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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
6
An excerpt from the New York World explains that gravity varies with latitude, making a body fall faster in Boston than in Mexico City. It notes a 16 foot rifle shot drops in one second in Boston but 1.5 seconds in Mexico City, illustrating regional gravity differences.
The New York Sun describes a neutral water zone in rivers where salt and fresh water meet. Fishermen call this mid river area neutral ground where salt water fish hover toward the ocean side while fresh water fish stay near currents lacking salt. Casting bait there yields poor results for either group.
A London youth and later famed physician Dr Har vey escapes a doomed Dover passage after the governor halts his ship entry following a dream of overwhelming force. The next day the packet sinks with all aboard, and the governor recalls the warned face in the dream.
An elderly couple visited a New York City bookstore where a single clerk remained after hours. After the clerk spent half an hour locating a book for a very particular friend, the husband praised the salesman and offered him a $200 weekly raise, matching the sale’s value as if earning the entire profit. The wife finally bought the needed book.
The Philadelphia soprano Viola Brodbeck joins with English violinist Henry Such. Her voice reaches high E as easily as middle C and her clear diction heightens the songs. The program spans lyric operas arias standard oratorios and popular pieces. Encores promise strong audience applause at Chautauqua.
A Bible lesson outlines Genesis chapters 43 and 44 focusing on the brothers' fear and deception, Joseph's testing, and Judah's plea. It notes their initial innocence claims, the discovery of the cup, and the evolving attitude toward Benjamin, culminating in a message about repentance and accountability under divine grace.
Granite is two and two thirds times as heavy as water with a specific gravity near 2 663. A cubic yard weighs three quarters of a ton. Strength ranges from 18 000 psi in poor granite to 30 000 psi in good, with Wisconsin granite reaching 43 973 psi.
The Societe de la Boulle, parent golf club of France, forms a new caddie organization. Regular caddies receive a steady daily income and a hot midday meal. The group is modeled on the British Boy Scouts, with a dining hall gymnasium lavatories and training in gardening carpentry and trades.
The farm includes barns carriages houses corn cribs and necessary outbuildings in fair repair. It presents a splendid chance to buy a truck farm with soil suited to trucks and vegetables. An orchard of peach apple and pear trees is bearing fruit. About forty five acres are timber cultivation with the rest timber for farm use.
Public sale of real estate in the First Election District Caroline County Md from Templeville to M Zion Church road proceeding along Elijah Cane land with described bounds to the begining. Sale is cash on day of sale. Title papers borne by purchaser. Harvey L Cooper and James Tomple as Assignee Auctioneer.
A decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County directs Henry R. Lewis trustee to sell two parcels in the Third Election District. Offers up for bid include Lot 1 with a six room two story dwelling, barn and outbuildings, and Lot 2 woodlot. sale in Denton Md between 2 and 4 pm with possession to tenant. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in six and twelve months with interest and notes secured by purchaser, or all cash. Auctioneers P Covey and Henry R. Lewis. Purchaser may obtain a loan after sale.
Oak pine gum and maple timber suitable for box and car lumber and cord wood. Located two miles from steamboat landing on a good road about nine miles from Cambridge Maryland. Price 1800 dollars with easy terms to fit purchaser. Sinner & Noble Cambridge MD.
Notice states that Fr. P. Covey will cease calling sales of personal property and will solicit real estate sales instead, offering special attention and reasonable charges. Dated 4 26 41.
For sale selected Creer's Leviathan Lima Bean seed and a few bushels of Sixty-five Day Corn seed offered by J. W. Kerr. Eastern Shore Nurseries, Denton Maryland, dated 5-10-21.
A fragmented price list shows numerous shoe brands and styles with prices ranging from 9c to 500, including Crossett Crawford Zeigler American Lady and Boy Scout shoes. The text also mentions hats, men’s underwear, shirts, ladies’ vests, towels and towelings, and a note that towels and towelings must go.
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