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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
1
The season brings wide Batwing designs and flowing end Four-in-Hands. These neckties feature a slip free neck band for easy wearing, making Spring’s latest neckwear available to style conscious buyers.
An advertisement for men’s footwear offers W. L. Douglas shoes at 38 pounds and 3.50 dollars for Oxfords in black and tan. Walkover Shoes are priced at 4, 4.50, and 5 dollars, highlighting the Cordovan tan shade and newest lasts.
A retailer promotes the Itclipse Shirt as an exclusive offer with tailor like fit. It claims the patterns are wobby and the colors are absolutely fast, positioning the item as a premium apparel option.
Retail ad highlights famous Corliss Coon Collars with a price of two for 25e. Multiple new styles available for customers seeking updated fashion accessories.
Administrator of Bruce G. Stevens deceased markets a public auction of Jersey cattle, horses, hogs, farm gear, timber, and household goods at the former premises. Items include multiple cows with calves, horses and harness, corn, fodder, tools, furniture, and cookware. Cash for sums under ten dollars. six months credit with secured note for larger amounts. auctioneer Janes Temple. Denton Maryland post office.
Public salis of 250 arable acres with 125 remaining acres in timber, estimated value of timber at 500 shillings, improvements include unspecified structures.
Frame dwelling with outbuildings, orchards, and 35 acre meadow. Farm fenced with American Wire, high state of cultivation, productive dairy farm on the Eastern Shore. Located two miles from Queen Anne Milk Cooling Station, near Willoughby and Cordova. Public sale at Easton Court House on Tuesday June 13 1916 at 2 pm. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in 1 or 2 years or all cash. deferred payments bear 6 percent interest from Jan 1 1917 with possession given. The Peninsula Farm Agency Easton Maryland.
Notice to creditors informs that Sophie Kerr Underwood administratrix of Amanda C Kerr deceased and George IL Russell Charles W Ellwanger executors of Catherine Singer deceased have letters of administration or executorship from the Orphans Court of Caroline County Maryland. Creditors must file their claims with vouchers by December 27, 1916 or be barred from the estate. Dates given: May 20, 1916 for Amanda Kerr and May 30, 1916 for Catherine Singer notices.
Maryland act grants Caroline County Commissioners authority to borrow up to sixty thousand dollars to pay floating indebtedness, issue county funding bonds, levy taxes to cover interest and redemption, terms include four percent interest, bond series one to sixty, mature yearly from 1916, exemptions from taxes, bid process, and handling of proceeds with strict use restrictions and separate funds. The act takes effect June 1, 1916, signed by Governor Emerson Harrington and leaders of the General Assembly.
The narrative follows Paul Stanislaus, a cornet player in a Polish Russian regiment, who after poverty becomes a skilled musician. On wartime East Prussia’s border, looters threaten his family until he plays the Russian anthem, move the troops, and earns a general’s aid. The general awards Stanislaus and pits music as a morale force for valor.
Chapter 450 repeals Chapter 788 and reenacts it to ban fox killings in Caroline and Carroll Counties except when poultry are at stake or when foxes are killed by hounds. Violators face a misdemeanor conviction with a fine between twenty five and fifty dollars, act taking effect June 1, 1916, signed by Governor Emerson C Harrington.
Brief item notes a pony and driver with a rubber-tire cart and harness for hire or use. Mentions individuals Duke[s] Downs et Thos, Richla Toson, and a 32 year old at Denton, Md. Encourages subscription.
In 1887 James Anthony Froude praised Havana as a city of arches towers and churches reproduced from Castile. San Cristobal de la Habana arose near the Mayabeque river, later named St Christopher Habana. Havana is called the key to the new world and the piece notes fever and loss if one never visited Cuba.
The deathwatch beetle hides in furniture and woodwork making a continual tick sound to call mates. It bores into wood as a larva and can endure being pounded on without moving, while folding its legs and pretending to be dead when touched. The piece notes its eerie persistence and calls it a ghostlike creature from the Philadelphia North American.
A Youth's Company note explains quick divisibility checks for 2 3 4 5 6 8 and 9 using last digits or digit sums. It illustrates with 1728 showing divisibility by 2 4 8 3 and 9 and notes 7 requires standard division.
J Nal sen Laurvik, writing in Century, argues that Norway’s national art began with its peasant painters who used primitive color and blunt design. He traces parallels to Magyar folk art, noting shared forthright expression and a drive to decorate space, insisting modern Norwegian art returns to its core character away from foreign influence.
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