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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1923
Page
6
Betty Hollister after a modest $4,000 bequest decides to invest in stocks. Her husband Stuart secretly sabotages a brokerage letter, travels to New York, and Betty suffers a months long margin loss leaving her $1,000 in debt before he returns with a calm, forgiving embrace.
The dealer offers five and seven passenger touring sedans coupes roadsters and sport models priced F O B Kenosha. Cars include four door coupes five passenger enclosed carride and sport car variants with prices ranging from 1240 to 2190 dollars for various body styles.
A man explains a scheme that used a trip to New York to obtain banknotes intended to help a woman. He reveals he and a partner manipulated a broker and a circular, turning misfortune into profit for others and leaving the woman with unexpected gains. The plan saved her from a harsher fate and she learns she is among the lucky ones.
Legends recount Siva traveling to Taraka forests to confront skeptical sages. They summon a tiger from fire and a serpent garland, then send a malignant dwarf to stop him. Siva defeats them all, dancing in ecstasy as the sages watch in awe. The tale links the dance to Sacred Tillal, the universe center.
A reflective reminiscence from a Chicago Tribune reader recounts traveling longing versus family roots born in a small town. The narrator recalls boasting of travels across the United States while discovering they were all born in the next town, prompting embarrassment.
An authority warns that neglected fence corners and adjoining fields breed weeds, pests, and disease and contaminate neighboring properties. The piece contrasts farmyard neglect with broader moral corners, urging cleanliness in homes and lives as essential as field sanitation.
Aunt Jane buys Mr Jones flock of hens in Florida and discovers the birds fear her calls. Santa Lucia plantation superintendent explains the hens learned to run to the call Chick chick chick and to back away when Go back go back go back was spoken by Jones. The next morning he sees Aunt Jane surrounded by her flock as she calls. This Youth's Companion item mixes rural humor with a plot about trained chickens.
In the Himalayas the perpetual snow line sits about 6100 feet higher than in the Alps leading to many unusual life forms at high elevations. Ants are abundant up to 10000 feet and four species found at 12000 feet, with potential for 13000 feet. Of 146 forms in the Himalayas, fifty are unique to these mountains.
A Babylon New York letter carrier’s wife was riding along a lonely road when a monkey leapt from a tree and hugged her neck. She screamed as a hunter shot the intruding animal. The monkey died and was to be stuffed as a keepsake. it is believed to have escaped from a ship near Babylon.
A new eastern gunsmith invention combines four barrels in one gun with two shotgun barrels atop two rifle barrels. Configurations vary with rifles of high and low calibers beneath the shotguns or stacked. Weighs about eight and a half pounds and aims to suit hunting in diverse terrain with mixed game.
The article profiles the Arctic mail system linking Tanana to Point Barrow, noting brutal winter trips of 600 miles by dog sled under the long night. Carriers endure blizzards and loneliness, with rescues by search teams keeping postal delivery reliable.
Wax, a major Chinese export from Szechwan, is sourced from wax insects in Kinting Chlewei Ipin and along the Yangtze. Collectors in March raid border regions near Yunnan, placing insects on ash or privet trees. The process requires relay travel to prevent hatching before wax districts, lasting until August, then boiling and moulding the wax into cakes of various sizes.
In London Tit-Bits the scrupulous valet muses that only a hole large enough to slip the half crown through will save the waistcoat. He treats the loss as necessary, expressing regret that the coat cannot contain the money.
The Nash Six Touring offers seven passenger seating and a roomy interior for families or groups. It features a refined Nash motor with smoother power and improved road performance. Braking surfaces are enlarged and lighter per pound than any other American Six, highlighting safety and efficiency.
Notice to merchants traders and others in Caroline county to obtain or renew licenses under the Merchants and Traders Licenses laws. Details include stock based license amounts for traders, special rates for female millinery sellers, salt sale allowances, hawkers pedlars renewal by May first, and broker license fees for real estate bill insurance exchange and more.
The owner and keeper of every Stallion or Jack must, before standing or stationing such animal, pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of a county the highest sum he intends to ask or receive for the season for one more. The Clerk’s receipt, with the court’s seal, becomes the license for one year from that date.
William C. Andrew, Sheriff of Caroline County, notes that owners must file detailed statements before Stallions can offer services. Section 1 requires pedigree, age, description, terms, and a posted copy. Section 2 prohibits false pedigrees with damages recoverable in court. Exemption from other taxes applies to taxed Stallions.
In Equity No Ordered this 15th day of March 1923 that the sale of the property described by Harvey L. Cooper assignee is ratified and confirmed unless cause shown by May 8 next. A copy of this order must be published weekly in Caroline county newspapers for four weeks before April 15. The report states sale amount $1760.00. True copy, Geo. A. Deakyne Clerk.
For sale. White Leghorn chicks available in April and May. Call or visit the farm to see the breed. Located in Brooklawn near Dry Farm, Denton, Maryland.
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