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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1911
Page
2
Denton Journal issue dated Saturday morning July 29 1911 pages four features local notices and community briefs. Names appear in the masthead with Melvings Johnson as publishers.
Editorial notes expose the Carnegie Steel secret pact among major firms for output slices and urge electing a Democratic president. It notes the death of Comptroller William S. Claggett of Maryland, recalls Taft’s Panama Exposition kickoff, previews Democratic gubernatorial candidates, and comments on local option enforcement, New York ice cream consumption, and Republican figures like Captain Henry Clay Naill and Judge Burke.
Senator A P Gorman, President of the Maryland Senate, declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor in the upcoming primary on August 29. He cited statewide Democratic demand and mature consideration, with support anticipated from Baltimore City and counties including Howard Kent Wicomico Worcester Somerset and western regions. Possible roles mentioned include Comptroller with Colonel Keating and Attorney General with Joshua W Miles, while Burke previously faced urged withdrawal.
Baltimore voters are urged to weigh Governor Crothers for re nomination in the upcoming primary. His platform calls for home rule for Baltimore and counties, popular U S Senators elections, a new city charter, cheaper gas and electricity, new road programs, state aid for Southern Maryland, and broader reforms in taxation, education, and magistracy.
National notice traces a purported plot to oust Dr. H W Wiley by linking embalmed beef and benzoate of soda. It alleges government orders and cabinet actions favored by packers, cites Taft opposition, and mentions potential GOP candidates and August Baltimore conference.
A religious study discusses how Bible knowledge faded when copies were scarce and lost. It recounts Josiah’s temple renewal and the public covenant, the revival of temple services, and the impact of neglect on daily life and faith. It then shifts to critique tariffs and steel industry practices amid profit-driven protection and transport charges.
The account recounts a Mediterranean voyage to Naples amid cholera rumors, wireless news, and foggy seas. It describes Gibraltar and Sardinia passages, Roman coastal towers, and a misidentified Vesuvius sighting that sparked humor among passengers aboard a North German Lloyd liner bound for America.
The Graham committee notes missing Controller bay maps from War Department files, with witnesses including M F Abbot Delegate Wickersham Gifford Pinchot and Henry L Stimson confirming they were seen. Major Cavanaugh testifies the maps are not in files, prompting a claim of tampering and a pledge to investigate to the bottom.
A notice indicates that with five thousand dollars in hand in varied bills and repeated calls to the parties from one to three times with no response, the next step is unspecified. dated 7-29-31 and signed by T. Fred Garey.
A. I. Cooper states he will enter the sheriff primaries despite long urging from Democratic voters who have pressed him to run for the office. He respectfully asks party support across the county to pursue the candidacy.
An advertisement proclaims J Olan Clark as a Democratic candidate for Judge of the Orphans Court, subject to the August 29 primary. Clark says his first terms were marked by impartiality and he will maintain the same policy if elected.
I C Rawlings, a forty five year Democrat, announces candidacy for the Orphans Court judge seat in Caroline County in the upcoming primaries. He asks for Democrat support and leaves the result to voters. Second district, June 20, 1911.
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