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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1925
Page
6
A physician debates a patient who dreams nightly of sewing shirts in a sweatshop. The patient claims his astral body labors while he sleeps, tiring him by dawn. The doctor ponders astral travel and societal guilt, hinting at a sensational spiritualist twist without graphic detail.
A physician examines a troubled patient who recalls a hidden sweatshop and a plan to mark shirts. The man dies in bed, and a later shirt with a triangle thread leads the doctor to the sweatshop ruin burnt by fire. Fire officials blame the eccentric shop owner amid uninsurable risks.
A Family Herald quote argues that a wise man or fool may be swayed by romance but the fooling force is the suitor's vanity. It notes an old man with a fortune often believes a young woman prefers him, while the girl is not the driver. The folly is self conceit rather than the girl's choice.
The phrase pan out originates with gold miners who use a circular pan with sloping sides to wash earth. They swirl the pan in water to separate gold from gravel. when gold is found it pans out, otherwise the earth does not. The expression then applied to any expected result.
In Wilmington Delaware grocer War Krause befriended a squirrel that climbed a telephone pole for a daily nut handout. Curiosity sent him following the creature to its home over a mile away, where the wire carries it to a hidden place as it returns for its feed each day.
A reflective quote from J. Barker on moral contrasts. It notes that those who feel pain at a neighbor’s good character may find pleasure in others' misfortune, and that those who doubt rising to virtue are pleased when others remain discouraged.
A fragment from Cin elanat Enquirer presents a witty exchange about a husband’s location. One speaker asks where he was last night. the reply notes uncertainty and a joke about two different places, suggesting a humorous clue to a missing alibi.
In England, among 2,834 marriages, many end in dissolution within a year. Of these, 1,166 marriages were childless, reflecting high instability in unions without offspring.
A sweeping report details autos expanding reach into the Himalayas rugged roads of South America and the Subura desert signaling a bold shift in travel and transport by land across challenging geographies.
The article notes the long history of stocks as punishment for drunks and disorderly persons. It cites 1405 village laws requiring stocks, their placement outside churches, and last known usages in Birmingham in 1844 and Stratford-on-Avon in 1868. It also references biblical examples of stocks involving Jeremiah Paul and Silas.
The dictionary and accompanying textbook standardize American pronunciation and spelling, contrasting with England. It notes labor intensive lexicography, where a lexicographer records current and obsolete words, meanings, origins, and semantic changes over time. If a word dies out, its extinction is recorded.
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald note discusses how common bananas in the U S differ from those grown in tropical regions. It explains that U S varieties are picked unripe for shipment and flavor develops abroad, with limited success growing them in California or Louisiana due to frost risk. The piece also mentions giant East Indies bananas and shipping impracticalities.
The excerpt contrasts youth and middle age, noting youth as a time for action and exploration with songs and gatherings, while middle age seeks thoughtful reflection, quiet conversation, and wine shared under a fig tree. It portrays youth as strange and novel and middle age as shaded by reminiscence and reverence built from experience.
Two schoolboys offered jokes from a class on classics and royal history. The first rendered Pax to bello as Freedom from Indigestion. The second riffs on Elizabeth and Raleigh, ending with Sir Walter’s quip Dieu et mon droit meaning My God, you are right.
James T. Earle as assignee will publicly sell the 401 acre Long Marsh Ridge property in Caroline County Maryland on May 23 1925 between 1 and 2 pm. The estate includes timber land and is near Ingleside and Goldsboro with access to a stone road. One third cash down, balance in six and twelve months with interest, $1000 deposit required. conditions set by the mortgage assignee J T Earle and auctioneer J Elmer Anthony.
Ambitious man with small capital sought to distribute Heberling Medicine Company products in his home county. Earn 75 to 100 dollars weekly. Company offers training and support to build a large business. Include age occupation and references. Dept. 1401 Bloomington Illinois. May 2 1941.
Between 2 and 4 pm a tract in Caroline County Maryland described by landmarks from Henry Valliant land to a white oak between Eaton farm and Jesse Webbard land includes a five room dwelling, barn, sheds and pine timber. One third cash at sale, one third in one year, balance in two years or all cash. Title papers and stamps at purchaser expense. Oscar Clark assignee. Auctioneer John Irwin. Purchaser may obtain a two year loan by applying to Oscar Clark Denton Maryland.
A historical reference to a valuable farm or country estate from 1926, noting its prominence and likely ownership, with emphasis on land value and rural property status of the period.
Attorney for Geo. Culver offers at public sale in front of Denton Court House on Tuesday May 26 1925 at 3 pm two parcels on Second Street Denton Maryland. Lot 1 46 by 100 feet opposite old primary school with improvements including a pantry summer kitchen front and back porches town water and electric lights. Lot 2 corner of Second and Randolph 60 by 100 feet with an accommodations for four cars. Properties may be sold separately or as a whole with terms 1/4 cash 1925 1/4 1926 1/4 1927 and 1/4 1928 with possibility of loan. Title papers at purchaser expense.
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