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Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1928

Page

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Instructions to voters for marking the Democratic ticket

Public notice explains that only four cross marks are needed to vote the entire Democratic ticket. An X is placed opposite T Alan Goldsborough for Congress, Smith and Robinson for President and Vice President, William Cabell Bruce for U S Senator, and George H Wilson for House of Delegates. Published by order of the Democratic State Central Committee.

Smith and Robinson United States William Cabell Bruce House of Delegates George H. Wilson Democratic State Central Committee

Christmas Cards Printed Here At This Office

Get your Christmas Cards now at this office. Your name printed on them. Nhowsvap ERhabRiyr.

Real Estate and Canning Plant Sold Under Writ

By writ of fieri facias on a judgment from The Eastern Shore Trust Company of Federalsburg against Oliver W Spicer Annie E Spicer and Elijah H Spicer sale of two parcels in Goldsboro Caroline county Maryland to the highest bidder between 2 and 4 pm on 1928. Parcel 1 a lot in Goldsboro with a grist mill site now a canning plant formerly owned by Gilbert J Saunders conveyed to Oliver W Spicer in 1928. Parcel 2 Lot No 10 on Bernard plat conveying to Oliver W Spicer dated 1918. Cash on day of sale. Sheriff William F Jackson Leonard Covey auctioneers.

Eastern Shore Trust Company Federalsburg Maryland Goldsboro Caroline County William Melvin Robert Jarrell Henderson Gilbert J. Saunders Oliver Wood Spicer George C. Johnson Joseph H. Bernard Oliver W. Spicer Ida M. Clarke William H. Clarke Liber L. B. T

Pauline and Parker Meet at Old People's Home

Pauline, matron of a retirement home, awaits Cousin Parker who travels from a distant town to see her. A dramatic ward quarrel erupts among residents, Nurse Elliott intervenes, and Parker discovers Poppy as he learns Pauline may lose his interest. Elliott quietly engineers a graceful exit and Parker remains entranced by Poppy’s portrait.

Hong Parker Filot Butterfes Parker Clint Sihe Poppy Popps Pauline Parker Aman Cousin Parker England France Miss Elliott Fate

Not All Snakes Are Fighters in the South and North

Dr. A W Murrill notes Field and Stream that southern rattlers differ from northern timber rattlesnakes. The diamondback reaches six to eight feet, with heavy fangs, alert eyes, and fierce nature, while pygmy and southern timber rattlers remain highly dangerous. The northern timber rattler is docile and handleable when not cornered.

A. W. Murrill Field and Stream Magazine

That Woman Knows Nothing About Bridge Conventions

A sharp, witty exchange over bridge play contrasts critique with success as one player admits ignorance of conventions while another triumphs, highlighting skill beyond rules and expectation.

Radio From Body Explains Senses With Electrical Signals

Popular Science Monthly reports Munich professors found the skin carries an electrical charge like a hidden battery. They used delicate radio devices to show that our bodies emit electrical emanations detectable six feet away, possibly explaining the sense of a presence in a room.

Wo Munich Popular Science Monthly

Individuality’s Last Stand In Industry Three Pastry Models

In keeping with the broad trend toward standardization in industry the piece questions reducing French pastry to three models. The Detroit News notes the push toward uniformity may simplify production and control but risks diminishing regional styles and consumer choice.

Detroit News

Caution of Librarian Carried to Extremes

King James I visiting Bodleian Library at Oxford in 1600s praised Sir Thomas Bodley as a careful public servant. Books were chained to shelves and access was restricted even to the king. Books could not leave. readers could only view the volumes behind wire gratings. Bodley admitted the chains hindered sight of the books. The king proposed reading a few books but Bodley reminded him that a bookworm is not fit for a king. So the locks stayed on and the books remained on the shelves.

James I Oxford Sir Thomas Bodley Thomas King James Sir Thomas Bodley Detroit News

King George’s Windsor prank crowns new archbishop

The Manchester Guardian reports Dr Manners Sutton at Windsor when King George II entered the deanery hall and proclaimed Sutton archbishop of Canterbury. Sutton accepted meekly as the king mocked Pitt’s attempt to preempt the nomination.

George Pitt Manchester Eng Manners Sutton Windsor Sutton George II Canterbury

Elephants used in Siam and Malay states under overseer rules

Robert Walton reports elephants in the Malay states travel in groups with a fast reprimanding overseer. In Siam the boss elephant uses a heavy chain to punish shirkers, and when logs jam the river the herd identifies the key log to break the jam, as noted by the North China Standard.

Robert ¥. Walton New York Tokyo Siam North China Standard

Grasshopper Music and Crickets as Indoor Pets

Grasshoppers and crickets produce sound by wing rubbing. Crickets chirp with wing friction. They can be kept indoors to sing in winter but may damage wool. The omnivorous genus Gryllus can hole wool garments. A lantern globe on soil in a pot may form a simple cage. Lettuce moist bread and bone meal provide cricket food.

Explaining Phénomena Phenology in science terms

Pathfinder Magazine defines phenology as the study of climate relations to biological cycles such as bird migration nesting tree growth leafing and flowering patterns and insect emergence. The term blends phenomenology and phenomenon to describe and explain observable events.

Pathfinder Magazine

Origin of the Olympic games from ancient to modern times

The origin of the Olympic games traces to ancient Greece with victors like Cornebus in 778 B C. Celebrated every four years, the games flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries B C before their suppression in 30 A D by Emperor Theodosius. The modern Olympic movement started in Athens in 1894.

Cornebus Theodosius Athens

Starvation Diet Warns Against One-Item Eating

Doctors say eating only one food leads to starvation and death as fast as fasting. White flour foods are in this category as they provide no building material for the body.

Science Says Ancient Skull Size Similar to Today

An anthropological scientist asserts that a 25,000 year old human skull matched present size and thickness, though by then it was likely solid ivory rather than bone, per the Topeka Capital.

Topeka

Sock in the Eye Insight from Grove Patterson

A Mobile Register quotation notes a life proverb about a sock in the eye. It says few are permanently hurt, the eye turns black and blue briefly, then heals and you can still see. The message counsels calm about temporary pain.

Grove Patterson Mobile Register

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Congress T. Alan Goldsborough Tania J.l.everngam Son Denton’s Economy Food Store Crook Chipso Keystone Nhowsvap Erhabriyr Sheriff’s Sale Canning House William F. Jackson Leonard Covey J. H. Williams Magnolia Del Delaware Associated Press Wilmington J. W. Hackersmith Cornell Products Co Baltimore, Md Denton, Md Preston, Md Hurlock, Md Denton Chcoe TE Mrs Sparks Individuality Grasshopper “Music
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