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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1918

Page

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Public sale ordered in Caroline County real estate case

In a decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County in Equity dated January 28 1918 trustees Henry R. Lewis and J. Owen Knotts are authorized to sell at public auction the parcel of land described in the proceedings. The sale will be held at the courthouse door in Denton Maryland between 2 and 4 PM on a date in 1918. The land lies in the Eighth Election District and begins at a stone boundary with the lands of James KR Manship now PD Warner Hignutt and proceeds by a sequence of compass directions and distances to the place of beginning, comprising the described tract.

Circuit Court Caroline county George W., Hignutt Norah Hignutt Farol Hignutt Edwin Hignutt Henry R. Lewis J. Owen Knotts Court House Denton Maryland James KR. Manship PD. Warner Hignutt Orphans” Court ELIZABETH FUCUS JOHN FUCHS JOHN GEORGE FUCHS CHARLES B. HARRESON Elizabeth Fuchs John Arnold Isea Indy John Dorothy May Douglas Miss Coleman prince Colton Curtis mother Johns lensamt Avenue Cloderelta mt ft

Lands Adjoining Houston Towns Area Offered For Sale

Lands adjoining the areas of Houston Towns and several others, described in a 1904 deed, are pine and oak timber with scarce tire wood and no improvements. Sale terms call for half cash and half in six months with interest, or all cash at purchaser option. purchaser bears tithe costs. Auctioneers Henry R. Lewis J Owen Knotts and Luonano F P Covey.

Houston T. HL. Everagain Clinton Williamson Edgar Todd William Thomas Colly Boston Charles T. Collison George D. Hignatt T L. D Carofine county

Foreclosure Sale Of Caroline County Real Estate 1914 Mortgage

Public sale to the highest bidder between 2 and 4 pm at the Denton Court House door for three parcels in the First Election District Caroline County Maryland. The properties include 9.5 acres 31.25 acres and 6 acres plus 11 acres 40 square feet conveyed through multiple deeds with adjustments to exclude 11 acres 40 square feet to Richard Morris. Names William J Klima Mary Klima Harvey L Cooper T Clayton Horsey James Jones Richard Jones and Richard Morris appear in the chain of title and record.

William J. Rlima Mary Klima Harvey L. Cooper T. Clayton Horsey Court House Denton Maryland Caroline county Cashe James Jones John W. Downes Richard Jones Richard Morris

Drama and Comedy by Sardou on marriage and murder

The French dramatist M Sardou explains the difference between drama and comedy by linking drama to murder outcomes and comedy to marriage. He outlines five acts: initial set pieces, the possibility of marriage or murder, new incident as obstacle, and final resolution whether marriage or murder occurs.

M. Sardou

Food preservation through water removal and ancient drying

The text notes that removing water from foods slows decomposition and recalls ancient practices. It cites Indian and African drying methods, Egyptian tomb storage, and reports of 6 000 year old grain kernels yielding good crops when planted, illustrating early preservation ideas.

Africa

Irish Not Coal Miners and Tyrone Coal Field

An Irish coal field in Tyrone holds vast potential with rich bituminous seams and about ten workable layers. Yet coal mining is not practiced here, and this industry seems foreign to local habits, though the field connects to Lough Neagh and lies north of Dun Gannon about the Nourishing town.

Tyrone Irehind Dungannon Ulster cuna Lough Neagh

Cannibal Chef Impresses Umpire at Home Base

A strange remark has a cannibal chief recalling a home life as a baseball umpire. The dialogue notes that no one ever liked him before, highlighting a dark twist in the tale and the chef’s unsettling appetite.

Paris models in war times reveal wartime strain

In Paris studios, professional models endure scant pay and long hours as war hardship weighs on the industry. Young artists hire aging or famed models for six francs a day, eight hours with hourly rests, while students toss coins into a glass for tokens. A Julian academy model recalls a once-glorious figure now pale and gaunt from hunger.

Paris Mie Bernardini-Sjoestedt Cartoons Trae voruv secco Julian academy

Invented Wrestling Dummy Aids Training Practice

William P. Armstrong of Washington created a wrestling dummy for practice. It helps wrestlers rehearse tackling and throwing moves safely at home, with a round head, stubbed arms, padded base, and a canvas body over soft core materials.

William P. Armstrong Washington Popular Science Monthly

Labor to Aid War Effort Urges Longer Hours

The Industrial Economist cites census data showing about 30 million workers in the United States. He notes 1,847,000 on eight hour shifts, with 475,000 federal state or local employees, and states the eight hour workforce has risen to at least 2,000,000, likely to directly supply factories, mills and mines for government needs.

United States American Federation of Labor

The Opium Habit Across Cultures and Suffering

The article describes three opium use forms eating by Turks smoking by Chinese and drinking as laudanum in civilized regions. It traces origin to unripe poppy fruit and explains incisions yielding a creamy juice hardened into small cakes for sale. Opium dependence destroys mind and body, often shortening life.

Yiddish Language Origins and Characteristics

The term Yiddish designates a language used by Judeo German communities in Germany and Russia and by immigrants to the United States. It is described as a jargon rather than a language or dialect, rooted in German with Hebraic and Slavic elements due to historical persecution during the Reformation.

Germany Russia United States

Army Medical Department Staffing Expands Under Gorgas

The Medical Journal reports over 19 200 officers now serve in the Army Medical Department including regular army and four reserve corps medical, dental, veterinary and sanitary. Projections estimate at least 24 000 physicians when full strength is reached. duties include food inspection, care of the sick and wounded, field hospitals, rehabilitation of disabled, and supply management. Hospital bed capacity will be set at 25 percent of the army strength.

army regular army ficers Gorgas Medical Journoyl ste

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LONG & BEALL Uncle Sam Treasury Department the Republic Bell CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAG TELEPHONE COMPANY H. M. THOMPSON Hillsboro, Md HOME INSURANCE CO N. Y AMERICAN EAGLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY THE GRANGERS’ MUTUAL OF MIDDLETOWN Farmer Mutual S.G. NUTYTLE Niewipa PERRHSHIVE TOPKIS BROS.CO Greenwood Del Ht. EL. MILLS Greenwood Factory FOOTER’S DYE WORKS CUMBERLAND, MD Luonano FP. Covey Trustees William J. Klima John T. Bickling HARVEY I COOPER JAMES TEMPLE McCluren Douglas Cinderella Tie Ike Cinderella
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