Twain Helps Grant With Memoirs Fortune Payment Story
In 1885 Mark Twain used his friendship and business sense to aid Ulysses S. Grant. Twain offered $825,000 as an advance for the memoirs with a 70 percent net return, securing about $450,000 for the Grant heirs and a $200,000 early check to Julia Grant in 1886, the largest royalty ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Clemens
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Company
Grant
Century
Gieneral
Julia D. Grant
Wren’s Fame Echoes in Michigan Motto Tale
The Detroit News notes the Michigan motto Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice mirrors St Paul’s inscription in London. It recalls architect Sir Christopher Wren, born 1682 died 1723, famed for designing St Paul’s and knighted by Charles I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Amoenam
St. Paul's
London
Sir Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
Royal Society of London
St. Paul’s
Wren
Detroit News
St Gaudens Water Tap Story From Rowan Italian Garden
Hallam Hawksworth recounts how the sculptor St Gaudens, as a student in Rowe, kept a water tap running in his New York studio to recall the fountain music of an old Italian garden. The janitor finally confronted him after three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Gaudens
Rowe
Italjian
New York City
Mttle
Hallam Hawksworth
St Nicholas
Hidden microbes in salt preserves amaze Upsala scientist
A Swedish Upsala researcher finds micro organisms thrive in meat and fish preserved with 16 percent salt. He concludes the peculiar odors and flavors of salt conserves arise from these unseen life forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upsala
Sweden
Two English Archbishops Hold Primacy and Stipends
The text outlines the two archbishops of the Established Church of England the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York. It notes their precedence over most officials, their formal titles, and the archbishops’ annual stipends of about 15 000 pounds for Canterbury and 9 000 pounds for York, with converted values shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
England
Archbishop of
Canterbury
York
All England
Primmate
Metropolian
First New Green Breaks Through In Early Spring
In a long lane the first leafing appears as honeysuckle and elder buds break on hawthorns. Hawthorn blossoms promise verdant hedges while wood sallows form downy cushions and golden flowers emerge. Osier beds show orange red patches as willow and elias mix with towers and wisps from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Osier
Elias
Wisneck
London
Tax Sale Notice for Caroline County Maryland 1922
Under provisions of Maryland law the Caroline county treasurer announces tax arrears for state and county taxes for the years stated. If not paid by July 18 1922 at the courthouse door in Denton the taxes interest and costs will be sold at public sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of
Maryland
Caroline County
State of
Court House
Denton
John W. Berry
L. B.T
William Young
Charles H. Harris
Denton-Hillsboro
Chas. J. Thomas
Annie A. Rochester
Rochester
William Downes
Caroline County tax sale bids on multiple land parcels
On July 18 1922 between 2 and 4 pm parcels of land near Marydel Melville Preston Federalsburg and other towns are offered for cash to the highest bidder to cover state county and interest taxes plus costs. Descriptions include seven plus large estates with detailed metes and bounds. The sale lists individual owners Simmons Kilson Hooper Hubbard Webb Truxon Whalen Reed and others and totals due for each parcel with rates and costs. Redemption rights allow one year from sale upon payment with interest and deed costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marydel
Melville
Harriet Matthews
W. W. Rickards
William J. Boyer
William J. Hoyer
Annie M. Kilson
Caroline County
Reid
Nichols
Elizabeth N. Collins
Main Street
William Fletcher Williamson
Mary R. Webb
W. W. Kinderland
Jas. Turner
Thos. Kinder
W. W. Kinder
Aso
Houston’s Branch
Federalsburg
James Reilley
Thomas Whalen
Thomas BR. Whalen
Isaac T. Mitchell
Harry E. Price
Rebecca Wright
John Knotts
Harvey L. Cooper
Isaac Truxon
L. B.T
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Denton Journal
Soward Welvin Benj. H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Janiter
Wrrape
William West
Robert Clendening
Clendening
King’s Branch Ditch
Thomas Clendening
Henry Matthews
Forrest Lodge
Tilghman’s Progress
Jonestown
John W. Murray
Said
Louis Causey
Ida Hubbard
Sarah M. Fletcher
William W. Hooper
William Hooper
Intercat
Harrison Hubbard
Preston
Union Grove
Robert Tayer
Gustav C. Rieck
Harrison W. Hubbard
Levin C. Reid Et al
Levin C. Reid
Williamsburg
Sard Road
James Turner
Vernon S. Bradley
Nanticoke River
Alex
Prattis Land
Idlewild Mill Dam
Alex. Prattis
William R. Phillips
Sarah L. Seymour
Keel
Smithville
William J. Everngam
Rosser Land
Frank H. Wright
Frank A. White
Circuit Court
T. Frank Seward
J. Norman Pitts
Denton, Md
Ciarage
Third St
Mason
Denton Vulcanizing CO
M. E. Wilson
Nisi
Harvey LL. Eoapery
W. Temple Smith
Deakyne
Geo
A. Deakyne
Lucas
Thomas & Messer CO
W. Balto
St. Baltimore
Calvert C. Merriken
Atorney-at-Law
Preston Mot
Norman Clark
John W. Noble
Sale
Louis Stevens
Elmer Bowdle
Columbus
India
America
Pep
THE
Denton Nationa Bank
Denton, Maryland
Milbourn & Milbourn
Chester, PA
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Matpin, Warvelann
Annapolis
Claiborne
TLC
Howard
W. A. Smith
Diantist
Marner St
Journal
Ats Die
Nuttie Howe, Co
C. Leslie Walls Denton
W. J. Blackiston
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