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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1908
Page
6
Lamson recounts the transformation of the famed Hissar emerald into worthless glass after a fateful Paris episode. He recalls a mysterious green-eyed Indian pursuer who tracked him across continents, demanding the gem, while Lamson hides the stone and fears deadly consequences.
In a tense scene in a New York studio, Samson and Coleman confront a vanished wicker basket and the missing Tilssar emerald. A hooded thief with a turban appears briefly, then vanishes as the jewel is revealed back in Samson’s possession. The chase wears on as the note of danger shifts to a final, cool reveal.
A sleight of hand performer’s trained parrot squawked a line after a fatal accident at a wharf loft. A candle sparked powder in a keg and blew the building into the air, the parrot surviving atop a ship’s topmast and shouting his familiar question.
A merchant away in Scotland learns his home burned by telegram. He tells his wife to take the children to their mother and stay there until he joins them, saying there is no home to return to. The exchange, titled by London Scraps, notes the family survived with no home remaining.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer item a timid woman aboard an Euelin car notices her purse was missing from her bag and spots a purse hanging on another passenger). The pursed remains in view as a second woman confronts the thief. the purse is dropped and a confrontation ends the attempt.
A National Magazine piece touts pineapple juice as a remedy for cold head grip influenza and throat inflammation. It claims benefits for membranous croup diphtheria and general attacks whether raw or canned and recommends it alongside flaxseed and Irish moss lemonade in old apothecary practices.
The German writer Ulrich von Hutten, once celebrated for his wit, fled hunger and homelessness. He begged for aid from peasants who refused him. Found dead in the cold on a winter night, his biographer notes nothing but a sole possession of a peu.
A London Pall Mall Magazine piece explains coal's wide reach from fuel to raw material. It details coal gas, ammonia for agriculture, asphalt, coal tar, dyes, solvents, perfumes, medicines, explosives, and flavors, highlighting coal as a versatile chemist’s tool and sun-like energy source.
A Pearson’s Magazine excerpt questions why men and women wear hats, noting hats offer little warmth or display value. It argues hats are ugly and injurious, yet people keep the custom, despite preferring to look better hatless, especially at formal events and the opera.
A land listing describes a 129 acre parcel, noting fifteen to twenty acres specifically well timbered in pine and calling it one of the county’s best timber tracts. The sale emphasis is on timber value and site quality within the county.
A two story dwelling in good repair with a barn stables and necessary outbuildings in good condition is offered. Timber and farm are to be sold first separately and then as a whole to maximize price.
Court in Caroline County orders publication to notify Nora Jane Cohee, a non resident of Maryland and former Philadelphia resident, of a bill for divorce a vinculo matrimony filed by Wn James Cohee. Four weekly notices before May 25 require her appearance by June 10 to show cause why decree should not be granted.
A fragment depicts a son planning a theater outing with a twist of irony about preferences and experience. It then surveys celebrated women in diplomacy and Jewish history, highlighting Rebecca Jael Nerodias Catherine of Siena and Catherine de Medici as notable figures across ages.
An old promotional text touts Golden Medical Discovery as a non patent remedy for stomach and liver issues. It lists ingredients such as Golden Seal root and Bloodroot, claims alcohol free formula, and cites authorities praising its extracts. It also mentions Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as complementary aids and asserts safety and efficacy.
In 1908 between 1 and 4 p m the following real estate lies Marydel Caroline county Maryland bounded by the road Marydel to Templeville and the road Marydel to Henderson describing a parcel of land containing a defined area.
Five acres more or less of land described as the southern stem portion of Eliza A Hall s last will and testament recorded in Liber J B S No 1 folio 107 for Caroline county. The improvements are a
The property consisting of a four room dwelling and a shoemaker's shop is in fair repair. It will be surveyed before sale and divided into building lots, then offered as building lots first and as a whole if more profitable. The plat may be viewed at Harvey L. Cooper's office after May 10. Terms per decree: half cash on sale day, balance in six months or all cash, with credit interest from sale day. Title papers at purchaser's expense. Harvey L. Cooper, I. P. Covey, Auctioneers.
A recorded mortgage chain shows Walter Love and Addie Love transferring property to Elmer Deen, with assignments through William Deen, on two parcels in Caroline County Maryland along the New Hope to Hubbard’s X Roads county road. The document cites Liber T. CL No. 8 folio 484 and describes the land in the Eighth Election District as aggregate of two tracts.
The property comprising about 458 acres, linked to deeds from Charles W. Hobbs and wife to Walter M. Love and later mortgage dispositions to Abraham R. Weight and Elmer W. Deen, located in the village of American Corner near Federalsburg. The parcel, described by metes and bounds and recorded in Liber C V 11 folio 378 and Liber T L D 8 folio 120, will be offered at public auction in front of Albert Howard Store.
Maryland act authorizes Caroline and Talbot counties to build or rebuild the Dover Bridge linking the counties. It allows borrowing up to half the cost, issuing series bonds of 1000 dollars, with interest set at 4.5 percent, payable semiannually. Bonds are sold at par with accrued interest, taxes levied to pay interest and principal, and bonds exempt from taxation. The act takes effect on passage.
An Act to repeal Section 5 and Section 11 of Chapter 597 of the Acts of 1901 which incorporated the town of Hillsboro Caroline County Maryland. The measure reenacts those sections with amendments to update the town’s corporate framework.
The Pennsylvania Railroad promotes summer vacations with over eight hundred resort options from Newfoundland to Tennessee. Atlantic City and New Jersey seacoast resorts are highlighted as popular destinations. The Summer Excursion Book costs ten cents locally or 25 cents by mail and covers rates and stop over limits.
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