Sunday Town's Revival Through Silent Tenant Paul Moore
In a decayed town once dominated by the North plantation a stranger named Paul Moore arrives, revives the abandoned North plant, hires workers, and prospers. He secretly is Walter Drury, the jailed former manager who sacrificed himself to protect Miss Eunice North. She learns the truth, they marry, and Moore plans to restore the North legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John North
Walter Drury
State Penitentiary
Drury
Fairfield
North
Paul Moore
Martin
Moore
Httle Weekly News Journal
Paul Aoore
Mayernity
Eunice North
Miss North
Theold North
John ‘North
Rehive
Euntee
Commerce Uses for Balsa Wood Across Industries
Balsa wood provides alternatives to cork for bottle stoppers and fishing net floats but lacks corks elasticity and decay resistance. Historically considered for pontoons and lifeboats, natural wood rotted when wet and warped, yet paraffin treatment now enables widespread use in life preservers fenders lifeboats and heat insulating structures such as refrigerator compartments and ice boxes aboard ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Londoners Duped by Old Weather Prophet
Almanac forecasts failed to scare Londoners in 1624 as a supposed Thames flood alarm sent crowds to high ground until the day passed. The prior of St. Bartholomew's even prepared Harrow Hill defenses, then the prophets admitted a century error. William Lily later faced scrutiny after predicting the Great Fire of London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
London
St. Bartholomew's
Harrow Hill
Stars in Cruciform Shape of the Southern Cross
The Southern Cross, a southern constellation near the Antarctic circle, never seen from northern latitudes. It contains four bright stars forming a cruciform shape, with two prominent stars marking the top and bottom nearly sharing right ascension, making the constellation almost vertical at meridian, serving as pointers to the Antarctic pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctic Circle
Antarctic Pole
First-Hand Information on Love and Marriage
A wry quote explores male learning about women through marriage. The joke suggests husbands learn more by listening to their wives about other women than by direct study.
Unpaid For Complaining Customer
A hardware merchant faces a complaint over a rusted lawn mower purchased by a customer. The buyer cites the product’s poor condition and questions payment obligations amid unsettled dues on the item.
Man Heroic Fire Feats Throwing Bottles and an Anvil
An Australian fire hero braved a blaze in a saloon to fling dozens of liquor bottles onto a paved highway. In a nearby blacksmith shop fire he ran inside and carried out a heavy object, later dropping an anvil, saying he saved the poor man’s living.
Registering Emotion and Candy Demand
Four year old Jimmie loves candy and schemes to get more after his aunt hides the treat. He asks Uncle Billy if crying would trigger a candy reward and, after a pause, proposes a rude plan to be slapped so he can cry and obtain another piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie
Mercury uses and origins in early 20th century industry
Mercury, mainly sourced from cinnabar, is largely used to extract gold and silver and to manufacture explosives, drugs, electrical devices, and scientific instruments. In 1914 1916 war disruptions redirected supply to fulminates for caps. Deposits occur in California and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Colorado
Train Timetable Turmoil Causes Narrow Escape
A suburbanite rushes toward the railway station fearing a missed 6:40 train. His friend asks about the hurry as Williams worries a timetable change may render a 5:40 train unseen. He carries a timetable but fears stopping to check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Willams
Native Lancashire man’s rise to business success
A Lancashire man credited his native genius for business success despite limited schooling. While distributing school prizes he advised pupils that education is an event, highlighting arithmetic and geography as key examples and stressing practical wisdom over formal learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Land Sale Sought in Caroline County Equity Case
