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Edward Melvin Ren El Jonson Melvin and Johnson, publishers.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1913
Page
2
Edward Melvin Ren El Jonson Melvin and Johnson, publishers.
Editorial notes rapid preparations for a famed Civil War veterans reunion at Gettysburg from June 29 to July 6. A 10 000 to 15 000 seat tent will host exercises ending with a July 4 peace jubilee led by President Woodrow Wilson, with Chief Justice White presiding. Awards include a poetry contest on road maintenance for youths aged 10 to 15.
The article argues that a wealthy few control wealth and resist tax reform on tariffs for woolens sugar meat and timber. It notes the income tax threshold of 34000 with one percent and cites Woodrow Wilson as acting for public backing. A Capitol visit timeline emphasizes quick pivot on a 112 year precedent.
A reflection on the old fashioned grist mill facing decline amid modern efficiency and trusts, recalling the mossy wheel and days of water ground meal. The piece notes the charm of rural life, taste, and nostalgia for a time when corn pone and biscuits carried local character despite changing technology. It then describes Chesapeake Bay shad fishing via large pound nets, detailing their construction, deployment, and daily net empties as fish are corralled into the central pound.
In high winds the bulk of captured fish swings with waves threaten the trap and force crew to shore. Fishermen move between vessels and pounds using lighter gear to avoid injuring wet dough meal and risking fish loss. When weather eases they secure pounds with ropes letting fish stay contained. catches reach around 1,000 market shad, occasionally doubling.
The Boy Scouts Movement is non sectarian and inter denomi national while remaining faith respectful. It seeks to form better adherents of each boy's religion while developing peaceful disciplined values such as obedience courage loyalty and service to humanity. It promotes alertness resourcefulness self control self reliance and courtesy, urging support from those who care for boys and the community.
A Wyoming writer argues farmers must organize to counter powerful interests. He urges government reform, fair freight rates, and practical help from agriculture colleges, plus consumer action, to enable farming to compete. The piece also notes debates on dress laws, wireless telegraphy use, and recent dry law effects, with references to the City of Baltimore incident and Delaware liquor regulations.
The County Commissioners will sell a good working mule in front of the Court House door on Tuesday next April 22 1913 between 1 and 2 o clock. Wesley Jarrell president of the board.
Attorneys in fact of Orne Wo Downe and Alice Downes offer at public sale in Denton Texas on Tuesday April 29 between 2 and 4 PM the brick store properties on Main Street and adjacent parcels. Parcel 1 describes a brick store facing Main Street with a two-story structure, bounded by Ida Melville on the west and Downe on the east, including attached outbuildings and a broad lot. The sale includes surrounding warehouses and stables with parcels on Franklin and Fourth streets, promising future ownership and occupancy details.
A two story brick building occupies Main Street in Denton with parcel 2. It fronts 30 feet on Main Street and extends back about 150 feet to a rear alley. The parcel lies beside Parcel No 2 on the west and adjacent to other property of Ormond W Devenes on the east. Improvements are noted but incomplete in the text.
The document outlines Parcel No. 2 extending from the corner of Main and Fourth streets in Denton with 34 feet frontage on Main and 100 feet deep, unimproved. Parcel No. 1 describes a house and lot on Fourth Street beginning at Parcel 3, crossing an alley, and paralleling Main Street for 34 feet, with a 50 foot depth to Parcel 3, improved by a structure.
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