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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1923
Page
2
The Denton Journal, Denton Md, published Saturdays. This issue lists Howard Melvin Benz and Johnson Melvin Johnson Publishers. It was entered as second class mail matter at the Denton post office on February 17, 1923.
The piece argues the Fordney tariff raises consumer prices, burdening households and aiding favored interests. It cites specific sectors with higher duties and wage standards, then notes Senator Borah's push for an international criminal code and world court to curb war, alongside obituaries and military tech facts, and a Maryland boxing bill debate.
Oliver McKni discusses Thomas Jefferson’s foresight on land reform and criticizes private land ownership. He urges adoption of Henry George’s land rent idea via collective taxation, arguing it would reduce waste and widen access to land for public use. The piece urges democratic action to align laws with Jefferson’s spirit.
Memorial verses recall Albert Howard who died December 17, 1913 and Catharine Howard who died February 15, 1920. Children pledge their grief with lines about missing a mother, Rebecca E Bowdle, who died February 20, and the family accompanying tribute expresses enduring love and remembrance.
Public sale of the property described as Baker's Delight in the Second Election District Caroline county Maryland. The sale is by 48th assignee under a mortgage from William F. E. Carney and Mary K. Carney to Harvey L. Cooper. Held in front of the Denton court house on Tuesday March 13 1928 between 2 and 4 pm. Property lies on the Greensboro Ingleside road north side and adjoins J A Davis Howard Swiggett William L Cooper and others.
Under a 1919 mortgage from Isaac L Mills and Blanche E Mills to Harvey J Cooper and later assignments, the mortgage records in Caroline County detail a sale. The undersigned as assignee will offer the property to the highest bidder at the Court House door in Denton Maryland.
The bill seeks a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from Elizabeth A. Sheppard, resident of Frankford Pennsylvania, after three years of abandonment. The plaintiff, George A. Deakyne, resident of Caroline County, Maryland, was married in 1913 and resided there until 1917. The court ordered notice by newspaper to Elizabeth Sheppard, requiring her appearance by April 20, 1923.
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