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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
8
A remarkable early tale follows Henry Hobart whose life repeats in ritual and expenditure. He dies twice in separate rooms at Sumner House, sparking a police inquiry and a morgue mystery as doctors debate strangulation versus a staged death and a second body vanishes in a fire.
Using ultra violet ray techniques researchers report progress toward creating artificial vegetable matter. The work centers on tissue synthesis via light exposure. Further developments are expected to expand possibilities in artificial biology and material production.
Ancient gates and weirs on the Exeter ship canal were taken out after centuries of service. An even older waterway device, a stone weir dating from 1100, was repurposed to power Chester. The Fossdyke canal, connected to Trent and Nottingham navigations, was cut by the Romans.
The British port at Liverpool features 65 docks with a water area spanning 600 acres and includes 22 graving docks.
A compact fragment echoes Kipling’s admonition on obedience and law, presenting a cryptic reflection on duty and authority in a terse, stylized line. The text centers on obedience as a guiding imperative with martial or legal overtones.
Public auction of a storehouse and warehouse complex on Main Street Preston Caroline County Maryland. The sale follows a 1919 mortgage and subsequent assignments with a one third cash payment due day of sale and the balance in two installments at six and twelve months. Bidding in front of the Denton Court House by W Brewster Deen and James Temple auctioneers.
Under two mortgages from 1914 and 1917 with last assignments to Harvey L. Cooper the sale will be held at the Denton Maryland courthouse door between 2 and 4 PM. The property lies in Caroline County Third Election District consisting of 104 acres more or less with 60 acres in cultivation and 44 in woodland including a 6 room dwelling barn corn crib and poultry house. Purchaser gains landlord’s interest in 20 acres of corn and 6 acres of tomatoes with possession January 1 1926.
Mortgage assignment from Robert L Breeding and Huey J Breeding to Sallie A Taylor dated 1922 and assigned to Calvert C Merriken exposes two and a half acres plus twenty nine acres and thirty seven perches in Caroline County Maryland for sale at the Denton Court House door on July 14 1925 between 2 and 4 pm. The parcel traces through deeds from Leonard Taylor to Charles A Taylor 1918 to James I Pollard 1920 to Robert L Breeding 1921 with improvements described as a comfortable dwelling and outbuildings. Terms: half cash day of sale and balance in six months or all cash. deferred payment secured by purchaser note with approved security. Calvert C Merriken Leonard F Covey Assignee Auctioneer.
A mortgage assignment from W Lee Butler and Mary Pearl Butler to W Brewster Deen and D Wilson Davis, dated November 12 1920, triggers a public sale of land in Caroline County on a two story dwelling with a new barn and outbuildings. The sale proceeds go to satisfy the mortgage covenants. property lies near Hobbs Ringgold road, adjoining Wooters and Willoughby lands. Sale terms call for closed carriage conveyance at reasonable rates. assignee O A Carroll Denton Maryland.
Trustees announce a court ordered sale in Denton Maryland under the equity decree in Doerr et al vs Hignute et al. Parcel 1 is a farm near Marydel with barn and outbuildings. Parcel 2 includes two sub parcels in Williston with river frontage, a modern bungalow, and outbuildings. Terms require one third cash day of sale, balance in six and twelve months or all cash, possession January 1, 1926. Continued sale details listed in the deed records.
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