Million-dollar windfall for Pilarcitos clerk Elmer Clarke
Old Lady Bray learns Elmer Clarke has inherited a million from his late Uncle Hiram Butterworth in Iowa. Nellie Cathcart delays telegram delivery at the bank’s order. Banker Ansel Moody orders silent handling for an hour. Elmer plans to invest five thousand dollars to convert a vacant storefront into a new business hub, hoping to outpace Haskins Smoke Shoppe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Bray
Clmvier
Hiram
Nellie
Elmer
Mrs. Bray
Einner
Old Lady Bray
Nellie Cathcart
Alice
Ansel Moody
Pilarcitos Commercial Trust & Savings Bank
Moody
Miss Allee
Elmer Clarke
C Street
Old Ansel
Alice Goodfellow
Pilarcitos
C and
Malin
H. Wasservogel
H.wasservogel
Pilarcitos Sanitary
Am Haskins
Yucatan
Ansel
Mr. Moody
Sam Haskins
World Peace by Disarmament Mastery Proposed
A call for a master salesman to sell the idea of absolute and binding peace through complete disarmament. Advocates argue public support hinges on clear messaging and practical steps toward global disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axorld
A Bankers Offer and Mysterious Public Greetings
Elmer, a local resident, meets Ansel Moody the banker who offers a five thousand loan against his property with an option to extend credit. Moody tests confidence by asking for more equity, while townsfolk and Reverend Goodfellow greet Elmer warmly as he later notices unusual friendly attention from neighbors and a prized lawn mower becomes a talking point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
C Street
Ansel
Eliser
Mr. Moody
Main
Claude Goodfellow
Reverend Goodfellow
E Street
Assignee Sale of Valued Real Estate in Caroline County
Public auction sale of Belle Mount and Huntington lands in Hunting Creek Neck Caroline county Maryland. Mortgages from Mattie D Fooks and E Lloyd Fooks to Charles W Wright later assigned to Charles B Harrison. Parcels include two lots near Choptank and a small marsh lot with wharf totaling about 1 acre plus 8482 square feet. Sale in Preston at J L Covey's Store between 2 and 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie D. Fooks
E. Lloyd Fooks
Charles W. Wright
Liber T. L. D
Caroline County
Maryland
Mattie D. Fooka
Liber G. A. D
Charles B. Harrison
J. L. Covey
Preston
Belle Mount
Huntington
Hunting Creek Neck
Choptank River
Col
James McCarter
Thomas J. Coulbourn
Choptank
Poplar Neck
Marsh Creek
John H. Price
Price
Steamboat Wharf
Orphans’ Court
Charles Thomas
Cannery site with 80,000+ case tomato packing capacity
Assignee exposes parcels 2 3 4 5 6 of land around Preston Choptank to sale. Parcels 2 3 4 total 60 71 4 acres with orchards barns and outbuildings and marsh lands. Parcel 5 marsh and farm land extends to Marsh Creek and Choptank river. Parcel 6 small plot 0.8 acres. Parcels 2 3 4 described with bearings and bounds. sale order first 2 3 4 separately, then 2 8 together, then all three, then all six if funds cover mortgage taxes and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Choptank
McCarter
Coulbourn
Marsh Creek
Terms of sale for parcels in assignee auction
The sale terms provide one third cash on day of sale, one third in four months, and one third in eight months with interest from the sale date. Deferred payments secure to the signee or purchaser may pay all cash. Title papers at purchaser’s expense. Assignee officials CHARLES B. HARRISON, James Temple, Auct. Assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah J. Jones
Caroline County
Charles B. Harrison
Charles G. Dukes
Allersons
Lewis B. Carroll
Attorney's Sale of Valuable Stock at Ridgely Store
Public sale to the highest bidder at the Ridgely Maryland store of James W. Simon. Power of attorney from 1931 authorizes auctioning a large stock of merchandise and fixtures including hardware tools farm implements and extensive household goods. Sale begins 10 a.m. rain or shine with a wide range of items listed from firearms to kitchenware and farm equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Simon
Wilbert L. Merriken
Caroline County
Ridgely
Maryland
Stewart
Lorain & Simmons
Stewart’s
Johnson’s
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Denton Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
By Peter B. Kyne
Peter B. Kyns
WNU
Hillam Butterworth
Butterworth
Absolom MacPeake
Calif
Felix
Bayer
Poy Ae Masufactire
Ernest G. Cooper
Denton
Canning House
Cannery Lot
N. W
James Temple
Niss
W. Brewster Deen
J. Owen Knotts
Henry Haupt
Geroline County
T. Clayton Horsey
Sip Vander Meulen
Sophia Vander Meulen
Ordware & Machiner
Jack L. Stevens
Auct
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Wesley Collegiate Institute
Clarence A. Short
Dover, Delaware
J. Virgil Moore
S. 2Nd Street
6Th
Lincoln Sts
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
J. H. Pollard
Algo
G. L. Jopp
Hobbs, Md
W. A. Smith
Market St
Denton, MD
Thomas J. Richardson
Denton-Greensboro Ee
Onc
J. L. Everngam
Elias Driver
Isaac L. Dukes
William R. Carroll
WM. Pepper
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Elkton
Fuller Brush Company
Talbot
Caroline Counties
Delaware Trust Building
Wilmington
Del
Paris
Spurs
Saree
Phillips 1
Magnesia
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry CO
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Claiborne
Matapeake
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