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Newspaper
Delta Herald Times
Location
Delta, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
2
A 1932 column urges merchants to use effective advertising through THE HERALD TIMES, arguing that roads bring customers only if stores persuade travelers with timely, price aligned messaging. It stresses informing customers and choosing the right channels over personal biases toward editors or publishers.
The piece argues progress comes from active leadership and communal cooperation rather than luck. It warns that towns stay unprogressive when residents resist new ideas and stresses that capable leaders emerge where people show willingness to work for the common good.
The piece argues that modern advantages and methods elevate a community beyond the old days and warns that if one leaves town to buy goods others will follow. It cautions against criticizing others for seeking similar improvements and urges restraint in actions you do not want echoed back.
A collage of dialect poetry argues that Free Verse and Pollyfonick Prose mock conventional poetry and modern progressivism. It contrasts ancient styles with contemporary urban verse and questions literary trends. Includes didactic quotes on truth, duty, and community.
A column discusses rising taxes and budget strain, Hoover’s push for the tax bill, Chile’s socialist shift and potential nationalization of American investments, plus looming prohibition referendum talk. It notes a new investment trust led by J P Morgan & Co. and Thomas Lamont amid market uncertainty.
Key stone Automobile Club warns travelers to avoid unclean wells and water sources during vacation season. Garrison P. Knox of York County Division urges boiling water or using tincture of iodine to sanitize drinking water and carry water in vacuum bottles on short trips to reduce typhoid risk.
A brief note from Indianapolis News comments on homeowners who seek attention by ornamenting their yards and turning front yards into showy displays.
Out of the Past notes Kent County activity with Robert N Glasgow building a canning house and the M. P. congregation purchasing land to build a church. Local industry expands as Anchor Slate installs a 60 horsepower boiler and a 40 horsepower engine while other quarries add equipment. A Harford County man shows twin apricots. A slate flag accident narrowly misses a serious fall. Entertainment at Masonic Hall features Barry with magic lantern slides. Peach Bottom farmers report tobacco sales totals. A Harford County jury awards Mrs. Sarah Hamilton damages of 583.23 for injuries to her son George Hayes Hamilton from a horse accident on August 6, 1880. The report ends with the noted fall.
A rider fell when the horse stepped in a hole in the road, causing an accident. Authorities note road surface irregularities contributed to the incident and will inspect the area for safety remedies.
Twenty five years ago the Delta postmaster received a raise from 1200 to 1300 dollars. Charles G Walter and Adda Scarborough both of Delta wed at Mt Joy on Saturday June 1. Conowingo bridge fire damaged 1500 feet on Harford County side near 1856 built structure. Proctor State Company capital stock rose from 1250 shares to 1500 shares, with control by Howard George C Edward and Jeremiah B Proctor. New knitting factory sought many female workers. Clarence Channell of Fawn Grove graduated with honors from State Normal School Millersville. Thomas H Wheeler erected a five ton dark gray Quincy granite monument in Slateville Cemetery for William J Barnett. George Farrell Dooley, a middy on the flagship Dolphin, visited his parents Sunday.
A Lynchburg News column questions using Marines to guard property in Wall Street. The piece argues about military involvement in civilian protection and reflects on policy implications and public sentiment.
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