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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1906
Page
2
President Roosevelt plans to disband three colored regiments, a move kept quiet until after the election. Southern Republicans fear consequences if disclosed earlier, while Democrats warn of potential upheaval. Congress faces a light short session with few likely enacted measures, per the Nashville American.
For the first time in 15 years there will be no contest for United States Senator when the Delaware Legislature meets in January. Either Harry A. Richardson of Dover a packer or Judge James Pennewill of Dover will be elected. Odds favor Richardson due to the judge’s reluctance to leave the bench. Both men are firm friends and the outcome should be amicable. A government report slated soon will place Maryland’s total wealth at more than one and a half billion dollars, ranking the state eighteenth among the union and challenging Kentucky for seventeenth.
An article cites agricultural statistician Dr. Le Grand Powers arguing that high food prices stem from consumer vanity rather than middlemen. He blames demand for fancy packaging, universal desire for comfort, and excessive distribution costs as prices rise. The piece also covers labor shortages, immigration policy, and a Maryland farmer's plea for foreign migrant labor to ease farm labor scarcity amid eight hour limits and railroad projects.
The passage contrasts a working wife’s experience of money’s value across 1902 and 1906 with rising costs to daily provisions. It notes middlemen’s tightening grip, debates about diet and purchases, and critiques Dr Power’s price studies for not reflecting the family’s reality in a New York context.
Governor Jackson explains to the Cambridge Era that his bid for governor cost five thousand dollars beyond personal expenses. He notes attending few meetings in Baltimore Chester Town Centreville Princess Anne Snow Hill and that he voluntarily contributed half of a campaign fund as requested by the State Central Committee. He recounts a later period where the Labor Unions alleged unfair treatment by his firm and says he aided the campaign committee with two thousand five hundred dollars to cover debts after election.
The piece argues that labor shortages extend beyond farms into trades, with Baltimore clothing firms hampered by unable to meet demand. It urges immigration laws be loosened to allow workers who will not compete with native Americans, noting natives avoid field work and warfront roles.
Miss Una Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Wilson died Saturday November 17 at her home after a long illness of typhoid fever. She was twenty one, survived by four sisters and two brothers and was interred in Chestnut Grove cemetery. The family includes Mrs Fred Scott and Mrs Hector Gardner among the siblings.
HEMMONS & TEMPLE Ridgely advertise for fifty tons of dressed poultry turkeys geese and ducks. They offer cash prices and request road fat stock in exchange. Readers are urged to call or address them before selling. Telephone standby Saint Gobet Teul.
Order of Publication outlines a suit over Grace Madara real estate in Caroline County and trust provisions. Frederick Garland Madara, an infant, is named as heir. The case references multiple parcels including the Homestead Farm near Ridgely and property conveyed by Grace Madara to her husband J C Madara. The matter involves executors, heirs, and potential adjustments to the will and estate distribution.
The undersigned plans to discontinue farming and will sell after residence on the Punting farm located on the west side of the Cheptankt river near Denton.
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