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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
6
Oliver Ray saves Elsie Lewis from a winter accident at the forest pool. The blind girl regains sight after the rescue, and Oliver Lewis recovers, with Elsie and Oliver Ray developing a quiet romance as the pool thaws into June.
A Dubiio eccentric buys a ham from a purveyor and asks it be hung outside for later retrieval. He circles the street as a policeman approaches, grabs the ham and is hauled back. The shop assistant reveals the prank: the ham is the thief’s own, and he was free to take it anyway.
A historical remedy claims to draw out pain and inflammation instantly and reduce bunions to normal size after a nightly fifteen minute soak. It says corns peel off and stay away, with a 25 cent package widely available through druggists to treat sore smelly feet.
Four boxes of salt one can of celery seed one set of platform scales coffee mill row of rat traps one set of scales one tobacco cutter two shares for plow one land scythe one whip about forty gallons of Porto Rico molasses lot of collars lot of soap lot of cigarettes lot of corn starch lot of spools of cotton lot of spool thread lot of combs one bax of needles lot of cigars lot of nut megs lot of Rumford's baking powder lot of lamp globes lot of pencils lot of scissors lot of medicine one box of thread one hundle of shoestrings lot of stove polish lot of sugar one bolt of tablecloth lot of spoons lot of mouse traps lot of beans one tank and oil lot of empty barrels lot of empty tomato baskets lot of nails a set of springs two iron pots one looking glass two boxes mustard and ginger one bed and bedding.
Sealed proposals due at noon June 7 1911 for building a pile bridge and connecting causeway over the Linchester river at Back Landing Maryland. Bridge about 149 feet long 18 feet wide with plans on file. Bidder must include $300 certified check. contracts opened at Todd s Hotel Preston Caroline county.
An order of the Orphans Court of Caroline County directs Reuben Garey as executor to sell the deceased Annie Garey Meekins personal effects at her Fifth Street Denton home. The auction begins 2 pm with items including parlor furniture, beds, desks, books, dishes, kitchenware, carpets, lamps, piano, sewing machine, and more. Payment terms: cash under $10. $10 and over on six months with a bank note and approved security. Auctioneers: F P Covey.
State officials Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer invite sealed proposals for a 300000 four percent State Insane Hospital Loan Series B dated July 1 1911. Bonds, $1000 denominations, payable semi annually, redeemable after July 1 1921, due July 1 1926, tax exempt. Bids due July 1 1911 noon with 5 percent certified check. awards to highest valid bidders at Annapolis.
One third cash and rest in six or twelve equal payments or all cash at buyers option. Deferred payments bear interest from day of July and secured to executors’ satisfaction. Title papers at purchasers’ expense. Deposit of $250 on Tract I and $100 on Tract II. Executors Orlando Patton and Chas. B. Harrison, and Emily P. Willis announce a related undivided half interest sale in Tract I.
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