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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1928
Page
6
An advice piece by F A Walker urges readers to manage money wisely and avoid risky ventures. It warns against gambling in stocks, seeking professional guidance for investments, and treating money with the same care as health. The piece emphasizes honesty with others and self in financial matters and warns that seeking excessive returns cheats both sides.
Quotations from J George Frederick in the New Age illustrated describe life in the Middle Ages as miserable for most people. It depicts low life expectancy around age 25 to 30, meager food, basic shelter, and squalid living conditions.
The article argues latitude is not the sole weather determinant. It compares coastal and inland temperatures, noting wind and sea climate make Boston’s heat index less tolerable than open plains. It cites New York's colder winters versus Lisbon and Naples, and references Gulf Stream effects and Atlantic wind patterns.
A sermon themed piece on Psalm 45 as anointing with the oil of gladness, contrasting worldly happiness with divine grace. It frames righteousness loving and wickedness hating as core traits for inner radiance, citing Jesus as the perfect model and urging self-examination to obtain spiritual anointing.
A railway trick uses a camouflaged elephant car to lure a baby elephant and its mother into a private coach. Workers cut tree limbs to disguise the vehicle while a Shakespearean scholar cites Macbeth to predict the plan success. The elephants, enticed by the leafy cover, enter as the train departs.
A compact meditation on prayer likening it to pulling a rope toward a bell in heaven. The speaker warns that half measures do little. true progress comes from bold, continuous effort driven by steadfast faith. The thought is attributed to C. H. Saureeon.
A Capper's Weekly joke centers on a Dan ielson Connecticut shooting club where members recoup their dues by watching visitors shoot at a mounted heron. A visitor, startled by the lifelike bird, hides as he secretly fires, only to find the bird still perched and the hosts roaring with laughter.
An inscription at Chickamauga National Military Park reads Erected by the state of Kentucky In memory of her sons who fought and fell on this field. A second inscription proclaims As we are united in life and they united In death let one monument perpetuate their deeds and one people forever bold in grateful remembrance all the glories of that terrible conflict which made all men free and retained every star on the nation's flag.
A fragmentary lyric scene depicts antebellum cotton field labor and plantation life with banjo strums and dances. The piece uses dialect to portray a Black worker’s perspective and implies happiness tied to Dish land and cotton fields.
Public auction of mortgaged property from J Warren Tribbitt and wife to Tarvey L Cooper dated April 3 1924 with assignments to Henry R Lewis as assignee. Sale at Denton Maryland Court House door between two and four p m. Describes Lot 7 in Cooper's Subdivision of the Spencer Farm and adjoining parcel with specific metes and bounds in First Election District. Includes road frontage from Henderson to Mellville and various bearings and distances.
Public sale to satisfy a 1928 equity decree names Horace Adams and Minnie Adams as plaintiffs and Henry R Lewis as trustee. The property includes two parcels of Lloyds Forest with a dwelling and outbuildings, located in Caroline county Maryland near Hickman and Union Church. Sale terms require one third cash day of sale, then two equal payments. title at buyer expense. landlord’s possession after sale.
A reflective piece on Memorial Day honoring veterans from Lexington to Gettysburg and Vietnam. It argues the day commemorates all who served, past and present, and even civilians whose memory embodies courage, endurance, fidelity, generosity, and love across generations.
A commemorative note honoring those who died for Old Glory and paying tribute to the volunteers and veterans who were willing to serve. The message emphasizes remembrance and national gratitude for sacrifices made by servicemen and supporters.
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