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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1923
Page
2
Edward Melvin and Benjamin H. Johnson publish every Saturday as Melvin & Johnson. The periodical is entered at the Denton Maryland post office as second class mail matter.
Editorial notes discuss JanuaryDemocratic gatherings honoring Andrew Jackson and suggest expanding birthday celebrations to figure Thomas Jefferson and other leaders to boost party unity. Includes quip on Day & Martin advertising, bank deposits rise in Maryland, new immigration limits, Senate changes, and remarks on alcohol and driving safety.
A public notice warns that drivers under liquor influence lose normal faculties and rush to cut in ahead. It notes many accidents result, courts impose severe penalties, and most drivers are sober, but unsafe operators cause harm. Public sentiment favors drastic enforcement.
At the Delmarvin Press Association dinner in Wilmington Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland joked about combining Delaware and Maryland. He suggested a larger state name like Delaware, perhaps Delawarama ryland or Delawarawaraland. The note recalls Lincoln's birthday and related holidays, and includes a reader comment praising a furniture display in Caroline county Maryland.
Under two mortgages from the Denton Amusement Company to Lawrence B Towers and Calvert Merriken the assignee will expose at public sale the land and Palace Theatre building in Denton Maryland on March 6 1923. The property lies in Caroline County and includes 5135 square feet with improvements. Cash on day of sale with title papers and revenue stamps at purchaser's expense. Calvert C Merriken James Temple assignee auctioneer.
By decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County Equity the trustee will sell at public auction in front of the Denton Court House on Tuesday February 27 1922 between 2 and 4 pm the interest of all parties to a suit Ida M Chaffinch et al v Sarah M Southerland et al in a one third acre lot in Smithville Eighth Election District south side of the road from Hipnutt Mill to Liden’s store with dwelling barn chicken shed and well described in 1911 deed. Payment terms one half cash day of sale and balance in six months or all cash at purchaser option. Title papers and stamps at purchaser expense. Trustees Calvert C Merriken and Leonard I Covey.
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