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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1908
Page
2
The Denton Journal on Saturday January 26, 1908 presents page two content including local notices and advertisements. Publishers Melvin and Johnson outline community events and upcoming listings for residents of Denton.
Editorial notes Maryland Agricultural College draft of a pure food bill restricting sale of adulterated milk and contaminated dairy products. Also mentions another bill by Baltimore wholesale groups, aims to uphold purity and safety in state markets.
Joshua W. Miles of Somerset, a pioneer on this issue in Maryland, favors the committee proposed amendment as best overall. He backs a fourfold plan including grandfather and naturalization limits, property qualification, and an educational test to ensure constitutional validity and voter eligibility before 1920. Miles says he will subordinate his views to the committee to secure a ratified, effective measure.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Legislature is likely to be in harmony with Governor Crothers. He plans to keep close contact with the General Assembly, vetoing or guiding bills as needed. The House and Senate already formed a committee to learn his road program for a bill to carry out the plan. The governor aims for an economical session and faithful execution of Democratic pledges.
The piece notes broad support for the Corrupt Practices act drawn by Attorney General Straus and Senator Harper, with little room for competing bills. A conference suffrage amendment is expected next week offering four options: grandfather clause, naturalization clause, property qualification, and educational test. The column ends with Sel's exhortation to forget past mistakes.
A New York writer explains winter egg production starts with having laying stock prepared before cold weather. Use proper housing with dry floors, good ventilation, and warm mash plus meat, greens, bone, shells, and grit. Clean, well lit henhouses prevent mites, and thinking ahead aids all ages in planning a successful winter egg supply.
A motivational note urges leaving behind old sorrows and failures. Do not repeat hardship tales, erase past missteps from memory, and avoid letting them hinder progress. Resolve to drop past unhappiness and carry forward only what can brighten and help you in the new year.
A reflection on will power, praising its role in daily self discipline yet noting its neglect in moral self-control. The piece argues will power is a divine gift, and wasting it on indulgences harms spiritual victories, urging firmer resolve for ethical betterment.
The bishop recalls a Brooklyn bridge scene where a dirt covered worker explains he thinks not of the dirt but of the beauty to come from their labor. This simple tale, from his early Philadelphia ministry, urges perseverance in discouraging parish and life tasks and offers a universal lesson.
A dated advice column urges readers not to save small change and to spend today instead. It argues saving is pointless and may make one seem stingy, while promoting living for the moment and consumer spending. The notice ends with a local advertising snippet for wallpaper and window shades from THoMMAS & Messer Co. in Baltimore Maryland.
Time to act against backache and urinary symptoms indicates possible kidney issues. Dan J Willoughby of Denton Maryland reports fifteen years of kidney pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Douglass' Palace Drug Store. Sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Final rule for divorcee granted against Harriet E F Washington at suit of William R Washington. Court of Common Pleas No 6 Philadelphia March Term 1906 No 12 hearings on Monday February 17. Attorney for libellant Samuel J Taylor.
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