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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
2
The Denton Journal for Saturday morning December 9 1905 lists Melvin Ben Johnson and Melvin Johnson as publishers.
A Washington telegram questions Civil Service rules for postmasters and predicts Green's defeat. The piece discusses Comptroller Atkinson on state taxes, charity funding, and medical college appropriations. It notes speeches by former congressmen Miles and Smith, election contests, Roosevelt era tensions, state insurance commissioner Crouse, Baltimore Democrats considering Shoemaker for governor, and railroad-rate debates. It highlights two Maryland farming success stories, Dawson praising land as profit, and Fendall's quarter-acre fruit and veg yield of $260.
The fragment discusses farming success being cumulative and notes that thousands of holdings are error prone across the state. It questions why long warning signs were missed and mentions Lund worth fifty to sixty dollars an acre having sold for twenty or thirty, or less, for many years.
The presidents message urges federal supervision of interstate railroads with a new administrative body to set reasonable rates and curb penalties. It calls for auditing railroad accounts, restricting costly changes, public funding of political expenses, and transparency in election spending. It also covers army promotions for merit, navy modernization, immigration penalties for steamship lines, a life saving pension, free trade with the Philippines, and territorial issues including Alaska, Porto Rico, and state admissions. Wild ducks in Talbot county prompt local restrictions on nonresident shooting.
Mullin's exhibit features preset styles for Willington Shoes highlighting three distinct lines. The display emphasizes craft, comfort, and durability with emphasis on new arrivals and store-wide promotions.
A Mary land sale notice dated December 12 1905 describes a property in Caroline County Maryland. It specifies a parcel bounded by Burrsville Marsh Hope Bridge Mary Hopkins Porters land and Willian P Stafford with perches and links along roads ditches and boundary lines. The description ends with the area containing an unspecified amount.
Christmas shopping urged at Everngam’s with a flood of stock ideal for children and adults. The ad highlights story books, toy items, confectioneries, hymnals, Bibles, pocket-books, luggage, and winter wraps priced 5 to 15 dollars. John L. Everngam invites shoppers to visit and compare with city stores.
Propr proprietors of the Nichols Store in the Carter Block Denton announce extensive Christmas gift selections. Silverware clocks pictures books and many children toys fill the displays with low prices and large stock. Shoppers from across the county invited to view the assortment including dry goods wraps coats shoes and country produce purchases.
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