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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
2
Denton Journal page two reports the debut of Melvin Melvin and John P publishers in Honolulu, with Jomanson on duty for the Saturday morning edition dated December 13, 1913.
The secretary urges improved marketing methods to aid farmers and consumers alike. He notes distribution problems raise justice concerns, with waste and unfair burdens under current systems. The report outlines surveys, storage, pricing, and distribution studies plus cooperative production and universal standards for cotton and corn to simplify transactions.
Frederick J. Haskin highlights the canning industry’s shift from a mechanical pursuit to a scientific one. He notes improved purity, healthfulness, and safety, with canning preserving vegetables and seafood for inland use, enabling year round access and breaking geographical barriers. The piece argues cans offer home convenience and, counterintuitively, health benefits in winter, as science shows properly sterilized cans reduce risk of disease.
Officials advise preferring canned vegetables when winter markets push prices beyond reach, noting that limited rural supplies make fresh produce scarce. The guidance also links reduced medication use to proper nutrition, emphasizing vegetables and fruits as essential for health.
Baltimore aims to mobilize national figures including President Wilson and ex presidents Taft and Roosevelt for a September centennial program. The event features ships from Constellation to dreadnoughts, a Star Spangled Banner display by thousands of children, a regatta, and a naval pageant. Julia Marlowe to recite the anthem under honorary president Wilson and acting president Wreston.
The Anti-Saloon League of Maryland aims to push a prohibition amendment in the coming session, with a backup campaign next April if it fails. Superintendent W. H. Anderson may accept a call to New York, leaving his fate to himself as his effectiveness is challenged by critics. Temperance Democrats resent his papers and attacks on public figures, including Senator Lee, while pledging to expand anti liquor influence and push further Maryland legislation to curb the liquor trade.
A 125-guest dinner at Easton Skating Rink opens the Whirlwind Campaign for S46,000 or more to fund a new Emergency Hospital building serving Talbot, Queen Annes, and Caroline counties. Over 30 tables assign workers by team with a 30-foot scoreboard tracking team subscriptions and county totals.
In Baltimore on Thursday evening at the Belvedere the Eastern Shore Society was organized by Eastern Shore natives in the city. Manager Hager ordered a special schooner of Eastern Shore oysters and Smithfield hams to entertain the exiles across the bay. Dr J Clement Chak, long head of the Caroline County Society, proposed the idea, and Dr Clark was chosen president with Capt Charles W Wright as vice president for Caroline county and J I K Shannahan as secretary and treasurer.
Government News Letter notes hog profitability rests on continuous grazing with rape rye oats and wheat as ideal pastures. It cites late planting as still possible and cites widespread farmer interest in boosting pork supply amid calls from experts and local messages on cattle and agricultural methods.
A public sale of personal property to discontinue farming will be held on the farm one mile north of Harmony on the road to Gilpin's Point. The sale takes place Monday December 29 1913 starting at 10 o clock in the morning sharp.
A large auction catalog lists farm tools and equipment including plows, binders, cultivators, wagons, harnesses, and sleds, plus carriages, buggies, harness sets, crates, and fruit and farm supplies. Also offered are a Columbia Graphophone with 100 records and a Weaver Organ. Terms: cash under 10 dollars, credit terms for larger sums. items removed only after payment. auctioneers I. P. Covey.
A notice states that on 1913 at 10 o clock in the morning the following property will be sold at public auction. The itemized listing appears in the readable portion of the notice.
A dealer offers winter patents and other brands at the lowest price by barrel or sack. They advertise seals such as Minnesota Gold Medal Lea's Best and urge customers to try their goods.
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