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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
2
Denton Journal from July 2, 1918, features Ch. John on Melvin and Johnson, publishers, in a Saturday morning issue. Readable text covers local reporting and community notices from Denton, with period style and archival tone.
Telegraph unity across seas marks progress in global communications. The article lauds Cyrus W Field and the Field family, highlights grants by YWCA and YMCA, notes huge military requisitions of bacon and canned meat, warns about wheat shortages, and reports on rural flame study tours and a British pilot recovering in France. It ends with a forecast of expanding the U.S. Army to five million.
A wartime appeal urges additional volunteers for the YS M C and for service in the country’s Cantonments and in France. It notes the value of every minister serving one month, aiding government war work and professional growth. It reports Wheat conservation fatigue and previews a shift to federal control of all telegraph and telephone lines starting August 1, with uncertain effects on public management.
R Fulton Cutting, NY Bureau of Municipal Research chairman, sent a protest letter with a check to the Republican fund drive. He criticized the appeal as vague and ambiguous, demanding a concrete, positive program of sound economics and explicit measures after the war.
Six years after Taft era debates a plan for national ownership of telegraph lines resurfaced with Burleson and the President endorsing government control. Public opinion largely supports wartime consolidation as the nation sacrifices traditions for victory. Time will show if this renunciation is temporary or lasting as vast mobilization continues.
Mr J Spencer Lapham shipped the largest and most profitable crop of early apples ever from this place, netting about £4000. Nearby Shippers include Mr J H Woodward on the Davis farm. Drought worsens, crops need rain as milk and butter supplies shrink. Reopening of Goldboro VM EO Church planned for August 1 with all day services. Local visits and travel noted among residents and guests.
Miss Alice Shively entertained cousins from Philadelphia and Wyoming at the Griffin home. T Noble Janell visited Baltimore briefly. Emia Draper from Greensboro stayed with Louise Gray. Anna Heins of Norristown visited Rev Roy Musser. Mrs Harry Satterfield and children from Milford visited Mrs Thomas Shockley. Hazel Shunty and five brothers from Wilmington visited. Bennett and Luther Lewis of Philadelphia are spending the summer with their grandmother Mrs Margaret Bennett.
Sad remembrance from his wife, noting two years since his death, hoping for reunion on the golden shore. Plea that she misses him and finds courage from memory, signed by His Loving Wife.
Public sale ordered by Orphans Court decree in Caroline County unfolds in Preston with three parcels of land, including a 1.5 acre Main street lot, a 15-foot rail right of way, and additional lots tied to the Noble estate. Terms require one-third cash day of sale and rest in six months or all cash, with buyer’s expenses and notices to be borne by purchasers. Auction by Harrison and Ture with notes on milk prices and local ads following the sale.
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