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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1913
Page
2
A memorial tribute by Mrs. Austin and Blanche Cohee recalls Bessie Mildred Cohee, wife of Clifton Cohee, who died January 17, 1916, expressing faith, peace, and longing to reunite in a heavenly home. The verses emphasize Christian solace, remembrance, and the belief she rests with Jesus.
Under a power of sale in a 1911 mortgage from Thomas TH. Jones and Amanda E. Jones to Thomas C. Horsey the assignee will sell at public auction in front of the Goldsboro Bank Goldsboro Maryland on Saturday February 1 1913 between 10 am and 1 pm All that farm tract on the east side of the Greensboro to Goldsboro road devised by William Jones to William FE. Jones and Thomas H. Jones by Williams last will dated April 30 1900 probated March 30 1909 and recorded in Caroline County Will Records the tract bounded north by the lands of Robert Jarrell Sr east by Chop Tank River south by George Stevenson and west by the county road contains about.
Under a Circuit Court decree in Caroline County, Harry P Whiteley et al versus Addie May Dowell et al, No 1548 Chy, the undersigned trustee will offer at public sale the valuable real estate at the Court House door in Denton Maryland to the highest bidder on a date to be announced.
Reports quote President-elect Wilson on acting in the people’s interest and choosing progressives. Taft-administration changes may abolish naval and surveyor posts in Baltimore, affecting Towers and Ravencroft. Mention of early American newspapers and Maryland Boy Scouts anniversary week with 300000 Scouts nationwide.
Washington January 16 correspondence reports Chairman Underwood of the Democratic Ways and Means Committee proposing a tariff revision aimed at generating revenue from luxuries to lower taxes on necessities. He voiced this to a leading silk manufacturer seen testifying before the committee. Indications favor free dressed lumber shingles laths and fence posts, with possible free meats as part of the tentative tariff plan to be framed for submission.
Governor Goldsborough receives Emerson C. Harrington's annual Comptroller report noting a $443,660 rise in state outlays from the prior year. Highlights include $182,490 more for legislative costs, debt service, and higher public school fund payments to Baltimore and counties. The document urges strict economy across departments and cites bank and railroad holdings as potential revenue sources, with the state still owning a $1.5 million annuity in the Northern Central Railway. The piece also discusses beetle attempts to curb chestnut blight and a Democratic caucus stance on Taft nominations.
Cure for many child ailments promises rapid relief from colds teething discomfort and stomach trouble. Claims to smooth sickness in twenty hours with a free sample offer by mail from Allen Olmstead Roy New York.
Miss Mary V. Godwin, a government representative, visited the Peninsula to ensure enforcement of the national Ten Hour Law for women. The act limits female workers to ten hours per day, sixty per week, or eight hours if work occurs before 6 am or after 10 pm, and provides for a governor appointed inspector and two associate inspectors to investigate violations. Several hundred women are employed in Caroline county factories.
A Ceed Democrat reader complains that Baltimore dailies neglect Eastern Shore news while Philadelphia papers publish many Peninsula items. The writer urges Baltimore papers to engage Eastern Shore readers to boost regional trade and ties with the city.
165 acres ten room dwelling with outbuildings, on main highway in the First Election District of Coroline County. Cash on day of sale. Title papers at purchaser expense. Assignee T Clayton Dorley. Auctioneer James Temple. Attorney Marvey L Cooper.
Mortgagees plan a public sale of land in Caroline County Maryland following a 1907 mortgage from Lena Emory and Winnie Emory to Harvey L Cooper and Marion L Beck. The sale will take place at the courthouse door in Denton between 2 and 3 pm on a date in 1913. The parcel lies in the Third Election District, starting near a white oak and James Saulsbury line, with metes and bounds detailing perches and directions to the starting stake and back to the beginning. Containing unknown exact area due to OCR truncation.
Between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock p m the following described real estate is offered for sale in the fourth Election District of Caroline County. The property lies partly in the town of Preston and along the county road from Preston to Linchester, adjoining the lands of Mary J Clark and Edward E Dixon on the west and August Gadew on the north. The tract contains a specified area.
Land described as 4 acres more or less with improvements including a two story dwelling barn granary and outbuildings. Conveyed from James H Holmes et al to George F Whiteley deceased via 1866 deed save and except 3 acres sold to Josephine Dickinson and James M Jones. Decree sale terms: one third cash on sale day one third in six months and balance Jan 1 1914 or all cash. Possession given now. wheat and clover crops reserved. Trustee T Alan Goldsborough and F P Covny, Auctioneer N B. A loan option available through Goldsborough Denton Maryland.
By authority, four farms in Caroline County Maryland near Federalsburg Reliance Oak Grove offered privately. Tract 1: 63.41 acres with dwelling and outbuildings. Tract 2: 82.11 acres, undeveloped but cultivated. Tract 3: 78.9 acres with a three to four room dwelling and barn. Tract 4: 104 acres with twelve room dwelling and multiple outbuildings. All well cultivated, near Oak Grove station and Cambridge Seaford Railroad. Mortgage possible for part of price. Contact Thoma Hackett Hurlock Md.
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