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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
2
Publication entry dated Saturday morning June 20 1908 lists Melvin Benj 3 Jounbon Melvin and Johnson as publishers in a brief newspaper label style item.
Editorial notes reveal Secretary of War Taft's wealthy brothers Charles J Taft and another Taft funded his presidential bid, especially in the South. A Chicago convention crowd celebrated Roosevelt's influence while Taft won the nomination on the first ballot. The piece also touches on highway use, postal law enforcement, and other state matters including Hopkins Hospital gift and auto speed concerns.
Governor Crothers at Maryland Agricultural College urges young men to remain on the farm, stressing independence, duty to state, and devotion to hard work. He warns against city drift and emphasizes study, self-improvement, and applying four years of college effort to build the state morally and economically.
Maryland Republicans push young William P. Jackson into politics as a political debut in Chicago. The Baltimore Sun notes he differs from his father, the Congressman, as a businessman who travels widely and shows limited political activity. Supporters hope he stays active on the Eastern Shore to sustain the party and potentially challenge for Congress, while some fear uncertain alliances and future loyalties beyond the next State convention.
The Baltimore Sun outlines a grand eastern shore highway plan with two main southbound routes from Frederick town via Sassafras and Chestertown to Centreville and Easton, plus connections from Denton toward Talbot and Dorchester, linking Salisbury and the Wicomico Somerset Worcester counties with the general state system.
The State Commission will ask William D. Uhter of Caroline county to become an assistant engineer in the great work. It is believed he will accept after strong endorsement for chief engineer. He has shown deep interest in road improvements and offered good service in Caroline county.
Denton residents recall Capt Alex Gladen who died aged 84 after a long struggle with a mosquito bite and years of service aboard the schooner Mary Catherine. The notice also lists deaths of Mrs Emma Loockeriman and others in Caroline and Dorchester counties, with funerals and family ties noted, followed by an essay urging perseverance through discouragement and urging delay of major decisions until mood passes.
A Dover letter reports Miss Mary E. Cannon, a noted soprano from a prominent lower Delaware family, married to merchant William J. Benson at the bride's North State Street residence. Rev. A. W. Lightbourne and Rev. Alfred Smith officiated. Nearby notes discuss egg prices, an encampment at Dailey's Woods, a Sandtown cannery, local printing, and a Frederica mill fire.
The notice lists wallpaper patterns priced at 5 cents per piece, gilt items at cents each, and Winton Shades at 22 cents each. It identifies Thomas and Messer Co. located on West Baltimore Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
W. W. Golostnokouci addresses Democratic voters in Caroline County urging Sisk to meet for public questioning. He cites evasive replies, requests a Masonic Hall meeting, and challenges Sisk to explain propositions to Dr. Phillips while defending his own conduct in the last campaign.
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