the
world still standing above
ground has been found at
Tell Ell Obeid, Babylonia,
four miles from the city of
Ur.
The building is more than
5000 years old. The front
face of the structure, now
almost entirely unearthed,
was found to be in an excel
lent state of preservation
with attached half columns
of brickwork and remarkable
carvings of animals and
artificial flowers worked in
limestone. A series of terra
Gotta figures also adorn the
wall over the main entrance.
1t is interesting to note
that these master builders
who lived and worked, at a
time as far removed from
the time of ancient King Tut
ankh-amen as the present
generation is removed from
him in known history sue
ceeded in carrying out con.
struction designs that have
survived through countless
generations in almost perfect
preservation, -