Diplomat Wilson Praised as Nation’s Great Leader
A Baltimore Sunday Sun writer lauds President Wilson comparing him to Washington and calling him the greatest American patriot and altruistic statesman. The piece extols his wartime diplomacy, world peace efforts, and the handling of the Polish Russian controversy noting his enduring mental keenness and “watchful waiting” policy. It argues his administration resolved domestic tangles and merits boundless praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sunday Sun
Wilson
Washington
Bolshevism
Italy
George Washington
Hunger strikers riot at Maryland Penitentiary dormitory
Editorial notes describe more than fifty hunger strikers triggering a dormitory riot at Maryland Penitentiary last Friday. Lights were ripped out, darkness hindering police efforts, and fire hoses used as inmates shouted and wrecked property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Penitentiary
Delayed Tomato Troubles and Prohibition Era Politics
The article covers voting rights ahead of the Nineteenth Amendment, quotes Roosevelt and Cox, and notes Maryland politics including the Delaware Republican convention nominating Denny for Governor. It details tomato crop oversupply on the Eastern Shore, price drops, labor shifts, cannery shutdowns, and growers in Kent County threatening to plow under or let tomatoes rot rather than sell below forty cents a basket. Local figures Mrs. F. Berkley Horsey comments on prices and profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great West
Maryland
Baltimore
F. Berkley Horsey
Baltimore News
Delaware
Lexington
Kent County
Pumpkin Pie Season Near In The Exhibit Hall
The Baltimore American notes the pumpkin exhibit as a symbol of the autumn harvest and the fruition of industrial effort. The simple pumpkin with a golden rind stands as a vivid emblem of the oldest industry, celebrated for its storied ancient origins and evokes images of Job's garden and biblical pumpkin vines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Job
Jonah
You can't keep a good thing down Maryland Queen flour
Maryland Queen flour proves its staying power as a staple brand amid market shifts. Strong consumer demand supports steady sales and continued brand presence in grocery aisles nationwide.
Maryland and Delaware News in August Context
Governor Ritchie backs two constitutional amendments raising legislature pay and clerks’ salary limits. Maryland motor vehicle certificates threaten unregistered cars. Holstein cattle judged at the Maryland State Fair. Interstate rates raise passenger and freight costs on rail and boat lines. Delaware rabbits season legally closed next year due to a legislative mixup. A literary note cites a laborer’s annual income from Talbot farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie
Mileape
Caroline
State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
State Office
Maryland
R. E. Haeger
Mhenois
Baltimore
Haeger
United States
Natanal
New York
Baltimore, Chespeake and Albirne Raiway Company
Maryland, Delaware and Virginity Railway Company
Delaware
State broadens squirrel season by law change
State Game Warden LeCompte notes General Assembly action to standardize the open season for squirrels across counties from August 25 to November 16 and set a statewide close on January 1, with seven day extension. urges compliance to boost game and fish supplies and avoid prosecutions. The message stresses public cooperation for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeCompte
Prat
General Assembly
Tushin
Sowing Rye and Vetch as a Winter Cover Crop
The article advises sowing rye and vetch as a winter cover crop, noting a mix of about thirty pounds of vetch to a bushel and a half of rye. It recommends purchasing mixed seed, adding at least one bushel of rye per mixture, and highlights rye alone as a good cover crop. Vetch boosts pasture value and can be plowed under as a green manure, reducing need for commercial fertilizers.
Mechanic Fails To Calm The Heart That Sings
A quirky verse recounts a car repair where valves and related parts were ground. The narrator notes the engine runs smoothly now, yet the heart pounds in panic and the mood shifts to botanical whimsy. The imagery blends sunlit meadows and sea with mechanical repair.
