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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1925
Page
6
Irvin S. Cobb recounts a colored American infantryman’s first front-line taste of war after fortifying with French wine. He proclaims the need for battle, stands atop the trench, and a German roinnenwerfer explodes nearby, leaving him dazed and praising German shells for their “service.”
A veteran reporter recalls a 12 year old Nassau murder case in which a German consul official deduced the victim’s identity from a clue filled scrap of paper. He linked shopping for kitchen utensils to a housewife and corsets to an actress, solving the mystery in minutes.
A Grit commenter lauds a man awaiting a pibble on the fishing stream as patience personified then questions why he cannot emulate sportsman conduct at home or in business. The piece implicitly critiques self congratulations and urges consistency in behavior.
A health notice promotes evaporated milk as a safer, purer option for babies during summer. It outlines sterilization, high nutritive content, and pediatrician backed formulas from six to twelve months, with precise weekly feeding schedules and ingredient amounts.
A Bath shipmaster on a foreign voyage carried many pumpkins for his crew but left extra on the wharf. The crew grew tired of pumpkins and, one night, many were tossed overboard. At dawn the captain saw pumpkins bobbing in the sea and asked the steward, who joked that the pumpkins from Boston had followed.
Chrome leather is tanned with chromium salts and proved most durable for shoes in World War II tests. Cordovan leather, named after Cordova Spain, is soft and highly polishable and now comes from pigskins and horsehides as well as goatskins. Patent leather originated in Newark Delaware in 1819 by Seth Boyden.
A town tailor, prone to sudden vacations, locks his shop and leaves without notice. To explain his unscheduled absences, he prints a large front door sign reading This shop is temporarily closed. Am sick, out of town, attending a funeral or fishing.
Lotus Nelumbo nelumbo grows abundantly in a Grand river bayou in Ottawa county Michigan, three miles from Spring Lake and eighty miles west of Grand Rapids. The American lotus Nelumbo lutea also grows in two Cleveland area spots near Huron, Ohio, making rare regional occurrences.
Small smooth objects called eye stones were used to remove foreign substances from the eye. The operculum of a tiny marine shell was common, placed in the inner corner and worked to the outer corner to extract debris.
The oceans cover about 139 million square miles with a volume near 802 million cubic miles and an average depth around two miles. The deepest point is five miles. Sea water holds about a quarter pound of salt per gallon. Studies of rock salt beds in Strassfort Germany New York Ohio Michigan Kansas Cheshire England suggest those areas could become land seas.
Assigners will publicly sell the former Todd store property in Denton Maryland with dwelling above, lot of 12908 sq ft, at courthouse doors between 2 and 4 pm. Terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in six months, balance in twelve months with interest. Purchaser bears title and stamps. mortgage loan available via assignees.
By decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County in equity in Towers vs Todd case the trustees offer real estate for sale at the courthouse door Denton on July 21 1925 between 2 and 4 PM. The property lies in the Fourth Election District near Harmony known as Marys Fortune Clark Farm Waddle s Venture and Stevens Beginning comprising land described as conveyed by Margaret A Tribbett to Goote n S Todd February 15 1900 save and except nine and three fifths acres to William R Thomas and one acre to Frank Collins.
W Brewster Deen as assignee will sell at public auction beside the Denton Court House door the two Denton tracts in Caroline County Maryland. Tract 1 describes a town lot on Sixth Street with 43 by 120 feet boundaries and improvements including a two story dwelling in good repair. Tract 2 covers a 50 by 214 foot parcel on Market Street with a modern home and hardwood floors. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two six and twelve month installments or all cash.
Under a 1925 Orphans Court decree trustee I F Covey will publically sell at Denton front Fourth street a 60 by 108 by 130 foot land parcel by the Choptank river. The parcel, conveyed to Daniel Gibson in 1909 and 1922, lies in Caroline County’s Third Election District and fronts Fourth Street. Terms: half cash on sale day with balance in six months or all cash. deferred payment bears interest and is secured by a note. A mortgage loan may be available upon request.
The subscriber Herse1 Clevenger, administrator, reports that letters of administration were issued by the Orphans Court of Caroline County Maryland for the estate of a deceased resident. Creditors must present claims with vouchers by January 26, 1926, or be barred from the estate. Dated July 7, 1925.
Six room rental on Franklin Street in Denton with bath electric lights town water and double garage. Includes chicken and wood house. Possession January 1, 1926. George Koenig Denton Md.
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