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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1916
Page
2
A 1916 piece urges readers to use Thanksgiving to reflect on the year's blessings. It highlights health and family love as core gifts, notes the hardship of war abroad, and counsels silent retrospection to acknowledge gratitude beyond mere feasting. The author calls for heartfelt appreciation and a hopeful outlook for the future.
J W Staton of Snow Hill urges creation of an Eastern Shore Advertising Club to promote the peninsula's development. He notes the area has vast roads waterways soil and resources but requires coordinated promotion by boards of trade banks manufacturers newspapers and professionals to attract outsiders and boost commerce and living standards.
Editorial notes praise Baltimores anticipated Sparrow Point steel plant. Charles M Schwab, Bethlehem Steel chairman, projects 15 000 to 20 900 local jobs and a 50 million dollar plant with 1 250 000 tons annual capacity. He cites Baltimore payroll around 20 million and high freight impact for the region. The planned improvements are seen as momentous for the city Marsland and the state.
The piece notes rising prosperity and the U S maritime revival with ships guarding world trade. It cites Sparrows Point shipbuilding, Maryland Week boosting agriculture, and government aims to cut food product exports. President Wilson proclaims Thanksgiving Day on November 30.
A public notice stresses shared streets and warns drivers that pedestrians deserve safety and respect. It calls for responsible driving and awareness of others rights, noting the clash between careless motorists and vulnerable walkers and urging prudence and courtesy in crowded roadways.
The New York Times interview sparks hundreds of letters nationwide favoring a war on the English Sparrow. Nearly all readers back starting the campaign immediately, while a few protest. Officials warn the fight will be long and difficult, lasting years to reduce the pest rather than instantly exhaust it.
Following five letters are advertised at the Denton post office Mr Silas Layton two Mrs Lula Jones Mrs Mary Gibbs Mrs J W Vicken Mr Sarah M Brooks Gran G Wall Major M Meredith Mr Mo Co Gemuanul Wis fiella Wheeler Nellie Gray Mr William Wuolrame
Fragmentary OCR of a Maryland Caroline county bank statement shows capital stock, surplus, undivided profits and deposits. It lists loans and discounts, overdrafts, real estate, and due from other banks and reserve agents. Notary attestation and cashier signatures appear near the bottom.
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