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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1914
Page
8
A sailor recounts a voyage from Jamaica to England with buccaneers nearby and a dramatic ploy to fool a pirate captain. He tricks the captor into leaving a crew aboard as a prize crew while he hunts for a supposed treasure aboard the captured ship. The tale blends sea lore, danger, and sly wit as the narrator seeks safety and payoff.
A bound crew of eight pirates guard a treasure box of gold coins onboard a vessel bound for England. The narrator anesthetizes the crew with wine, frees imprisoned mates, and together they subdue the pirates, escape in a small boat, and reach England with the treasure, which they divide. The narrator reveals the ruse to his father and spares his wife.
A memoir passage recounts Abraham Lincoln entertaining Judge David Davis with stories in a circuit court. The judge at times fined individuals for disturbing the court, then humorously forgave them after Lincoln's tale proved priceless.
Louis Sterne, an engineer and Dickens friend, recalls meeting Prince Edward when he was Prince of Wales. Sterne says, in Piccadilly before refuges, the future king recognized him from a prior encounter and warned him to slow traffic. The tale appears in the Loudon Telegraph.
The advertisement outlines parcels totaling about 130 acres near Marydel Maryland with multiple tracts, frontages, and improvements. It notes a survey by H A Paine, sale terms of one third cash and balance in two installments, and possession after January 1 1915. It highlights rail access via the Oxford Branch and a modern Denton dwelling with utilities and ten foot right of way.
Property listings describe multiple parcels including a seven room dwelling with a storehouse and outbuildings, a simmon ice cream house, various lots with frontages on Lincoln, Fifth and Fountain avenues, and Lot Nos 50 to 52 in Fountain Addition. Immediate possession for parcels 1 6 7 8. rent rights apply to parcels 2 3 4 6. sale terms cash day of sale. title papers at purchaser expense. A trustee sale conducted by Harvey L. Cooper Denton trustee and auctioneer Harvey L Cooper.
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