Parcel post growth cited with 1915 outlook in Centor Journal
Editorial notes praise the parcel post’s two year growth with revenue estimates between 40 and 60 million dollars including catalogs. It highlights Democratic praise, a January Annapolis health conference on tuberculosis, Wilson appointees, and rural garden advice urging greater care as farm costs rise.
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Parcel Post
Treasury
Post Office Department
Lewis
Washington
Goldsborough
State House
Annapolis
State Department of Health
Maryland
How much does the average farmer make the report says
Uncle Sam answers with a view of true farmer income via a Farmers' Bulletin 635. A study of 438 farm families across four states shows the average annual cost to maintain one grown person at 176 dollars. The breakdown includes dairy products beef wood and coal groceries housing rest labor and other necessities, since farm life provides more than cash profit.
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Caroline County
Sam
Department
United States Department ‘of Agriculture Farmers
Self-sustaining farms shown by North Carolina study
The analysis finds farm families in a North Carolina area lived largely on farm produced fuel food oil and shelter with cash needs reduced to 76 dollars of a 505 dollar annual value. Food was mostly home grown and animal products fruits and vegetables were largely self produced while groceries remained the biggest cash item. The report ties self sufficiency to farmer contentment back to the land movement as security against adversity.
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North Carolina
Mistakes About the Cattle Diseases Letter to the Editor
A reader from Maryland posted to the Journal advocating filter quarantine over culling for foot and mouth disease. The writer argues most infected cattle can be cured with simple remedies, urges proper premises cleanup, and questions official contagiousness and compensation practices. He cites Canton cases, appraisals, and calls for treating and studying the disease to avoid bankrupting owners.
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Massachusetts
Maryland
S. Brooks
Canton
United States
Fitis Sam
Daring Ice Break Breaks Off Skating Ring at River
Nine Chestertown skaters were stranded when a large ice floe broke away after waves from the steamer B S Ford detached it. Boats swamped in rescuers efforts. town policeman John D Jester reached the castaways, transferring them to his boat and returning them to shore.
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Chestertown
B.S. Ford
John D. Jester
Bell System offers employee stock purchase plan
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company announces an employee stock purchase program. Eligible workers with two or more years of service may buy one share for $1 to $2 at $2.00 per month, with dividends credited to the loan and interest at 4 percent on unpaid balances. Full repayment projected by November 1918, with protections if an employee leaves or dies.
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M. Thompson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Bell Telephone System
United States
Fined for Non-Support in Talbot County
Mrs. Sard caused the arrest of Guy W. Lard of Windy Hill across the Choptank in Talbot for failure to support his family. Police Justice Mhirp at Easton ordered Lard to pay support and costs totaling $15.35, later amended as $115.35 with his father paying $115.35 to cover. Mrs. Sard received $100 for the first year’s support, and she and her children will reside with her father near Harmony.
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Guy W. Lard
Windy Hill
Talbot
Baltimore
Mhirp
Easton
Sard
William Sard
Harmony
County
Sunday Church Call Encourages Attendance and Singing
A cheeky guide urges inviting a friend to church Sunday, choosing a familiar mother’s church, dressing well, and singing with full lungs. It reassures that starting the habit brings lasting joy and pride in a son's church attendance, recalling a mother’s influence.
Off to the Post With Him From the Aethodist Protestant
The Denton Journal reports a poultry theft from Rev. J. T. Bailey of Dover Delaware. The thief robbed the preacher’s hen roost and faces public punishment, described as Dover whipping post for thirty nine lashes twice multiplied.
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Denton Journal
J. T. Bailey
Dover
Del
Bank board honors late director Joseph H Bernard
The Peoples National Bank of Denton Maryland records the death of former president Joseph H Bernard with unanimous resolutions. The board praises his leadership in the bank first years, his sound judgment and conservatism, and expresses deep sorrow. Copies of the resolutions are to be presented to his family.
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Joseph H. Bernard
Ty. F. Jonson
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A local newspaper invites readers to subscribe to the Journal for full county coverage. The pitch emphasizes access to comprehensive reporting, community updates, and timely notices across districts. Subscribers gain ongoing delivery of local events, government news, and feature stories.
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Local numeric snippet yields miscellaneous figures
Discrete quantities appear as monetary and numeric values, including amounts like 2481.00 and 275.00 along with 743.50 180.16 and codes such as TM9 66 2a 2,986 07, suggesting a fragmented financial record or ledger excerpt without full context.
HURLOCK to DENTON Train Connection Notes
Train schedule fragment lists arrivals and connections from HURLOCK to Balto with times 6.30 6.45 7.25 7.45 7.55 and 8.87, and a 7.10 Balto departure. LEAVE HURLOCK for WILLISTON via Wm. Willoughby's Store to DENTON arriving 9.40 9.55.
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Williston
Willoughby
American Corner
Denton
Hurlock
Balto
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