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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
2
Howard Melvin Mehlvin and Joene Publishers are identified in a Benton Journal page from Saturday morning June 1912. The item references JOHNSON, ED, and a publication date in 1912, suggesting a local paper note or byline on the page.
Editorial notes drastic shifts in continental trade routes with new canals and inland waterways set to transform the economy. It cites historic shifts from Constantinople to expanding Atlantic exploration, predicts a vast readjustment, and laments high coffee prices amid elite monopoly profits. It also notes Flag Day, Betsy Ross, and mentions Bryan, Morris, and Rockefeller as contemporary figures.
A historic trust busting case against the beef trust after a nine year court delay is cited as lifting meat prices to wartime highs. Government data show livestock supplies rising, disputing shortages and suggesting consumer costs fund trust profits. A Democratic Judiciary panel probes whether beef barons outsize federal power.
The Balti more Sun reports support for a government parcels post, arguing it would benefit country merchants by widening customer bases and countering express rates. Advocates say it would curb urban migration, aid small towns, and boost trade, noting favorable letters from Australia New Zealand and Austria Hungary.
From the Kent News. A queer figure in some respects with his old silk hat and unlighted cigar. His isolation and bachelorhood were noted yet admired for the good he did. His death brings keen regret and a sense of heavy loss to the State as he measured up to the stature of a man.
Franklin E. Cox of Somerset has been appointed as the new State Game Warden, taking office with responsibilities for enforcing wildlife laws and managing game resources. Cox succeeds prior appointees and begins his duties immediately.
Twelve good farms for private sale across districts one through seven. Three in district one, two in district two, two in district three, two in district five, and three in district seven. Farms well cultivated and well located, offered on reasonable terms. See me before July 1st. HARVEY L. COOPER.
In the Court for Caroline County a decree directs a public sale to the highest bidder at the court stone door in Denton Maryland. The action lists Norman B Favor and others as plaintiffs and WNnie K P Barnitte et al as defendants. The sale proceeds under No 1512 Chancery.
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