Maryland Roads Fund Receives 615000 for Highway Maintenance
In a letter to Frank H. Zouck chair man of the State Roads Commission E Austin Baughman State Motor Vehicle Commissioner announces 615269 51 in the state treasury to the Roads Commission for highway maintenance This equals four fifths of the net receipts from license fees and fines for 13 months ending April 30 The remaining fifth goes to Baltimore city The 13 month period was chosen as the fiscal year was moved up a month The total net receipts were 769093 02 not including fees from buses and trucks on regular routes These will be apportioned among the state counties and Baltimore city Auto license increases foretell a million dollars or more a year The Crothers highway is lauded as a major asset The piece contrasts the impact of trolley cars and motor cars with tractors aiding farm production in a wartime economy The commentary notes six Kentucky distilleries pause production during the war and mentions Maryland likely supplying 7000 men aged 21 to 27 for the first army of half a million Acknowledges U S and central powers tense posture and Uncle Sam action
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Frank H. Zouck
State Roads Commission
E. Austin Baughman
State Treasury
Roads Commission
Baltimore City
Great Crothers
Maryland
Great Food Campaign Urges Leadership and Labor for War Time Farms
A call to organized national effort in food production urges intelligent leadership, farm experts directing recruits from schools and cities, and rapid distribution with railroad help. Emphasizes that trained farmers must lead, with labor shortages in agricultural states as the key hurdle to increasing cultivated acreage and overall production.
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United States
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Washburn Warns at Press Club on Russia War Impact
Stanley Washburn, veteran European war correspondent, urged immediate thorough preparation in a National Press Club address to officials, Congress members, and leading reporters. He warned that a collapse of the Russian government or a Russian peace with the Central Powers could prolong the war by two to three years.
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National Press Club
Stanley Washburn
Congress
Washington
Washburn
Russia
Old Plantation Plaindealing Remains In Dukes Family
A long feature recalls Plaindealing house near Denton built in 1789 and linked to the Dukes family. It notes James Dukes’ 2000 acres on Chop Tank river, the former county home for the poor, and Herbert the family slave still with them. Also covers wartime labor worries, farm labor shortage estimates, and calls for volunteers and redirected labor to grow more crops.
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Denton
Dukes
Plaindealing
James Dukes
Choptank
Watts Creek
Williston
Maryland
John Boon
Marblehead
Caroline County
Orphans’ Court
Herbert
Baltimore News
Germans face peace with Russia to aid western war effort
A commentator argues Berlin must seek peace with Russia to free 2 to 3 million troops for the west and to gain access to Russian food and war materials, potentially extending German fighting capacity into 1918 and 1919. He warns that if Russia exits the war, American men may need to replace Russian peasants in both 1918 and 1919.
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Russia
America
Petrograd
Tax schedules for war taxes set by House subcommittee
A House Ways and Means subcommittee proposes increases in postal charges, telephone taxes, rail and express charges, bonded whiskey, and rectified spirits with zones in mail and tariff changes. The six-member panel led by Kitchin plans to present tentative schedules to the full committee, with further amusement taxes discussed and income taxes to be ruled later.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
North Carolina
Rainey
Illinois
Dixon
Indiana
Fordney
Michigan
Longworth
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Meadoce
Must Take and Train New Farm Workers
The Baltimore News argues to boost state food production by training and hiring more farm labor. It cites farmer reluctance to use untrained labor as a key obstacle and states production hinges on available labor and current skilled labor already at work. It urges practical calculations of what can be done with the labor supply.
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State Board of Agriculture
Baltimore City
The
Baltimore News
Lost Gold Locket in Denton Missing EL M initials
Denton Maryland. A baby's small gold locket and chain with initials EL M T are missing. Finder asked to return to Mrs. T Clayton Taylor of Denton.
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Denton
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T. W. Wood & Sons
Richmond
MR. J. Boon-Dukes
Baltimore
H. J. Patterson
Naryland Agricultural College College
Pare, ND
Journal
J. H. Nichols & CO
White Goods Department
Schloss Brus
Gardiers
Sko
J. H. Nichols & GO
Superior
John Deere
Land Rollers
Denton Auto Co
W. P. Carroll
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