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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1914
Page
2
The page lists names of publishers including Voouward Melvin Ben H Jonason Melvin and John son, dated Saturday morning August 15 1914. The fragment provides publishing staff identifiers and a masthead style reference for the issue. No additional events or articles are readable in this excerpt.
An editorial urges the election of Col Albert W Sisk to Congress citing critical canning industry needs. It notes European wars disrupt sugar and tin can imports, risking higher costs and the shift to glass jars, and argues only a tested representative can address these Eastern Shore economic concerns.
In humility the New York Herald calls Americans to recognize blessings and act. It notes Europe’s war paralyzing industry and the need for workers and funds for national defense. It urges sympathy for France Germany Russia Austria Serbia and calls women to sustain agriculture while the continent fights, turning thought into deeds.
A New York dispatch warns of war disrupting canning through tin shortages and embargoes. It notes rising tin costs, limited supply, and a looming effect on canned foods while foreseeing higher prices, plus grim estimates on Europe’s conflict.
The piece laments war preparation and taxes across Europe, notes debates over delaying conflict, and cites U.S. political maneuvers such as Congressman Lewis’s bill and Senator Lee’s defense. It mentions Judge Wooley’s appointment, anticipated license reforms, rising automobile travel dangers, and sugar prices eight cents a pound amid the European war impact. Silk and victory become a regional slogan for the Eastern Shore.
A joint Maryland Virginia commission proposes laws for fishing nets. Rules include nets not extending beyond 1414 bay lines, strict penalties for oil or guano oiling, cull laws for various species, closed seasons for perch and rock, distance limits from shores, head and hedging gaps, vessel ID requirements, dam fishways, and spawning-ground haul regulations.
Commerce Department figures show the Underwood tariff over its first nine months produced less revenue than Payne and more than Dingley, with average monthly revenue around $23 million. Ad valorem rates are the lowest in 25 years, 36 percent on dutiable imports and 14 percent on total imports, while imports rose mainly in foodstuffs and partially completed manufactures. Exports fell about 7.8 percent from the prior year, with decreases in finished manufactures and foodstuffs offset by gains in raw materials and some export categories.
Democratic citizens of Caroline county call for a public meeting at the Court House in Denton on Tuesday afternoon to plan a strong Democratic vote in the upcoming primaries. They advocate broad support for Col. Albert W. Sisk, praising his long service to the party and urging more than two thousand votes to help secure his Congress nomination.
Executors Bruce Stevens and William Uhler announce a public sale of nine parcels in Williston and on the Choptank River in Denton MD. Parcels range from cleared farmland to riverfront wharfs and a historic brick dwelling. Sale dates September 4 with phased payments through 1917 and possession January 1, 1915.
Under a circuit court decree in Caroline County the trustee will offer for sale a stable, smoke house and other outbuildings on a well-sited farm with fertile soil. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in nine months. or all cash. Payments bear interest from day of sale and are secured to the trustee’s satisfaction. Title papers at purchaser’s expense. T. Alan Goldsborough, Trustee.
Mrs Annie E Langrell offers for sale a six acre property with a six room new dwelling a large barn and outbuildings. Located at American Corner Maryland. Auction or private sale terms available.
Quo Excelsior motorcycle twin cylinder with horsepower two speeds in perfect order. Equipped with head light speedometer time piece and back seat. Seller H. M. Parrott Preston Maryland. August first nineteen twenty one.
Property listing for twenty five acres of cleared land near Marydel Maryland offered by T E Heather of Marydel. Includes location details within three quarters of a mile and dating August 3 1931.
A list of livestock and draft animals includes one Sorrel Mare fourteen years old and capable in harness, one Bay Mare seven, one Bay Horse of unknown age and brother to the mare, two Black Mules aged 11 and 12 at 1200 pounds each, a Merry Christmas Jr stallion of unknown age, one Black Holstein Heifer three, one Jersey Cow nine awaiting freshening at Christmas, and a Hereford Bull eighteen months old.
The Philadelphia Sunday Record is praised for accuracy and readability, with extended Sunday sections on women’s interests, fashions, science, and domestic arts, plus a valued illustrated Sunday Magazine. A lone English cruiser near Rehoboth Beach is watched by locals as tensions rise over possible maritime engagements. An inventor near Chestertown plans irrigation using a gasoline engine to push water to reservoirs via pipelines eight feet above ground.
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