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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1927
Page
2
Benjamin H. Johnson serves as President and Treasurer with Benjamin F. Johnson as Vice President and Secretary. The notice shows entry at the Denton Maryland post office as second class main matter on Saturday morning January 29 1927.
The February National Geographic presents A Maryland Pilgrimage by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor. It praises Maryland’s role in federal formation, its public men, and varied geography from Eastern Shore to Western mountains. Highlights include industrial feats in Baltimore and Hagerstown, and the article’s praise of Maryland’s natural history and culture.
The Orphans Court in regular session granted letters of administration for Abram R. Wright to Annie O. Saulsbury with bond approved and creditors notice ordered. Praisers named include Harry A. Roe and J. Roland Chaffinch. Various estates filed accounts and final orders issued for Mary E. Lord Mary A. C. Wright Geo W Hazel Marina Bechtel Rosma Manning Andrew Towers and other listed executors and trustees. The court also ordered notices to delinquent administrators and executors to state accounts.
William J. Emerson, long a leading farmer in the region, has died after a career marked by prominence in local agriculture. Services and obituary details are forthcoming from his family and the community.
William Emerson a prominent Queen Anne's Shore farmer, born October 31 1861 in Queen Annes, died at his Cordova area home after a kidney illness. He owned multiple farms near Cordova, was married three times, and leaves children, siblings, and a large kin network. Funeral Mass held at Old St. Josephs Church with interment in its cemetery.
A feature outlines how director Marshall Neilan leading woman Blanche Sweet and leading man Neil Hamilton broke into film. Stranded in New York, Neilan became a studio worker and actor. Sweet sought work to support family. Hamilton, eager to act on screen, was urged by D W Griffith after a test. All three rose to prominence under Griffith’s guidance. The piece also advertises the Atwater Kent program featuring Florence Austral Alexander Brailowsky John Amadio and the Atwater Kent Orchestra with works by Weber Chopin and F.
Public sale of 16 head of cattle 4 work horses farming implements and assorted farm equipment including a Chevrolet car and wheat corn soybeans and farm goods. Sale located about two miles east of Denton starting at ten oclock a.m. Bank terms cash under $10 with four month credit for larger sums and notes bearing interest. Trustees J Owen Knotts Wilbert L Merriken James Temple auctioneers.
Assignee W Brewster Deen will sell at public auction in front of the Denton Maryland court house door between 2 and 4 PM the property described as a parcel in the Seventh Election District of Caroline County with improvements and appurtenances. The land, conveyed to Harvey L Cooper and later to James F Fisher and Arthur A Kershaw as tenants in common, is offered with terms of one half cash on day of sale and balance in six and twelve months or all cash, with title papers at purchaser expense. The notice cites defaults on a mortgage from James F Fisher Eva L Fisher and Arthur A Kershaw to Harvey L Cooper dated September 25 1922 and recorded in Caroline County.
Notice to creditors that the subscriber has obtained letters of administration from the Orphan's Court for Caroline County Maryland on the personal estate of a deceased resident. Creditors must present their claims to the administrator by a specified deadline.
J W Peters of Hickman Delaware offers a 14 horse Fairbanks engine and pump, 250 gallon tank, 14 inch cypress, 260 feet of 1 inch galvanized pipe with elbows unions and couplings. Sold cheap to quick buyer.
W S Ames announces a public auction at the J W Perry Farm on the Denton Hillsboro road three miles west of Denton and three miles east of Hillsboro. Items include household goods farm implements seeds incubators tractors and livestock with many articles listed and more not named.
A multisection auction notice lists cattle including bay and black mares and geldings, Jersey cows and heifers, Holstein cows and yearlings, brood sows, and Poland China shoats all tuberculin tested with sale by bidding. The document cites Wesley E. Thawley as assignee, the Poore spouses as defendants, and a circuit court equity case No. 2478 with an auditor's report to be ratified if no cause shown within three weeks, with publication requirements in Caroline County papers.
A public sale of Lot No 1 and Lot No 2 in Vaughn's Kindness, Caroline County Maryland, under a mortgage from Ada C Hobby and George T Hobby Jr to Harvey L Cooper dated September 29 1908, with later assignment to W Brewster Deen for collection. Descriptions include boundaries and acres for both parcels, with exceptions of 36 acres and 5 3 4 acres, and 19 3 4 acres plus 10 acres released by Handy. Title papers at purchaser expense.
Mortgagee assignee will sell at public auction the 6.8 acre parcel in the Second Election District of Caroline County Maryland located near State Road between Denton and Greensboro. The sale follows a 1928 mortgage from Martin Mann and Thomas L. Sheeley to Harvey L. Cooper and subsequent assignments. Auction to be held in front of the Denton Court House door between 2 and 4 p.m.
A near new 5 room bungalow with a large poultry house and a full bungalow cellar sits on about ten cultivated acres with the rest a lake suitable for duck and goose propagation. The property lies near the State Maca dam highway between Greensboro and Denton with electricity and telephone in front. the house is wired for electricity. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in six and twelve months at 6 percent interest, secured to the assignee, or full cash at purchaser option. Title papers at purchaser’s expense.
By virtue of a mortgage dated April 29 1922 from Harley H Needles to James T Pinder and assigned to William J Richards the property in Caroline County Maryland Lot M fronts Valentine Street 652.5 feet Wilson Street 616 feet Pershing Avenue 515 feet back line 652.6 feet totaling eight and one third acres will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder in front of the Court House door Denton on Tuesday February 22 1927.
Assignee will expose at public sale in Denton Maryland the 30 acre property from a 1923 mortgage by Benjamin Lucznik to Harvey L Cooper with last assign ment to W Brewster Deen. Sale describes a route from Hobbs to Ringgold Green and Willoughby Road with fence ditch and cedar post markers. Next Wednesday is Groundhog Day.
In equity in the Orphans Court for Caroline County a bill seeks to sell Nathan Clark deceaseds real estate in Henderson to pay debts. The Goldsboro Bank sues with other creditors to obtain a decree and notices were ordered by publication to absent heirs in Delaware Indiana Kansas and Pennsylvania. heirs at law and nonresidents are named with addresses where known and unknown heirs are listed for notice before March 7, 1927.
Order of Publication issued by Caroline County Circuit Court for Edward Bennett estate. Plaintiff Ella Bannister Ernest Bannister Edith Hall Horace Hall Elsie Ross Thomas Ross Lina Dix Walter Dixon seek decree to sell Lincoln Street property in Denton owned by Robert Fountain at death. Bill states Fountain died seized of fee simple estate and heirs at law are plaintiffs and above defendants. Thomas Ross twice failed to appear. notice via newspaper four weeks before February 23 1927. Appearance deadline March 15 1927. THOMAS J. KEATING true copy test T. Clayton Horsey Clerk.
A testimonial from W. H. Fletcher claims Adlerika relieved years of constipation and gas, enabling appetite after prior fruit intolerance. Ad highlights that it removes gas, old waste matter, and the bloated feeling, with Breeding's Drug Store selling the product.
Corner store property with water bath and lights in prime location. G room dwelling available with same utilities. rent separately or together. Apply to C H Dean 1 29 Queen Anne Md.
D A Carroll advertises passenger conveyance in closed cars to any point at reasonable rates with contact via phone 165 M.
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