Assigner's Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Caroline County
Public sale conducted by the assignee Calvert C. Merriken for a mortgage default on Wil lard W. Schuyler to Harry R. Merriken, with a long farm boundary description, improvements including a two story frame dwelling and barn, in the Eighth Election District of Caroline county Maryland. Terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in six months, balance in twelve months or all cash, with notes secured. Title papers at purchaser’s expense. Auction by L. F. Covey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard W. Schuyler
Harry R. Merriken
Caroline County
Calvert C. Merriken
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Mary E. Noble
Charles Smith
Walter Love
T. V. Redman
William Smith
Robert H. Schuyler
L. F. Covey
Charles B. Harrison
Wm. T. Tuff
Assignee's Sale of Ten Acres in Caroline County Maryland
Public sale in Preston Maryland on February 4 1928 from 2 to 3 pm of a ten acre land parcel in the Fourth Election District Caroline County described by metes and bounds. Sale conducted by Charles B Harrison assignee with auctioneers Wm T Tuff. Proceeds to satisfy a mortgage from Nathan F Thomas and Mollie E Thomas to Jesse T Dennis and assignment to Harrison.
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Nathan F. Thomas
Mollie E. Thomas
Jesse T. Dennis
Caroline County
Charles B. Harrison
J. L. Covey’s
Preston
Maryland
Bethlehem
Wood Wharf
Notice to Creditors in Caroline County Maryland
Notice is given that VERMA W. SPARKS administratrix of Walter W. Sparks deceased has letters of administration on his personal estate. Creditors must exhibit their claims with proper vouchers to the subscriber by July 21, 1928 or be excluded from benefits of the estate. Handwritten January 3, 1928.
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Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Maryland
al Neon
Verma W. Sparks
Walter
W. Sparks
Hat on approval costs Lilla dear at Wales luncheon
Lilla Bennett succumbs to a French hat on approval for Mrs Wales luncheon. After buying the sixty five dollar hat she enjoys compliments until a rainstorm and loss of the hat lead to a costly rescue by her husband Burt. The incident teaches a wary lesson on economy and impulse.
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Lla Bennett
Burt
Helen Potter
Helen
Lilia
Marcy's
Miss Serge
Burton Bennett
Wilson Hudson Wales
Lilla
Lula
Lila
Wales
Mrs. Chambers
Lia
Davenport
Lita
Lille
Hin
Butter Origin Story From Camel Milk Is Told
A National Dairy Council piece titled The Fath of the Gopatis presents a romantic origin of butter tied to Arabian camel milk. It recounts early souring of milk, skin bags, horse speed trials, and later crude beating methods. It also notes the Aryan Gopatis as cow guardians and cow protection laws.
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Arabia
National Dairy Council
Mik
Central Asia
Gopatis
Nolso
Fly Travel Distances Revealed By Texas Experiments
A study notes flies often travel six miles in a day, with 234 000 specimens trapped and dusted in Texas for identification before release. Tempting butted traps were set at many points, revealing maximum single day travel just over 13 miles, aided by winds carrying the insects far from their origin.
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Texas
Precious English Relic Domesday Book and its Treasure
The Domesday Book is England’s most precious relic with its chest in a Tudor house in London. Ordered by William the Conqueror, aides mapped every lord, peasant, acre, ox, plow, and pig. It remains the western world’s first thorough census and underpins land deeds and lineage for English families.
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England
Chancery Jance
London
Wiliam the Conqueror
Moleras
America
Detroit News
Storks Dying Out In Germany Amid Superstitions
The stork population has declined about 70 percent in twenty years in Germany. Peasants view the omen as bad luck and some place a cartwheel on chimneys. Scientists cite winter migration to South Africa and locust poison as a factor in stork deaths.
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Germany
South Africa
Arsente
Beauty as daily help across life and art
A Philadelphia Record piece reflects on how daily beauty sustains us. Sight of the canal and quay, gardens, parks, architecture, sculpture, and literature offer essential encouragement, suggesting that beauty in many forms can “help through the day.”
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Philadelphia Record
Experiment in Cross Breeding Is Success
A new animal bred at Fairbanks Alaska college combines Galloway cows with Tibetan yak sires to create galloyaks. The hardy, shaggy-haired creature is suited to extreme cold, yields flavorful nourishing meat, high value hair, and first quality leather from its hide.
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Alaska College
Fairbanks
Alaska
Parallelism in Hebrew Prophecy On Dreams and Visions
The Columbia State discusses Joel's parallel prose showing that both old and young alike may dream dreams and see visions. It notes the Hebrew pattern of repeating meaning in two ways and compares it to Job's nighttime visions. The piece argues the idea is inclusive, not limited to any single group.
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Columbia
Joel
Dryden
Job
Port of New York District Defined by Compact
Describes the Port of New York as a district created by compact between New York and New Jersey. Delimits the region from Port Chester to Yonkers and across the Hudson to Passaic and Paterson, including Hoboken Jersey City Newark and South Amboy. Population stated near 9,000,000.
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Port of
New York
New Jersey
Port Chester
White Plains
Yonkers
Hudson River
Piermont
Passaic
Paterson
Hoboken
Jersey City
Newark
South Amboy
City of
Port District
Famous Leonardo Da Vinci Masterpieces Highlighted
The Last Supper and Mona Lisa are celebrated da Vinci works. The Last Supper was painted for the Duke of Milan on the walls of a Dominican convent and now decays, though copies exist including a Royal Academy version. The Mona Lisa, housed in the Louvre, is also regarded among the artist's greatest paintings.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Milan
Madonna del Grazle
Royal Academy
London
Louvre
Making Safes Safer
A newly invented safe uses one inch thick internal plates that emit loud reports when heated or tampered with. The material reportedly resists melting, breaking, or destroying and provides an alarm-like warning to deter burglars.
Little girl asks if a dead bird planted would grow into a bird
A four year old girl and a neighbor boy found a dead bird in a backyard. They began examining it and were questioned by a family member. The girl then asked whether planting the bird would make it grow into a bird.
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Aittle
Little Freddie Wonders About Frankie's Origin
A fragmentary dialogue shows Freddie asking if Frankie came from heaven like Iald and his mother affirming it, noting Freddie’s speculation that Frankie may have landed on his feet. The text preserves a childlike wonder and a playful, cryptic tone.
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Freddie
Frankie
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M. K. Newnam Denton, MD
P. R
Fisher
State Road
Enoch George
Preston, Md
Journal Printing Office
J. Virgil Moore
Denton, Maryland
Nist
Fred R. Owens
James B. Wilkerson
Circuit Court
R. Owens
T. Clayton Horsey
Clayton Horsey
A. L. Butler
Denton, Md
Denton-Burraville Road
Shice
Denton Journal
the Home
Walter W. Sparks
Journal
D. J. Walsh
Burbank
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