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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
4
The text outlines how the early church grew through fellowship with Christians, regular communion and prayer, and a charitable, unified body. It notes the apostles’ ministry, signs and wonders, and the role of deacons in resolving internal disputes while stressing the need for prayer, spirit filling, testimony, and prudent leadership.
Warren L Bald of New York introduces a spring wire cord tie that fastens ends without knots. It uses two hooks around wire loops. applying strain tightens the grip and spreads the wire to sever the cord. The tie is also incorporated into a pack tie handle.
A garbled snippet mentions hardwood floors and a readable exchange about cleaning simplicity. The fragment hints at a mistaken or misheard term and shows no clear event, person, organization, date, or place to anchor a full record. The readable portion lacks a coherent news item.
The report notes 209,900,000 bushels in one category and 50,000,000 bushels in another, marking an overall increase. A further rise of 400,000 bushels is recorded, highlighting stronger storage and supply levels across the board.
Sugar shortages hit Spain and Portugal with soaring prices for granulated and brown sugar. Barcelona shows 19 cents a pound for brown sugar while Lisbon contracts rise to about 12 cents per pound under government orders. Beet sugar in Sweden costs 11 cents per pound.
Ninety percent of all refined sugar sent from the United States to the Allied nations went to Prague and Selsium during the last five months of the year. France received 72 percent about 1.0 million pounds and Belgium nearly 1.1 million pounds. sugar was allocated by a strict rationing organization. The five month total reached 29,791 tons, about half shipped in May, and represented roughly one fiftieth of our total sugar consumption.
A cryptic grocery note lists canned crust prees fruit Pruft and Krult butter preservesq fresh fruit sweet pickles. The jumbled items hint at a catalog entry or shopper’s shorthand with unclear product names and quantities.
The document records Governor Emerson C. Harrington proclaiming the text of Chapter 20 of the 1918 Maryland General Assembly acts. It details an amendment to Article 1 “Selective Franchise” adding Section 1A for absent voting by military or naval service members, election submission, and the process for adoption or rejection at the next general election. Also included are notices of farm properties for sale near Denton with multiple tracts and summaries, listing ownership by John El Carter in Denton, Maryland.
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