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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
7
In a 1920 McClure Syndicate piece set in a department store Marian Martin, a devoted clerk, weighs ambition and romance with Austin Sheridan. She aims to be 100 percent efficient at work and envisions a future where she manages her own home while climbing professionally, hinting at plans to open a shared apartment with friends.
In a dim tearoom Marlun woos Marian amid rising hopes of a life together. He asks for fifty a week, she suggests seventy, while the pair scheme a future as he hints at marriage and a shared household. The boss reveals Marian will become buyer, with a salary rise, and Austin Sheridan learns he will be the silent partner’s fiancé.
In 1905 Prince Ginori Conti pursued steam from Larderello to generate motive power. A three unit 2500 kilowatt plant was built at Larderello with 76,000 volt lines feeding Siena Leghorn Piombino and Massa. Wells 198 to 495 feet deep bore steam pockets lined with sixteen inch iron tubing. Gas removal precedes turbine generation.
A London Morning Post tale says Clemenceau, irritated by a tree in Jesuit grounds obscuring his view of the heavens, visited the fathers. He asked them to cut the tree, noting his church stance remained unchanged but it would be a personal favor. The Jesuit host politely urged the joke by saying he fears the premier will not see heaven anyway.
In a state assembly debate Gov. Smith heard members recall their alma maters after a Cornell boat race victory in Poughkeepsie. A member claimed a Cornell graduate, prompting others to name schools. Smith then declared he was a graduate of the FLFY AL, prompting a joke about the Fulton Fish Market.
A quoted exchange notes a mean remark about women voters, asking what comfort the feminine ballot provides and asserting it will not swell the silent vote. The dialogue reflects wartime or reform era attitudes toward female suffrage and political participation.
In the matter of the sale of land assessed to Franklin P Wilkerson for taxes for the years 1915 and 1917 the proceedings designate the property and the authority overseeing the sale. The notice outlines the tax delinquency and the planned forcible disposition under applicable law.
In Caroline County Circuit Court a 1920 order directs publication for three weeks warning persons with interests to appeal by June 1 1920 why the land assessed to Joseph M Everngain for 1913 1916 1917 taxes should not be rated and continued True copy Lawrence Blowers Clerk.
Harvey L. Cooper as assignnee directs Alfred Pritchett and Annie Pritchett creditors and parties with an interest in the equity of redemption to file their claims with vouchers with the auditor by June 12 1920. An audit will be stated in the cause on that date.
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