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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
2
Editorial notes promote Tuesday June as Registration Day with a call to every male of designated ages to enroll. It urges patriotic duty, explains Hoover headed food administration, and outlines aims to cut prices, expand Baltimore, and accelerate Liberty Loan subscriptions by June 15 to support the Allies and defense.
Farmers push back against city editorial advice. They condemn inexperienced help, note seed and fertilizer costs, loan access, and middlemen margins as core barriers to increasing food production. They call for new distribution and capital loan systems while adapting to current conditions.
The Potato Association of America urges greater attention to potatoes and storage for surplus, while the Ohio Experiment Station advises two crops this year using Sun-sprouted seed planted after clover or strawberries. Late plantings and diverse crops like beans and buckwheat are discussed alongside regional yield predictions and notes on fertilization and timing.
The article urges women to aid national emergency from home by thrift and efficiency. It emphasizes saving food, repairing and reusing garments, and reducing waste. It advises planning economical meals, protecting food from spoilage, and using plant and dairy substitutes for meat. It highlights the housewife’s duty to conserve resources for the war effort.
The Assistant Teachers' Association of Baltimore City will urge the state legislature to pass a law raising teacher salaries noting a 34 percent rise in living costs from 1915 to 1916 and an unfavourable outlook ahead.
Caroline county will contribute 30 young men to a Maryland campaign to meet a state quota of 2,000 and the national 63,000 increase. Navy recruiters led by Lt. P. L. Welson outline county quotas, with propaganda and postmaster channels for enlistment forms and details.
Children's Day observed at Hickman with a morning service for children and an evening program of recitations dialogues and drills. Regular services set for Sunday with missionary day theme The Epworth League meets at 730 pm topic Bible study habits A box social on church grounds Saturday night June 2 proceeds aid for the baseball team Rev W T McGuire assisted Rev G S Thomas on Kent Island last week.
A 1917 memorial poem by Nellie E. Price honors Decoration Day and fallen patriots, calling for national unity and remembrance. The page also lists local notices from Choptank and Elwood, including residents’ activities, a child’s funeral, a Children’s Day program, and social visits. Additionally, reports cover Buck Hill Falls employment, relatives visiting, and a discussion of potato prices in Baltimore with regional trade details.
Obituary in loving remembrance of my dear husband Oliver Blades who departed this life one year ago June 5 1916. Months have passed wearily on since his dear form we looked upon. Lonely hours God only knows about. Lovingly and tenderly he was laid to rest away from earths sorrow and care. And now he is waiting to welcome us home with the blessing of heaven to share. Who would not wish to die like those whom Gods own spirit deigns to bless to sink into that soft span then wake to perfect happiness.
The Maxwell Motor Company will award 500 000 in Liberty bonds as prizes in a nationwide Maxwell owners one gallon gasoline economy contest June 16 to 25. Private owners receive 25 000 and dealers 325 000 in bonds for conducting local contests. Women drivers may enter and local owners have equal chance to win. Public appeals for the Liberty Loan will be made in churches tomorrow as sentiment grows for patriotic response. Houses burned and stock saved in nearby fire, while others in Cambridge suffer fire damage.
Rev. W. A. Wise will preach in Bethlehem M E Church Sunday afternoon June 3 and Rev. W. J. Wright will preach at night in the same church.
Under a mortgage from Robert Acres to Lawrence B Towers assigned through Mare Bryant to W Brewster Deen, recorded in Liber J. K. ., No. 13 folio 290 chattel records Caroline County MD, default occurring, the undersigned as assignee will offer for sale to the highest bidder at the Ford farm six miles below Denton Tuckahoe Neck Caroline County Maryland on
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