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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1916
Page
3
Proclamation referencing the January 1916 Maryland General Assembly session and Chapter 159 modifying Section 62 of Article III of the Maryland Constitution Legislative Department, detailing the proposed amendment language and official action.
The act proposes amending Section 52 of Article II to require budgets for two fiscal years, with detailed revenue, expenditures, and debt data, and to limit appropriations to a Budget Bill and a Supplementary Appropriation Bill. It outlines budget submission timelines, public hearings, and gubernatorial authority to amend budgets, plus protections for school funding and salaries. It preserves governor and legislative powers and mandates separate linked appropriations for emergencies.
A fragment from a Hochschild Kohn and Company advertisement in Baltimore highlights shopping, likely detailing store offerings and promotions for customers in the city.
Sadie Ludlow and Lt Beverly Whitehead elope from the Ludlow household. After longing for Miss Sadie, he uses a parachute camera, homing notes, and aerial devices to approach. A dramatic open space binding and a cloud descent lead to their marriage, announced by telegram the next day.
The sketch critiques Mark Twain through Ward's Spy columns noting Twain's impatience at a hotel, his large calabash pipe, and a distinctive white suit. Ward recalls Twain's Oxford honorary degree and a preference for a staged, vivid persona over calm politeness, while highlighting the writer's sensitive temperament and reliance on a massive pipe for calm.
Samuel P Y Orth notes in Century that Scots have shaped American leadership and global influence, citing pioneers, founders, and leaders across politics, industry, and science. He contrasts historic rivalries with enduring Scottish impact on civics, education, and infrastructure.
A North Pennsylvania street matron recalls letting a suspect named Maggie go after noticing odd pencil marks in daily life. The notes, read aloud by a brother, show thieves using crude shorthand and coded phrases like mustard and cheese and milk for Sunday.
The piece recalls Charles E. Hughes challenging sectionalism in Congress and James B. Aswell defending national measures. It lists major laws praised as national achievement, including the Underwood Tariff, income tax, Rural Credits, Good Roads, Smith Lever, farm extension, labor, child labor, Federal Reserve, antitrust, shipping, and trade acts, plus calls to identify sectional measures. It also mentions a 1807 German journal story about a golden eagle and related curiosities from old publications.
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