25 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1909
Page
1
Cash on day of sale. Title to property at purchaser's expense. Harvey L. Cooper and John W. Clark act as auctioneer and assignee.
A farmer announces a public sale at his residence one mile from Bacrsville on the Burrsville Harrington road Wednesday September 29 1909. Items include horses cows hogs farm implements and household goods with credit terms over 10 dollars and ten months with bank security. Auctioneers are F P Covey and clerk J B Raughley.
Second Election District Greensboro Third Election District1st Precinct at Third Election District-2d Precinct at Denton.
Order of publication in Caroline County Circuit Court Equity seeks a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from NENJAMIN FURBUSH. Plaintiff LILLIE MAY FURBUSH asserts abandonment since 1904. she became Maryland resident by 1906. Notice requires nonresident defendant to appear by November 10, 1909, or decree may be granted. Clerk THOMAS L. DAY.
Notice is given that J. Dures Downes administrator of the Harry Ross estate in Caroline county Maryland has letters of administration from the Orphans Court. Creditors must file claims with vouchers authenticated by March 11, 1910, or be barred from benefits. Dated September 7, 1909.
A valuable farm in Caroline County will be sold at public auction in front of the Court House, Denton, Maryland, on Tuesday October 5 1909. The farm lies in the Eighth Election District and is known by its recognized designation.
In 1909 Colorado tale of Aunt Nance Alford a mountain cabin keeper who shelters Marcia Merrick and her brother David Merrick. A staged rescue of a wrongfully hunted youth reveals a fugitive brother and a new life away from crime. The station later becomes a dinner stop with Aunt Nance guiding the town.
Dr Weeds Hutchinson argues in Success Magazine that children should not be banished from sweets sun exposure or baths but require sensible regulation. He says sugar cravings stem from artificial deprivation and that a regular diet of sugar rich foods reduces overeating and allows safe use of candy and sugar bowls.
The New York Journal recounts Pat Sheedy telling of the only truly honest gambler he knew. In Connecticut, Deacon Brodie ran a gambling house and warned that a cheater would steal. Pat, short of funds, is asked to cheat, then offered a half stake to win.
A traveling clergyman asked fellow passengers in Louisiana about fruit interests. A Louisianian replied they grow pears if they have twelve threes or better, reflecting local wit on state orchard production.
A former United States senator sat in the Grand Padre hotel Chicago when a friend seeking a $10 stake to gamble on the open board of trade asked for tea money. The senator gave $4, noting the friend would earn $6 more than he, a quick moral on prudent aid. The piece also recalls Thoreau on nature and risk, observing how a small sense of danger can shape life without inviting misfortune.
Simeon Enasygo, after sixty years on a farm, sails abroad and hides his trousers and shoes in a round cupboard beside his stateroom. Morning reveals the error as the steward explains the cubby is not a clothespress but a porthole, leading to a comic misunderstanding aboard ship.
Lionel Brough entertained at a northern asylum where he waited for a train and played a game of Dillards with a harmless elderly inmate. Brough offered 40 to 1 odds and was defeated. The inmate quipped that if odds were given, he might join him inside.
Thirsty McDougall hosts Edinburgh nieces for a visit and a Sunday kirk display in Lochaber. The nieces wear snowwhite costumes as the minister preaches on angels, prompting a humorous mishearing by the congregation.
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