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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1927
Page
2
Juliet Thompkins rings Ursula Brigham into a reunion on a rainy fall day. Quincy John Harper arrives seeking Ursula, prompting a long-delayed meeting that rekindles old ties and hints at a hopeful match.
Poulson’s Advertiser recalls a February 18, 1827 incident where a stagecoach dash amid sparse traffic left seven passengers injured and the stage shattered. The piece argues for strong action to curb reckless driving and protect passengers on the highway between New York and Philadelphia.
The late violinist Innes Rigo quips about a critic by recalling a Tyrolean innkeeper and a pianist. A pianist visits the Tyrol inn to tune a piano and grumbles that two bass notes won’t play. The innkeeper replies that if he were a real player he would know how to skip them.
Naturalist Dr. William Beebe, while in New York, mused about health and longevity asking for a recipe. He cited two nine year old twins from Cinnaminson as humorous examples, noting one would say smoking keeps life long while the other insists not smoking.
Investigators from the Bureau of Nines and the Pittsburgh Experiment Station conduct tests on weather and temperature effects on workers. Using ultra sensitive scales, they claim to weigh emotions by tracking tiny weight changes from nervous excitement and fatigue, indicating energy expended under varying conditions.
A quirky 1930s style piece uses humorous takes on gender roles and work, mixing wry aphorisms about women, love, and clever lines about conquests and social expectations with a lampooning edge. It ends with a copyright note.
Public auction June 14 1927 in front of the Denton Court House Door for a farm in the Third Election District Caroline County Maryland. The property includes a modern dwelling, barn and granary with opportunities for dairy farming. One-third cash due sale day with two equal installments at three and six months or all cash. Deed papers at purchaser expense. Wesley E Thawley Assignee James Temple Auctioneer.
W Brewster Deen as assignee offers at public sale the Richardson Farm in the Third Election District Caroline County Maryland near Burrsville Ringgold's Green and Anthony's Mill. The 136.5 acre property includes dwelling barn and outbuildings with title from Herschel D. McGuffey and Effie L. McGuffey to Deen. Sale requires one half cash day of sale and the balance in two installments. title at purchaser expense. Auctioneers: John Irwin.
Public sale of a Maryland real estate mortgage property in Caroline County. The note stems from Noah Dearth and Lucinda Dearth to Harvey L. Cooper dated September 1917 with multiple assignments, the latest in May 1927 from Ella C. Emery to Charles S. Harrison. The sale, at the Denton courthouse steps between 2 and 4 pm, will cover a described tract in the Sixth Election District along a county road from Benton to Thawley's Chapel, with metes and bounds tracing to the McDaniel land and McDaniel road. Failure to meet mortgage terms has led to the assignment and sale.
Land description of 83 acres and 107 square perches with improvements including a comfortable dwelling and outbuildings. Mostly cultivated, well located within two miles of Denton. Terms: one-third cash day of sale, balance with interest after sale ratification, or all cash. title papers at purchaser’s expense. Charles B. Harrison, James Temple, aerial auction assignee.
Assignee T Pliny Fisher in equity case No 2660 of Caroline County Circuit Court ratifies a sale report showing 1560.00 as the sale amount. The sale, of a farm near Mount Zion in Caroline County, is set for June 21 1927 with bid terms one third cash and two later installments, plus option all cash, with notices for inspection and a publication in Caroline County newspapers.
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