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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1912
Page
2
Fragments indicate an 1912 notice or advertisement from Benton Joy Page Ct Board Melvin Bin Melvin and Johns publishers, with references to Saturday morning and a date of February 24, 1912. The readable text is repetitive and lacks complete context or action.
Editorial notes survey political hints from the Democratic convention in Baltimore. mentions the Dixie dog song, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley's candidacy, the push for direct presidential primaries, Maryland Senate outlooks, Taft support debates, and state appointments including Insurance Commissioner and State Auditor amid Maryland politics.
The piece extols Wilson for restoring order in New Jersey and facing graft with popularity among citizens. Harmon of Ohio is praised for tax cuts and good governance, with Clark highlighted as a strong Democratic presidential candidate. The author declares the year a jubilee and predicts a Democratic victory.
Logan Waller Page reports 2,199,645 miles of public roads in the United States up to 1899 with postwar increases. Road improvements rise from 7.14 percent in 1904 to 8.66 in 1906, while stone road mileage grows from 36,818 in 1901 to 59,237 in 1909 and other road types shift as classifications change. The piece envisions rapid highway development under a new era.
In his March American Magazine autobiography Senator La Follette recounts pushing a railroad tax reform bill through the Wisconsin Legislature during his governorship. He describes defections by reform allies and a pivotal late backroom effort, including a brokered vote where an ally named D. cast the deciding nay.
A Rehoboth Saturday note describes record ice along Rehoboth Beach piling to Horn's pier and drawing crowds as the ocean forms a solid ice mass for miles. The Annapolis dispatch notes rumors at the State capital that former Governor Crothers may run for Congress, with Covington seeking renomination and hopes that Crothers and Gorman back Albert Constable for chief judge of the Second Circuit.
A memorial note marks the death of a father on February 6, 1912. The family recalls him with love and tenderness, saying he rests away from earthly sorrows, awaiting them in the beautiful realms. The message closes with a biblical sentiment from Samuel 5.
An intelligent monkey at Cornell Medical College ignored containment as researchers prepared a saline solution from a sample tied to infantile paralysis. The creature fled the cage, scaled the window ledge, slid along a college wall, and leapt into a coal pit after using a bystander for balance.
Marion Lawrance, famed American Sunday school head, closed his British tour begun last September in Chicago. He praised English Sunday school progress and urged addressing daily problems, presenting the church’s Sunday school as a key evangelistic and missionary force and a beacon of international brotherhood and peace.
John Cobb Harris, a Mansfield farmer, traveled to Fort Worth to draft a new will because he cannot distinguish his twin sons. The 22 year old twins, both six feet six inches tall and muscular, share a bank account and refer to assets as “our money” and “our girl,” often swapping sweethearts as a joke.
The Home Secretary says deaths in prize fights are not separately classed in registrar general data. Over five years 1906-09 only one death linked to prize fighting, with Ireland attributing at most two such fatalities. In Allentown, a judge notes a citizenship denial tied to a hearing on William Jennings Bryan.
The drum fish, notable for its utterance, makes a deep booming sound at will. Found along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Florida, it demonstrates vocal capability among fishes.
The fragment urges immediate action to secure ongoing happiness, claiming that pleasing others now will preserve their happiness for years. It references Sidney Sprith as a quoted source or author of the sentiment.
A quotation attributed to Robert Hichens contends that most big deeds by women are done for men. It labels the idea as foolish yet a part of human nature and asserts people must endure it.
fragmented dialogue shows a doctor asking Thomas about Mrs Popjoy receiving yesterday's medicine. Thomas answers he believes so, noting he owes the blinds down this morning.
London Zoo plans a bold experiment to raise newborn polar bears away from mother Barbard. A boarhound will act as foster mother after birth, under Dr P Chalmers Mitchell and veterinary staff. Barbard’s past cubs died. father Sam shows little interest, leading to nursery separation. Also five South African egg-eating snake eggs expected to hatch soon with only one likely to succeed.
In Smyrna Delaware a dog named Shep died beside his master Joseph Staats who was buried two weeks earlier in Friends Cemetery. A traveling man reported seeing a wolf in the road near the cemetery and a keeper recalled the dog visiting graves before dying at Staats’ plot.
Regular salt feeding helps livestock health. Keep cows out of cold weather. Rhubarb forcing can start anytime. Egg production requires ample feed not a one grain diet. A hen needs plenty of feed to lay. Horses are essential on every farm. When you go into town, buy a food thermometer for the dairy.
The administrator of Mrs Mary E Liden dec'd will sell at her Denton residence on Seventh street starting 1 30 p m items include a Quick Meal range coal stove airtight stove and other stoves plus furnishings and household goods such as chairs lounges bedding curtains sewing machine and fixtures. A surrey carriage harness lawn mower and wood are listed with terms: cash for under $10 and six months credit on larger sums with notes payable at Denton National Bank. Walter J Kelly advisr. F P Covey auditor H Earle Smith clerk.
Public sale on Tuesday February 27 1912 at 1 pm to dispose of a horse, wagon, buggy gear, farmland implements, incubator and brooders, household items, and an upright Kimball piano. Terms: cash under ten dollars. credit six months with interest bearing notes. Propertied items include a mare, harness, plows, cultivator, incubator, brooders, stove, range, table, bed set, chairs, and piano. W EL LIINATAN conducts sale near the race track east of Denton.
The Bonney farm of 60 acres in Tuckahoe Neck offers clear cultivation, an apple and pear orchard, a 10 room dwelling with cellar and barn, plus outbuildings. Tilghman Andrew farm spans 17 acres with 8 room house, berry area, shade, and outbuildings within a mile of Ridgely. Vail farm covers 2 acres near Federalsburg with a 7 room dwelling in first class repair. White farm comprises 235 acres near Oak Grove and Federalsburg, with 169 acres clear, pine timber, 7 room house, barn, and outbuildings.
In Equity the Caroline County Circuit Court orders publication notice for Edith O Scott to inform the nonresident husband John Scott of a bill for divorce on grounds of desertion after a long separation. The complainant resided in Denton Maryland since December 1905 and alleges abandonment by the Philadelphia-based respondent. The notice requires appearance by April 10 and cites remedy by decree if no defense is shown.
Order of publication in equity divorce case Thomas I H Downes versus Mary Downes. Plaintiff claims marriage on May 2 1895 and adultery by Mary from Dec 1 1907 to Apr 6 1908, elopement May 1 1909 to William Lord, with spread of evidence in Ridgely and Philadelphia. Notice requires Mary Downes to appear by Apr 10 to show cause. Clerk J Kemp Stevens.
The subscriber of Caroline county Maryland has letters of administration from the Orphans Court on the personal estate of Augustus Cannon late of Caroline county deceased. All persons with claims against the deceased must file them with vouchers authenticated by August 20 1912 or risk being excluded from estate benefits.
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