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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
2
The Centor Journal argues centralization will transform state education. Town schools absorb country pupils for efficiency, with grading easing teacher workload. Officials praise consolidation. new Denton High School fosters broader grading, aiming to phase out multi-grade country schools within a decade.
Postmasters and agencies will collect and forward any contributions for the McKinley memorial fund. Governor endorses the appeal urging patriotic gifts regardless of politics or creed. Postmaster Green of Denton will receipt and forward all sums. Washington notes discuss tariff reform and anti expansion ideas. The publicity committee plans to report the corrupt practices act next week.
Charles Howard of Brooklyn dominates the national valentine business printing twenty million cards. He argues the trade and human nature ensure ongoing demand. The piece notes the spread of novelty valentines and comments on government ownership and related financial concerns. It also mentions a lavish Naval Academy ball at Annapolis with guests from the German ship Moltke, a notable State Capitol event.
Delegate Brashears proposes directing county tax funds to schools by race with white and colored schools funded separately. Other measures include court sentencing powers, anti spitting on trains, and pension and library bills. Senate shifts include resignations and committee assignments as debates continue on taxation, oyster laws, and segregation proposals.
Annapolis dispatch reports the Senate committee on corporations approved major amendments to the Queen Annes Railroad bill. The company seeks a 3 million dollar stock increase to extend from Denton to Federalsburg and Salisbury to Snow Hill then toward the Virginia line with a four year deadline. Tax exemptions for the new line last 10 years but may be forfeited if construction is delayed or the franchise is sold or consolidated.
Barbers nationwide face shrinking trade with self shaving touted as end of salons. A New York farmer endures sparrow attacks during hunger and cold. Postal agent Mussleman to Cambridge for higher pay. Kent County sportsmen protest bird slaughter. John A. Clough sells Pratt Farm in Queen Anne's County. Johns Hopkins University site funding announced by Baltimoreans. Obituary note for Thomas A. Sullivan who died December 31, 1901 at age 67.
Announcement lists Chase Fulton and Co and Felix Agnus as manager and publisher at the American Office in Baltimore Maryland.
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