Editorial notes on war, prices and farm loans in 1917
The piece laments war carnage and price rises, criticizes food speculation, and praises Mayor Preston's plan to use city trucks to deliver produce at cost. It explains the Farm Loan Act's 50 percent land value cap, second mortgages, and anticipated private lending, promising next week's look at social effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sam
Baltimore
Preston
Farm Loan Association
Frank R. WilsSon
Federal Loan Bureau
Farm Loan Act and tenancy in American agriculture
A letter to the editors discusses the rise of farm tenancy as land becomes scarce and valuable. It argues the Farm Loan Act targets actual farmers and excludes landlords and speculators, addressing whether it will ease credit for landless tenants. The piece emphasizes land values and access to ownership as central issues for rural housing.
Trustees sale of valuable real estate in Caroline County
By decree of the Circuit Court for Caroline County in equity dated February 20 1917 trustees will offer for sale at public auction in front of the court house door Denton Maryland. The suit lists Clarence Edward Schwaninger and Alonzo Rufus Schwaninger as plaintiffs and defendants in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Clarence Edward Schwaninger
Alonzo Rufus Schwaninger
Leonard Taylor
Alonzo Rufus Schwanger
Denton
Maryland
Jacob E. Eilwanger
Joseph L. Gallagher
Fedward W. Neal
Court House
Mills Hope Gambrill Lot Real Estate Auction Notice
Tuesday March 26 1917 between 1 and 3 pm the described land lies between Smithson and Harmony in Caroline county fourth election district. It is Nora Fishells former estate with 20 acres cleared and a two story dwelling in fair repair plus outbuildings. The tract runs along Hog Creek Mill Branch with detailed bearings and distances and is the same land described in the 1915 William H Lane to Nora Fishell deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson and
Harmony
Caroline County
Nora (Schwaninger) Fishell
Marylane
Hog Creek Mill Branch
Mills Hope
Hog Creek Mill Pond
Mill Pond
Ponce
County Road
William H. Lane
Nora Fishell
Branch
Thomas Andrew
James T. Kemp
Charles Lewis
Jacob EB. Ellwanger
Joseph L. Gallagher
Farm in Caroline county Maryland described real estate sale
Between one and four oclock in the afternoon the described farm in the Eighth Election District of Caroline county Maryland is offered for sale. The land bounds the Concord Church to Federalsburg county road and follows division fences and historic land lines with Clement Sullivane Elizabeth Lyn James Williams Jeremiah Taylor Sam Collins and other parcels including the woods and ditch described, ending at the starting stone. The sale covers the outlined boundaries and contains unspecified acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Maryland
Concord Church
Federalsburg
Clement Sullivane
Sullivane
Public Auction and Local Employment Notices in Maryland
A 1917 Maryland page item lists a public auction by Sheriff Osiah A. Beck in Caroline County on March 6 1917 at 2 40 pm to satisfy a writ and costs. It also includes classified ads seeking lady clerks for a Federalsburg store, a cook helper for a small family, a daily farm hand with a tenant house, road laborers paid $9 weekly, and a black horse for sale weighing about 1100 pounds by J Oscar Plummer Denton Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Osiah A. Beck
Caroline County
F. P. Covey
W. G. Wooters
P. O
Hobbs, Md
J. Oscar Plummer
Denton, Md
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Ben
H. Johnson
Europe
Pape
Mullin
Wilmington
THE
Thomas Canning Company
Carville, Maryland
Co. S. Thomas
Centreville, MD
State of Maryland
Secretary of State
Wendall Bantam
Robert S. Nichols
Maryland House of Correction
Thos. W. Simmons
Charles B. Harrison
WM. Brewster Deen
James Temple
Trustees
T. Pliny Fisher
Orphans’ Court
Jonathan E. Towers
Minerva E. Towers
Joseph F. Roop
Sarah E. Roop
William H. Garey
Sheriff's Sale
Commissioners of
William Ross
Gay Street
Elijah Griffith
Griffith
James Lednum
Lednum
George Bryan
Bryan
Luther H. Gadd
Long & Denton
Dearborn
Oliver, and
W T. Thawley
Maplehurst Poultry Farm
G. L. Jopp
Hobbs
RTE Missioners
Wyatt
C. E. Collins
P.O. Preston
Harmony, Md
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motors Company
Denton Auto CO
J.H. Nichols & CO
Schloss Bros. & CO. Clothing
J. H. Nichols & CO
Storpoind Range
Pladel-E
Irene Doran
Chicago
Nichols Block
Lighting CO
Local Lighting CO
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