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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1927
Page
7
Otto von Bismarck, after leaving public service to farm at Kolephof, amused guests with practical jokes. Four young foxes rushed in tearing upholstery, while pistol shots and plaster showers from ceilings startled sleeping guests. A hunting companion once begged for help and was allegedly shot, but escaped as he struggled free.
The article traces petroleum use from biblical times to modern history. It cites Genesis references to pitch and mortar, Herodotus on bitumen in Babylon, and ancient practices in China and Egypt, noting early knowledge, religious rites, and the 1859 Titusville discovery as a commercial milestone.
During a golden wedding anniversary celebration in Australia, host Henry Pontz attempted to cut a large cake. A carving knife failed, a second knife failed, and a hammer and chisel were used, causing the cake to collapse into plaster. It emerged the confectioner sent a plaster cake, misled a young clerk who wrapped it without noticing.
Visitors admire red Azzo marble in Milan's Baptistery chapel as electric saws powered by Tessin water help slice the stone finer. The move lowers costs and preserves a long standing trade as demand grows.
A farm hand on the Black Isle opposite Dingwall, Scotland, uncovered a coffin filled with salt containing a human skeleton. Officials believe tide drift uncovered it just recently and that it may be one of the churchyard burials long noted in local tradition.
The article traces umbrellas from ancient Far East use as sun protection and royal insignia in Syrian and Egyptian sculpture to English adoption by women in Queen Anne's reign. It notes Joseph Hanway as the first Englishman to endure ridicule by using an umbrella.
The earliest organs were water organs. The first specimen was the work of Ctesibius of Alexandria in Egypt. Instruments from his design reached Rome in the first century A D and were played at public games to amuse the populace. It is probable the organ was not introduced into churches until the end of the seventh century.
Dr. F A Moss of George Washington University led tests showing hunger overrides maternal fear. A three chamber cage with a central shock zone drew eight of ten rats to food within 72 hours, while mothers with young resisted passing the charged wires, indicating hunger drives behavior across species.
Under a 1922 mortgage from John E. Swift and Sallie A. Swift to Samuel C. Faulkner, assigned for collection to Calvert C. Merriken, a public sale will be held at the front of the Court House door in Denton Maryland. The sale occurs after a default in the mortgage terms. The document appears in the Caroline County mortgage records.
Tuesday August 16 1927 between 2 and 4 pm parcels of land in the First Election District Caroline county Maryland described as Parcel No 1 along the southeast side of the Keen’s Cross Roads public road to Templeville. metes and bounds include various courses and distances ending at the road, containing the described area.
A Maryland land sale listing Parcel No 2 and Parcel No 3 describe boundaries and measurements for 154 square perches and 115 acres total across parcels, with references to deeds from Faulkner and Swift dating 1896 1909 and 1915. Improvements include a two story frame dwelling a large barn and outbuildings. Cash on day of sale title at purchaser expense Calvert C Merriken assignee and L F Covey auctioneer.
In Caroline county circuit court Chy. No. 2605 order July 14 1927 ratify and confirm sale of property unless cause shown by September 15. Copy to be printed in Caroline county newspaper four weeks before August 15. Report states sale amount 2200 dollars. Clerk Clayton Horsey.
Maryland court suit seeks to void a deed from Anna D. Green to Elsie Green Semlow of land in Denton Caroline county and to appoint a trustee to sell as needed to satisfy creditors including Harvey L. Cooper as administrator and the Denton National Bank. The bill details bond indemnity, misappropriation of funds, and related notes and judgments, and asks for a sale and distribution to creditors with notice to absent defendants.
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