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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1928
Page
1
Herman Drews owner sells at public auction on April 9 1928 at 1 pm from his Denton residence all assets including 25 hens dining and bedroom furniture rugs appliances a dairy watch dog and tools. Cash under $10 and four month credit with note require approved security by James Temple acting as auctioneer.
Auction note lists a heavy leather harness set for sale, described as in good condition. Seller identified as ALEX McWILLIAMS, located in Denton, Maryland.
The assignee will sell at public auction a tract named North Wales in Caroline County on the road from Bethlehem to Dover Bridge. The 1881 deed and a 1920 mortgage assignment detail the property and terms. One third cash day of sale, balance in 6 or 12 months, or all cash. Improvements include a five room dwelling, barn, smoke house and outbuildings. Location: in front of the Denton courthouse.
James A. Trazzare offers a 2 PM public sale of furniture and family items from a Fifth Avenue property. Items include living room suit, library table, Victrola with records, dining set, rugs, beds, bedframes, sewing machine, refrigerator, coal stove, lawn mower, kitchen chairs, and numerous smaller articles. Most items under ten dollars. larger sums cash or six month credit with notes and security. auctioneer John Irwin listed.
An advertisement promotes raising turkeys for sale featuring S P Brown of Hickman Delaware and N W Sewell of Queen Anne Maryland. The item highlights a sponsorship or recommendation from these two parties.
M C Morris of Denton Maryland reports a yield of forty bushels per acre from his Virginia soybean crop. The notice lists the farm location R F D No 1 and the date 4 7 31.
A cryptic sequence of numbers and phrases presents an enigma with phrases like in the direction of big effects a quantity conquers belonging to a large area dissemination small leaves coming together a circular ten thousand eighty minutes toward the front and an answer quoted from last week about everyone being capable of improvement.
Next Monday evening April 9 the brilliant Blossom Time returns to the Maryland Theatre Baltimore for a week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. The operetta blends Schubert romance with his music in a Vienna setting and features a celebrated Broadway cast including John Charles Gilbert and Otis Sheridan.
James R. Pratt of Denton Maryland former general manager of United Railways and Electric Company now with Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway filed for bankruptcy in U S District Court. He lists $112852.75 liabilities and $50 assets consisting of a watch chain and clothing. Judge Morris A. Soper referred the case to Edward Tyler Miller referee in bankruptcy following adjudication.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy during a recent bereavement. Names listed include James W. Shively Mrs D C Greenlee and Mrs A B Smith. The note succinctly thanks friends and neighbors for support.
Prudence and her fiancé James rush toward a hastily planned farm wedding after a scramble for a marriage license. Prudence discovers her late mother’s wedding dress and orange blossoms, while her father recalls the past as the couple races to the preacher with confidence and urgency.
A Kansas City Star report recalls the 1685 Journal des Savants affair in which Denis de Salle employed a mysterious M. De Hedouville to balance content. Rome later revealed De Hedouville was Salle’s own alias, a censor allowed the periodical to continue after a brief suppression.
A grape vine on Roanoke Island North Carolina is said to exceed 300 years in age still producing abundant crops. Historians link its planting to Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1684 voyage. Many have tried to root cuttings from the plant with limited success.
Helen and her mother spent the summer on a farm. A pet rooster dies after a minister visits for dinner. Later Helen hides chickens in the barn crying out that the man who ate her father is arriving.
Ella describes seeing her mother's unspoken rule of stop as she attempted to lift her baby sibling from the crib. She explains she can sense when her mother would prefer she refrain, asserting the mother’s nonverbal signal guides her actions.
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