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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1901
Page
2
Denton Journal dated Saturday morning January 19, 1901 lists Melvin Steele and Johnson as editors and proprietors. The brief masthead presents the newspaper leadership and publication details without article content.
Editorial notes critique the $10,000 extra police pay for McKinley’s second inauguration while Rep. Bell denounces public money for inauguration costs. The piece also flags a proposed special session on election law and census corrections, and warns Maryland conservatives about rising Southern colored migration and political influence in Baltimore and counties.
An editorial defends corporal punishment as a crime deterrent while noting objections. It also reports on Senator Bacon criticizing the Army Reorganization Bill as centralizing military power, risking a permanent standing army, and shifting control from Congress to the President. The Electrical Review notes Pupin patent acquisitions enabling longer ocean and land telephone links via improved conductors.
Queen Annes county shows strong finances with the treasurer system praised for benefit. Treasurer Story has collected about 67 000 for the county and 13 500 for the State. About 8 000 remains to be collected for both, after deducting insolvencies.
The Westminster Advocate urges Governor Smith to call the General Assembly in an extra session for three reasons: to obtain a correct population enumeration for fair House of Delegates representation, to provide an educational qualification for voters, and to draw the Congressional district under the new national apportionment. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad reports rising earnings after its annual meeting in Wilmington. Kent county’s Farmers and Merchants Steamboat Company plans reorganization and resumption of operations in early spring.
The Diamond State Telephone Company has purchased the three independent telephone lines between Hepbrow Station Still Pond and Bettert on. Built in 1899 these lines connect the rural exchanges and extend local communication.
United States Senators were chosen Tuesday with representatives including Moetschie orlcne S. Quay Rep New Hampshire Henry E. Burnham Rep Maine William P. Frye Rep Massachusetts George F. Hoar Rep Michigan James McMillan Rep Colorado Thomas M. Patterson Dem Idaho Frederick T. Dubois Fusionist Uncle Sam is noted as scoring in the New Century race with a new contrivance allowing him to telephone his friend John Ball.
Governor Hunn and Lieutenant Governor Cannon of Delaware assumed their new duties on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by five thousand people.
A Baltimore Republication report discusses proposals for an extra legislative session to amend the election law. It addresses literacy as a potential voting requirement, constitutional limits on voter qualifications, and the political split over the measure among Democrats and Republicans. The piece notes cautions about uniting parties and cites implications for Maryland’s electorate and state politics.
Massachusetts lawmakers discuss abolishing ballot clerks and standardizing ballots into five forms bearing all candidates. Each form would place candidates like John Smith in different columns with identical texture, forcing voters to discriminate. Illiterate voters would lose clerk assistance, raising concerns over bribery and marking accuracy.
A Baltimore physician warns weather worsens grip and urges bed rest and medical care. New York Health Dept expert Dr. Tracy notes grip epidemics since 1786 with severe recent years, the disease showing persistence despite sanitary efforts.
The Pennsylvania Railroad tour of the season to Jacksonville will leave New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington by special train on February 5 for a two week Florida stay. Excursion tickets including railway transportation Pullman accommodations and meals en route are priced at 50.00 from New York 48.00 from Philadelphia Harrisburg Baltimore and Washington 48.00, Pittsburgh 53.00, with proportionate rates from other points. Tickets itineraries and information from listed city agents and district offices.
Celery farming in Kalamazoo Michigan emerges as a financially viable shift for swampy land. Growers plant about 25,000 per acre and can earn up to $600 per acre, with shipments starting in July and continuing through the holiday season. The crop requires substantial labor but yields strong profits for farmers.
The death of Mrs Mary Josephine Dickey wife of Rev Robt L Dickey and mother of Rev John M Dickey is reported with details of her life and family lineage tracing back to Croxall, Morriss and Morriss ancestry. It notes a moving death after eight hours sickness and a letter she wrote to her husband. The piece also covers the Dickey family’s Protestant roots and commemorates their faith and descendants. It also mentions Johns Hopkins University scholarships for Maryland residents for 1901 and local railroad and transportation plans for Lewes and Cape May with a potential trolley link to Rehoboth. A Mexican war veteran endorses Chamberlain’s remedy for diarrhea and lists local sellers.
Congressman Kerr won unanimous consent to push a bill funding a beacon light on Hambrook bar and two range lights at Cambridge harbor. In five weeks of service, he navigated Treasury reports committee review and Speaker recognition, prompting praise from Maryland colleagues and optimism for Senate approval.
A local paper advocates keeping newspapers in every home to build literacy and community awareness through familiar names and places. It contrasts foreign papers, promotes a ten week free agricultural course at the Agricultural College, and touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children with local salepoints listed.
Coal ashes scattered on sandy soil heavens it slightly and offers no real fertilizer value though they may aid in repelling some insects. Used as mulch on currant and gooseberry bushes they help guard against currant worms. Also advertising several farms in Caroline county and a dwelling, store and hotel in Hillsboro. Constantine Grojean farm of 148 acres near Downe's station offered with immediate possession and seeded crops included. Money available to loan. Oscar CLARK.
Mr. Thomas Mitchell has arrived home with a load of Western mules weighing 900 to 1000 pounds each. The four to six year olds are all broken and reside on his farm two miles from Ridgely near Oakland.
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