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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1917

Page

2

Centor Joy Page Two Publisher Names

Howard Melvin De Melvin and John publish Saturday morning edition as Centor Joy page two features.

Centor Joy Howard Melvin DE Melvin

Measures for wartime law and administration proposed for special session

Editorial notes outline a broad list of wartime measures to be offered at the coming Maryland legislature special session. Topics include militia and enforcement, suspension of legal actions during the war, prison labor programs, vagrancy and work laws, explosives sales, and school and labor provisions. The piece also discusses national mobilization, Hoover’s food-price guidance, canning appeals, highway fixes, and a forecast of American troops in France, with remarks on business as usual amid war.

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Mill grinding change across the world until victory

The Boston Monitor editorial argues the awakened democracy forces are reshaping social, political, and economic life during the war. It notes nations reveal their liberty levels in living conditions, praises public sentiment for curb of nuisances and eyesores, and urges painting and cleanup campaigns to transform towns, ending with a subscription push for the JOURNAL.

Boston Monitor

Miracle and law behind the Russian Revolution

The piece argues the Russian Revolution arose from the law of Principle rather than supernatural causes. It claims the turning point was the tsar’s vodka manufacture ban, ending a drunken Russia’s autocratic grip and making revolution morally certain as belief in good grows into understanding.

Russia

Short Wheat Crop For Hungry World

The Department of Agriculture forecast shows United States winter wheat at 336,000,000 bushels the smallest in 13 years, with total production this year about 616,000,000 bushels against a normal consumption over 600,000,000. Reserve stocks are very low and the department urges greater use of cornmeal to free wheat for export to feed Allies and defeat Germany.

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Maryland Beats Back France In Song and Patriot Stance

A Baltimore address blends a wartime literary lampoon with a Maryland note on farmer education, auto laws, and memorial verses. The piece satirizes King Kaise and praises Yankee spirit while urging farmers to seek schooling, bookkeeping, and expert advice. a public notice on motor vehicle law education accompanies.

Wheat Flour Share Goals Spark Food Policy Debate

American millers aim to raise flour extraction from 73 to 82 percent, mirroring moves in Britain and Germany. Critics warn higher flour output reduces offal fodder, shrinking cattle feed. In shortages, wheat should mainly feed humans unless indispensable for livestock.

Germany

Help Your Neighbors Tractor Appeal Urges Farm Help

Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman urges tractor owners to aid neighbors this spring by doing custom or exchange work. He says every farmer who owns a tractor should keep it busy by helping others with plowing harrowing whenever possible without neglecting their own duties.

Carl Vrooman

Missing youth Harold Odell Hynson sought by Federalsburg kin

Harold Odell Hynson aged fifteen ran away from home Sunday night. He was dressed in a dark cap a dark corduroy coat brown overalls and tan working shoes. His father Joseph Odell of Federalsburg asks for information to trace him.

Harold Odell Hynson Joseph Odell Federalsburg

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