29 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1910
Page
1
The undersigned owners will offer at public sale to the highest bidder in front of the Court House door in Denton Maryland. The notice indicates timber leaf and cord wood are available for bidding. Bidders should attend to place offers on the stated materials.
On Tuesday February 1 1910 at 2 PM timber on about 50 acres in the Third Election District Caroline County known as the Brubaker Farm will be offered. Timber measured eight inches at stump six inches from ground and all wood under eight inches will be sold. Purchasers get until January 1 1911 to remove timber with road access from Garey Mill Lane. Parcels offered separately then as a whole to fetch best price. Located about 11/2 miles from Denton with access near the Denton Greensboro road.
Sale terms require cash on day of sale or an interest bearing note with approved security payable January 1, 1911. A copy of the plat is available at the office of Albert G Towers and at Tiarvey L Cooper, John W Clark, auctioneer.
By order of the Orphans Court of Caroline County the executors will publicly sell at the late Denton residence on Fifth Street on Monday February 7 1910 at 10 AM the personal property of Mary A G Towers including parlor and dining room furniture a writing desk a spear heater four bedroom sets rockers and all household and kitchen furnishings.
After Mr and Mrs Tripp die the heirs quarrel over a white ching tea set with gilt rims. The dispute escalates as cousins argue ownership and loyalties. Miss Selina Sharpe seizes the prized dishes, a fire breaks out at her house, and the salvaged china is destroyed, ending the feud.
An Australian blowhole on the New South Wales coast near IKtuma is described as a circular cavity about ten yards wide in a rocky headland. Waves surge through a cave linking the sea, causing air compression that blasts water high into the air during storms, sometimes 300 to 400 feet, with thunderous rumbling heard far inland.
A Leisure Hour writer notes giraffes are timid at faint sounds yet indifferent to loud ones. Descriptions include startled reactions to air explosions on a canal barge and a keeper’s remark about giraffes fleeing when darkness allows a predator to approach.
The narrative describes Jacques Cartier's 1534 voyage seeking an India passage, his voyage across Newfoundland and the St Lawrence estuary, and the moment French explorers learned that Mohawk term Canada meant village, later used to name the country. The account notes Cartier's 1535 return and the vast continental landscape observed.
A discussion on who first invented the planing machine notes numerous claims. It cites records showing Nicholas Forg, a French clockmaker, using a metal planer in 1751 to machine pump cylinders, believing this method yielded greater accuracy than a revolving cutter, per Cussier's Magazine.
Detroit Free Press describes the cruel practice of plucking live geese for feathers. It covers the preparation of birds, the plucking process, and the resurgence of concern as health issues like asthma and hay fever curb demand for feather beds and pillows. The piece notes the decline in feather use over twenty five years and links it to health awareness.
An Odessa theater impersonator of famous men receives a message to study General Gourko. He is arrested briefly at the marshal’s palace, then faces the real Gourko who recognizes the act and laughs, ending the danger with a roaring reaction.
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