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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
4
The Denton Journal notes its weekly publication schedule with postal registration details indicating it is a second class mail matter and distributed on Saturdays.
The Baltimore Sun warns insulin is not a cure for diabetes and cautions against inflated expectations. It notes insulin relieves but does not cure, requires physician oversight, is costly, and should be used only with professional guidance. It also mentions Johns Hopkins and Rockefeller funding and the need for cautious patient optimism.
Figures from the US Department of Agriculture show nearly half the world’s workers are in agriculture. India leads with 71 million male and 34 million female farm workers, followed by the United States with 11 million men and 2 million women. The report notes Russia China Serbia Hungary Argentina and Brazil are excluded. The piece comments on President Harding’s tour and political implications, then reports the Court of Appeals upholding Harry B. Wolf’s conviction for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Norris case, with a $100 fine and disbarment.
Public Service Commissioner J Frank Harper and Chairman William M Maloy tour the Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway Eastern Shore section saying the line should operate this summer on a Baltimore to Greenwood Delaware schedule that went into effect Sunday A boat trip will serve Save Point excursionists and Shore travelers Harper warns nothing is final but believes summer operation is likely Residents of Easton Claiborne and Denton areas favor keeping the road and doubt abandonment plans He notes protests from Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway Line between Easton and Claiborne have not yet received a commission audience
Wesley E Thawley as assignee will offer at public sale in front of Denton Court House door Caroline County Maryland on October 20 1921 mortgage from T Wilton Porter and Sadie C Porter to Marion L Beck and assigned to Thawley. Sale is to highest bidder under power of sale in mortgage record Liber L B T No 21 folio 592. Local sale location noted with court house frontage and county as sale site.
A real estate auction scheduled for Tuesday July 24 1923 between 2 and 4 PM covers parcels in the Third election district Caroline County adjoining lands of Richard C Carter James H Garrett and Henry Taylor. The description traces boundary lines along drains stones and natural markers and cites a 1921 deed from Harry A Porter and Eva A Porter to T Wilton Porter recorded in the Caroline land records.
Improvements include a large dwelling, barn, silo, sheds and outbuildings all newly built. Farm lies near town school and church with timber and excellent soil offering strong home opportunity. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal installments at three and six months with interest. Title at purchaser cost. Assignee names and auctioneers listed. Loan available via attorney. Denton Maryland.
James Temple as assignee announces a public sale of parcels in Caroline County Maryland. The sale follows a mortgage assignment from 1921 involving Wm A Roberts and May Roberts to John W Shewbrooks, recorded in Liber L A T No 21 folio 614. Parcels 1 and 2 in First Election District described by metes and bounds, improvements include outbuildings, payment terms: one third on day of sale, balance in two equal installments at six and twelve months with interest if deferred. Auctioneers: A J Chue.
Mary E Wright versus E Orland Wright guides a public sale of several parcels in Choptank Caroline County Maryland including the home place and multiple described tracts from William J Wright estate. The sale covers nine parcels plus a large woodlot and improvements with detailed metes and bounds and roads Denton Greensboro Denton Harrington State roads. parcels offer dwelling barns orchard and farm potential. Sale is Saturday June 30 1923 with staged payments starting at one fourth cash and a schedule through January 1 1926. possession after harvest and buildings January 1 1924. title at purchaser expense. officials Harvey L Cooper attorney and James Temple auctioneer.
Public auction by James H. Hughes trustee in equity of a Carroll court decree. Two tracts in Caroline county near Hickman described as 15 and 16 acres with dwelling, outbuildings, orchard and woodland. Sale options: one third cash day of sale, balance in six and twelve months, or all cash. Also additional Delaware properties in Kent and Sussex counties offered at same time and place. Potential loans available through the trustees.
Annie Seeders and James Temple announce a public sale in front of the Denton court house of a 25 acre tract in Caroline county. The land includes timber and cultivated fields with a two story house and outbuildings. Possession January 1 1924 with 1 third payments at sale and subsequent dates or all cash option. Title papers paid by purchaser.
Public auction in front of the Denton Court House on Tuesday July 3 1923 offering five parcels of land with existing homes and shops. Parcels include a two story seven room dwelling, a six room dwelling, an automobile shop and bakery use, and two unimproved lots suitable for business or home builds. One third cash down, remainder January 1 1924 with interest, title papers provided by the executor, attorney handles sale.
Describes Tract No. 4 and Tract No. 6 in Choptank with boundaries using Main Street Myrtle avenue and surrounding parcels. Details courses and distances, mention plots viewable at the Denton trustee office, sale terms half cash day of sale or all cash at purchaser’s option, title papers at buyer’s expense. Auctioneer listed as W Brewster Deen and James Temple, trustees.
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