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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1917
Page
2
Howard Melvin Melvin and Johns Publishers advertise publication scheduled for Saturday morning August 18 1917. The notice provides no further details beyond the date and entities involved.
Editorials urge boys 16 to 18 to continue schooling rather than rush to war. Dr Finney in France stresses science as key to postwar leadership, while the Navy recruits young musicians for ships with strong pay and promotion to band master. Other pieces call for strict DUI probation, dairy cow productivity, wheat control, and military draft expansion with 2,000,000 army strength by autumn. Pope Benedict proposes peace talks to belligerents.
State Law Department fixes filing deadlines for statewide and local nominations. Comptroller candidates must file by August 11 with the Secretary of State, others by August 21 with local boards. Primary day is September 11. counting excludes the day of the primary. Legislative residency rule noted.
The article discusses residency rules for Legislature candidates and urges home gardeners to plant fall crops now. It highlights radishes and lettuce as quick open air options and notes early lettuce varieties such as Grand Rapids and Black Seeded Simpson, with turnips Extra Early White Milan and Petrowski praised for rapid growth and table quality.
A playful verse recounts a fugitive narrator evading agents who seek books by Bertha Clay and Charlotte Braeme. Despite mountain and forest hides, a visiting dame with a gun-metal brooch forces the chase, ending with the narrator fleeing in despair.
Templeville residents host visiting relatives including the Luning family from Long Island and D. T. Richards entertaining the Ladies Aid Society. Local movements note Ethel Sparks taking a Buck Hill Falls position and several Delawareans discussing Prohibition. A Sun drying guide explains fruit preservation through air flow rather than heat, with tips on trays nets and frame shelves.
Mr. Daniel Heck held a public sale on Wednesday and has rented his farm. Edinburgh residents including Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Williams and Susie Graves with son Wilbert visited Heck’s home. Several young people gathered at Marydel grove on Sunday while Mr. Kennard Shults traveled to Denton. Farmers express desire for rain.
At the Maryland Agricultural Society council meeting December 18 to 22 was chosen as the best period for Maryland Week Meetings. The Maryland Week Show will not be held due to the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore needing space for military purposes.
Denton Maryland August 18 1917 William A Stewart announces candidacy for County Treasurer on the Democratic ticket for the September Primary urging voters to consider him and signs sincerely WM A Stewart.
Notice to Democratic voters in Caroline county states an announced candidacy for sheriff in the upcoming September primaries. The sender highlights a public peace officer record and seeks voter support.
Under a circuit court decree the court will offer at public sale the farm described as a tract of land in the Second Election District of Caroline county. The property lies on both sides of the county road from Boyces Mill to Irvins Chapel and adjoins the Stubbs Richards Gottwalls lands. The sale takes place at the Denton court house door between 2 and 4 pm.
A farm once owned by Rebecca A Hutson to William Hutson is offered in two parcels near Greensboro. Parcel 1 has about 49 acres on the county road with adjacent Gottwalls and Stubbs lands. Parcel 2 contains about 50.6 acres plus 10 acres woodland and outbuildings. The site may sell as a whole or in parcels and a recent survey is on display at the trustee’s office.
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