Mortgagee's Sale of Valuables in Maryland Community
Mortgagee sale under a December 6 1913 deed by Marion A Garvey and Laura M Garvey as to property in Caroline County Maryland. Assumed December 9 1903 to Carrie E B Hutington with sale at Denton Court House. Describes tract in Fourth Election district from Union Grove cemetery to Wills Flowers and Whiteside corners with chain measurements and boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion A. Garvey
Laura ML. Garvey
Nate
Liber A
K. S
Caroline County
Carrie EB. Hutrington
Court House
Denton
Bing
Maryland
Union Grove
Wills Flowers
Land Auction for Rita Kemp to Laura McGarvey Orchestration
Land of 27 3 4 acres with barn chicken house sheds described in deed from Rita Kemp to Laura McGarvey. Located near Denton Preston state road in Caroline county. One third cash day of sale balance in two instalments six and twelve months. Deed and stamps at purchaser expense. Fred R Owens attorney. Covey auctioneer. Purchase loan via R Owens Denton Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Preston
N.bro
R. Owens
Maryland
Public sale near White leysburg on road to Chilton Camp
The undersigned will sell at public sale at his home two miles from White leysburg on the road to Chilton's Camp ground. Terms of sale are on sums under 310 easy. on sums over that amount no credit of six months. Purchasers to give approved notes bearing interest and payable in bank. Benjamin Fl Steward, James Temple, Aug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteleysburg
Chilton’s Campground
Benaamin FL
Jans Temple
Aue
Goldsboro Bank
Farm with 16 acres of timber and fruits in Maryland
Calvert C. Merriken attorney at law Denton Maryland advertises a farm with 16 acres clear 76 clear 46 well set growing timber 3 acres strawberries 100 apple trees grapes cherries and more barn and 3 room house. Location offers access to Braspeville and Federcalsborp for various crops including cantaloupe tomatoes apples watermelons pears.
Smith Corn Cutter for sale with local terms
We20e Et One Smith Corn Cutter nearly new. Terms reasonable. Wingate Neal of Denton Maryland lists item. In Denton or on the road to Andersontown one Goodyear tire 30xds. Dated 3-25-11 bh. B. Couee Hobbs Ald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Wingate Neal
Denton, Md
Denton
Andersontown
Farm Implements and Equipment Auction Listing
A list of farm gear including a good 2 horse wagon, Norse cart, Deering binder, Adriance mower, John Deere sulky plow 14 inch, Oliver plows, cultivators, grain fun, corn sheller, wheelbarrow, seeders, wire stretcher, log chains, trees for harness, bridles and more on clover and timothy stacks. All sums under ten dollars cash, over ten dollars on credit for 12 months with note secured. Covey and Topp clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriance
John Deere
Oliver Chilled
Ron Dray
New Way
Auburn
Public Tax Sale Notice for Caroline County Lands
A Maryland public sale under Caroline county Public Local Laws and General Laws will occur in Denton at the Court House door on 1920 between 2 and 4 p m. Lands in Caroline county are offered to pay unpaid taxes for the listed years with interest and costs. Purchasers must pay full purchase price at sale. redemption within twelve months to the Circuit Court with interest and deed costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of
Maryland
Caroline County
State of
Court House
Denton
Circuit Court
Land parcel in Caroline county assessed taxes 1916
All that land in Caroline county fourth erection district begins at a bridge center on a county road from Friendship Preston to Preston Denton road then runs N 38°W 400 feet to a stake then N 52°E ud u feet perpendicularly then S 48°E 500 feet to the outline of the tract then along the outline and a stream back to the start containing 6 acres more or less assessed to F A and W EF Lord part of W E Lords taxes for 1916 with interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Friendship-Preston
Preston
Denton
F. A
W. EF. Lord
W. E. Lord
Property description in Caroline county 1917 assessment
In the Third Election District of Caroline county a parcel on the road from Denton to Burrsville is described by compass bearings and distances ending at the public road. The tract covers 24 acres more or less and is assested to Evelyn Bless for State and County Taxes for the year 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Denton- Greensboro
Burrsville
Denton-Greensboro
Evelyn Bless
Road description parcel in Cooper and Nichols lands
