Farming does pay on the Eastern Shore and beyond
Eastern Shore farmers prosper with cash crops and smart management. Generous returns fund comfortable living, education, and vacations while some tenants become landowners in Talbot, Queen Annes, and Kent. Pioneering figures like Gen. William McKenney boosted grain on large tracts. costs fall as efficiency grows. Wellington denounces imperialism, criticizes McKinley, leaving open support for Bryan. Denton National Bank stock climbs toward par plus eight percent, with Denton Shoe Manufacturing stock offered for investment and neighborhood growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Baltimore
Talbot County
William McKenney
Queen Anne’s
Talbot
Kent
Denton National Bank
Denton Shoe Manufacturing Company
Democratic Notes on Maryland and National Politics
Hon A Leo Knott says the Maryland Democratic Party is unified after recent wins and opposes McKinleys imperialism. Democratic headquarters open in Baltimore and Bryan support grows. National chair Jones reports favorable movement for the Democrats and a disillusion with imperial policy. Ocean City development plans urge business interest. Salesmen forecast Bryan as winner, while Philippine war casualties mount. North Carolina voted Democratic with an education requirement for voters. Trust-busting and sugar price rises noted. Bryan backs income tax. Kansas City convention endorses it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore Sun
United States
George L. Wellington
McKinley
Liberty Congress
Indianapolis
Bryan
Wellington
Maryland
Moe Comas
McComas
Congress
A. Leo Knott
Baltimore
National Democratic
Jones
Imperial overreach across the Atlantic in a presidential purchase bid
In Washington and Madrid criticism grows as the McKinley administration reportedly offers Spain 160000 for Philippine islands outside the peace boundary. Critics say such purchases bypass Congress, risking unconstitutional executive overreach and a shift toward imperial rule. Senator West frames the 1896 campaign as republic versus empire, with Bryan and Stevenson pledging to restore constitutional limits.
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Madrid
McKinley
Spain
Philippine
Congress
Bryan
Stevenson
West
Republic
Empire
Democratic Party
Theaepublic
Republican stance on labor and taxes in 1890s era
The piece critiques Republican labor policy and war taxes, noting a push from leaders to suppress strikes before an election. It cites Internal Revenue receipts totaling 295,316,107 for the year, compares before noting optimism on peach crops, and recounts advertising pitches, local prices, and farming ideas. It ends with a notice on school examiner Crouse in Caroling county.
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Lanna
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
School Board
Denton
Caroline County
State Normal School
Charlotte Hall
Maryland Institute
Maryland Agricultural Colere
Agricultural College
U.S. Crouse
Sainted Gertie Wreaths Earth with Heavenly Smile
A short death tribute notes that through all real times her suite and a smile signify heavenly birth. As angels called her home she smiled farewell to earth. Heaven retains the treasure while Earth keeps the lonely casket. The verse asks sunbeams to linger above Gertie’s sainted sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Gertie
A Mideter’s Good Work Through Remedy Belief
Rev A A Power of Emporia Kansas touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as curing a severe bilious colic. He recounts helping a neighbor across the street with the same remedy after doctors failed, delivering a complete recovery. Offered for sale by Hugh Duffey Hillsboro Rd 3 and Colston Denton.
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Chamberlain
Rev
A.A. Power
Emporia
Ken
Hugh Duffey
Hillsboro
Colston
Denton
Chamberlain’s
R. J. Colston
Danton
August Flower sale and farm lime promoted in dated notices
Question Answered. Yes, August Flower remains the leading medicine in the civilized world for indigestion and biliousness. Green's August Flower is touted as a cure for dullness and headaches. Sample bottles offered in Denton and Marydel. Also promotes Geogre Combination Lime to boost wheat and other crops, claiming soil improvements and higher yields. Mentions Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatic lame shoulders and cheap fertilizers from Baugh & Sons Co and Stewart & Jarrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
W. E. Brown's
Denton
Rickards & Co's
Marydel
Teiorecommination Lime Co
le Gare
Baugh & Sons Co
Stewart & Jarrell
Golden Medical Discovery
Mollie Jacobs
Felton, Kent Co
Delaware, S
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Mules Brought Home Weighing 950 to 1100 Pounds
Thomas Mitountell reports arrival of a land of Western Mules weighing 950 to 1100 pounds each, aged 4 to 6 years, all broken, on his farm near Oakland about two miles from Ridge ly.
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Oakland
Ridgely
Thomas Mitountell
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Denton Journal
Melvin
Steele & Johnson
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
BRE
Ocean City
Mr. Bryan
Philippines
North Carolina
Eutaw House
Kansas City
Smyrna
Pastorfield
Wheatley
Dorchester
Rehoboth
Cleveland
Burehard
Theodore Roosevelt
St. Paul
Crouse
Easton St
Weaper
Gertie Bessie Webber
Daniel Adams
Ridesly
Oscar Clark
Attorne
Novelty Supply CO
Wilmington
Del
Ofl
Pierce
Common Sense
Ry, Pierce
Buffalo, N, W
ANA Maker's
Philadelphia
Wanamaker’s
New York
John Wanamaker
Dren
Gohen
Bargain
King Men’s and Boys
Rochester Building
Fasmers and Threshermen
Taiplenent
Tamina
Heath
Milligan
Ay eHtease
the Nuttle Hardware CO
Main ST
Denton, MD
Mattings
White Star
Burbank
Weameun
Jast, Mullin & Sons
Scroot Basin
Seloc
Lehigh Valley
Henderson
F Tong
Greensboro
Preston
T. W. Jones
Auburn
Geo. A. McDaniel
Denton Grain and Flour Exchange
Optane Ave
Denton, Maryland
Oo Bn
T. Fred. Garey
H. Medford
Qehm
Acme Hall
Seilor
Baltimore, MD
Evernham
Washington College
Chestertown, Ma
Fisher & Nichols
Center, Md
H. Fisher
St. CG
Tuckahoe Neck
Joursal
G. Lawrence Wilson
Griffin
J. M. Stiort
Hackett Farm
Aaron Jonans
Ellwood, Md
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