Denton Journal page two headline and credits
The fragment lists the Denton Journal page number two with banner line indicating Howard Melvin and H Johnson Melvin & Johnson as publishers on a Saturday morning edition dated February 1, 1908.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
2
The fragment lists the Denton Journal page number two with banner line indicating Howard Melvin and H Johnson Melvin & Johnson as publishers on a Saturday morning edition dated February 1, 1908.
Editorial notes multiple Maryland topics including farmers institutes at Preston and Ridgely, Governor Crothers road bonds plan, state road map by Geological Survey, and bipartisan talks on reform. Also mentions Democratic candidates, suffrage amendments, and bills on bird shooting penalties, pensions for a Talbot examiner, and a new ballot pamphlet in Baltimore.
A Farmers Institute met at Preston led by Institute Director W L Ainess with talks on soil fertility seed quality strawberry culture and poultry. An upcoming Ridgely institute on February 14 15 features A J Lovejoy D Ward King F H Rankin Edward Van Alstyne and John Jeannin with emphasis on good roads farming youth hymns and tomato production. King’s talk on “Good Roads Right Now” and practical slab-drag road work draws praise from Missouri expert George B Ellis and local farmers planning to drag roads after rains to improve drainage and durability.
Hon William Spry Bradley father of County Treasurer Vernon S Bradley of Dorchester died at his son C Bradley's home in Hurlock at 8 o'clock Thursday night after a brief grip illness. He was 71, born in Caroline county, long active in Preston drug business, later prominent in Dorchester affairs and served in Maryland House of Delegates in 1896. He leaves a wife Emily Hopkins and children in Hurlock Baltimore La Porte Washington Cambridge Providence.
Professor Alexander Chaplain, longtime Talbot county school examiner, spent Thursday night on a public road during a heavy snowstorm. Lost his way after St Michaels, halted by drifting snow and a fallen tree, unhitched his horse, and slept in the carriage. He awoke next morning near a farm, marooned by snow for several days with a friendly farmer guiding him.
The Dover News reports a party of Holiness Association members from Canadian provinces arrived last Saturday. Negotiations with leader Joseph C. Neville and George W. Tebo of Dover led to eleven adults and three children moving in, buying a farm and renting three residences by eleven o'clock that Saturday. The group is described as hardworking mission focused on study, work, and teaching while pursuing agriculture and wealth generation in the country.
The lesson explains Nicodemus as a night seeking Pharisee who learns the necessity of the spiritual new birth through Christ. It contrasts natural birth with the rebirth wrought by the Holy Spirit, using Jesus wind analogy, the brazen serpent, and the universal offer of eternal life to all who believe, urging living in truth and light.
Readers praised Martin Hewitt Investigator as better than Sherlock Holmes. The New York Tribune lauded his keen deductions and clear methods, promising a January publication in the Journal with stories that invite readers to follow the logic and see what Hewitt reveals.
Rev J M Sheridan President of the Maryland Annual Conference writes about a visit to Denton praising Pastor F T Henson. He notes a Sunday School of 175 with Home Department and active societies. A large men’s Bible class was formed. The church, organized ten years ago, has property valued at 8500 with no debt and growing membership of 130.
A Kent News advertisement from a Worten farmer seeks a man to plow. The offer includes a riding plow with canopy, meals in bed, access to water, team and buggy for evenings and Sundays, and even a possible automobile. If unsatisfied, promises in will, pin money, village-store access, part of the farm, or a daughter's hand in marriage. The copy ends with a note the offer should tempt even a hobo hustla.
Notice to growers states contract terms for the 1903 season for Sugar Corn at 9.00 per ton, seed corn 4.00 per bushel, green peas 2.25 cents per pound when threshed, seed peas 2.00 per bushel, and tomatoes 9.00 per ton. Growers must haul tomatoes on wagons with springs to prevent bruising, and may haul away pea vines corn husks and tomato skins. G. T. REDDEN & CO., 218 Denton Md.
Advertisement offers a four horse power gasoline engine for sale with cash or on-time terms. The seller is Leroy C Longfellow of Denton Maryland. Contact details appear as L4-41.
In equity, William J. Smith, Fred J. Smith and Ina Smith sue Irving S. Smith, Annie M. Smith, Rebecca Smith, adults, and Mary C. Smith, infant, as respondents in a Caroline County circuit court action.
Order of Publication for a suit to appoint a trustee to sell land in Caroline County Maryland and distribute proceeds. The will directs legacies be paid from sale profits, but no power of sale exists in the will. Heirs include Rebecca Smith and children Fred J. Smith Annie M. Smith Mary C. Smith. Notice ordered by 1908 Circuit Court with newspaper publication for four weeks warning absent defendants.
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