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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1917
Page
2
Denton Journal page 2 displays the byline Howard Melvin and teammate publishers Melvin Johnson. The Saturday morning issue from February 17, 1917 features page text likely including local notices and advertisements.
Invitations went to Baltimore leaders to attend a February 22 tea dinner at the Hotel Belvedere under the Maryland Branch of the League to Enforce Peace. Ex-President Taft will speak. the group aims to promote an arbitration framework to deter wars and ease living costs.
A letter to the Journal argues the Farm Loan Act aids farmers by limiting loan use to productive purposes, tying loans to 50 percent of security value, and enabling amortization over 5 to 40 years. It stresses self-help, prudent borrowing, and businesslike debt reduction, with upcoming notes on investment features.
River front farms along Maryland s Eastern Shore sport fertile land salt marsh pastures and ample hay for cattle. Wharves serve Baltimore bound ships delivering grain livestock melons and fruit while steamboat landings foster local employment and trade. Recreation fishing hunting and boating define a self sufficient rural lifestyle led by independent proprietors.
A brief fragment notes a kingly figure asserting ownership on a river front farm on the Eastern Shore, described as an enviable location with no rival in imagination. The text centers on land, status, and locale. No date or personnel beyond the owner implied.
A farmer secured payment for peaches after saving a crucial letter from a produce dealer. The note records a late shipment of 45 crates selling for 31.60 to 1.75 per crate and credits the Produce Co. with three months of effort to settle the matter. The piece warns against unfavorable poetry in the press and cites Ridgely verse about the Eastern Shore.
Mr dad and Mrs John H Thawley thank many friends for kindness during the bereavement following the death of their mother Mrs Hannah A Parris.
A grateful note from the Lori family thanks neighbors for kindness after bereavement. Pay-Up Week begins next Monday nationwide, hailed as a vital event intended to boost community and business conditions across the country.
The Delaware House approved a tobacco and liquor regulation bill on Tuesday with a 27 to 5 vote, setting up potential enactment in the legislature. The measure targets licensing and shipping controls affecting local commerce and consumers.
Executors of Eften Hignutt deceased offer at public sale in Denton Maryland on 1 1917 between 2 and 4 PM a parcel in Hickman village Third Election District Caroline County bounded by the Maryland Delaware State line and local roads. The property formerly belonged to Ellen Hignutt and J W Peters and wife conveyed January 6 1904. Improvements described as none.
Terms of sale require one half cash on day of sale with remaining balance in six months or all cash. Purchaser may use approved note with interest from sale date. Title papers at purchaser expense. Executors George W. Hignutt and Lee Hignutt, L. F. Covey auctioneer. Mortgage loan option through Henry R. Lewis Denton Md.
Under a 1916 mortgage with several assignments, the assignee will publicly sell at the Denton courthouse steps in Caroline County Maryland the parcel described as in Forest Plains near Walters land. The sale will occur between 2 and 4 pm on a date in 1917. The deed details call for a boundary starting at a W H marked stone and follow a sequence of compass directions to form the tract. The description ends with the parcel area to be determined.
Description notes a land transfer from Albert C Elliott to Irving Coleman dated April 15 1915 with 30 acres and a deed recording in Caroline county land records. The improver edits include necessary outbuildings and good repair. Terms require cash on sale day with title papers at purchaser expense by Harvey L Cooper and James Temple as assignees and auctioneers.
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