In the Circuit Court for Caroline county equity case No. 2546, Annie Willoughby et al. versus John W. Williams estate seeks a decree for sale of real estate in the Fifth Election District. The two tracts total about 68 acres and 58 1/8 acres, with heirs listed, guardians for infants, and a notice printed for four weeks prior to May 2, 1927, calling appearance by May 16, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Maryland
John W. Williams
State of
Federalsburg
Marsh Hope
Turkey Ridge
James N. Todd
Adam Blades
Great Branch
Daniel A. Williams
R. J
James A. Willoughby
James E. Wright
Daniel
Willinaigy
Dil
Laos
C. P
John W. Willams
L. H
John W. Wiliams
Annie Willoughby
Sussex County
Delaware
Daniel J. Williams
Dollie Williams
Emily B. Williams
Edward E. Williams
Gertrude I. Williams
Margaret J. Willamson
Joln W. Williams
Ora G. Williamson
Mary W. Williamson
Minnie H. Davis
William F. Davis
Emmett Williamson
Evelyn Williamson
Martha E. Miller
Camden
New Jersey
Charles H. Williams
David B. Williams
Mary A. Williams
Henry E. Williams
Mollie M. Williams
Gardner T. Williams
Maud E. Williams
Ida May Keilman
Hartman J. Keilman
Mahoney City
Pennsylvania
Annie Susan Eckes
Ella Francis Clemson
Lewis E. Keilman
Charles Henry Keilman
Raymond Thomas Keilman
Sarah Ella Clemson
William Frances Williams
S. Lida Williams
Maryand
Circuit Court
State of Maryland
Clayton Horsey
Cone Alee
Franklin W. Cordrey
Elkton
Cecil County
Alice Ellen Cordrey
Philadelphia
T. Clayton Horsey
Federalsburg real estate parcels offered for sale
Parcel 1 includes a large slot with a 10 room house in excellent repair and modern amenities plus a barn and garden. Parcel 2 is a seven room house on Maple avenue where Gardner Walls resides. Parcel 8 covers six building lots near Parcel 1. Parcel 4 spans 2 1 3 acres on North Main Street with an up to date canning factory, warehouse and dwelling. factory has endiesa cooker boiler and equipment in first class condition. Viewings by contacting the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Avenue
Main Street
Federalsburg
Subdividing 112 acres into three farms at Denton Maryland
W H Young owner offers 112 acres subdivided into three farms with two 20 acre blocks of truck and berry land at Blocklinger's corner on the Denton Burrsville road. 62 acres with improvements. Title guaranteed to purchaser. Will build to suit on easy terms. Denton Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blocklinger’s Corner
New State Road
Denton
Burrsville
W. H. Young
Denton, Md
Land Conveyance to Samuel G Sadler Recorded 1914
The passage notes the transfer of land by Josephine Scott and others to Samuel G Sadler by deed dated December 10 1914 and recorded in Caroline County Maryland Land Records. It identifies the land as that which Samuel G Sadler, late of Caroline County, deceased, died seized and possessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Sudler
M. Sudler
Goldsboro Bank
Wesley E. Thawley
Caroline County
Maryland
Samuel G. Sadler
Josephine Scott
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc
W. A. Chapman
Roland Thomas
Harmony, Md
Charles R. Porter
Salisbury
Plymouth Rock
Leroy A. Gullett
Preston, Md
Denton Bridge
Norman
S. P. Wheatley
Burraville
J. H. Nichols
T. H. Everngam
Tuckahoese
Ida Glover
Denton Firemen
Fred R. Owens
James Willoughby
Edward B. Williams
Gertrude F. Williams
Mary W. Willianson
John C. Eckes
John Robert Clemson
Sarah Adda Wainwright
Joseph Burton Wainwright
Core Agnes Chaffinch
Clarence E. Chaffinch
Grace Hilda Griffith
Lewis Wallace Griffith
Royster’s Fertilizer
W. G. Wooters
Studebaker
Ford
Cora G. Breeding
Leonard F. Covey
Joan N. Wricut, Jr
M. H. Downes
James.temple
Gandy Lyton
Big Joe Cooper
Howard, Eaton
Dorothy Adams
Rickenback MecAlpin
A. G. Saulsbury
Ridgely, Md
Kent County
Henry Stubb
Hudson Land
State Line
Wesley Ed. Thawley
A. J. Chue
Myra i Cordray
Chancery No
M. K. Newnam
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust Building
Baltimore, Md
Elkton, Md
New Dover Opera House
Kenneth G. Faulkner
Conrad Nagel and
Claire Windsor In
Inxtra
Dover High School
Robert Z. Leonard
Claire Windsor
William Haines
Harry Carey
Rachel Crothers
Pauline Starke
Owen Moore
Lionel Barrymore
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Rogers
Osborn
Eshelman
Farmers’ Supply Company
Denton, Maryland
Milford, del
Federalsburg, Md
Laurel, del
Printing Gall Journal Office
Ee Wsra
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!