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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1925
Page
2
Publication details list Denton Maryland paper information and mailing status for a Saturday edition dated May 2 1925. It notes Johnson and Melvin as possibly persons or local mentions within the issue. The snippet indicates standard post office entry and periodical publication cadence.
Editorial notes discuss the Dollings Company failure and its impact on Delaware and Maryland investors. Oil stock schemes, forged transfers, and recoveries are reported, with cautions about brokers, blue sky laws, and the gambling instinct driving losses. Maryland farmers’ loan figures illustrate federal credit support and evolving farm financing.
William Chambers of Anderson town Maryland advertises limited time specials on farming harrows. A 60 tooth drag harrow is listed at 21.75 dollars and a 40 or 50 tooth model at 19.75 dollars.
Alfons Paquet describes late evening in a London slum with crowded fish shops, illuminated coffins for undertakers, and busy pubs. Women and children carry goods, while silhouettes of men loom before bright soup and baked potato vans. The scene captures squalor, noise, and crowded alleys in a vivid urban panorama.
A humorous recounting by Alexander McAdle in the Atlantic Monthly describes medieval English king Henry and the notion of a yard, defined as the distance from the king's nose to his thumb. It explains varying nose and thumb sizes and playful finger arrangements before the unit was established.
A motorist in a Canadian town encounters a small glowing red light on a dog’s back, created by a dry-cell battery strapped by a woman to keep the animal safe at night. The woman says the dog stays on the streets at night to avoid traffic, and the pup will learn road rules, including driving slowly, barking at crossings, and staying on the proper side, never exceeding 40 mph unless a cat appears.
The Southern cross, a southern constellation near the Antarctic circle, is not a phe nomenon. It contains four bright stars forming a cruciform shape. Two bright stars mark the summit and foot with near equal right ascension, making the constellation nearly vertical at meridian and serving as pointers to the Antarctic pole.
A brief quotation praising child trust and divine strength from Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The line reflects a serene moral reflection on innocence and guidance seen through young eyes.
The first abattoirs near Paris were organized under Napoleon I in 1810 by decree but did not begin operation until 1818, eight years later, reflecting early attempts to regulate meat handling under the empire.
Theomistocles Keyring asserts that comfort rests on four necessities plain food clean clothes a good bed and a worn room He argues once these basics are met worries fade and contentment follows in simple living and exchange reflections.
Old American settlement Pineville in Rapides parish stands as one of Louisiana’s oldest towns. It served as a stopping place and portage for early explorers and traders on the upper Red River.
Public sale of 401 acres more or less in Caroline County Maryland under a mortgage from Eilie and Calvin Taylor to Sadlersville Bank. Auction by James T. Earle and J. Elmer Anthony on May 23 1925 in front of Goldsboro Bank. Includes wood land 51 acres and 120 acres previously conveyed. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal installments with interest, $1000 deposit. Located near Ingleside to Goldsboro access with ample timber and farm buildings.
Two classified notices offer sales work in Bloomington Illinois and Newark New York with earnings expectations from 75.60 to 100 weekly. Heberling Medicine Co and Quaker Hill Nurseries seek men with ambition, references, and no required experience. District management and advancement noted.
Virginia soybeans priced at 3265 per bushel and Tar Heels at 3.00 per bushel, both all recleaned and offered by WY-HAR FARM in Denton Maryland.
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