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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1919
Page
4
Long party platform promises highway expansion and fiscal support for roads. Maryland Democrats rally behind Governor, primary and statewide nominees, stressing unity and shared ticket to victory.
Editorial notes quote the Democratic platform calling for a Central Purchasing Department for all State boards and offices, a uniform employment system, careful budget preparation, and revenue conservation while maintaining government functions. The fragment ends mid sentence.
In reminiscence of bygone fox hunting, the piece laments the decline due to automobiles replacing horses. It recalls hunts with hounds, foxes, and moonlit runs, contrasting childhood memories with modern farm life and repeated losses of classic sport. An obituary and local notes follow, including a church hymn, family verses, and a local schooling grievance.
A Philadelphia Record note mocks a Congress bill to enforce prohibition by noting how supporters might foster home brewed beverages such as cider elderberry dandelion and grape wines. It warns that novices could consume unsteady vintages and jokes about safe transport and walking while the era’s fashioning of castor oil shoe care and price shifts in hotels and groceries appear amid the column.
Having sold my farm at the head of Fowlng Creech near Harmony I will conduct a public sale on Wednesday October 8 1919 starting at 10 o'clock a m. Live stock includes two pairs of large mules nine to ten years old a three year old milk cow and a two year old cow plus thrifty stock. Farm machinery and miscellaneous items such as a Weber wagon an Osborne binder several plows cultivators and harnesses will be sold. Cash on sums up to 10 dollars credit six months on larger amounts with notes payable in bank. Co 8S COLLIER L F Covey Auct
Having rented my farm I will sell personal property at the Lyford Farm four miles from Denton Bridge on the road to New Bridge. Items include several horses: a black mare Rachel and a black horse Andy weighing 1200 lbs, a black horse Til the Brad weighing 1000 lbs, a black horse Hudson four years old and well mated, a bay mare four years old weighing 1050 lbs, a black colt five years old, a single mule Jack weighing 1100 lbs, and nine milking cows mostly Holstein Guernsey and Jersey, one fresh with calf.
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