A land boundary description runs from the Denton Greensboro State road to Burrsville beginning on the south side near a cement monument marking a Cool land corner. The survey measures 24 acres more or less, with lines given by specific degrees and distances, assessed to Cooper and Nichols for state and county taxes in 1915 and 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Denton-Greensboro
Burrsville
Denton-Greenshboro
Cooper and Nichols
Land description along Harmony road to Beck's X roads
On the Denton Anderstown road a parcel is mapped from a stake on the south side at Beck's X roads 200 feet distant from the intersection. It runs N 42 30 W 200 feet to a roadside stake then N 50 E 239 feet to a field stake then S 40 20 E 200 feet to a stake then N 60 W 239 feet to the starting point enclosing 11 10 acres more or less. Roe to Cooper Funk and Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Denton-Harmony Road
Denton-Andersontown
Roe
Cooper, Funk and Nichols
Assignees' Sale OF VALUABLE Property in Caroline County
Assignees under a 1917 mortgage to Albert S Handy, later assigned to Henry R Lewis and J Owen Knotts, offer property at public sale in front of Denton Court House Maryland. The parcel lies in Caroline County Fifth Election District, bounded by the Federalsburg Bethel road, with described lines and a specified perimeter, containing land and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annis Ricketts
Albert S. Handy
Henry R. Lewis
J. Owen Knotts
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Federalsburg
Bethel M. E. Church
T. Kinder
Twiford
Land conveyance description in Caro line county
Eight acres of land more or less conveyed to Annis Ricketts by Joshua T Kinder and others by deed dated March 29, 1902 recorded in Liber W H 67 folio 260. Excluding one quarter acre previously conveyed by Annis Ricketts to George St Noble by deed dated June 28, 1917 recorded in Liber L B T No 79 folio 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Kemp
Laura McGarvey
Tno Liber I.K
Caroline County
Annis Ricketts
Joshua T. Kinder
Land Offered Near Federalsburg In Annis Ricketts Estate Sale
The above parcel of land on the east side of the county road from Federalsburg to Bethel Church, about three and a half miles from Federalsburg, includes a barn and other outbuildings and was the home of the late Annis Ricketts. It is advertised as a splendid investment with options to pay one third on sale day and the balance in two equal installments at 12 and 18 months, or full payment cash on sale day. Title papers to be supplied at purchaser’s expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
England
America
United States
Daniels
Haiti
Asion Star-Democrat
Talbot Farms
Carnthouse
Annis Ricketts
Federalsburg
Bethel Church
Farm stock auction listing with varied cattle and hogs
A farm auction offers 14 milking cattle led by a large Holstein bull, aged 2 to 10, plus Holsteins Guernseys Jerseys and Swiss. Seven brood sows include two with six piglets. Buyer potential highlighted, no cholera history. Auctioneers William C. Cheffins A J Daur, clerk R Jarrell Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernseys
Jerseys
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benc. H Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
DeMocratic
James M. Cox
OMTIO
United Staples
John Walter Smith
Worcester County
Congress
T. Alan Goldsborough
Wade
Democratic State Central Committee
Hotel Rennett
Democratic Party of Maryland
Mae warAa
Wm. D. Denny
Dover
J. Danforth Bush
Wilmington
Sylvester J.townsend, Jr
Horace Sadler
Bridgeville
Daniel Thompson
Newark
Geo. M. Fisher
Wyoming
Treasuer
Caleb R. Layton
Federated Women's Clubs of
Eudora Ramsay Richason
War Loan Organization
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Mexico
Cox
Colby
Wizzy
Preston and
Harmony
Jola
Story
Frame
Fred R. Owens
FLOP
Covey
Niss
Annie Blanche Hell
William A. Bell
Mary Ntta Pippin
Ruth Anna Pippin
Equity
J. Kemp Stevens
Inhsorme
Lawrence B
Towers
Arm For Sale
Goonyear
B. Couee
Hobbs
Ald
Ganey’s Wharf
Jack
Coows
L. Ie Covey
Audt
H. C. Topp
Clerk
G. S. Todd
Fabian
Ward
Robert Pinder
Greensboro
Astern Eastern
Horeervice
Astern Shore Gas & Electric Company
Denton, Maryland
Aluhays
Hobbs-Williston
George Neighbors
Joseph H. Carroll
The
Hughes Lumber and Coal Co
Tire Sale
Preston Motor Company
Preston, Maryland
W. A. Smith
Ewee
Cuano
Valliant & Bro
Bellevue
Tor Sale
C. G. Dukes
Longman & Martinez
N.Y
Ubl
Frank P. Covey
Robert Culbreth
Henderson
Goldsboro
Colquit
Walnut Hall
Morgan
WELIS
William C. Cheffins
A. J. Daur
Auct
R. Jarrell
Jnr
Howard Butler
Sherman E, Hignutt
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!