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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1925
Page
2
Denton Journal page 2 notes the involvement of Howard Melvin Bens and H Johnson Melvin Johnson as publishers.
Editorial notes argue true worth comes from mighty mind and faith in self, not external measures like collars or hats. It contrasts vanity with ambition, warns against impatience and dictums of material status, and extols disciplined saving and compound interest as paths to lasting wealth.
The report states farmers own 3,821,085 autos in the U S with 3 453 159 passenger cars and 367 926 trucks Iowa leads farmer owned cars at 219 854 Texas and New Jersey follow California has the best car per farm person ratio at 1 to 38 among states while the U S average is 1 car per 8.1 farm people Urban areas show 1 to 8.3 and New York City and Chicago average 1 to 15. Auto use on farms grows with an expected 1,119,500 cars to be purchased in 1925 at about 864 760 245 dollars.
The famed lighthouse stands on dangerous Eddystone reef in the English Channel about 14 miles from Plymouth England. It is regarded as the first of the modern lighthouses marking a turning point in maritime signaling.
Hindu sacred writings called the Vedas are hymns prayers and liturgies compiled by Vyasa about 1200 B C They were written in Sanskrit and divided into four parts The description notes their revered status in Hindu tradition and their textual structure.
The term Flabelli refers to gigantic ostrich feather fans carried beside the pope in specific ceremonies. Eye like areas in peacock feathers were embedded in the fang to symbolize the churchs guiding eyes.
A long forgotten fashion once involved inscribing gifts of jewelry with the letters A E I forming the Greek word meaning forever. The trend faded and the signification was largely forgotten by later wearers.
Intends to move to a smaller farm and will sell at the Bailey Farm starting at 10 o clock. Items include all sums of 10 dollars and under paid cash while sums above 10 dollars allow six months credit with approved notes payable at bank. Auctioneer James Temple and Clerk J A Beck oversee the sale.
Intending to move to Baltimore, Longenecker and James Temple auctioneers offer a sale of household goods at 105 7th Street, Denton, beginning 1925 at 10:30 a.m. The list includes beds, furniture, stove, refrigerator, garden tools, a Ford automobile, wares, livestock equipment, and more with all items $10 and under cash on sale.
The terms of sale require one third of the purchase money in cash at sale, with the remainder in two equal installments due at 9 and 12 months, bearing interest and secured as directed by the attorney. All growing crops reserved. Title papers paid by purchaser. Attorney in fact J Owen Knotts.
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