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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1914
Page
2
A brief header from the Denton Journal dated Saturday morning April 11 1914 credits Jonson Melvin and Johnson as publishers. The OCR reads as a page header with date and publisher names.
The editorial lauds Woodrow Wilson for a productive first year, noting broad public admiration, high ideals, and practical governance. It contrasts his quiet, firm approach with flashy rhetoric and cites added religious reflections and praise from Cardinal Gibbons. It also covers evolving roads policy, Bryan’s death, Stevens’ death, a sheriff term bill, and Navy prohibition from July.
Circuit Court convened with judges Adkins Hopper present and jurors sworn led by foreman Clinton Jarman. Cases heard include Mrs Bessie Wallace vs Grangers Insurance Company and Miss Bertha Jones vs M D W Railway Company, both settled or dismissed after court action with modest awards. The grand jury found fifteen presentments supported by indictments after examining forty nine witnesses over four days.
In loving memory of our dear son Charles W. Cannon who departed this life October 26 1913. In the graveyard softly sleeping where the flowers will gently wave. Rest on dear Charlie may your slumber be as gentle as your love. May we meet in Heaven above. BY HIS MOTHER.
The Republicans of Wicomico announce a forthcoming newspaper, the Tribune, to be launched soon in Salisbury. The move signals a new local paper option in the region and reflects party organization activities in Worcester County.
Judges Clark Rawlings and Stevens presided Tuesday and Thursday sessions. Administrators presented accounts of sales, inventories, and appraisements for Charles J. Alford Francis S. Todd and others. orders to record and distribute issued. renunciations filed. new letters of administration granted to Gootee S. Todd and Alva L. Todd. bonds approved. creditors notices ordered. appraisers named. Amanda B. Moore estate probate and executorship granted to Edward T. Moore.
Obituaries and social items record the deaths of William H. Cohee of Tanyard and Mrs Mary L Willis of Queen Annes, with funeral details. The Ridgely News column highlights a Virginia Mercer reading, local weddings, church activities, school visits, entertainments, and community notices including illnesses, gatherings, and farm work as spring begins.
The article argues to attract young people to farm life by making farming communities more socially vibrant. It claims youths share city youths’ desire for joy, fun, and social activity, and that farms must offer healthy social life to keep the young from leaving. It emphasizes that work and home routines alone won’t satisfy them.
Mrs John Jacobs of Newcastle Del visits sister in law Mrs Herbert Stayton. Miss Edna Morgan recovering after surgery at Mercy Hospital Baltimore returns home. Mrs W B Sparks travels to Baltimore. Miss May Reynolds of Queenstown visits Miss Laura Knotts. The W F M Society of the M E Church South is entertained by Mrs J L Beauchamp in Hillsboro.
The Bethlehem Ladies' Aid Society adopted resolutions of respect and affection recalling Mrs Emma Carroll. Bethlehem Sunday School plans an Easter service tomorrow night.
A New York state labor bureau plan to place unemployed in farm work drew a sharp reply from an Industrial Workers of the World leader who urged the governor to hoe the ground himself. The piece contrasts farm labor shortages with immigrant workers from Poland, Austria, and the Balkans filling fields, and notes rising land ownership by these families amid scarce farm hands. It also mentions a separate item about an Admiral Franklin Buchanan monument planned for Talbot County and a June dedication tied to Confederate memorial day.
A Life magazine excerpt portrays a patient steady leader in Washington who works without bravado. The verse praises calm deduction over loud threats, charting reforms that shift privilege and spark admiration from skeptics as it urges readers to subscribe.
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