18 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
1
Undersigned owner of a small farm will sell at public auction on Thursday Dec 28 1909 starting 10 a m at Crick House farm on Greenshore to Burrsville road near Sheppard Chapel. Items include mules horses cattle brood sows Chester White boar wagon plows harness household goods and an Estey organ. Proceeds go to the buyers.
A Wilmington Delaware merchant tailor advertises a guaranteed superior line of suits and overcoats with unmatched variety, fit, and workmanship. The notice pledges extensive experience and aims to ease buyer worries by offering precise custom winter suits. It invites customers to choose their tailored garments at Sixth and Shipley Streets.
Rudolf Steiner, a bold urban rover, notices a string of mysterious green doors that lead him into a shabby room where a starving shopgirl awaits. He aids her, shares supper, and discovers a theater play named The Green Door as fate tests romance, daring, and social hunger in early 20th century Broadway.
Auction notice lists sale terms on sums over ten dollars with twelve months credit on bankable notes bearing interest from sale day. No removal until terms met. Names involved include Willeaams A Roe I E Ellwasch attorney, 2D Coves auctioneer. Also GEO W Porter advertises pine cord wood for sale with delivery.
The excerpt notes practices in ancient Rome and Greece with dogs sacrificed in cycles of nine, and in Denmark and Sweden similar nine day and nine year rites. It claims nine nines tied to the monarch’s life, with human sacrifices by the tyrant’s sons to prolong the ruler’s life.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt a man rails against women voting arguing the idea would cause his wife to lose thirty dollar hats to rivals at elections while protesting the suffrage movement. The dialogue contrasts restraint with public politics in a sharp social note.
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