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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
2
The July 17 1916 Denton Journal page centers on Melvin H Johnson and Melvin and Johnson publishers. It notes the Saturday morning publication context and identifies the paper’s owner editors and publishing entity in Denton.
Mr J Marion Emerson editor of the Sentinel Ansonia Conn writes in Wilmington Every Evening praising Maryland highways as superior. He notes Maryland’s road system built under Governor Austin L Crothers and legislators, with uniform maintenance, durable macadam and concrete sections, and a division system under the State Road Department. He contrasts Maryland with New York New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts, cites costs per mile, and highlights practical repair methods and ongoing maintenance efficiency.
The Maryland approach to road maintenance balances per mile costs with overhead and a maintenance fund funded by registration and license fees plus a one cent per $100 tax. Maryland notes state aid roads share costs with counties and property owners, and argues Delaware could learn from Maryland’s practices given geographic proximity and similar macadam standards.
A compiled report through June shows over 500 vessels totaling about 1,000,000 tons lost in eleven months of war. Britain bears the heaviest losses from German submarines, while the United States reports five small ships lost. Also noted are Edison joining Navy advisory work, Annapolis inserting an inventions lab, and tax revenue figures plus Annapolis officials’ party leanings.
State Department officials focus on an evasive German reply to the American note on submarine warfare. Secretary Lansing prepares data for the next communication to Germany as relations grow more strained. The Sayville radio plant seizure by the Navy is deemed a closed incident with German approval. Justice officials act to deter new armed expeditions tied to the Mexican revolution and Huerta.
General Felix Diaz, nephew of the former southern dictator, is named as the principal figure in a proposed movement. Informants say four vessels are involved and that Diaz intends to land cargoes and men on the Yucatan coast to form the base of a new Mexican uprising. Collector Malone in New York has been ordered to stop clearance of one suspected ship.
A Maryland College Park gathering will bring ministers from Maryland and the District of Columbia to discuss interdependence of economic and religious life July 26 to August 6. Speakers urge broader church mission beyond saving souls, stressing public worship, community leadership, and uplift of rural life through religious service and improved farming.
A reflective piece extols the local newspaper as essential to understanding and strengthening the home community. It argues the paper informs residents about local authorities churches lodges neighbors and community affairs, linking personal prosperity to a loyal readership and a united civic spirit.
An avowed health remedy called Mother Gray's Sweet Pounders for Children promises to ease feverishness headache bad stomach teething disorders and regulate the bowels while destroying worms It claims to break up colds in hours and has been used by mothers for 20 years Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a free sample offered Address A. 5 Olmstead LeRoy N Y Also promotes subscribing to the Journal for county news.
Assignee sale of a mortgage property in Caroline County Maryland set for 1915 at the Denton courthouse door between 2 and 4 pm. The property in the First Election District includes land with improvements tied to the Bright and Pruitt parcels, described by old field measurements and a chain of prior deeds, with a note the land has been converted to Iva Pearson via deed of August 3 1899.
The assignee will offer at public sale at the Denton Maryland courthouse between 2 and 4 PM on a date in 1915 the real estate parcel described by metes and bounds in the First Election District. The property runs from a stone in Camden Sandtown Road, inclines north, then follows lines by perches to the county road and returns to the starting point, containing a defined acreage in Caroline County.
The advertisement describes 11 acres and 12 5-10 square perches of land, claimed as the same parcel conveyed to J. W. Bright Nor e in 1887 and recorded in Liber 52 folio 218. It notes a 5 room dwelling with outbuildings in fair repair and TERMS OF SALE: cash on day of sale. Title papers at expense of purchaser. ARVEY L. COOPER, JAMES TEMPLE, Assignee, Auctioneer.
Andersons transfer mortgage to Harvey Cooper with multiple assignments. On 1915 sale day between 2 and 4 pm in front of the Court House door Denton the assignee will offer parcels of land with improvements. The property lies along Mary E. Pruitt line and ditch, with boundaries described by perches and stones, conveyed to Iva Pearson by John W. Bright in 1599. cash due at sale. Title papers at expense of assignee. Auctioneer L Cooper and James Temple.
Assignee exposes at public sale in Denton Maryland the mortgaged real estate described from Alfred to Harvey J Cooper dated February 15 1911. Terms set at clock p m in front of Denton. Property begins at Brice land line near Sandtown Goldsboro and runs along ditch and Stubbs line across several measured perches with a stated acreage to follow.
Power of attorney from James H Raughley heirs at law of Joshua B Raughley authorizes attorney in fact W Brewster Deen to sell three Caroline County Maryland tracts at public sale on July 20 1915 between 2 and 4 p m in Burrsville Burraville and vicinity. Tract 1 home farm of Joshua B Raughley with improvements, Tract 2 Parsonage Property with dwelling, Tract 3 one acre lot near Burrsville Greensboro junction. Purchaser may pay one third cash and two thirds in six and twelve months or all cash. Title papers at purchaser expense.
James Temple sheriff announces a levy on the lands of John W. Willoughby and Tessie R. Willoughby under a writ of fieri facias. The sale at the Caroline County Court House door occurs between 12 and 4 pm to satisfy the decree, describing Parcel No. 2 details and boundaries along Bowling Creek Mill to Williston road, with Pepper and Glisch land references.
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