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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
4
Denton Maryland weekly publication note for Saturday morning June 13 1925 shows publication details Entered at the Post Office as second class mail matter Published every Saturday by Soward Melvin Benj H Johnson and Johnson publishers with Denton Maryland imprint
Editorial notes discuss Governor Ritchie's stance on National Defense Day, arguing for flexible timing and state-led mobilization. It also highlights the rising role of automobiles and telephones in American life, quotes A W Frye, and urges mosquito prevention work now with house screening and stream cleanup.
A Caro line County Traffic Officer warns against motor vehicle slaughter and urges strict adherence to the Motor Vehicle Law. Practical tips for drivers and pedestrians stress lights brakes curves right of way crossings and visible signals, with a warning that carelessness can cost lives and families dearly.
Real estate notice of sale under mortgage power from C Fulton Noble et al to John H Fletcher. Property in Preston Caroline County Maryland on Main Street includes largest storehouse and connected warehouse with other buildings. Sale offers one third cash with balance in 6 and 12 months or all cash. title at purchaser expense. Auctioneers W Brewster Deen and James Temple.
Notice is given that the subscriber has obtained from the Orphans Court for Caroline County Maryland letters of administration on the estate of a deceased resident. All persons with claims must exhibit them with vouchers authenticated by December 71 1926 or be excluded from the estate's benefits. Dated June 2 1925.
A mountain cottage porch in Pennsylvania hosts a remarkable spider repairing a torn web. The spider clears cross threads from a center radial, tosses waste, softens intersections with mouth fluids, then replaces spokes and spins anew. The observer praises the economy of time and labor.
The article explains why Latin is used for tree names. It notes the oak named Quercus, with Quercus alba for the white oak and Quercus rubra for the red oak, linking alba to white bark and rubra to red. The explanation cites Joseph S. Iltick on tree habits.
Sir Henry Wood relates a charming tale of baby twins so alike that their mother cannot tell them apart. The father, a piano tuner, explains his method by pinching them to hear their cries. One cries on the high C, the other a half tone lower, revealing their identities.
Under an Orphans Court order for Caroline County, the Administrator of Cannon C. Wright deceased and as attorney for his heirs will sell at public sale to the highest bidder on the Wright home farm on the Concord to Bloomery road on Monday June 15 1925 at 10 o clock a m the following personal property to wit
An extensive auction inventory lists a wide array of household and farm items including stoves tables lamps chairs carpets linoleum and large livestock and farming equipment. The catalog enumerates furniture a Victrola records sewing machines plows wagons harness tools and multiple animals with additional items described as too numerous to mention.
The land known as Pleasant Field in Caroline County will be sold at 11.80 oclock a m. The tract runs from the Concord Bloomery road along the Elisha and Cannon Wright property and outlines a 25 percent share of 35 3 4 acres. The sale includes a two story dwelling with nine rooms, barn, stable, carriage house, corncrib, granary and a large chicken house. Possession is January 1, 1926. Crops reserved. Taxes and insurance adjusted to January 1, 1926.
Under a circuit court decree in Rae v Doerr the trustees will offer at public sale in front of the Denton courthouse two parcels in Caroline county. Parcel 1, near Marydel, includes a farm with a barn and outbuildings on land described from a 1919 deed, and Parcel 2 comprises five lots in Williston with river frontage, plus Lot 2 a three and three quarter acre tract with a waterfront house. Terms: one third cash day of sale, one third in six months, balance in twelve months or all cash. Possession January 1, 1926. rents to purchaser from sale date. Trustees CALVERT C MERRIKEN, WILBERT L MERRIKEN, L F Covey.
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