Editorial notes on war effort and agriculture in 1918
The Denton Journal reports President Wilson’s shipbuilding push and a broad wartime mobilization. Farmers seek policy changes to keep labor on farms, with Maryland appeals to Washington and plans for air mail routes. Legislative voices urge intensified farming and fertilizer use to meet war needs. notable figures include Governor Harrington, A Mitchell Palmer, and Linthicum.
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Congressman Linthicum
The Country Store Through Time On The Peninsula
A nostalgic look at the country store as a fixed community hub on the Peninsula. It highlights its old fashioned character, resistance to gasoline culture, and the storekeeper’s wide range of duties from postmaster to local news disseminator while customers linger on the porch and exchange crop talks.
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Jed Hankin
The General Store and Its Busy Trading Floor
The piece paints a bustling rural general store where clerks juggle orders, conversations on politics and economy, and casual chats with regulars. Patrons shop heterogeneously, pay as they go, and expect the clerk to hear locals’ news, with private matters quickly shared beyond ten miles.
Maryland Home Rule Bill Aims to Create County Charters
A Senate bill by Senator Bennett proposes a new article to the Annotated Code enabling counties to adopt charters under a Home Rule amendment. It would delegate local self government powers to county corporations, appoint county officers, and allow a merit system. The measure limits powers to non-contrary with state law and maintains county credit protections. A separate House action adds corrupt practices restrictions to campaigns and a State director of food products is proposed by Senator Norris.
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Howard Bryant
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Delaplaine
Food Administration Issues Live Hen Ban for Dealers
Officials announce a February 11 1918 order barring licensed dealers from buying shipping or selling live or freshly killed hens or pullets from February 1 to April 16 1918 with two short exceptions The sale of hens or pullets killed or shipped before February 13 to market remains allowed and live birds may still be sold for egg production The rule binds dealers and morally binds farmers and consumers except sick persons on a chicken diet Roosters unaffected by the order
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