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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1927
Page
3
F A Walker argues against idleness as rest, urging a season of altered activity to refresh mind and body. A shift in mental diet, from letters to numbers or Latin, and even astronomy, rekindles inner fire, broadens vision, and returns one to work with renewed mastery.
Historical writers trace bathing from early Greeks who used bowls to Romans who expanded it into a grand practice. Roman baths covered vast areas and served as medicine for centuries, with innovations in heating and water circulation. Bathing later spread to England, where Henry I included bath rites in knighting 600 commoners in 1127.
Bermuda offers haunt lore for the Society of Psychical Research. An American writer promotes a ghost of a pirate at an old mansion and Dorothy Tucker, a enslaved woman from the estate, is said to haunt another mansion as “Aunty Tucker” who moans and wrings her hands, boring locals with repeated appearances.
A 17th century Franciscan account notes natives drank surface oil from rivers as medicine long before Europeans arrived. The piece then links petroleum to modern life, noting cars boats planes airships rely on crude oil for fuel, power and industry.
The State Historical Society of Louisiana cites a Nashville notice from 1813 noting Louisiana chose a pelican as its seal because it tears its breast to feed its young. This emblem symbolism ties to state identity in early 19th century sources.
A motivational verse urges persistent thinking and hard work as the path to success. It emphasizes self belief, effort, and overcoming doubt, noting success comes from using the mind and applying hands and heart to the task at hand. It crowns effort as the key to achievement.
The federal division of agriculture engineering describes needle ice as tiny crystals that form when moving water stays near 32 degrees Fahrenheit and surface ice is prevented by velocity. It does not form on solid ice but develops in open water during very cold windy weather, with heat radiating from the water mass. Needle ice can be carried long distances by currents in open water or beneath ice and often accumulates in large, compact masses.
In a London Answers anecdote a mother lectures Dora for flirting, warning of eventual punishment. Dora questions her mother’s past flirting, and the exchange ends with the mother urging her to study her father for a lesson in consequences.
A couple married over two years recall their fading courtship as the wife laments the lack of sweet words. The husband responds by singing a sharp line about who she is today, signaling a shift in their relationship.
The American badger habitats vary from pine forests to dry lowlands and plains, where mice and other small mammals abound. It is a powerful digger and, though related to weasels, is slower and less agile, relying on strength and courage to defend itself. It is short-legged and slow, yet fights viciously when cornered.
A mother takes Audrey to a film as the preliminaries unfold. The child reads a long team of credits including Pondally Puffer Snapp Shott Begad Begash Grimm Scant Short and the national board of censorship. She jokes that they did not reveal who removed the gentle man's Appomattox.
An agriculture class question asked for four sheep breeds. A student recalled three but missed one and finally added hydraulic ram, prompting local amusement about the miscue and the quirky student reasoning.
A short quoted meditation states that love is everything and the key to life. It argues that loving thoughts attract love while malice draws malice, emphasizing the power of mindset in shaping life.
The article details Ila Ilk custards using milk eggs sugar and spices for smooth texture and good digestion. It explains baking methods in water baths to prevent curdling and offers Ginger Custard with Canton ginger and optional caramel sugar variations.
Assignee J Owen Knotts offers at public sale in Denton Maryland two to three parcels totaling 23 acres 122 perches and 5 8 acre lot on the Marydel Henderson corridor. The sale follows a 1923 mortgage to Harvey I Cooper and later assignments. parcel descriptions include survey points, bounds and improvements. terms require one third cash day of sale with two equal installments, or all cash. Auctioneer James Temple to conduct.
A brief Wilmington News-Journal observation notes a large girl lying on a bench in Pennsylvania Station at night, absorbed in a vivid magazine, challenging the notion that society has grown unliterary.
The undersigned will sell at private sale the home of William E. Flowers deceased. The property is well located and improved by a 4 room dwelling, stable, chicken house, storage, corner, strawberry patch, and contains ten acres of land more or less. For terms apply to Olin G. Doty or Bertie M. Hubbs Greensboro Md.
By virtue of the power of sale in a 1922 mortgage from Werman Schroeder and Sophie Schroeder to Harvey L Cooper and subsequent assignments to Maria M Kinder and T Pliny Fisher the undersigned as assignee will sell at public sale to the highest bidder at the Court House door in Denton Maryland on [date].
Public sale on Tuesday June 28 1927 between 1 and 4 pm of a described parcel in the Sixth Election District Caroline County Maryland beginning at an old cedar corner boundary with the lands of Paul Holsinger and the heirs of Charles E Jarrell and running various courses including north 874 degrees east 18 perches and north 44 degrees west 10 perches to a maple on a branch with further lines along a county road. contains a specified area and is bounded by Fleming heirs and the Jarrell heirs.
The Johns Hopkins University in the School of Engineering invites scholarship applications under Maryland Laws Chapter 90 of 1912. If multiple applicants apply for any scholarship, competitive examinations will be held on September 23, 1927, starting at 9 a.m.
Mortgage foreclosure sale of 110 acre farm in the Fifth Election District Caroline County Maryland. Property includes a large dwelling house barn and outbuildings with road and rail line frontages. Auction by Leonard Covey, June 21, 1927, with two deferred payments due six and twelve months after sale bearing interest.
Harvey L. Cooper and Thomas W. Jones assign to J. Owen Knotts for collection a mortgage on 227+ acre parcel in Second Election District Caroline County Maryland. Sale at the Denton Court House door on a date to be set, cash price with balance in two equal installments to assignee, land described by metes and bounds.
Mortgage assigned to J. Owen Knotts after default on Harry Fearins and M Emma Fearins mortgage dated September 4 1923. Property near Harmony Church to Gilpin's Point in 97 1/2 acres, with barn, granary and timber, dwelling destroyed by fire but foundations for new house. One third cash day of sale balance in six and twelve months at 6 percent interest. Title papers at purchaser's expense.
W Brewster Deen, assignee, will sell at public auction in front of the Court Maryland between 2 and 4 pm the Spencer Farm land in the First Election District near Goldsboro Henderson and Goldsboro Melville roads. The property includes dwelling, barns, and outbuildings on land conveyed to Thomas R Green by James C Jensen dated July 18 1917. Terms: one half cash. balance due in six and twelve months with interest. or all cash at purchaser expense.
For sale in Denton on the north side of Market Street between Sixth and Seventh. Features electric lights ash pit and plenty of outbuildings. Splendid location with immediate sale and liberal terms offered by The Denton National Bank.
Land parcel in Caroline County lying between 1 and 4 o clock on the Third Maryland road from Denton to Hobbs via Price's Corner to Central M. E. Church. Refer to deed Wilmer B Parker to H L Cooper et al dated March 31 1920 recorded Liber L B T No 82 folio 215. Farm includes dwelling barn chicken house and necessary outbuildings in fair repair with most land cultivated and remainder wooded.
The notice urges readers to use RAT SNAP to combat rats at home, describing wartime disease risk. It lists prices 35c 65c and 1.25 in ad copy and notes sale limited to a location.
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