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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1889
Page
4
Ida De la Molle invites Col. Quaritch and a bank family including Mr. and Mrs. Quest and Mr. Edward Cossey to a party at Molehill. The squire objects to Cossey yet Ida defends him citing his politeness and Cossey’s banking prominence. Conversation ends as Ida sees Col. Quaritch depart.
Harold Quaritch, recently retired from the army, shares frontier news with his friend as the Moat farm faces vacancy. The squire laments low rent and cost of taking over, while Quaritch contemplates a quiet Molehill life, aided by pension and modest wealth, seeking solace in reading and coin collecting.
Ida warns her aging father that the estate may sink under debts and high interest if they borrow to save Honham. He clings to hope and Providence, accepting ruin as a possibility, while Ida urges leaving the farm to avoid complete collapse.
In Bolsingham the squire plans to borrow money to bid five shillings an acre for the Moat farm amid college lands stirring tenants. George travels via the squire to Mr Quest to arrange a meeting at 11, while Quest notes Major Boston and Janter disrupting the valley. The plan hinges on securing nine pounds an acre to stock the 300 acre estate.
A garbled note lists various publications and illustrators, mentioning Amer the attraction for SSG and an American story titled Light by Con eraser FL Wooneos and Shakespearean comets. It references a series of ariel on Russia illustrated by Topa THULSTRE and a Bronx author Goss tinen.
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A Baltimore boot and shoe retailer announces closure with no new positions accepted. Stock must be cleared by February first, with all goods offered at cost for cash until the entire stock is sold.
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