06 Apr 1907
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
1
Describes land once owned under a 77 deed dated January 5 1877 recorded in Caroline County and tied to a 1905 conveyance to William J Deweese. Notes improvements including a carriage house and outbuildings in fair repair. Attorney Henry R Lewis, Corky Auctioneer listed in the notice.
By decree of the Circuit Court in Caroline County Equity the Committee of the person and property of Lizzie Corkell lunatic is authorized to sell real estate at public sale in Denton Maryland. The sale will occur in front of the Court House door on the appointed day between two and four o'clock PM. The property lies in the Third Selection district of Caroline County and borders the Audersontown to Smithville road.
Public notice describes the sale of about fifty acres of land in Caroline County with exceptions preserved for prior deeds. The property will be offered in two parcels, then as a whole, with the north side parcel featuring a one and a half story dwelling and outbuildings, and the south side parcel mostly wooded with about twenty acres cultivated and no improvements.
Penelope, exhausted from a three day quest for a mountain sheep, nearly falls from a canyon plateau. The guide saves her with a rope, and in the dramatic moment she realizes the rescuer is her long lost husband Dick, who had hidden as a guide after a separation.
A man in Hitle town seeks a mowing machine and finds a barber chair with a bearded customer. The barber struggles to shave the stout patron while the blacksmith-turned-patron quips that the barber is not harming him and jokes about beard growth.
The reminiscences recount misapprehensions of Tennyson by innkeepers in Skye and Stirling who mistook him for a plain traveler or writer. Landlords praise Mrs. Tennyson as gracious, with one calling her an angel while misidentifying the poet.
A fragmented account notes a Massachusetts rule prohibiting short sleeves and requiring garments to reach wrists and shoe buckles. It mentions an 1660 act banning immodest adornments and a 1053 case where I Pairbanks was tried for wearing great boots and acquitted.
In a brief exchange Nell asks Belle if she told a friend she could not come because of chicken pox. Belle confirms the explanation and notes the friend was surprised, remarking that Nell is not a chicken. Catholic Standard and Times.
Brooklyn Eagle reports scholars and investigators contest the traditional Holy Sepulcher site in Jerusalem. They cite the New Calvary tomb outside the Damascus Gate, purchased for 10000 dollars, as the possible actual burial and resurrection site, with a trust to keep the area sacred. The piece outlines historical claims, site layout, and archaeologist Dr Selick’s view of the tomb becoming a Jewish tomb later Christianized.
The article traces the Easter egg as a symbol of earth and fire in church history, noting depictions of the eye in Christ and saints, its earliest use in the 15th century, and peasant adoption as hidden gifts. It then likens the resurrection to the keystone of faith and recounts a Talleyrand anecdote via Cardinal Gibbons about suffering, crucifixion, and rising.
A jealous young man in "Fables of Eugen Heltal" kills and maims a girl who adores him. He cuts out her eyes, hands, tongue, teeth, and hair after claims of ownership. She flees with performers, leaving him alone.
A Wide World Magazine note praises sea hedgehogs and bread as a nourishing diet. The writer cites anecdotal observations of people surviving on the combination for extended periods without ill effects, highlighting the perceived value of sea hedgehogs as a food source.
A meeting with a servant whom she had recommended leads a lady to express satisfaction with the new place. The servant modestly replies that she does not mean to overdo it, highlighting a polite exchange typical of Punch.
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