Editorial notes and wartime outlook across politics and travel
Editorial notes condemn the Republican majority in Congress shaping a partisan session, while reporting rapid transatlantic progress with Alcock and Brown completing the first wartime air crossing. The piece notes postwar Washington crowding ease, university leadership calling for unity, potential political moves in Maryland and nationwide, and local debates over prohibition and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixty-sixth Congress
Wilmington
Washington
Causes and cures of poverty and rat proof grain storage
Health and sickness drive poverty along with old age and parental neglect. Some blame luck, others thrift, yet many conditions persist until broader prosperity arrives. The piece also warns about rats and mice raiding wheat storage and urges immediate rat proofing and pest control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States Department of Agriculture
Australia
Clover seed and potato season update across Virginia
Drought and war cut red and crimson clover seed, urging farmers to leave seedable acres and cut first crops early to curb clover midge. Eastern Shore reports record potato yield and high prices with initial shipments at about 10 dollars per barrel. Prisoners Parker, Scott, and Dean faced escape attempt in Centreville jail. Queenstown Terrapins to host Baltimore Dry Dock Club July 11 at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Eastern Shore
Parker
Scott
Ingleside
Dean
Terrapins
Queenstown
Baltimore Dry Dock Club
Remembrances and Obituaries For Grandfather and Father
A collection of memorial verses for a grandfather who died March 23, 1919 and a father who passed June 18, 1918, with lines on memory and heaven. Also included is Maud Muller verse about a country judge, a note on Georgetown strawberry prices, and a Camp Meade government auction of 14 cavalry horses on June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt Taylor
Alfred Clark
Father
Maud Muller
Georgetown
Camp Meade
Maryland
Public sale of brick dwelling in Denton Maryland
The executor of Thomas C West offers a brick dwelling for sale at the courthouse door in Denton Maryland to the highest bidder. One fourth cash on sale day, one fourth January 1 1920, and balance July 1 1920 with interest on deferred payments. Title papers at purchaser's expense. Harvey L Cooper Executor. James Temple Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
West
Caroline County
Court House
Denton
Maryland
Main Or
Market Street
Main Or Market Street
Fourth Street
James Wright
Edward W. Liden
Thomas C. Weat
Thomas West
Denton National Bank
Harvey L. Cooper
Thomas C. West
James Temple
General Assembly of
State of
Late County Treasurer's Sale of Caroline County Lands
Notice of a 1919 late county treasurer sale in Caroline County for unpaid state and local taxes. Describes two parcels in the Fifth Election District, totaling about 46.6 acres, taxes for 1914 to 1917 with interest and costs, redemption within 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Alan Goldsborough
Albert G.towers
Caroline County
Circuit Court
Charles Wright
Nanticoke
Carson
James B. Wright
Nancy Hubbard
George Carson
Parcel No 3 land description Ida B Johnson tract two acres
Parcel No 3 describes land starting at a red oak corner of Harvey D Williams and proceeding along several compass courses to form a two acre and thirty two square perches tract. The parcel is assessed to Ida B Johnson with interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Harvey D. Williams
Ida B. Johnson
Land Parcel Descriptions in Caroline County Notice
Public land transfer description in Federalsburg, Caroline County. Boundaries reference gates, Todd’s Wharf, Christopher land, and Mollie Murphy deed. Mentions J Medford Everagam, Joseph M Everagam, Leona Johnson and John W Johnson with frontage and depth details. years 1914 to 1917 and final note by Joseph H Carroll, county treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
S. J. Hurst
Todd
J. Medford Everagam
Mollie E. Murphy
Husband
Joseph M. Everagam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Denton Journal
Melvin Beny
Johnson Melvin & Jobnson, Publishers
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Ireland
Atlantic
Chicago
New York City
D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
Homes Registrat
Department of Labor
Hibben
Princeton
Clemenceau
France
Germany
Europe
J. Y. Stattan
Baltimore American
Wilson
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
al Doom
Anti Prohibition League of Maryland
Easton
Annapolis Advertiser
Annapolis
James H. Preston
Baltimore Sun
the Pals
Mormoriam
S. Irwin Jopp
St. Mihiel
Altho
David Taylor
Grandfather
Joan A. Woodrow
God
Mary
Real Estate
Greensboro
Boyce Mill Road
Guernsey
Caroline County Bank
N. Alvin Smith
F. P. Covey, A. J. Duur
Stone Road
Merriken
Andersontown
C. H. Satterfield
Milford
Del
Reward
M. K. Newnam
Denton, Md
Federalsburg
Reliance Street
Leona Johnson
John W. Johnson
Joseph H. Carroll
Orphans’ Court
Daniel M. Gooden
Annie S. Gooden
Gay Street
OF Thoroughbred
Talbot County
Fletcher
Preston
Provident State Bank
Delaware
Railroad Center
P. O
Camden
Calvert C, Merriken
THE
R. L. Dollings Company
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Columbus
Indianapolis
R. L. Aa
United States
Service Department
James O. Wright
Preston, Md
R. L. Collings Company
C. Victor Mathews
Telephone 406
William A. Cohee
Rsans
Burraville
E. H. Sapp
Caesar Lake & Potomac
Summer Goods
General Electric 3
Goodrich Auto Tires
General Outing and Athletic Goods Store
F. A. Shannahan
Dover Street
Porter Store
North Third Street
Main
D. T. Hammond
the Peoples National Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
T. F. Johnson
Denton Bridge
W. C. Pastorfield
Denton, Maryland
Aving
Syracuse College of Embalming
Syracuse
N. Y
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