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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1912
Page
2
The piece surveys tax policy with sugar duties and income taxes, notes Senate opposition, and contemplates a Panama Canal era boosting American merchant shipping. It honors William Booth and Salvation Army founder’s legacy, cites losses to fraud, and reports political fundraising and betting trends for Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt with forecasts of electoral outcomes.
Min Wai Je Wigan notes Maryland expected to deliver a large Democratic victory with a new advisory committee including county and city representatives. The Marshall Field Circular reports strong weekly road merchandise sales, while Baltimore election judges receive jail time for primary fraud. Joshua O Walcott seeks the Delaware Democratic Attorney General nomination.
A page from hearings on the Lawrence strike inquiry highlights a veto clash over woolen trusts and consumer plunder while workers face starvation wages. Nurse Miss Sanger describes 119 strike children lacking food, clothing, and medical care, underscoring harsh conditions and systemic exploitation in the woolen industry.
Farmers are urged to bury dead hogs deep and oppose spread of cholera via buzzards. Cholera reduces meat supply. some farmers feed soft coal to hogs. Serum immunization is promoted by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, which has purchased serum and will supply it free to farmers who follow veterinary directions. Address the Live Stock Sanitary Board for details.
Maryland leads in tomato quality with a large upcoming crop and strong national demand. Mehan notes Maryland and sugar corn prospects are favorable and jobbers report rising orders and little carryover, signaling active distribution this fall and winter.
A board meeting announced the Maryland Agricultural College and Experiment Station will establish a Special School of Horticulture to coordinate extension work and expand staff. Specialists in pomology clericulture floriculture landscape gardening and vine fruits will lead demonstrations and act as inspectors across the state. The plan aims for permanent, continuous teaching and broader outreach to develop each horticulture phase.
This notice mix includes an obituary for Maud W. Stafford with comforting religious lines, followed by Walter Warner’s Maryland political forecast on Governor Wilson’s likely plurality, and a preview of the 1912 Delaware State Fair opening September 10 with expanded prizes and entries, as reported by Every Evening.
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