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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1899
Page
2
In Caroline county a young Republican leader leverages road supervision funds to browbeat supervisors and postmasters into campaign contributions. The piece questions whether government orders or party pressure will prevail and suggests voting in Democratic commissioners to counter the power.
Col. Charles Marshall, a Baltimore Democrat, denounces Governor Lowndes over pardoning Dr. George Wellington Bryant. He urges voters to reject Lowndes, labeling him a dangerous enemy of good government, and questions the motive and impact of the pardon amid campaigning.
A political retrospective asserts Democrats built state institutions and reduced taxes while cutting debt from over eleven million to under two million. It notes grants to schools, hospitals, and needy causes, and cites growth in wealth from 280 to 529 million dollars and a taxable base over 600 million by 1895.
Taxpayers are urged to question road spending as the county budgets ten dollars per mile for six hundred miles, totaling six thousand dollars, while last years and prior expenditures show twenty five dollars per mile overall but many miles received no funds. Officials face scrutiny over where the money went and road conditions remain poor on some traveled routes.
The piece links Democratic history to present duties urging young voters to back the entire ticket. It notes John Sherman’s remarks on Ohio politics, German votes, and Hanna McKinley tensions, arguing Democrats are strong in Baltimore mass meetings and should expect a large majority, potentially twenty thousand.
A local newspaper column analyzes political bias and editorial slant in reports about a white man evading arrest while a colored man faces harsher publicity. It notes editorials by the Union and Cambridge nets critiques, mentions Admiral Dewey engagement, and advocates voting Democratic for retrenchment and qualified candidates in the county ticket.
The piece warns Eastern Shore residents that promises of road supervisor positions rely on keeping Republicans in power for two more years. It questions the governor’s use of patronage to secure votes and criticizes his appeals to ministers while noting rising rubber boot and shoe prices. The tainted political environment is depicted as driving voter impatience.
The piece notes Marylanders weighing political issues under Governor Lowndes and McKinleyism. It recommends Boschee's German Syrup for throat and lung troubles, plus Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, with local agents listed. It ends with a local marriage nugget about Newton Lord and Jennie Helper and a humorous editor clash.
Wanamaker's Philadelphia ad for October 30 1899 touts an annual fall shoe sale with hundreds of pairs in sizes and fashion. Women s vid kid styles patent leather and kid tipped shoes priced from 1 70 to 3 with real value claims and emphasis on comfort and durability. Men and children shoes offered at 2 30 2 00 and 1 70 with stakes and savings, plus piano payment offers and 4 percent interest on installments.
An old advertisement touts mattresses and pillows with exotic claims. It lists a $50 mattress with South American horsehair, a $7.50 fairy mattress, pillows at $3 per pair, and bolsters at $3 each, noting featherfill and deodorized ticking.
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