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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
3
Proclamation notes a January 1916 Maryland General Assembly session act Chapter 159 proposing an amendment to section 52 of Article III Legislative Department of the Maryland Constitution. It cites the act as the vehicle to amend the state constitution and outlines the legislative action.
The document outlines Chapter 159 proposing an amendment to Section 3.2 of Article VI and a new Section 3 for Article III to regulate General Assembly appropriations. It requires two budgets per fiscal year, a Budget Bill split into Governmental Appropriations and General Appropriations, Governor led budget submissions, and strict amendment rules. It also sets supplementary appropriation rules, budget hearings, and Governor authority for final budget actions.
The proclamation by Governor Emerson C. Harrington directs a constitutional amendment on a state budget. It calls for a budget proposal to be presented after legislative convening, outlines limits on appropriations, tax funding for increases, and requires a public vote in November 1916 with the governor to report election results. The document is published in multiple Maryland newspapers and seals bear the date July 28, 1916.
The document cites Roosevelt urging complete accord with his anti neutral stance and pressing for U S war readiness. It lists fourteen dated facts from June to September outlining Hughes ties to Roosevelt and denouncing Wilson and German policy, claiming a Hughes victory would mean war and a Roosevelt guided administration.
The entry lists Hochschild Kohn and Company as the store name. No additional context or details are provided in the readable text.
Editorial questions Hughes by detailing Republican bosses who controlled the 1916 convention and naming supporters from Wall Street to industry. It lists policies claimed for Hughes and warns that his election would advance reaction, privile ge, and anti democracy while enumerating federal acts and programs cited as achievements.
In the Circuit Court for Caroline County In Equity No PNW an order dated October 11 19... confirms the sale of property reported by Harvey L Cooper as signee unless cause to the contrary is shown by December 15. A copy of the order must be published in Caroline County newspapers for four weeks before November 8. The report states sales amount to 645.00. Lawrence E Powers Clerk True Copy.
Harvey TL Cooper as assignee reports actions involving Annie M Boardley and her husband Chaarles Béard ley. William H Walkin son and Maggie Wilkinson. Samuel C Wilkinson and Vergie Wilkinson. Details indicate party affiliations and marital relations among the related claimants.
Organized labor in Michigan and union leaders nationwide pledge support for Woodrow Wilson. John H Walker of the Michigan State Federation of Labor cites labor gains under Wilson, while Andrew Furuseth of the Seamen's Union and Railway Conductors President Garreton endorse the Democratic ticket. Union votes could sway many former Republicans and Socialist backers.
A compact moral note warns against envy, suggesting the curious minded suffer pain when others receive pleasure. It claims envy makes others seem odious and urges readers to reject envious thoughts to preserve inner tranquility and social harmony.
A signed article by Charles M. Schwab argues prosperity under Wilson is not war driven. The Department of Commerce reports an eight month trade balance of 4.73 billion dollars in favor of the United States, with exports at 3.405 billion and a projected yearly total above 2.5 billion. Other authorities estimate foreign securities decline to 1 trillion and the U.S. becomes a creditor nation by 1.5 billion, while various sectors show widespread gains across banking, agriculture, industry, and wages.
Mary Fels of Philadelphia, a Stockholm conference delegate and Fels Commission member, urges re electing Woodrow Wilson. She argues Wilson best embodies the national interest and will guide the country through difficult days, dismissing focus on minor measures.
A Jamestown Journal note to a Buffalo advertiser urges not to publish help wanted ads due to a local labor shortage. The piece argues advertising would worsen the labor situation and cites local prosperity as a reason to withhold listings.
The New York Evening Post asked if there was a worse bungled campaign by Mr. Hughes up to that date and frankly answered no. It stated it could not readily recall a campaign worse than Hughes's with Roosevelt.
The speaker warns against criticizing current leadership amid the European war. He stresses support for the administration to keep the United States out of conflict, arguing that a jingo in the White House would have us at war with Germany.
In Canton about eighty miles from Hongkong a place called the City of the Dead houses 194 small rooms each lodging a corpse for a fee of 25 dollars for three months and reduced afterward. Silk and paper lanterns, imitation fruit and tea are offered daily while cardboard servants and figures attend the departed on their journey to heaven.
Professor John Erskine at Chautauqua discusses Emerson’s line hitch your wagon to a star. He argues the image is stirred by waves and tides and imagines an engine harnessing tidal power to drive factories and wagons.
In a Baltimore American note, Aunt Jennie is described as having a bad cold that does not affect her speaking ability. The remark playfully notes she still possesses considerable hoarse power in her voice.
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