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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
2
The Denton Journal issue of May 25, 1912 presents the Saturday morning edition from publishers Howard Melvin Melvin & Johnson. Page 42 contains local notices and community items typical of a Texas newspaper of the era.
Mr. Henry Watterson argues Roosevelt's candidacy raises life tenure questions in the presidential chair while the strident leader remains closer to a nomination than another White House term. The piece notes disaffected Republicans vote against the National Republican administration and warns of an open grave for the party if Roosevelt wins the nomination. Richeson, a Boston minister, is executed after confessing to crimes in a sensational case. Governor Goldsborough pushes highway expansion and cost cuts. Mormon proselytizing in Talbot and Baltimore yields 200 converts. Ohio primaries show Harmon and Roosevelt victorious. Taft’s prospects dampen. Banking law changes loom post July 1. Ohio faces fierce intra-party strife. Maryland farmers reach high development. The New York Tribune cites daily railroad fatalities. A six-year presidential term proposal is debated in Congress. Maryland farmers own about 69 percent of their land.
Maryland officials say state bureaus and departments concentrate on agriculture as the core for broader business growth. An inspection by A. F. Trappe, secretary of the State Bureau of Immigration, lauds Maryland as a leading center for progressive farming and enterprise in the Union.
Maryland experiences a farming and industrial boom as wheat arises in Eastern Shore counties and Southern Maryland. New electric plants, rail lines, and large apple ventures expand across Garrett, Allegany, Washington, and Frederick counties. Washington region poultry and squab production also grows, with hundreds of millions in planned investment and a back-to-the-land mood shaping growth along the Potomac and Baltimore corridors.
A publication from the Department of the Interior explains that vibrant geyser and hot spring hues mainly come from plant life. Algae thrive in all basins and terraces, with color changes tied to temperature zones and water cooling. The Grand Canyon colors mainly reflect mineral matter from decomposing rhyolite walls and long geological processes.
The article compares farming and advertising as seed planting with returns. It notes the farmer can calculate exact gains from soil, labor, and fertilizer, while advertising offers near endless returns. Berry checks are available at the Journal office and orders can be placed by phone.
Recipe style notes describe a cake with flour baking powder sugar salt butter and laird milk to dough bake twenty minutes then fill with strawberries and sugar. A second dessert layers pineapple and strawberries in a glass bowl with powdered sugar coconut and orange juice, chilled and served cold.
In loving remembrance of my dear father W E Wothers who died two years ago on May 17 and of Elva E Poore who departed this life one year ago on May 24. The poems express grief, longing, and the enduring sorrow of family and siblings, with references to heaven and the irreplaceable loss felt by brothers and sisters.
A Public Service Commission hearing drew many residents to Centreville on Wednesday to consider the proposed railroad connection. Dr Hering presided and A E Beck representing the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Baltimore argued in favor of joining the lines.
Truste will sell at public auction in front of Denton Court House doors between 2 and 4 pm. The property lies in Caroline County Third Election District on the Concord to Burrsville road. It is the MATTHEW LAWLESS HOME FARM, described by metes and bounds ending at the starting corner.
A farm of 96 acres improved by a dwelling with kitchen, stable, barn and sheds, in fair repair. Four acres in strawberries and an orchard bearing apples, peaches and cherries. High state of cultivation with maple shade trees. Terms: one third cash now, balance in two equal installments at six and twelve months with interest and notes security. or all cash. Crops reserved. Possession Jan 1, 1913. Trustee William J. Rickards, Fr. Y. Coviy, Auctioneer.
Caroline county parcels range from 28 to 199 acres with homes and outbuildings on some tracts. Properties lie along Denton Andersontown Hobbs and Williston roads, near Denton, with possession from January 1, 1913 and staged payments through 1915. Attorneys Harvey L. Cooper and Albert G. Towers arrange sale by parcel 2 and 7 offered separately, then as a whole, at auction led by James Tempe.
William J Stanford and wife grant power of attorney to T Alan Goldsborough dated May 1 1912 to be recorded in Caroline County land records The undersigned will offer the property at public sale in front of the Court House door Denton Maryland between 2 and 4 pm on the specified day to the highest bidder
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