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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1927
Page
2
Benjamin H. Johnson serves as President and Treasurer while Benjamin F. Johnson is Vice-President and Secretary. The item is entered at the Denton Maryland post office as second class mail matter dated Saturday morning January 22 1927.
Readers are reminded of optimistic forecasts for 1927, with analysis of how 1926 set a high standard in trade, profits, and employment. The piece reviews prudent business practices, cautious production, and the danger of overconfidence, while noting a shift toward steady investment. It also critiques moralizing editorials and discusses dancing regulation, Justinian law, and prohibition surveys, ending with theater notes about Potash and Perlmut ter Detectives at the Auditorium Theatre in Baltimore.
The passage notes declining drinkers, especially youths, and Professor Fisher attributes the drop to constitutional prohibition arriving earlier than planned. Breyers are said to have caused the tighter liquor traffic limits by their own failures, effectively moving from a wartime defeat to a new prohibition era.
County Extension notes winter poultry losses from colds chickenpox soup and canker due to drafty damp houses poor ventilation overcrowding and temperature swings. Heavier production birds suffer more mortality and lower eggs. County Agent offers bulletins on Winter Egg Production Loblolly Pine in Maryland and Production-Bred Poultry plus USDA tomato blight findings from Baltimore meeting.
Miss Ruth Maloney and classmates from Easton visited Miss Maloney’s parents near Silver Lake. Mrs. J. Hardesty, staying with her mother and sister, is improving. Mr. Harvey Lord and son Francis and Mr. E. B. Maloney were in Easton last Saturday. Mrs. C. I. Rice is on the sick list and wished a speedy recovery.
The Dorchester Caroline Woman's Christian Temperance Union held its third quarterly executive meeting in Easton at the Baptist Church on Wednesday January 19 at 11 a.m. The Rev Mr Murphy pastor of the M P Church of St Michaels and Miss Marianne Hardcastle of Easton gave short addresses in the 2 p.m. session lasting one hour.
We offer airtight heating stoves of various sizes at low prices. Allen's Parlor Mussines enameled mahogany priced at 99 dollars. Seventeen inch Double Heater 55 dollars. Coal blast stoves from 2400 dollars up. Sexton 20 inch Pipeless Trachinee complete 116 dollars. Cast iron range good quality 36 dollars. Direct action steel ranges from 00 and up. Nuttle Hdwe.
Pure bred Plymouth Rock pullets from large heavy laying stock advertised by EMIL HENZEN of Denton Maryland dated January 22, 1911. The notice highlights breed quality and availability through a local classifieds style listing.
A collection of oblique memorial poems and verses for family members including Willie Myrtle and Alice Jones. The pieces express grief and faith, noting dates of death from 1919 to 1926 and closing with signatures from grieving relatives and sisters. The tone is reverent and consoling, with references to heaven, resurrection, and the Golden Gate.
Tourists along a country road in India notice a rough carved image on a stool near a village boundary. Locals explain it is a goddess image used to ward off smallpox, moved from village to village to avoid the outbreak, sometimes with a Mohammadan charged to destroy it.
Trachoma may stem from inadequate diet and deficiency diseases rather than contagion, per the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness. The disease shows higher incidence among those with faulty food habits, while no transmission was observed aboard ships or on Ellis Island among workers and passengers.
In Eaton Place a now flat subdivided mansion hosts a dinner tale of a departed admiral. Guests insist his presence is felt after his ship went down, with the admiral allegedly appearing on anniversaries in the old drawing room, a story vouched for by a London Sketch reader and an elderly believer in ghosts.
In winter Ralph Waldo Emerson opened his study to weekly visitors from the neighborhood including the Lowells Holmeses Alcotts and Longfellows. He sat in a circle with chairs for guests while he listened and answered questions, avoiding monologues as others spoke concisely and kindly.
The article describes two ring types around sun and moon: coronas caused by water droplets close to the moon, where smaller droplets yield larger rings, and true halos formed farther away by ice crystals. Each halo has a fixed angular size determined by crystal shape light path and bending at a given slope.
A man faced charges of burglary and malicious assault as testimony unfolded in court. The victim testified in the witness box about the incident in a sitting room where she was with Miss Billings when the burglary occurred. The judge pressed about the prisoner fleeing through an open window and why aid was not summoned.
Public foreclosure sale announced for a 97.5 acre farm in Caroline at the Denton courthouse on February 8, 1927. Property includes a barn, stable, granary, and timber. dwelling destroyed by fire, new foundations laid. farm near Harmony with 75 cultivated acres and remaining woodland. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal installments at six and twelve months, 6 percent interest, or all cash. tithe at purchaser's expense. Assignee: J Owen Knotts. Auctioneers: James Temple.
Public sale of 6.8 acre pondside land in Caroline County Maryland under a 1923 mortgage from Martin Mann and Thomas L Sheeley to Harvey J. Cooper. Assigned to J Owen Knotts, the bid auction to occur in front of Denton Court House between 2 and 4 pm. Property lies along a 30 foot lane from State road to Zacharius Mill Pond, with specific boundary courses and references to prior deeds and land records.
A nearly new five room bungalow features a large poultry house and a full building cellar under the home. The property includes about ten cultivated acres and the rest a lake suitable for ducks and geese, with ample wood supply. Located near the State mac dam highway between Greensboro and Denton, it offers electricity and telephone service in front and is wired for power. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in six and twelve months with six percent interest, or all cash. Title papers at purchaser’s expense. Jamrs Temple, Auction Assignee.
Under a mortgage dating 1924 with assignments, Wesley E. Thawley as assignee will publicly auction a two story frame dwelling and woodshed in Denton Maryland. The sale, from 2 to 4 pm, will be in front of the Courthouse. The parcel is the front half of Lot on Fourth Street, 50 feet by 93 feet, in the Third Election District. The land is tied to deeds from Belle to Nichols, Nichols to Moore, Moore to Thomas, with further record intent.
The Goldsboro Bank as plaintiff seeks sale of Nathan Clark deceased real estate in Caroline County to pay debts. The bill names many nonresident heirs and nieces and nephews across Indiana Delaware Maryland and Pennsylvania. An order in Orphans Court requires publication in four weekly issues and notice to absent defendants to appear by March 7 1927 or a decree will be passed.
The suit aims to obtain a court decree for selling Robert Fountain's Lincoln street property in Caroline county after his death. The bill identifies Fountain's heirs at law as his two surviving children and requests division of sale proceeds. The court ordered notice by publication in a Caroline county newspaper for four weeks ending Feb 28 1927, with Thomas Ross instructed to appear by Mar 16 1927 to show cause why a decree should not be granted.
A testimonial notes relief after Adlerika to curb gas and stomach trouble. The advertisement claims the product removes old waste from the intestines, eases bloating, and helps with obstinate constipation, promoted by Breeding's Drug Store.
Industrious men aged 25 to 60 are invited to join G. C. Heberling Company in selling household products directly to consumers in their home county. Highlights include a large, best selling line, strong company support, low wholesale prices, and no experience required. Training and ongoing assistance provided. Include age, occupation, and reference. Bloomington, IL.
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